This year’s NZSCA Recognition Awards were sponsored by member company Sucafina. The rustic atmosphere at Sherwood, Queenstown created a celebratory air as 80 coffee industry legends gathered. The Recognition Awards acknowledge the individuals within NZ who give back to the industry and also create the community we have today. Nominated by peers, customers, and providers, the names are […]
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EDIT: January 2022. This event has been canceled and we will regroup for the 2022 season. The NZSCA is excited to announce that tickets are now available for contestants for the Meadow Fresh NZ Latte Art Championship 2021. Time: 8am – 5pm Date: TBC Location: The Sapphire Room, Ponsonby Central, 7 Richmond Road, Auckland Tickets: Free for Spectators, RSVP now. Can
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Tell us about your company? Check out our website there is a bit of info there – pinnaclecoffee.nz but essentially we are situated in the beautiful Kauaeranga Valley in the heart of the Coromandel. Steve always had the desire to roast coffee and enjoyed roasting small batches of beans from various countries. A chance meeting through a mutual
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We could all do with a laugh right now, for our own mental health. We know many of you are brewing at home with your cats so we created the ultimate distraction with the Catto-Chino Challenge! We want YOU to create a fun, feline-inspired latte art creation. Your Catto-chino can be a classic free pour, 3D, or etched style. Tag
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We chatted with Craig Jones from Opal Coffee, our latest members about opening in New Zealand and what Opal are all about. Look out for Craig at the Cup Tasters as what better way to meet our coffee community than entering yourself into a Championship?! Tell us about your company? Opal Coffee is an international specialty
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October 2021 Dear members We have exciting progress in the energy sector but we need your help! At this year’s AGM, there was a discussion around the use of gas in roasters as a finite resource. Lumen, a survey company working for the crown entity, Energy Efficiency and Conservations Authority (EECA) has approached us as they want to understand the use
Thursday 30 June! The Bangers are back! We’ve chatted to our amazing hosts, Atomic in Auckland, Sublime in Nelson, Havana in Wellington, Switch Espresso x Opal Coffee in Christchurch, and our wonderful sponsor, Vertical Logistics. We want to put the community back into our industry. Our hosts have eaten all the sausages in the freezer, drunk all
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The NZSCA is excited to announce the new dates and sponsors for the Meadow Fresh NZ Latte Art Championship 2022 taking place on Sunday TBC July in Auckland. Thanks to these generous companies who make our events happen. A massive amount of organization goes on behind the scenes and we are grateful to them. If you’re a Latte
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Instagram @Foundationcoffeenz What is your core business? Foundation Coffee roasts coffee, supplies, sells, and services machines nationally. When did you start trading? January 1997 Give us a three-sentence summary of your company: Foundation Coffee is a wholly-owned NZ business, we specialize in roasting coffee on a 60kg IMF roaster. We supply business to business customers nationally with bespoke automatic
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The NZSCA is proud to announce our sponsors for the New Zealand Cup Tasters Championship 2022 in Auckland. Event: NZ Cup Tasters Championship 2022 Time: 5pm – 9pm Date: Friday 15 July 2022 Location: L’affare Melrose, 22 Melrose Street, Newmarket, Auckland Tickets: Open soon… Register Your interest in all things Cup Tasters HERE> Our events can only proceed with the
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EDIT: 24 January 2022 With all of New Zealand in red, please see this advice from the Restaurant Association: What are the phases for the current response? Phase one – up to 1000 cases a day If you have Covid you’ll need to isolate for 14 days/isolate for 10 days if you are a contact PCR
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August 2021 Are you paying too much for your cup of coffee? No, you’re probably not paying enough. When you take the time to consider what goes into your daily brew, you soon realize there’s a lot in that cup. As an association built on coffee, we are often asked why different coffees are more
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