Sunday 12 midday, 4 August 2024, The Sapphire Room, Ponsonby, Auckland.
We have a principal sponsor in the Aotearoa Cup Tasters Championship for the first time ever! And they know a thing or two about coffee. Many thanks to John Burton Ltd who are sponsoring and sourcing the delicious tasty coffees that will be cupped.
We are very excited to announce that in ’24 we will do things a little differently. We will publish a list of all 12-15 coffees before the event. All of these coffees will be roasted for the event, however, we will only use nine in our triangulations and only we will know on the day. There are no conflicts here, you can know the coffees all well, and you can even roast them, but what you don’t know is which if any triangulations they are going to be in. This also changes in the first round, so don’t check the board for the easy cups as the triangulations change in each round. They are the same but their positions on the tables will change.
It’s a game of taste, it’s a game of the mind, it’s a game of accuracy and speed. Who will take the title in ’24?
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Hey Cuppers!
We are excited to announce that starting today, you can get your spoon out and begin practicing for the 2024 Aotearoa Cup Tasters Championship, with coffees that will be used in the championship. All competition coffees can be purchased in 2 and 5-kilo bags of green beans.
Exceptional coffees from Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Kenya, and Rwanda are all in the mix.
You can order online through John Burton’s online portal. If you are not yet a John Burton customer, email them at orders@johnburton.co.nz
Many thanks to:
Principal: single-year 2024 John Burton Ltd
Sponsors:
- Cleaning Supplies: three-year 2024/25/26 Cafetto
- Equipment: single-year 2024 AMC Roastery Supply
- Ceramics/Porcelain: three-year 2024/25/26 Acme Cup Co
- Roasting: single-year 2024 Grey Roasting Co
- Brewing Equipment: single-year 2024 Marco via L’affare
- Espresso Machinery: three-year 2024 La Marzocco NZ
Event partner/s: Meadow Fresh
Seeking volunteers now to assist in running the event>
Get in to win> Tickets are now SOLD OUT! Sign up for the waitlist> Only 36 spots to cup available.
Cuppers so far:
- Woohyung Lee Representing: Holiday, Auckland
- Jaye Sanders Representing: Firsthand Coffee, Hawkes Bay
- Belinda Zhang, Independent, Auckland
- Chace Tian Representing: Coffee Tech, Auckland
- Logan Collinge Representing: Mojo Coffee, Wellington
- Dennis Lima Representing: L’affare, Newmarket Auckland
- Fletcher Handscomb Representing: L’affare, Wellington
- Tony Yuan Representing: Karajoz Coffee Company, Auckland
- Mieko Matsuo Representing: Ozone Coffee, Auckland
- Yui Honjo, Representing: Coffee Tech, Auckland
- Y J Huang, Representing: Mojo Coffee, Auckland
- Saki Onishi Representing: Mojo Coffee, Wellington
- Mark Liao Representing: Legend Coffee Roaster, Auckland
- Tony Fan Representing: Coffee Tech, Auckland
- Carson Chan Representing: Allpress Espresso NZ, Auckland
- Raymond Dong Representing: Aoraki Coffee Roaster, Waikato
- Derick Brian Alves Representing: Aoraki Coffee Roaster, Waikato
- Geunwoo Jung Representing: Paddock Cafe, Cambridge
- Johann Chong Representing: Meebz Coffee Roasters, Auckland
- Toby Oliver Chen Representing: Flight Coffee Hangar, Wellington
- Dove Chen Representing: Grey Roasting Co. Hamilton
- Nuumanu Tanuvasa Representing: JDE Peet’s, Auckland
- Soichiro Takeuchi Representing: Flight Coffee, Wellington
- Adrian Dela Rosa Representing: Shelly Bay Baker on Leeds Street, Wellington
- Jiyun Jung Representing: Young Dandy, Parnell, Auckland
- Joshua Kim Representing: Holiday, Auckland
- Yejun Shim Representing: Hi Toastie, Auckland
- Oisin Tegeler Representing: Franks Coffee, Wellington
- Nelson Ik Run Soon Representing: Starbucks New Zealand, Auckland
- August Hislop Representing: Atomic Coffee Roasters, Auckland
- Shintaro Tanaka Representing: Atomic Coffee Roasters, Auckland
- Jordy Kunz Representing: Peoples Coffee, Wellington
- Ralph Jenner Representing: New Ground Ltd, Auckland
- Otavio Augusto Gallina de Abreu Representing: Beverage Services, Auckland.
- Sam Guernier Representing: UCC NZ, Auckland
- Ewan Kim Representing: Independent, Auckland