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Barista Champs 2023 – Thanks to our Sponsors.

Championships, Competition Events, Events, News / By Emma McDougall

Date: Sat-Sun 25-26 March 2023 Venue: Whirinaki Whare Taonga Centre, Upper Hutt Thanks to these generous folks our sponsors and supporters, we have a world-class competitive championship scene. Meadow Fresh, La Marzocco, Mythos, The Alternative Dairy Co, Monin, AMC Roastery Supply NZ, Cafetto, ACME Cups and Castaway ____________________________________________________________________________________ The team at Meadow Fresh loves coffee, and with over …

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Q Cupping Course

Industry Knowledge, News / By Emma McDougall

Calling all coffee professionals, member company L’affare have a two-day cupping course coming up at their roastery in Wellington, 27-28 April. ⁠ ⁠ Q-Cupping Essentials is for someone looking to advance their understanding of cupping, a vital skill in the coffee industry. It is ideal for people who need to build the skills necessary to …

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2023 NZ Barista Champs Judges

Championships, Judges, News, Our People, Uncategorized / By Emma McDougall

We interviewed our prospective judges for the 2023 Meadow Fresh NZ Barista Championship about their coffee journeys, what inspires and 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’s fairly. Many of them have attended specialised workshops involving pulling …

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Meet our Champion’s

1 Comment / Championships, Competitors, Our People / By Emma McDougall

Read all about our Barista’s who are up to compete: Check out their stage times here> Vote for your favourite barista in “The People’s Champion” We are inundated with family, friends, companies, and customers voting for their favourite Barista’s every year. We can only crown one winner, but they are all Champions to us! Here …

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Checking in – are you ok?

Industry Knowledge, Members, Our People, Updates / By Emma McDougall

February 2023 Dear Members and Coffee Lovers As an association, we are wanting to check in on you all again, especially those of you that are experiencing this challenging weather with Cyclone Gabrielle. We are hoping you, your families, and your teams are all safe and that your homes and businesses have avoided any damage. We had some amazing offers of …

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Meadow Fresh NZ Barista Champion 2022 – Hanna Teramoto

Champions, Championships, News, Our People / By Emma McDougall

This article appears in BeanScene February 2023 The road to WBC New Zealand Barista Champion 2022, Hanna Teramoto, explains her inspiration and preparation behind competing on the world stage. Hanna Teramoto has a long history in coffee competitions. She first competed in the Christchurch regionals in 2009. She claimed her first national title in 2014 …

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EECA – Decarbonisation of the Coffee industry

Industry Knowledge, News, Sustainability, Updates / By Emma McDougall

March 2023Survey Calling all roasters. EECA are creating an energy benchmarking tool for the coffee sector. We need your help to fill in this quick 1-minute survey – it’s faster than doing the census! Once created, the tool will help coffee roasters to compare their energy use for production costs against similar-sized New Zealand roasters. …

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Barista Champs 2023

1 Comment / Championships, Competition Events, Events, News / By Emma McDougall

Let’s goooooo! Trophies and prizes for: Best Newcomer: The highest-ranking new competitor takes home a sweet $2,000 (in the New Zealand Championship, note that all entrants must be eligible to compete as per WBC & NZBC rules & regulations). Outstanding Milk Beverage: will take home $500 The People’s Champion: all the bragging rights and assorted goodies and …

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There’s a lot in that cup

News, Sustainability / By Emma McDougall

September 2022 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 …

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NZ Cup Tasters Champion 2022 – Ewan Kim

Champions, Championships, News, Our People / By Emma McDougall

Give us a quick rundown of your coffee career and how you ended up competing on Friday 15 July 2022. It started in 2007 when I came over from South Korea. Never thought of it as a career but here I am. I was fortunate enough to experience so many things in this industry – …

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Meadow Fresh NZ Latte Art Champion 2022 – Dennis Hsueh

Champions, Championships, News, Our People, Profiles / By Emma McDougall

Give us a quick rundown of your coffee career. Ten years ago, I was starting as a cafe FOH/Cleaner in this industry. Ten years later, I am on the road to competing in the world latte art championship, representing New Zealand. To summarise what I’ve done in the last 10 years, “No great thing is …

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Introducing our Judges – 2022 Meadow Fresh NZ Barista Championship

Championships, Judges, News, Our People / By Emma McDougall

We interviewed our prospective judges for the 2022 Meadow Fresh NZ Barista Championship about their coffee journeys, what inspires and 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 Baristas fairly. Many of …

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