What does Caffest mean for visitors and residents?

Anyone on El Hierro over the weekend of 4 and 5 December 2026 can visit Caffest without paying an entry fee. The registration page says a visit costs nothing, but it limits places to 30 people.

The organiser gives Friday hours of 16:00 to 20:00 and Saturday hours of 10:00 to 20:00. The meeting point is the Centro Cultural de Frontera at C. Belgara Alta s/n, postcode 38911.

To take part, sign up online through the link on the organiser's page. The page gives no registration deadline.

If you are booking a flight or accommodation for this date, ask info@canariasup.com to confirm the details first. No independent reports on the event exist so far.

What is Caffest and what does it offer?

On its own website, Caffest calls itself the first speciality coffee festival in the Canaries. It combines food, culture and coffee education.

According to the organiser, the first edition took place on Tenerife in 2026. Caffest.es says it was held on 28 March 2026 at the Castillo Camino Largo in San Cristóbal de La Laguna.

The organiser reports more than 7,000 visitors and more than 600 litres of coffee for that edition. These figures come from the organiser and have not been independently checked; Caffest says the workshops “sold out in 20 minutes”.

On the tour, the organiser stages tastings, latte art, workshops on extraction methods, barraquito art, matcha ceremonies, show cooking, brunch, music and pastries. For Frontera, the registration page promises only “the latest trends and unique activities”.

It names no speakers, workshops or timetable. So what exactly awaits visitors remains open.

How is the festival linked to CanariasUp?

The website announces seven new Caffest events, one each on Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro and La Graciosa. Tenerife is not on this list.

The tour partner is CanariasUp, which the organiser calls the largest business start-up fair in the Canaries. It says the fair brings together young talent, speciality coffee, food made with local produce (km0), technology and culture.

The page lists no separate market for local products on El Hierro. The organiser has not described how much km0 food there will be in Frontera.

Roasters and cafés can apply as exhibitors through a sponsor form. For taking part, too, the registration page points to the form on the sponsors and participation page.

The website gives no dates or venues for the other six stops. No independent body had confirmed by Tuesday 3 November whether the El Hierro dates are final.

Does coffee actually grow on El Hierro?

The research found no commercial coffee growing on El Hierro. The festival in Frontera is therefore about coffee culture, not about cultivation on the island.

The Cabildo (island government) runs a coffee and cocoa project with the ICIA, the Canarian agricultural research institute, at its trial farm in Frontera. The Cabildo wrote on 25 April 2024 that it had started about six months earlier.

According to the Cabildo, the farm has 50 cocoa plants, 20 of which an organic farmer is testing outdoors. Cocoa seeds were first planted there in 2005 under nets, and a technician calls the early results promising.

Spain's and the EU's only commercial coffee grows in the Agaete valley on Gran Canaria. The Canarian government has sent the application for the protected geographical indication (IGP) “Café de Agaete” to the European Commission.

According to published figures, the annual yield is just over 1,500 kilograms. Final approval is expected in mid-2027, and the European Commission will decide.

What is still open before 4 December?

Nobody knows yet the price of individual programme items, or any age limit or the language of the event. The organiser has also published nothing on accessibility, parking or bus links to Frontera.

It is unclear whether the limit of 30 places covers both days or only part of them. The home page calls general entry free and asks for advance registration for workshops.

It does not explain how that fits with the limit of 30. The research found no statement from the Cabildo de El Hierro, the Ayuntamiento de Frontera (town council) or the Canarian government.

There are also no figures on public funding or sponsors. The festival takes place about a month after today's date.

The organiser plans to post updates on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. Questions go to info@canariasup.com.