
Our 2025 prospective judges…
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.
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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.

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

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

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

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, Scott 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

Recognition Awards, Quiz Night & Supper 2025 – Celebrating Our Industry Legends A huge thank you to everyone who joined us last week for the

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

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

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