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Cola Cafe Fest

Nonprofit ♡ Columbia’s first annual coffee, tea, dessert, and pastry convention.

September 27th 9:00- 5:00
Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
Now accepting vendors: https://colacafefest.com/vendor

09/12/2026

Vendor Spotlight #11: Petit Peu Bakery | Mini Cakes & Cookies 🍪✨

A little bit of indulgence is coming to Cola Cafe Fest! 🤎

We’re excited to welcome Petit Peu Bakery, specializing in brownies, cookies, cakes, and other sweet treats made for those moments when you just need something sweet.

“Petit peu” means “a little bit” in French, which perfectly captures their motto: a little indulgence, done beautifully. ✨

We can’t wait for you to discover Petit Peu Bakery and grab a little something sweet while you enjoy the festival!

📍 Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
📅 Sunday, September 27, 2026

Come hungry! ☕️🍰🍪

09/08/2026

Your next big idea deserves the right connections. 🤎

The Cola Cafe Fest Business Resource Hub will bring together entrepreneurs, small business owners, retailers, artisans, makers, and cafe and food businesses with organizations and businesses offering resources, services, and growth opportunities.

We’re excited to welcome:

• Richland County OSBO
• South Carolina SBDC
• Built to Brew
• Bizz Solutions Group
• Just Just Jonesin' Commissary Kitchen
• SOMCZ
• Help Local

Come connect with these community partners at Cola Cafe Fest on Sunday, September 27, from 9 AM–5 PM at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.

Stay tuned for our upcoming series announcing available Business Resource Hub booths! ☕️

09/05/2026

Vendor Spotlight 9: Voyage Farm & Tea Bar

Meet Voyage Farm & Tea Bar!

Voyage Farm & Tea Bar is a Black woman and queer-led urban farm and tea bar exploring the African diaspora through tea. Their work is rooted in community, connection, and the healing power of plants and fungi. 🍵🌱

We’re excited to have Voyage Farm & Tea Bar joining us at Cola Cafe Fest and bringing their unique perspective on tea, culture, and community to the festival!

Come discover their story, explore their offerings, and experience tea in a whole new way. 💚 And of course, don’t forget to follow and show them support before the festival!

📍 Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
📅 Sunday, September 27, 2026
⏰ 9 AM–5 PM

🎟️ Tickets & more: colacafefest.com

09/03/2026

Giveaway Tomorrow Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea The Vista ! 🎉

We’re bringing the Cola Cafe Fest Ticket & Gift Basket Raffle to Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea in The Vista TOMORROW!

📍 1002 Park St., Columbia, SC 29201

Three lucky winners will each receive a pair of tickets to Cola Cafe Fest!

🥇 1st Place

One pair of Cola Cafe Fest tickets + a special Cola Cafe Fest gift basket featuring:

-Special Cola Cafe Fest merchandise
-Sweetwaters delicious House Blend coffee & refreshing Pomegranate Green Tea
-Methodical Coffee’s top selling coffee beans the Belly Warmer
-Tierra Farm all organic Chocolate Covered Almonds & Salted Mixed Nuts

🥈 2nd Place: One pair of Cola Cafe Fest tickets

🥉 3rd Place: One pair of Cola Cafe Fest tickets

And while you’re there, don’t miss the Cola Cafe Fest Giveaway Day Specials 😋

🎃 PUMPKIN PIE DREAMY

Smooth 18-hour cold brew swirled with pumpkin and topped with rich cream. And of course, don’t forget to add the pumpkin cold foam!

🍦 SWEETWATERS SPECIAL ICE CREAM SANDWICH

You’ve got to try this new special, made with their massive chocolate chunk cookies and premium Tillamook ice cream.

HOW TO ENTER:

Come to Sweetwaters tomorrow, order a drink, and make sure you’re part of the Sweetwaters Rewards program. You’ll be entered into the raffle!

Grab a drink, try one of the Cola Cafe Fest Giveaway Day specials, and you could be heading to Cola Cafe Fest on September 27! 🎟️☕

Come hang out with us at Sweetwaters tomorrow — we’ll see you there!

08/30/2026

We’re excited to be featured on the Do Good Better with Help Local Podcast!

Do Good Better with Help Local is a podcast that sits down with people doing the work — nonprofit leaders, community organizers, and everyday heroes — for honest conversations about what’s working, what’s in the works, and how we can all be a part of something bigger.

