Overview

• The Art of the Espresso ran today at Gallery Different, where visitors experienced coffee through sight, smell, touch and taste while EEG headsets recorded their brain activity.
• Food anthropologist Caroline Hobkinson translated each guest’s recorded brainwaves into a personalised visual artwork to take home.
• The pop-up formed part of Breville’s launch for its Barista Series machines — the Slimline, Classic and Sense — which the company says deliver café-style coffee at home.
• Supporting OnePoll research of 2,000 UK coffee drinkers found 23% say they can’t function without a morning brew, with 10% avoiding conversation before their first sip.
• The survey reported that about 60% lack confidence making coffee at home, while 53% buy takeaway three times a week at an average £11.22 per purchase, totalling roughly £583 a year.