Índice para December 2018 em BeanScene

For the last edition of BeanScene for 2018, we visited the Coffee Works Express (CWE) showroom in Riverwood, New South Wales where we couldn’t resist sharing the beauty of the latest espresso machine to touch down from Seattle, United States: the Slayer Steam EP. “I got the first glimpse of the Slayer EP machine at the Specialty Coffee Expo in Seattle this year, and I knew it’d be the type of machine to capture people’s attention here in Australia,” BeanScene Editor Sarah Baker says. “The wait is over. The first shipment has arrived, and CWE is excited to unveil this beauty of a machine which is appealing not only for its design – something the Slayer team is renowned for – but its high functionality as a specialty coffee model and lower…

Carolina Ibarra Garay of Café De Leche in the United States won the 2018 World AeroPress Championship (WAC), held at Commune in Sydney on 17 November. Chinese airline employee Xiaobo Zhang placed second, and Evgeni Pinchukov from Belarus placed third through a surprise wildcard return after getting eliminated in the first round. The Single O and WAC co-hosted event pitted champions from 56 countries against each other in a series of rounds using an AeroPress. Competitors were given the secret Kenya Mugaya AA coffee only four hours before the event. Carolina brewed 34.9 grams of the coffee in an inverted position using 200 grams of water at 85°C.…

Yama Kim of Kingswood Coffee in Sydney has won the 2018 World Cup Tasters Championship at International Coffee Week in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, held from 7 to 9 November. In the final round of the competition, Yama correctly identified seven out of eight different coffees in four minutes and 38 seconds (see more page 56). Niels te Vaanhold of the Netherlands placed second, and Walter Acevedo of Colombia placed third. Dan Fellows of Origin Coffee in the United Kingdom won the World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship. Manos Mamakis of The Underdog Roasters in Greece placed second and Australia’s Danny Wilson of Ona Coffee in Canberra placed third. For his final round, Danny explored the theme of spring, celebrating new beginnings, new aromas, and new ideas. His drinks highlighted the…

Angus Mackie of Ona Coffee has won the ASCA 2019 Central Region Barista Championship for the second year in a row. Representatives from Ona Coffee rounded out the top three positions, with two-time Australian Barista Champion Hugh Kelly placing second, and Joao Carlos Henriques placing third. The competition was held at Specialty Coffee Curators in Marrickville, New South Wales from 27 to 28 October. Yanina Ferreyra of Project Origin placed first in the Central Region Brewers Cup, Jibbi Little of Jibbi Little Coffee won the Latte Art Championship for the fifth time, and Nuno Park won the Cup Tasters Championship.…

Summer is no rest period for hundreds of small business operators. While office workers remove themselves from the stresses of daily work, meetings, and deadlines, many cafés are preparing for unpredictable volumes of customers and daily profit associated with summer trading. To relieve the stress for café owners heading into the holiday break, Parikshit Kikla, Founder of 360 Accounting Services, works with cafés, restaurants, and other small businesses on a daily basis, assisting them to keep track of their finances and understand how their stores are running. Parikshit has been working with the hospitality industry since 2008, and previously did bookkeeping for the likes of St Ali and Sensory Lab. Now in his role at 360 Accounting, Parikshit works as a virtual Chief Financial Officer for businesses across Australia. During the summer…

For more than 20 years, Maltra Foods has been producing Australian made powdered food products for the food and beverage industry. From hot chocolates to chai lattes, Maltra Foods’ Arkadia Beverages line distributes powdered products to fill a café’s beverage menu beyond coffee, and now it’s adding Australian made liquid products to its range. The acquisition of Queensland company Ivory Coast Cocoa and Chocolate in March 2018 provided Maltra Foods the opportunity to broaden its product offerings, using the existing facility to craft new items and enter the liquid products market. Prior to acquiring the new facility, Maltra Foods Vice President of Sales Jack Eydlish says the company was forced to import liquid products from overseas. “We used to import syrups from France,” Jack says. “We decided that it was time to create…

