Tuesday, 23 November 2010
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
Detpak Queensland Barista State Championship
Date: December 05, 2010
- Location: Wolff Rost Haus 14/23 Ashtan Place Banyo, QLD 4014
The Australian Barista Championship seeks to discover the best barista who embodies the following rules and guidelines from the WBC.
A Champion is someone who aspires to the following:
- To promote the growth, excellence & recognition in the Barista profession.
- To grow the Barista’s knowledge of and expertise in, the preparation and serving of specialty, espresso coffee through competitions.
- To promote the knowledge and consumption of specialty coffee to the consumer through the Barista.
Baristas are required to serve 4 espresso, 4 cappuccino and 4 espresso based signature drinks (no alcohol) to 4 sensory judges. Technique is assessed by 2 Technical Judges and the process is overseen by 1 Head Judge. The Baristas are allowed to use their choice of coffee and must complete the presentation within 15 minutes to avoid a overtime penalties up until 16 minutes whereby the barista is disqualified.
Monday, 1 November 2010
City Coffee... were you get your daily dose
We all have dreams of being at the pointy end of coffee. Without really knowing it on daily basis we a dreaming about specialty coffee - micro lot single origins - brewed coffee - ExYield, TDS, Dose weight, Beverage weight (the numbers) - Clovers - Uber boilers - vest, ties, hats and mustaches.
In reality our business has evolved into City Coffee - coffee that cuts thru 12oz of milk and stands alone black add sugar and coco if thats how you roll - computerization and automation of roasting - if it taste good we don't care about the numbers - t shirts and vans.
We are not out to compete with the next new coffee house, brew bar or coffee geek we just have a passion for delivering the best possible product with the resources, skills and knowledge available to us whilst running a viable business.
And yes we do feature specialty coffee and micro lot single origins!
In reality our business has evolved into City Coffee - coffee that cuts thru 12oz of milk and stands alone black add sugar and coco if thats how you roll - computerization and automation of roasting - if it taste good we don't care about the numbers - t shirts and vans.
We are not out to compete with the next new coffee house, brew bar or coffee geek we just have a passion for delivering the best possible product with the resources, skills and knowledge available to us whilst running a viable business.
And yes we do feature specialty coffee and micro lot single origins!
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