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Judges & Competitor Resources – All Championships

Welcome to the hub for judging & competitor resources across all NZSCA Championships.Here you’ll find tools, documents, and links to help support your role as a judge, and if competing help you understand what it is that the judges are looking for, whether you’re new to the scene or a seasoned pro. These materials are […]

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Aotearoa Latte Art Championship ’25

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 –

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Christchurch Regional Barista Champs

Christchurch Regional Barista Championship 2025 — Results The results are in, and what an incredible day it was in Christchurch! A huge congratulations to our top competitors: Champion: Alan Bruce – @theboybruceRepresenting Acme CupCo – @acmecupco, Wellington Runner-Up: Nico Refiti – @nicorefitiRepresenting Cofinet – @cofi_net, Auckland Third Place: Jared Rendell – @jaredarendellRepresenting C4 Coffee Co

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Auckland Regional Barista Champs, Sunday 13 April

Whoooop! The Auckland Regional Barista Champs 2025 is a wrap — and what a fantastic result! Huge congratulations to all our incredible competitors, and a special shoutout to those who placed: Champion: Nelson Ik Run Soon – @hibiscuspostingRepresenting Starbucks – @starbucksnz, Auckland Runner-Up: Moi Yokota – @moi.yktRepresenting Atomic Coffee Roasters – @atomiccoffeeroasters, Auckland Third Place:

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There’s a lot in that cup, 2025

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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Sustainability at Events: Barista Champs

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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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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Regional Barista Championships: All the details for 2025!

Regionals Dates ’25: Christchurch, Sunday 30 March, and Auckland, Sunday 13 April We’re excited to return our pared-down Barista events to the regions in 2025. Regional Winners Prize Pack The journey to the top comes with some exciting rewards! Here’s what’s up for grabs for our talented regional champions: 1st Place – Regional Champion Trophy

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