Get Ready – NZSCA 2026 Events Coming Soon!
Events planning for 2026 To see the year out, we are going to have a little jolly Christmas get-together in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch. Keep your eyes on our social media for details! We also have a full calendar lined up for 2026, and we want you to mark a few key moments now. Once we have […]
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Welcoming Moi Yokota as our Events Coordinator We are excited to welcome Moi Yokota into the role of Events Coordinator for the NZSCA. Moi brings a strong mix of experience and passion for our community. Many of you will know her from her time leading events at SCSC, where she supported competitions, connected with volunteers,
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My love letter for coffee, Journey in WBC 2025 Milan And that’s a wrap, competitor number 52, representing Aotearoa, New Zealand. Ranked 23rd in total out of 54 amazing competitors. After the semi-finalist announcement, I walked to the backstage stage. Freya asked me, Is it time for our annual hug now? And we hugged.
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Events Coordinator Location: Flexible within New Zealand day to day is remote but you must be available to travel for all events. Part-time with increased hours over events Full job description The New Zealand Specialty Coffee Association (NZSCA) is looking for an Events Coordinator to help bring our industry’s most anticipated events to life, from
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L-R, 4th place Bill Zheng, Runner Up, Olivia Lee, Champion Dennis Hsueh, 3rd place Daniel Woodhouse . Photo credit: Justin Park Dennis Hsueh to Represent Aotearoa at the World Latte Art Championship 2026 Dennis Hsueh will be representing Aotearoa New Zealand at the World Latte Art Championship at World of Coffee, San Diego, on April 10–12,
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L-R Champion August Hislop, Runner up Toby Oliver Chen, Third place Woohyung Lee, Fourth place Joshua Kim Photo Credit: Justin Park A Game of Taste, Precision, and a Whole Lot of Heart The Aotearoa Cup Tasters Championship is a game of taste, a test of the mind, and a challenge of accuracy and speed. But
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Recognition Awards, Quiz Night & Supper 2025 – Celebrating Our Industry Legends A huge thank you to everyone who joined us last week for the Recognition Awards, Quiz Night & Supper, where we came together to celebrate the legends of our industry. It was quite the evening, featuring the now-infamous quiz led by Paddy Kennedy
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Thanks to the Sustainability portfolio headed up by Scott Pepler and with input from the committee and leading industry folk, we’ve created these checklists to help you on your journey to save energy, time, and money. Please let us know if you have any tips or hacks to add, and we’ll update. Sustainable-improvements-Roaster Sustainable-improvements-Cafe More
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There’s a lot in that cup You’ve likely noticed the rising cost of coffee in the C market. While media headlines focus on price hikes, the bigger conversation is about why these costs are increasing and how we can remain focused on quality and sustainability in specialty coffee. As an industry, we’re no strangers to challenges. Many businesses—especially
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Sustainable Barista Champs Our events are always exciting (chocolate milk, am I right?), however reducing our impact (so many crates of chocolate milk!) is the foundation for our sustainability platform. As part of our sustainability kaupapa, we wanted to implement meaningful initiatives to reduce our waste footprint at our gatherings. Thanks to our amazing sponsors
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Tue, 18 Feb, 9:30am – 10:30am Member company ASCC has partnered with us to create a webinar about moving away from LPG gas and reducing Fossil energy and how that’s possible with the latest Probat technology. Probat has innovated a new electric burner and can now run its legendary P series powered by electric and hydrogen
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MICE returns to Melbourne in March 2025 NZSCA members receive a 15% discount booking a stand at MICE – let them know you’re a member and you’ll be in! Complimentary tickets to MICE for all NZSCA members! Email us for the code! Since its inception in 2012, Melbourne International Coffee Expo (MICE) has become the
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