Takumi Sakamoto of Deluca Coffee has won the Australian Specialty Coffee Association (ASCA) 2019 Australian Coffee Roasting Championship, held at Criteria Coffee in Port Melbourne, Victoria from 29 to 31 May.
Pat Connolly of Genovese Coffee placed second and Daniel Shadbolt of Veneziano Coffee Roasters placed third in the competition.
“I’ve been roasting for six or seven years and never entered any competitions. I kind of wanted to prove something, that I can do good. I just can’t believe I won,” Takumi tells BeanScene.
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Vladimir Nenashev of Mosaic Coffee in Russia wins 2018 World Coffee Roasting Championship
Vladimir Nenashev of Mosaic Coffee in Russia has won the 2018 World Coffee Roasting Championship (WCRC), held at Sigep in Rimini, Italy, from 19 to 23 January.
Yoshiyuki Nakamura of Mamepolepole in Japan placed second, and Veda Viraswami of Le Café Alain Ducasse in France placed third.
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2018 Australian Roasting Champion Ben Toovey on the most important link
Coffee is an incredibly complex product, with many links in the chain from the origin that it’s grown in, to the final beverage we consume. You may hear some people say that the producer has “the most important role, because without them there is no coffee”. Or maybe you’ve heard that “it’s the barista that is the key, for without their careful preparation and customer service, all of the farmers’ hard work can be in vain”. I’m a roaster, so you may expect me to say that we have the most crucial task of reaching the full potential of the green coffee. The truth is, you probably won’t hear me say much at all, because I’m a coffee hermit, hiding in the roasting room and at the cupping table.
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ASCA announces Australian Roasting Championship finalists
The Australian Specialty Coffee Association (ASCA) has announced the seven finalists of the 2019 AMC Australian Roasting Championship, to be held at the Melbourne International Coffee Expo (MICE) from 7 to 9 February.
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2019 AMC Australian Roasting Championship registration opens soon
The Australian Specialty Coffee Association (ASCA) Roasters Guild will open registration for the 2019 AMC Australian Roasting Championship at 9am on 3 December 2018.
Once registered, competitors will be
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Seven Seeds to host 2018 Australian AeroPress Championship tonight
The 2018 Australian AeroPress Championship is taking place tonight at Seven Seeds tonight from 5:30pm – 10:30pm.
The space-themed event will see regional AeroPress champions face off for the chance to compete in the World AeroPress Championship, to be held at Commune in Sydney on 17 November.
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Ben Toovey of Genovese Coffee wins Victorian AeroPress competition
Australian Roasting Champion Ben Toovey of Genovese Coffee has won the 2018 Victoria AeroPress Championships, held at Coffee Supreme’s Melbourne roastery on 16 August.
Ben previously won the competition in 2016.
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