Welcome to the Social Espresso blog…
Find out more about us and the journey we’ve been on since 2016 to create our premium event coffee service.
Coffee Trends in 2019
The coffee industry is a leading sector in the UK economy, and in 2018 coffee shops generated more than £10 billion. As demand grows, this figure is expected to rise in...
Our first coffee catering event abroad in 2019
For our first overseas job of 2019 Social Espresso were off to Dublin! Our expertise in providing coffee catering for conferences was on show at BTOG 2019 – the 2019 Annual...
Speciality event coffee service for Lavazza at the Frieze Art Fair 2018
The team here at Social Espresso were asked to provide our speciality event coffee service across four coffee stations at this year’s Frieze London & Frieze Master’s Art...
Barista and mobile coffee bar at the World Travel Market Exhibition at London’s Excel
Social Espresso were recently asked to provide a barista and mobile coffee bar at World Travel Market 2018. World Travel Market is a three day global event and exhibition...
More than just an event coffee catering company!
Social Espresso were recently asked by the phone company One plus to provide all the event coffee catering for their two-day event. As well as serving our delicious...
Mobile coffee stands at Salon Privé at Blenheim Palace
Salon Privé is one of the longest-running and most successful motoring events held in the UK, and this year (their 13th Edition) we were asked by Pirelli and Ferrari to...
Coffee in the news – Health benefits of coffee and coffee consumption statistics
There have been a couple of articles in the press recently about the health benefits of coffee. According to one recent article in the Independent Online (UK Edition), a cup...
Our move from self-storage to our first official Social Espresso Event Coffee London HQ
After a few years of keeping all our kit in self-storage, Social Espresso have finally made the move to our first official headquarters. Our first few years were a bit of a...
Long term speciality coffee catering contract for Shake-Up in Epsom
Epsom isn’t the biggest of towns but it’s still home to three branches of Costa Coffee & one branch of Starbucks. The guys at the newly opened independent outlet...
Event coffee catering in 2017 – what a year it’s been!
Social Espresso set up to provide a high quality event coffee service, with exceptional coffee and great customer service. We had a great start in 2016, but last year was...
Artisan barista hire for Rhianna’s Fenty Beauty Launch at Harvey Nichols
Rihanna's new Fenty Beauty product line was launching in the UK this year, and Social Espresso were contacted about our coffee machine and artisan barista hire service. We...
Sourcing fresh milk in Spain, not as easy as it sounds!
We recently ran a three-and-a-half day mobile coffee service in Madrid, Spain. We had two baristas, one La Marzocco Linea and one Mazzer Major coffee machine, and 40kg of a...
Event barista coffee for Election Night 2017 at ITV Studios
Social Espresso were asked to pull an all-nighter, with our event barista coffee service providing much needed coffees at the 2017 General Election night coverage at ITV...
Social Espresso in 2016
It’s been a really great start for us at Social Espresso in 2016. Our mobile coffee bar service has already brewed thousands of cappuccinos, americanos, espressos, flat...
Social Pantry meets Social Espresso
Social Espresso grew out of founder Jack Howell’s work with Social Pantry, who offer extraordinary socially conscious food along with extraordinary service, while creating...