Ballarat mining company, Gekko Systems, will attempt the Guinness World Record for the world’s biggest cup of tea.
As part of its 20th anniversary celebrations, Gekko Systems will attempt the Guinness World Record at 3.30 pm on Friday 3 June. Read more
Grinders Coffee’s newly re-designed Lygon Street flagship store has been shortlisted for Best Interior Design (Hospitality) in the 2016 Melbourne Design Awards.
For more than 50 years Grinders Coffee House has been an iconic part of Lygon Street’s heritage, first established in 1962. To bring the historic site into the modern era, the tired building has undergone an intensive renovation program to bring it back to its original glory. Read more
The Australian Women in Coffee Association has welcomed a South Australian division.
Georgina Lumb, 2016 Australian AeroPress Champion and Patio Coffee Roasters Training Manager will lead the SA group, which currently comprises of seven members. Read more
Members of the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe (SCAE) have endorsed moves to unify their organisation with the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) in a vote held as part of the long running process examining the prospect of unification of the two organisations.
Members of the SCAA will now have the opportunity to express their views on the process in a vote that will be held over the Northern summer. Read more
Tea lovers are invited to converge at the Melbourne Tea Festival on Sunday 29 May.
The annual event is an interactive experience designed to help people discover and experience specialty tea, encourage and grow passion for tea through education, and showcase quality specialty tea providers. Read more
MFC Roasters will have a presence at the Good Food & Wine Show from 3 – 5 June at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre.
MFC will feature a brew bar near the show’s Artisan Square, with three coffees available for the public to try. They include the Organic Roast, with it’s dark chocolate and soft berry flavours; the Capital Roast with milk chocolate, toffee and honeycomb-type flavours; and Seasonal Blend No.1, which MFC’s Justin Mellors says he is “particularly pleased with” this year. This blend features a combination of caramel praline and chocolate notes. Read more
Hey You, the order-ahead app, has appointed Shaun Cornelius as the company’s new CEO.
Shaun is the Founder of Choosi, and more recently former OurDeal.com.au CEO. This shift in position coincides with Hey You receiving a further $2 million in funding from existing investors Reinventure and Exto Partners where Shaun will lead the company in its next growth phase. Read more
Proud Mary Owner Nolan Hirte has announced he is opening Proud Mary’s in Portland, Oregon in the United States – and he’s moving the family there too.
The Proud Mary Founder says one of the reasons for opening Proud Mary in Portland is because of Melbourne’s saturated café market. Read more
Italy’s largest airline Alitalia has signed a three-year partnership deal with Lavazza.
The new deal will see passengers on the Italian airline’s 147 routes able to savour an exclusive range of Lavazza’s coffees. Read more
New research has found tidy dining areas and fresh bathrooms are more important than service to guests.
The research initiative, carried out on behalf of hygiene brand Tork, involved a survey of 3000 restaurant guests and a unique eye-tracking experiment, devised to learn how a restaurant is perceived through the eyes of a guest. Read more