Grinders Coffee Roasters’ training program has national reach. Coffee Academy Manager Andy Easthope says Grinders prides itself on its team of Coffee Specialists who oversee training in each state. “Our trainers come from pretty diverse backgrounds in the coffee industry,” he says. “They’re all really involved, and have great networks and a high level of insight. When people come to our training courses, there’s a chance to learn a little bit further than what the core content actually is.” Covering South Australia and the Northern Territory is Glenn Bailey, an Australian Specialty Coffee Association (ASCA) Barista Judge and a competitor on 2018 reality TV series Barista & Farmer in Colombia. In New South Wales, Jonathan Goldthorpe looks after the Coffee Academy. Jonathan has more than a decade of barista experience and is an experienced…

Visiting Veneziano Coffee Richmond is a unique experience. Passing its roastery operations, cupping lab and a smaller interactive micro roastery, you are welcomed into its newly opened 80-seat dining space. But that’s not all Veneziano Coffee Roasters has to offer, with a state-of-the-art training studio upstairs. Veneziano’s training school runs three sessions a day, covering everything from the barista basics to roasting and cupping. Alongside their espresso-focused classes which are offered complimentary to their wholesale customers, Veneziano runs additional modules tailored to specific topics including latte art. This course not only demonstrates how to create certain latte art patterns, but also teaches correct pouring and milk texturing techniques to ensure coffee doesn’t just look good but tastes great too. “A lot of people don’t really get taught how to pour…

URBAN ARTISANS 268/273 Liverpool Road, Ashfield, New South Wales 2131 Open Monday to Wednesday and Friday 6am to 5:30 pm, Thursday 6am to 9pm, Saturday and Sunday 7am to 4:30pm (02) 8056 6297 After 25 years working behind the scenes in the hospitality industry in financial advisory roles and a lifetime of travelling the world for good food and coffee, Roupinah Simonian jumped at the opportunity to open a café of her own with friend, experienced restaurateur Lisa Dolores. “My husband [Shahe Simonian of Zanazan Studio] is an architect and was working on this project for another client, and it fell through. He rang me at work and asked ‘do you want to open a café?’ I resigned that day and started doing this,” she says. Urban Artisans serves Zest Specialty Coffee’s Ceora…

Vicky Chuaybamrung of Mary Street Bakery in Perth was crowned the first-ever female Breezey Masters Champion at the Grounds of Alexandria in Sydney on 13 November. Ben Lewis of Coffee Lab in the United Kingdom placed second and Matt Sharp of Highroad/Ona Coffee in Canberra placed third in the latte art competition. This year’s Breezey Masters saw 11 finalists from across the globe battle it out using Almond Breeze Barista Blend almond milk to produce their finest latte art across five rounds. Each of the contestants produced hearts, rosettas, tulips, and swans, then finished up with a free pour of their choice. As part of her prize, Vicky will be featured in Almond Breeze’s Barista Benchmark series that features “exceptional baristas” on the side of the Almond Breeze Barista Blend pack,…

Danny Wilson is in high spirits following his third-place win at the World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship (CIGS) in November. Following the results, the Ona roaster celebrated with a glass of champagne before attending the official competition after party with his team. “It’s crazy to think I only [had] about four months’ preparation in total. To end up third with so much talent in the competition is super inspiring. It’s a testament to the quality of Australian specialty coffee,” Danny says. The CIGS Championship sees contestants craft cocktails combining coffee with alcohol to create original recipes that highlight both ingredients. “CIGS has a massive scope of ingredients and drinks you can work with. You can really explore the limits of what a coffee beverage can be,” Danny says. He began…

