Seeing the same smiling faces in a café daily is something that keeps customers coming back day after day for their morning brew.
In the last edition of BeanScene I wrote about how to find the right people through a strong recruitment and training process. This time I will be exploring how to ensure your staff continue enjoy their job, and therefore hopefully stay with your business for longer. Read more
The International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA) Australian Chapter formation will host its second origin trip from 29 March to 2 April – this time to far North Queensland.
Women and men of the coffee community are invited to explore Queensland’s coffee growing regions and the people and communities that make it such a unique part of Australia’s coffee identity. Read more
World Barista Champion (WBC) Sasa Sestic has unveiled a new auction program for El Salvador and Honduras.
Named The Best of Project Origin, Sasa has created the auctions to help develop coffee growing communities and advance quality coffee globally. Read more
For the second year in a row Astoria has been named the official sponsor of the World Latte Art Championship (WLAC) and World Coffee in Good Spirits (WCIGS) Championship finals.
The competitions will take place at Hotelex trade fair in Shanghai, China from 29 March to 1 April. Read more
Tea purists tend to lament café offerings of blended and flavoured tea as an aberration of “real tea”, but what they may not realise is that, from the very early days, tea was a mixed bag – pardon the pun. Read more
Australian coffee farms have a vibrant history, and are experiencing a revival, with many roasters developing an appreciation for locally grown beans.
Ask many people in the industry where coffee was discovered and chances are they’ll tell you an intriguing story about Kaldi and the Ethiopian heritage. Ask where or when it was discovered in Australia and you’ll hear a number of different stories.
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