Aotearoa Cup Tasters Championship 2025

Sunday 15 June, noon, The Sapphire Room, Ponsonby Central, Auckland.

It’s been said that our Principal Sponsor in the Aotearoa Cup Tasters Championship ’25 knows a thing or two about coffee—and they certainly do!

A huge thank you to John Burton Ltd for sponsoring the event and sourcing the delicious coffees that will be cupped on the day. We’re stoked to have them back on board!

It’s official – the twelve coffees have dropped and are now available for purchase through John Burton for those wishing to buy ahead of the event. Of these 12 coffees, nine will be chosen for use on the day of the Aotearoa Cup Tasters Championship 2025!

C1COL10-2KG Colombia Asprotimana Washed
C1COL13-2KG Colombia Planadas Washed
C1ELS02-2KG El Salvador Monte Sion Estate Honey
C1ELS03-2KG El Salvador Monte Sion Estate Natural
C1ETH08-2KG Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Halu Beriti Natural
C1ETH11-2KG Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Asgori Natural
C1HON07-2KG Honduras Hacienda Montecristo SHG EP Natural
C1HON09-2KG Honduras Patricio Vasquez SHG EP Washed
C1KEN06-2KG Kenya Kamwangi AA Washed
C1KEN53-2KG Kenya Mtaro Natural
C1KEN61-2KG Kenya Kiamabara AA Washed
C1UGA01-2KG Uganda Okoro Washed

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 ’25?

36 Tickets now sold out! / Should we run a waitlist?

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Free tickets to spectate>

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Principal Sponsor: single-year 2025 John Burton Ltd

Sponsors:

Event partner/sMeadow Fresh

Who’s up to cup?

  1. Tongtong Liu Representing: Chapter One, Hamilton
  2. Mark Liao Representing: Legend Coffee Roasters, Auckland
  3. Prav Karunakaran, Independent, Auckland
  4. Wynnie Liang Representing: Mojo Coffee, Wellington
  5. Oliver Chen Representing: Flight Coffee, Wellington
  6. Brady Kuech Representing: Flight Coffee, Wellington
  7. Nutthapoj Worakitikunwat Representing: Kōkako, Auckland
  8. Hannah Clarkson Representing: Starbucks New Zealand
  9. Heesun Lee, Representing: Atomic Coffee Roasters, Auckland
  10. August Hislop, Representing: Atomic Coffee Roasters, Auckland
  11. Danny Lee Representing: Parable, Auckland
  12. Isaac Choi Representing: Rumours, Auckland
  13. Joshua Kim Representing: Holiday, Auckland
  14. John Huang Representing: Wandercup, Hamilton
  15. YJ Huang Representing: Eternal Coffee, Auckland
  16. Cam MacFadyen Representing: Allpress, Auckland
  17. Alice Sok Representing: Kōkako, Auckland
  18. Shintaro Tanaka Representing: Dear Deer Coffee, Auckland
  19. TBC Representing: John Burton Ltd, Auckland
  20. TBC Representing: Mojo Coffee Cartel, Auckland
  21. Agnese Sokolovska Representing: Eighthirty, Auckland
  22. Yejun (Blues) Shim Representing: Slow Koi, Auckland
  23. Chace Tian Representing: Mavis & Co, Hamilton
  24. Otavio Gallina de Abreu Representing: Beverage Services, Auckland
  25. Violet Zhu Representing: Aoraki Coffee Roasters, Hampton Downs, Waikato
  26. Derick Alvers Representing: Aoraki Coffee Roasters, Hampton Downs, Waikato
  27. Moses Lim, Independent, Auckland
  28. Atsushi Miyazaki Representing: Roost, Auckland
  29. Wayner Moreno Representing: JDE Peets, Auckland
  30. TBC Representing: JDE Peets, Auckland
  31. Jaye Sanders Representing: Firsthand Coffee, Hawkes Bay
  32. Belinda Zhang Representing: Coffee Queen, Auckland
  33. Woohyung Lee Representing: Holiday Auckland
  34. Sujin Shin Representing: Slow Koi Auckland
  35. TBC Representing: L’affare, Wellington
  36. Neil He, Independent, Auckland

 

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