[Sponsored] The inaugural Singapore Coffee Festival is happening from Jun 9-12 at the F1 Pit Building, with over 100 exhibitors and opportunities to sample brews from popular cafes like Common Man Coffee Roasters, Chye Seng Huat Hardware, Dapper Coffee and Stranger's Reunion.

But if you'd like a more in-depth look into the coffee industry, then sign up for talks and workshops at The Labs, which touches basic coffee-making techniques and discussions on the state of the industry today. Here are our picks:

Oriole Coffee + Bar

For Aspiring Baristas

Get the low-down on coffee making 101 at the The CMCR Lab (Jun 10-12) sessions by Common Man Coffee Roasters. This "classroom style" series will take barista wannabes through the fundamentals of coffee, covering essentials like an introduction into coffee origins, its different variations and the production process, latte art techniques, and how to brew a good cup of coffee at home.

For Coffee Nerds

Organized by DBS and Bettr Barista, The #LiveBettr Lab (Jun 10-12) is a series of panel discussions with an all-you-need-to-know focus on a broad range of life hack topics, like how to afford that fancy coffee habit, what you can learn from the success of specialty coffee, inspirational life lessons from women industry players and champion baristas, and the basics of socially concious consumption.

For Foodies

For Industry Insiders

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