Riding on the popularity of Instagram-worthy latte art, McCafe, McDonald's coffeehouse-style chain, will have its baristas create latte topped with intricate designs and visitors can also try their hand at latte art at its booth.
Visitors can also get insights into the coffee world at the #LiveBettr Lab by Bettr Barista Coffee Academy and DBS. The lab will hold panel forums with industry experts on topics such as socially conscious coffee consumption and how women are shaping the coffee industry.
Armed with their favourite cup of joe, visitors can also interact with Straits Times columnists at the ST Reading Room sessions as they discuss a wide range of topics, from property to politics.
Ms Goh Wee Wang, general manager (consumer) of Sphere Exhibits, believes it is timely to organise a coffee-centric festival.
She says: "While drinking kopi is a morning ritual for most Singaporeans, we are seeing a gradual shift in taste towards speciality coffee among younger consumers. This is an opportune moment to bring together coffee lovers and practitioners so they can share their knowledge and experience of making these delicious brews."
There will also be more than 10 speciality coffee purveyors from Indonesia, India and Japan. They include Good Coffee Tokyo, which will be introducing Japanese-style coffee, and Tanamera Coffee Indonesia, which is showcasing its award-winning beans.
Casual coffee drinkers can check out more than 60 food and drink booths by cafes such as Hatter Street, Symmetry and The Coastal Settlement. They will offer innovative brunch dishes and cold-brew coffee.
There will also be entertainment options, including performances by home-grown musicians such as Charlie Lim and iNCH as well as outdoor movie screenings.
Ms Goh hopes festival visitors can have a better appreciation for the "hard work, precision and heart" that go into brewing a cup of coffee, and plans to make the festival an annual affair.
"We hope visitors will walk out of the festival feeling a bit more inspired and, of course, caffeinated."
Sit down to eight courses curated by ST food editor
From innovative coffee-inspired brunch fare to pretty confections, it is food galore at the festival, which will feature more than 60 food and drink booths.
Instead of queueing at the booths, visitors can get an eclectic selection of snacks, main courses, desserts and beverages served to them at a sit-down meal.
The eight-course meal, called ST, Coffee & Company, is curated by The Straits Times' food editor Tan Hsueh Yun. She will also host the two-hour meals and chat with diners.
There will be one session each at the ST Reading Room on Saturday and June 12 from 1.30pm to 3.30pm, with a different menu on each day.
Diners can tuck into dishes such as espresso-infused crackled pork from Curbside Cafe, Clash Of The Potato, Mayo & Scallions by Hungry Heroes, Watermelon Strawberry Cake by Cream & Custard and Salted Egg Yolk Cream Puff.
They can also sip on Coffee Nut Milk from Hic Juice and coffee or tea from Strangers' Reunion.
Rounding off the meal on a sweet note are selections such as the Ocelot Hebridean Sea Salt Dark Chocolate from Hello Chocolate, and Doffee, a cup of coffee or tea topped with a doughnut from Killiney Kopitiam.
Ms Tan says: "It was tough choosing the menu because I wanted to have everything. The vendors have done a stellar job coming up with interesting bites. So I decided to have two different menus.
"I'm looking forward to chatting with diners over the food and, of course, great coffee. Don't bother queueing, come eat with me."
Each session is priced at $60 a person and is limited to 20 people. For tickets, go to bit.ly/SCFTASTE
Buy award-winning blends and taste pastry from overseas
Besides checking out home-grown roasters and cafes, make time for these overseas vendors making their debut in Singapore.
From Japan comes awardwinning Good Coffee Tokyo (booth: 2B17), which is bringing coffee gadgets and beans such as Kochere beans from Ethiopia, which have lemongrass and jasmine notes, and Kirinyaga beans from Kenya that come with a Mandarin orange-like sweetness (from $15 for 100g of coffee).
Mr Yuji Otsuki, a barista from Good Coffee Tokyo, says: "Japan has many unique roasters and coffee shops, but one has to drink the coffee to understand the complexity the beans possess."
Another Japanese vendor is cosmetics company Shiseido (booth: 3C4), which is bringing in its popular confection arm, Shiseido Parlour. Purchase its brightening skin products (from $85) to get complimentary confections including its Cheesecake, cubes of cream cheese wrapped in sponge cake; and La Ganache, creme fraiche and pastry cream coated with chocolate flakes.
From Indonesia, there is speciality coffee roaster Tanamera Coffee (booth: 2B18), which is part of the Indonesia Coffee Collective. It focuses on roasting Arabica beans grown in the Indonesian highlands, on the fertile slopes of active volcanoes on islands such as Sumatra and Java.
It will sell six types of espresso blends and single-origin coffee beans such as Malabar Natural, which has a robust tropical fruit flavour; and Toraja, which has hints of citrus fruit, roasted peanuts and crisp apple acidity (from $15 for 250g of coffee). Some of its beans have won medals at the Melbourne International Coffee Expo.
Tanamera Coffee's director Ian Criddle says: "We roast green beans from every coffee region of Indonesia, from Sumatra to Flores, which have different and unique characters."
Visitors can also check out Arabica cherry, Robusta parchment and Robusta cherry coffee beans at Vidya Coffee from India (booth: 2B28). Most of its beans are from the Western Ghats mountain range. The rich biodiversity there makes the beans richer.