Most visitors to Fine Foods Australia in September expected to be dazzled by the latest developments in the food and beverage industries. Many knew they’d discover new flavours, creative recipes, and innovative equipment. What some visitors, baristas in particular, did not expect to find, however, was soy and almond milk that performed as well in coffee as traditional dairy milk. Crafted at Alternative Dairy Co’s Berkeley Vale factory on the New South Wales Central Coast, the company’s almond and soy milks have been specially designed for coffee. The Australian owned company uses more than 90 per cent Australian ingredients to produce its dairy-free products. Alternative Dairy Co Brand Manager Emma Seberry says its launch at Fine Foods was a success, and the milk’s quality caught many baristas by surprise. “We…

Winning the coveted Cup of Excellence (COE) competition is like winning an Oscar at the Academy Awards. Just as the esteemed movie awards celebrate the best in cinematic production, each year the COE commends hundreds of farmers who submit their best coffees for assessment. The coffee with the highest score out of 100 is announced in front of hundreds at an awards ceremony, only without the red carpet arrival and golden statue. In this competition, becoming a champion is the reward. Ismael Andrade knows this feeling well. On 30 October, his name and farm, Andrade Bros Estate Coffees, comprising Sao Silvestre and Capim Branco farms, was announced as winners of Brazil’s Naturals COE competition with a score of 93.26 for a lot from the Paraíso farm in the Capim Branco…

With 28 years of hospitality experience between them, the Square One Coffee Roasters team of two, Head Roaster Elika Rowell and two-time Southern Region Cup Tasters Champion Tom Bomford, aims to support burgeoning small businesses in any way they can. “We want to see [our wholesale customers] not only succeed in serving delicious coffee, but also make sure their cafés are financially sustainable,” Elika says. “We want to be able to inspire and encourage growth not just in technical coffee making, but in the stories behind the coffee itself. We choose to work with amazing farmers, producers, exporters, and importers, and love to be able to tell their stories.” Beyond the coffee machine, however, Elika says many customers lack a general knowledge of coffee, from its early beginnings as a bean, to different…

Seven Miles Coffee Roasters opened its Coffee Science and Education Centre (CSEC) earlier in 2018, keeping the roaster on the forefront of developments in coffee science. From water composition to flavour experimentation, the team at CSEC is working to progress Australian’s knowledge of coffee by separating fact from fiction. Leading CSEC is Dr Adam Carr, a chemical engineer who has forged a research career over the past eight years, working at Cornell University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Aerodyne Research. Last year, the academic put his coffee passion and engineering skills to the test when he approached Seven Miles with a coffee machine he’d designed and built in his own garage. While Seven Miles hasn’t pursued Adam’s design yet, he has taken up shop as the roaster’s resident scientist. Adam says CSEC provides…

It’s an awkward feeling when you haven’t been invited to the hottest ticket event of the year. Nobody likes missing out, and no-one likes being an after-thought invite. To avoid such disappointment, consider yourself personally invited to the biggest coffee dedicated event of the year – MICE, taking place from 7 to 9 February, 2019. Are you excited? You should be. This is a once-a-year opportunity to celebrate the Australian coffee industry, your industry. The front façade of the expo is ready for Instragramming, the competition stage is in the works, exhibitor stands are being built, company representatives are practicing their best spruiking techniques, and baristas are perfecting their best brewing techniques. All that’s left to do is book your ticket online (to avoid queues), and roll up. GET THE LOCATION…

Every morning there’s a bird singing right outside my window that wakes me up. Eventually I stopped thinking about it as a constant annoyance and decided to use it as inspiration for a new latte art design that has since become one of my favourites. Bird patterns naturally lend themselves well to latte art designs, mainly because of the fluid free pour motion and detail you can create. Swans are common too, but when is the last time you saw a singing bird perched on a branch? In this pattern, it’s all about the little details that bring the bird to life. The best part is that once you master the technique, it’s a design you can produce in less than a minute – I’m setting you the challenge. The good thing…

