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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Chat with the Champs! Celebrating the achievements of our 2023 and 2024 NZ Barista Champions. We invite you to learn about their journey, the team collaboration, ahead of the upcoming regional events. We are proud to present the second round of Chat with the Champs for 2024 with the Barista Champion from 2023, Honoka Kawashima,
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October 2024 Bring Back the Brewer’s Cup: A Call to Action We’ve been listening, and there’s a growing enthusiasm for the return of the Brewer’s Cup! A huge shout-out to those who have spearheaded mini-brewing events like Allpress V60, All Brews, and the Y2K Brew Battle by SCSC. Even the good ol’ Aeropress. It’s inspiring
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Judges Information We interviewed our prospective judges for the 2024 Aotearoa Barista Championship about what motivates them to judge others. We say prospective as all judges must pass a stringent calibration the day prior ensuring that they are fully fit and capable to judge our Barista fairly. They attended specialised workshops involving pulling apart the
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The NZSCA has many opportunities for you to get involved and sponsorship in our events is just one of the ways as a company you can get involved and give back to our coffee community. Please see an attached summary of how we seek sponsorship: A website post then an e-newsletter and a social media
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We interviewed Takashi Ueno, a latte art competitor about his experience at the Aotearoa Latte Art Championship ’24. Takashi, you’ve competed for 8 years in this discipline at a National level. I admire you as you write down every event name in its entirety when you enter. What changes have you seen in that time?
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June 2024 In Loving Memory of Atie Elbers (1935–2024) Atie Elbers, a trailblazer in Auckland’s coffee scene, passed away this week. As the former coffee trainer at Robert Harris during the late ’80s and ’90s, she left an indelible mark on the industry. Atie’s passion for coffee was contagious. She generously shared her knowledge
In each publication of the BeanScene our very own Emma McDougall the NZSCA’s Communication and Administration Co-ordinator creates articles on topics around our industry and what we are celebrating. Click on the article name to read the published versions. 2023 – Carbon cutting – NZSCA’s Emma McDougall explains how the association is helping New Zealand
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May 2024: We are so proud to present this substantial body of work to help you save energy at your company. https://www.eeca.govt.nz/assets/EECA-Resources/Co-funding/Sector-Decarb-Files/Technology-Scan-Coffee.pdf If you have any questions, reach out to us at info@nzsca.org As part of the launch, EECA has created a Survey on its Sector Decarbonisation Programme. This is part of a wider evaluation of EECA’s work
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