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,
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
L-R Alice Burton, Sarah McMath, Sean Ellis, Carl Sara, Andrew Feldon, Megan Wyper, Simon Pepler, Leon Dumper Not pictured: Richard Corney, Wayne Burrows, Bonnie Lam
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
We have mapped out 2025. Lock it in your calendars now! Not all events are listed, we will have NZSCA community events and we can
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
We interviewed Takashi Ueno, a latte art competitor about his experience at the Aotearoa Latte Art Championship ’24. Takashi, you’ve competed for 8 years in
June 2024 In Loving Memory of Atie Elbers (1935–2024) Atie Elbers, a trailblazer in Auckland’s coffee scene, passed away this week. As the former
Introducing our newly formed Championship events committee. We called for voices from around the country, especially with the regional comps coming through, and those voices
In each publication of the BeanScene, our very own Emma McDougall, the NZSCA’s Communication and Administration Co-ordinator, creates articles on topics around our industry and
We are beyond proud to announce that Honoka Kawashima, our Aotearoa NZ Barista Champion of 2023 and talented barista from Frank’s Coffee in Wellington, has
(L-R) Jaye Sanders, Johann Chong, Pat Russell, Han Jong Lee, and Jaye Sanders Photo credit Yuri Yang With ten seconds in it, Pat Russell, Sucafina