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Ozone wants you to throw down your best! Cost: Free!! And sweet prizes for the winner….even cash money!

All the action from this year’s AGM, including a constitutional amendment.

Huge thanks to Michael CY Park for the crisp pics!

Barista Guild Throwdown its happening in Christchurch!

Another successful Roasters Guild event!

Kristiane is through to the World Final! Boom…

Following up on the recent water quality event, and continuing with the theme external factors which affect flavours, the next Roasters Guild event will be focused on defects… yum

The New Zealand Roaster Guild is pulling together an Origin Trip in mid-August, to coincide with coffee symposium Re:co Guatemala, and the Anacafe (National coffee association of Guatemala) National Coffee Congress. This is an amazing opportunity, not only to visit one of the most prestigious coffee producing nations in the world, but also to connect

Some interesting results from each region. Auckland tasters seemed to follow the science, preferring water with the lowest alkalinity and hardness, with group rankings getting steadily worse as hardness and alkalinity increased. However, Wellington and Christchurch both favoured their own city’s water (is it what they’re used to, or was the blind tasting not-so-blind after all?)