Author name: Emma McDougall

Sustainable Roasting: Exploring Energy-Efficient Air-Purification Solutions

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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Conversations on Coffee: Chat with the Champs, the Barista edition.

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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Aotearoa Barista Champs ’24 – Judges

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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Latte Art Competitor – Takashi Ueno

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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Atie Elbers

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

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Technology Scan 2024

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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Honoka Kawashima FOURTH IN THE WORLD!!!!

We are beyond proud to announce that Honoka Kawashima, our Aotearoa NZ Barista Champion of 2023 and talented barista from Frank’s Coffee in Wellington, has achieved an incredible fourth place in the prestigious World Barista Championship held this 1-4 May in Busan, South Korea. Competing amongst 60 other national competitors to make it to the

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Member Company Profile: May Coffee Crew

What is your core business? Supplying freshly roasted specialty Vietnamese coffee directly to consumers through our website and to cafes/restaurants When did you start trading? December 2023, we’re launching on the 11th! Give us a three-sentence summary of your company: Kiwi-Vietnamese family-owned, we source only the best beans directly from Vietnamese farms and small batch

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