Adelaide

Fresco Bah

Fresco-Bah

When it comes to running a café, Roger El-Awar has one simple philosophy: give the customers what they want. That maxim has served him well since opening his second Fresco-Bah on Pirie Street in September. Read More
CREAM

CREAM

After more than a decade in hospitality, two-time Western Region Latte Art and Adelaide Breezey Masters Champion Josh Rivers thought he could offer something new to the Brighton community with his café Coffee Rules Everything Around Me (CREAM). Taking its name from a Wu-Tang Clan song, CREAM combines Josh’s love of hip-hop music with coffee, which has helped the café make an impression since opening four years ago. 
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2020 Australian Coffee Championships

ASCA announces location of 2020 Australian Coffee Championships

The Australian Specialty Coffee Association (ASCA) Condesa Co Lab 2020 Australian Coffee Championships will take place at Tasting Australia in Adelaide from 27 to 30 March. The event will include the Vitasoy Barista Championship, Pauls Professional Latte Art Championship, Brewers Cup, TCX Cup Tasters Championship, Coffee in Good Spirits Championship, AMC Coffee Roasting Championship preliminary tasting, and Monin Coffee Chain Challenge.
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A Mother's Milk

A Mother’s Milk

For many café owners, a toned-down, rustic look is a design choice made to increase the character of their venue. But for A Mother’s Milk in South Australia, it began as a necessity. “When the original owners set up the café, they didn’t have much of a budget for design, so it was quite raw, with exposed bricks and wooden floorboards. But the concept has become more popular and it looks amazing now,” Owner Tania Basheer says. 
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Sazón Espresso

Sazón Espresso

In 2011, Oswaldo and Jose Estrella channelled their Mexican heritage and more than 20 years of hospitality experience into their first café, Sazón Espresso, in Mount Barker. In 2015, the cousins added a second venue in the Adelaide CBD to their portfolio. “We felt there were a lot of places that really had similar concepts and that we could do something different,” Oswaldo says.
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Devour Café Patisserie

Devour Café Patisserie

When the original Devour was forced to relocate, Owner Quang Nguyen chose to adjust the venue’s focus from late night desserts to morning coffee. Devour’s reborn menu now focuses on breakfast food with an Asian twist. “We like to do things a bit differently. Our breakfast bao in particular has been pretty popular. We do a range of them using different ingredients like egg and bacon, panko crumbed chicken, and mushroom and halloumi,” Quang says.
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Cafetto

Cafetto opens Adelaide distribution centre

On 23 November, Australia-based cleaning company Cafetto opened a new distribution centre in Adelaide, near the company’s Brompton factory and head office. Cafetto Managing Director Christopher Short says the location of the new distribution centre is key to it being able to operate efficiently.
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Western Region

Ziggy Varamulia of Max and Sons wins Western Region Barista Championship

Ziggy Varamulia of Max and Sons in Perth has won the Australian Specialty Coffee Association (ASCA) 2019 Western Region Barista Championship. Rhys Woods of Lo. Ki in Adelaide placed second, and Rummy Keshet of Offshoot Coffee in Perth placed third. The competition was held at the Double Shot Coffee Fiesta in Unley, South Australia from 3 to 4 November.
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Ordermentum helps Ona Coffee deal with demand

Since Ona Coffee Founder Sasa Sestic’s victory at the 2015 World Barista Championship (WBC), the Canberra-based café and roastery has reach a new level of prominence. “We have tripled the staff [in Adelaide] to meet the demand and popularity of our coffee,” says Jennie McClelland, Administration and Customer Service at Ona Coffee. “We are supplying coffee to cafés across Australia, including Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart. This growth really consumes a lot of our focus.”
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