In this episode, we talk about the story behind Cola Cafe Fest, why we created Columbia’s first cafe festival, and our vision for bringing together local coffee shops, tea shops, bakeries, dessert makers, entrepreneurs, and the community.

☕️ Tune in today on Help Local to hear the story behind Cola Cafe Fest and what we’re building for Columbia’s small business and cafe community.

📍 Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center
📅 September 27, 2026
⏰ 9 AM–5 PM

08/28/2026

Yelp Columbia is bringing the fun to Cola Cafe Fest!

We’re so excited to have Yelp Columbia joining us and bringing even more fun to the Cola Cafe Fest experience.

Yelp will be providing fun, interactive activities throughout the festival for attendees to enjoy, along with some awesome Yelp merch.

Festival attendees will also have a chance to win Yelp merch through a special raffle, while our VIP guests will receive Yelp merch as part of their VIP experience.

We’re excited to have Yelp Columbia helping make Cola Cafe Fest even more interactive, memorable, and fun. We can’t wait for you to see what they have planned!

08/26/2026

KJ, owner of Café de Thyme - Columbia, made the most amazing birthday cake for my friend yesterday. Not only was the cake delicious, but KJ went out of her way to go into her shop and decorate the cake on her day off.

A huge thank you to her. Her talent never fails to amaze me. She makes everything from scratch, and this cake just brought me back to my childhood, when everything just tasted so real and fresh.

If you're wondering what this beauty is, it is a White Forest cake 🍒🍰 . It has fluffy vanilla sponge cake with white chocolate and sweet cherry filling. The cherries and berries on top were the best-tasting I've ever had. She uses high-quality, fresh ingredients, and you can definitely tell.

I'm so honored to have someone as talented as KJ at Cola Cafe fest 😊

08/24/2026

A little coffee + pastry date at Methodical Coffee ☕️✨

I always have such a good time at Methodical, and the baristas are seriously the BEST! They’re always so friendly, somehow always remember my order, and their latte art is just so perfect 🤎

Of course, I had to get one of my favorites, the Hot Mocha Latte 🤎 But this time, I discovered a NEW favorite: the Blueberry Sage Limofria 💙🍋 — green tea lemonade with house-made blueberry sage syrup. It was so refreshing and perfectly balanced!

And then there was the Buttery Flaky Morning Bun with Cinnamon Sugar 😍 Methodical will be coming out with this one soon, and it was SO good. Made with croissant-style dough, it was incredibly buttery and flaky with just the right amount of sweetness. Definitely one to look out for!

The Coffee Cake with Brown Sugar & Cocoa Filling was the perfect pairing with my latte . 🤎

The Everything Scallion Biscuit came with the most amazing whipped butter. They warmed the biscuit up for me and it was just perfection with the butter. 🧈

And the Iced Matcha Latte was just right — perfectly creamy with the perfect level of sweetness. 🍵💚

Everything was so good, and now I’m even more excited to see what goodies Methodical Coffee will be bringing to Cola Cafe Fest! ☕️🍰💚

Can’t wait to see you all on September 27! 🎉

08/23/2026

Vendor Spotlight 4:

Kumo Kumo is coming to Cola Cafe Fest! ☕️

We’re excited to spotlight Kumo Kumo at Bibimbox Harbison as one of our featured vendors at Cola Cafe Fest on September 27!

Come by their booth to check out what they’re bringing to the festival and experience another great local favorite as we celebrate Columbia’s coffee and café community.

Bibimbox Korean Kitchen & Wings📍Columbia, SC Kumo Kumo Dessert Cafe

We can’t wait to see you there! ☕️

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08/20/2026

Who caught Edwin, owner of Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea The Vista , and Travis, owner of Travis Hoyt , on Soda City Living last week?! ☕️👀

If you loved any of the goodies shown, you won’t want to miss them at Cola Cafe Fest!

Travis will be at our Business Resource Hub to tell you more about Built to Brew and the equipment and espresso machines your business needs, along with resources like machine repair, maintenance, consulting, and barista training. ☕️⚙️

And of course, don’t miss him at his booth showcasing some of his awesome espresso machines, including the one featured on Soda City Living!

And don’t miss Sweetwaters’ Specialty Vietnamese Au Lait — a masterpiece of Sweetwaters’ dark-roasted French chicory coffee and sweetened condensed milk. It’s an Asian finish to a French coffee, and you’ll definitely want to try it! 🤎

Come meet Edwin and Travis and discover what they’re bringing to Cola Cafe Fest on September 27! 🎉☕️

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