How To

Save time and space on the coffee bar

Workflow is important to any coffee bar running smoothly and the Puqpress automatic tamper has become a café staple thanks to its automatic tamping streamlining the process, saving time and space. The launch of under-grinder tampers made it even faster and easier, with the latest Puqpress M3 reaching new leave of precision and optimisation.
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Choosing the right dairy alternatives for your café

With recent research suggesting dairy alternatives are used in about 25 per cent of all milk-based coffees in Australia, plant-based milk brand Vitasoy says it’s never been more important that cafés consider the quality and impact of the products they’re using.
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Back to the latte art basics

Mocopan Coffee’s Babin Gurung on how to tackle the core latte art basics and techniques that, once achieved, open up a huge window of opportunity to let your imagination run wild.
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A barista’s guide to dairy alternatives: Oat milk

Vitasoy Café Ambassador and 2019 Australian Barista Champion Matthew Lewin on how oat milk represents the next phase of plant-based milks.
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Spartan Warrior latte art by Victor Vu

Victor Vu shares his latte art take on a Spartan Warrior that inspires baristas to overcome any challenge ahead of them. Read More

Finding the right water filter for your café

Cameron McDonald of Bombora Coffee + Water Supplies discusses the practical considerations and cost benefits of supplying a café with the right water filter.
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Time to weight: the best metric for perfect coffee flavour

According to Barista Technology Australia, weight is the metric the coffee industry should have used all along for perfect coffee flavour. “Stripped back to their most basic elements, recipes for a great cup of coffee will usually begin something along the lines of: (x) grams of coffee + (y) millilitres of water + (z) amount of time,” says Brett Bolwell, CEO of Barista Technology Australia.
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