Sipping Delicious Brew At The Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival
(Photo: Joseph Wellington)
Lifestyle, Social
March 5, 2025

Sipping Delicious Brew At The Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival

Wednesday Social returns to Hope Gardens where the eighth staging of the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival took place on Saturday, March 1. The festival was a celebration of Jamaica’s signature brew, with over 70 vendors offering coffee-related products and experiences that excited attendees. Co-hosts Jennifer “Jenny Jenny” Small and Khadine “Miss Kitty” Wilkinson brought the energy, while reggae artistes Tanya Stephens and Sanchez enthralled the crowd with their catalogue of chart-topping hits.

Here are more highlights from the event.

Cooling off with the perfect blend of iced coffee was civil servant Peta-Gaye Miller. Joseph Wellington

Coffee Mixologist Competition second-place finisher Chantal Wilson presented her entry: Hazelnut reserve supreme.Joseph Wellington

Datum Construction Company General Manager Kim Chambers was relaxed in a coffee cup-inspired chair.Joseph Wellington

Oppein Client Care Manager Collie Richards (left) and school administrator Rene Williams enjoyed their caffeine hits.Joseph Wellington

Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett (second left), Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister Senator Aubyn Hill, and Tourism Linkages Gastronomy Council Chair Nicola Madden-Greig (right) enjoyed their Excelsior Cinnamon Cracker bread pudding with coffee sauce as Jamaica Biscuit Company Acting Brand Manager Sharifa Rowe looked on. Joseph Wellington

Civil servants Diana Harris (left) and Janice Williams made sure to satisfy their coffee fix. Joseph Wellington

Enjoying her chilled iced coffee was chef Vanessa Bailey-Palmer.Joseph Wellington

Mixologist Kareen Dixon showed off her entry for the Coffee Mixologist Competition: Wild Awakening. Joseph Wellington

Island Car Rentals Corporate Sales Manager Tori Macko embraced the cool side of the coffee festival with a delicious iced brew.Joseph Wellington

Taking shelter from the intermittent rain were First Global Bank Director Minna Israel and Director of Tourism Donovan White.Joseph Wellington

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