Genovese Coffee are hosting a Latte Art Smackdown at the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) on 11 August.
To celebrate the screening of Barista, a documentary about five barista’s journey to the United States Barista Championship, Genovese will host the smackdown event to coincide with the film festival. Read more
According to the International Coffee Organisation’s (ICO) June Market Report, the daily price of the ICO composite indicator increased steadily over the course of June, starting from a low of 118.53 US cents per pound on 1 June, and ending on a high of 132.04 per pound, its highest daily level since April 2015. Read more
Danes Specialty Coffee will host the second annual International Grand Latte Art Championship (IGLAC) on Friday 19 August in Sydney. Read more
Mr Black has produced a coffee liqueur using the world’s most expensive and sought-after coffee.
The spirits company claims to have created a world first by using a Panama Geisha coffee. Read more
Australian Specialty Coffee Association (ASCA) has announced that scholarship applications are now open for judges and competitors to travel to their nearest regional competition. Read more
The Rocks Aroma Festival returns for its 19th year on Sunday 24 July.
The event will bring together some of the best brewers, baristas and boutique roasters from around Australia, and feature more than 60 coffee and gourmet food stallholders, food trucks, latte art competitions and demonstrations, pop-up bars, and performers. Read more
Women in Coffee united on 30 June to celebrate and network with likeminded industry women.
Knight Mattingly Coffee Roasters and Three Sixty Espresso Academy hosted the evening event on 30 June, which took place at the Locale Lab in Abbotsford, Melbourne.
“These get togethers are a casual and fun opportunity for women in our industry to unite, make connections and share their stories with others,” said Debra Night of Knight Mattingly Coffee Roasters. “Together, women are unstoppable. We just need to support each other.” Read more
The Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) has delayed the vote on its proposed unification with the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe (SCAE) by two weeks after the United Kingdom voted to exit the European Union.
A vote among SCAA members on the proposed unification of their organisation with the SCAE was scheduled to take place from 27 June – 27 July, however those dates have now been moved to 5 July – 5 August. Read more
The Simonelli Group and the University of Camerino in Italy have launched an International Hub for Coffee Research and Innovation.
Announced on 27 June, Simonelli Group says the International Hub was founded to support the entire global coffee chain in raising the professionalism and quality of espresso and cappuccinos, to encourage their consumption around the world, maximum consumer satisfaction, and help develop the market. Read more
Tetsu Kasuya of Coffee Factory in Japan is the 2016 World Brewers Cup (WBrC) Champion.
After three attempts at a national title and his first presentation on the world stage, Tetsu can return to Japan with his head held high, in what has been a very successful World of Coffee Show for Japan. Fellow countryman Yoshikazu Iwase of Rec Collective was runner up in the World Barista Championship, just missing out on giving Japan the clean sweep of titles from Dublin. Read more