Megan with the 2023/2024 Board L-R Back row: Tom Handiside, Ken Shi, Steph Noble, Sam Keall, Connor Nestor Front Row: Alice Burton, Jason Moore, Megan Wyper, Steve Jae, Scott Pepler Absent: Roz Cattell. Dear Members, For the AGM this year, you are warmly invited to Toitoi, at the Hawkes Bay Arts and Events Centre in …
Thanks to our amazing sponsors, this event just got bigger with the addition of three regional events in March. We are proud of our events and we know we couldn’t do them without the help of many companies individuals and NZ Coffee lovers. They don’t just give us the money, each sponsor assists in their …
As we move into 2024 and the return of regional barista events we want to acknowledge and celebrate the past and the people that were part of the journey in New Zealand. We asked our past champions about their journey in coffee competitions in NZ to help inspire the competitive baristas and coffee community of …
Please see updates here for all listed competitors in our Regional events and a little bit about them and why they want to compete. Respect. Auckland competitors: Jisi Li, Coffee 366 Limited, Auckland Jisi is a first-time competitor currently making around 200 coffees a day. Bio: (Jisi’s words): I’m competing so I can …
The return of regional barista events has encouraged us to acknowledge and celebrate the past and the people who are part of the Championship journey in New Zealand. We reached out to all of our past champions to get some words from them asking them to add anything additional that they felt might inspire the …
January 10, 1964 – November 26, 2021 Sanjay Ponnapa, who died aged 56 in Hong Kong, was one of the founders of Wellington’s coffee industry, going on to build a highly successful coffee empire in Wellington and Asia. He was born in Tamil Nadu, near his family’s homeland of Kodagu. The Kodagu (formerly known as …
NEW Sponsor Barista Champs In the theme of reducing barriers to competing, an opportunity has arisen to create an exciting new sponsor category based on green bean sourcing. As technology and access to roasting have evolved, many baristas now seek to roast their own coffee and we’d like to help them have access to the …
Cofinet announced as our Green Coffee Sponsor at the NZ Barista Champs Read More »
As we move towards 2024 and the return of regional barista events we want to acknowledge and celebrate the past and the people that were part of the journey in New Zealand. We asked our past champions about their journey in coffee competitions in NZ to help inspire the competitive baristas and coffee community of …
Our Barista Champions: Emma Markland Webster 2002 Read More »
As we move towards 2024 and the return of regional barista events we want to acknowledge and celebrate the past and the people that were part of the journey in New Zealand. We asked our past champions about their journey in coffee competitions in NZ to help inspire the competitive baristas and coffee community of …
Thank you for helping us shape the future of our industry. We presented the following results at the AGM held at Sherwood, Queenstown on Friday 19 May 2023. Previously, we have canvassed our members in an effort to establish two Key Purposes: 1. Feedback on NZSCA 2. Industry data All data is anonymous. Thank you …
L-R Back row: Bob Weatherford of Havana stands in for Sam Keall, Roz Cattell, Steph Noble, Tom Handiside, Connor Nestor, Jason Moore, and Megan Wyper. Front Row: Steve Jae, Alice Burton, Scott Pepler, Ken Shi Dear Members, Five new board members were elected at the 2023 NZSCA AGM on Friday 19 May, at Sherwood, Queenstown. …
Membership constitutional change summary For voting at the NZSCA AGM 2023, Friday 18 May, Sherwood, Queenstown. What could one membership look like? Executive Summary: This is a proposal to move to one membership that includes hospitality groups and businesses that serve coffee into our membership. 1st Point: We promote our Association as being open to …
AGM 2023: constitutional changes voted on at AGM Read More »