McCafé has won the 2018 Monin Coffee Chain Challenge, held at Luna Park Sydney on 9 November. Jamaica Blue placed second and Velocity Espresso and Bar placed third out of the five competing teams. A team of baristas from across Australia represented McCafé in the competition, including Gabrielle Vella of McCafé Kenmore in Queensland, Alexa Smith of McCafé Sturt Street in Victoria, Jaylene Bruton-Peters of McCafé Langwarrin in Victoria, and Omar Ajajul Jalal of The Corner McCafé in New South Wales. “The award is a token for all the efforts we, our managers, licensees, head office staff, and Suntory put in,” Omar says. The Monin Coffee Chain Challenge is a team-based competition that sees the country’s leading coffee chains compete in skill-based challenges: latte art, seasonal beverage, and service time.…

GRINDERS COFFEE NEW PACKAGING Grinders Coffee is introducing new packaging with a simple design and better colour cues to differentiate its blends. Its new-look bag also features flavour descriptors at the top, and, of course, it still has the freshness valve on the back. In addition, Grinders is evolving its logo to a more refined, unified trademark that continues to build on the strength Grinders has as a Melbourne-based coffee roaster. Grinders is also updating its coffee names to more modern names that reflect what’s in the bag. Its Brazil blend will be renamed Classic, Crema to Foundation, and Organic to Source. For more information, visit www.grinderscoffee.com.au CIRRUS FINE COFFEE CLOSED LOOP SOCIETY The Closed Loop Society and Cirrus Fine Coffee are roasting and supplying amazing coffees out of its Port Melbourne HQ.…

Irvine Quek Siew Lhek WORLD LATTE ART CHAMPION Dreams played a large role in Irvine Siew Lhek Quek’s World Latte Art Championship (WLAC) performance, from his goal of earning Malaysia its first coffee championship trophy to his dream of being alone on a deserted island, which inspired his island animal designs. He has always dreamed big. “I actually had a hidden message to deliver in my story and routine. What I said to the judges and audience was ‘I had a dream’, and I presented all the animals I saw in my dream,” Irvine says. As it turns out, Irvine’s dreams did come true. He is the 2018 World Latte Art Champion. In the final round, Irvine’s designs included hornbill and monkey free pours as well as a dolphin for his…

Rumble Coffee Roasters is passionate about creating a sustainable supply chain and giving producers the credit they deserve.To achieve this, Rumble Coffee Roaster Director Joe Molloy believes it’s not just important to educate the barista serving its coffee, but the industry as a whole, from farmer to consumer. “I don’t think the industry is sustainable the way it is and we need to start talking about these things,” Joe says. “Coffee is too cheap. The coffee price is the lowest it’s been in decades. You can buy lots of cheap coffee, but it’s not a sustainable move for us [the roaster] or the industry as a whole. We’d like coffee drinkers to be happy to pay more for a cup of coffee [and understand why].” Earlier this year, the Melbourne-based roaster…

Much like a car, espresso machines require regular check-ups from a trained professional to prevent potential issues and replace worn parts. Service Sphere Director Maurizio Marcocci says it’s surprising how many café owners and roasters still don’t understand the benefit of regular maintenance. “Imagine if your car is not turned on for a whole year. When you try to turn it on, most likely your battery is going to fail and it might blow out a bit of smoke. Similar things will happen to an espresso machine,” Maurizio says. Overexerting a coffee machine can also cause problems. If the cafe’s prized possession and ultimate workhorse isn’t turned off regularly, Maurizio says it’s likely some components will start to fail when the machine is finally turned off for a service. It is for this reason…

When Jeremy Sargeant walked along Kuta beach in the popular holiday destination of Bali in the early 1990s, he recalls swimming in the pristine water and walking along the beach with nothing but sand between his toes. Upon returning to the idyllic spot in 2016, he describes a completely different scenario. “I couldn’t swim in the ocean and I couldn’t walk along the beach because of the volume of rubbish,” he says. “There were graders going up and down the beach all day long pushing rubbish into huge piles for collecting, and then dumping the rubbish into bushland. By the time the beach was cleared, the tide would bring in a fresh collection of rubbish.” It was at that moment Jeremy and his wife Kylie stopped to think what personal behaviour they could…