Brewers Cup and Cup Tasters info now released!
Help Shape the 2026 NZSCA Events Calendar We’d love your input on which main events the Association should focus on in 2026. Your feedback is vital in helping us plan a programme of events that are meaningful, achievable, and within budget ensuring they bring the most value to our members and the wider coffee community. […]
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It’s time to meet our 2025 competitors. We asked each of them a few quick questions so you can get to know them before the championship next month. See you soon: 23–24 August Whirinaki Whare Taonga Centre 836 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt Grab a free ticket now> 10:00 am Joshua Peacocke Representing: Mojo Coffee, Auckland.
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Introducing our 2025 prospective Judges all 25 of them. Each of these legends brings industry experience, hands-on skills, and a serious passion for coffee excellence. They’ve all attended a pre-championship workshop, completed an online quiz, and are busy learning the rules inside out, with more homework still to come before calibration day, right before the
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Your Aotearoa Barista Champion ’25 is: Hiroko Hanna Teramoto What an incredible weekend for coffee! This year’s championship reached new heights of emotion with the final six baristas showcasing a level of skill, creativity, and passion never before seen on the national stage. Held on Sunday 24 August in Upper Hutt, it truly felt like
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Thanks to our amazing sponsors, this event just got bigger with the addition of two regional events in March/April. We are proud of our events and we know we couldn’t do them without the help of many companies individuals and NZ Coffee lovers. They don’t just give us the money, each sponsor assists in their
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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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Aotearoa Latte Art Championship 2025 Pathway to the World Latte Art Championship 2026 Who’s up & When 9:05 AM – Hitoshi Araya, Representing: Frank’s Coffee, Wellington 9:16 AM – Daniel Woodhouse, Representing: Grey Roasting Co., Hamilton 9:45 AM – Bill Zheng, Independent, Auckland 9:56 AM – Ryan Bird, Representing: Frank’s Coffee, Wellington 10:25 AM – Yu-Hsin (Dennis) Hsush, Representing: Demi Cafe Hamilton 10:36 AM – Olivia Lee, Independent, Hamilton
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L-R Alice Burton, Sarah McMath, Sean Ellis, Carl Sara, Andrew Feldon, Megan Wyper, Scott Pepler, Leon Dumper Not pictured: Richard Corney, Wayne Burrows, Bonnie Lam Meet your new board. Dear Members, Five new board members were elected at the 2025 NZSCA AGM on Friday, 30 May, at ToiToi, Hastings. Your Executive team is: President – returns after
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Introducing our Cuppers in the Aotearoa Cup Tasters Championship. It’s a game of taste. It’s a game of the mind. It’s a game of accuracy and speed. 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
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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