Agineszka Rojewska from Poland has been named this year’s Coffee Master at The London Coffee Festival, making her the first female to win the esteemed title in London.
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Aussies win SCA Best New Products Awards
The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) has announced the winners of the Best New Product Awards at the 2018 Specialty Coffee Expo in Seattle, including Australia’s Campos Coffee and Detpak.
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Almond Breeze Barista Blend reveals its dark side
Almond Breeze Barista Blend has revealed its sleek new packaging design will be the “dark blue sleeker”.
The decision was made after more than 3000 Australian baristas, coffee drinkers, roasters, café owners and coffee connoisseurs were asked which packaging design they liked best and made their input.
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Adelaide to host Coffee Talk with Australian Brewers Cup Champion Heath Dalziel and WBC Champion Sasa Sestic
Ona Coffee and Devour Cafe in Adelaide will host a Coffee Talk event with 2018 Australian Brewers Cup Champion Heath Dalziel and 2015 World Barista Champion (WBC, Saša Šestić on 30 April.
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Almond Breeze Barista Blend reveals a darker side
Almond Breeze Barista Blend has revealed its sleek new packaging design after asking Australia which designs got them frothing the most.
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SCA announces new diversity scholarship program
The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) announced the introduction of its new Lead Scholarship Program at the Re:co Symposium on 19 April.
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Starbucks to close all US stores for racial bias training
Starbucks has announced it will close its more than 8,000 company-owned stores in the United States on the afternoon of 29 May to conduct racial-bias education geared toward preventing discrimination.
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Three-time UK Barista Champion John Gordon wins first New Zealand Barista Championship
John Gordon is the 2018 Meadow Fresh New Zealand Barista Champion.
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ASCA seeks 2019 regional competition host venues
The Australian Specialty Coffee Association (ASCA) has announced that the 2019 regional competition season will run from the last week of August through to the first week of December in 2018.
Final dates and locations will be announced by 1 July, and released with any updated rules announcements.
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Ona Coffee to open first Sydney café
Canberra-based Ona Coffee has announced it will open its first Sydney café in the coming months.
The new venue in the inner-west suburb of Marrickville will feature a “simple but purposeful” construction to allow for ease of communication between baristas and customers.
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