The Rocks Aroma Festival

Overview

Drinking coffee is a lot like dating. The first taste: hot and strong, your heart begins to pound — you are energised by these blissful new senses. But inevitably, it has to come to an end. The coffee goes cold and the honeymoon is over. Your hot caffeine Casanova has turned into a cold crumpet. Sadly, this whole process can drag on. Weeks of flipping back and forth, too hot or too cold? While your friends find it easy to pick their perfect match, you struggle to make it past the cheap and easy 'instant' to be left wondering if it's all worthwhile?

So for the hopeless coffee-obsessed among us or those just looking for an upgrade, head for The Rock's Aroma Festival, which is doing for coffee-lovers what speed dating did for singles. Now in its 12th year, for a whole day the finest barista's will be selling brews from around the world that are bound to please even the most fussy pallets. Ask the right questions, try before you buy and don't come on too strong. Spend the day browsing the exotic Latin quarter, the 'Oasis' of Turkish delights, Continental Europe's smooth aromas, the Orient of spicy Indonesia and then end up with a nice brew-next-door from down under. There are also teas, hot chocolate and cakes of all shapes and sizes so nobody goes home empty handed.