CIGS

2020 Australian CIGS Championship

Last chance to enter 2020 Australian CIGS Championship

The Australian Specialty Coffee Association (ASCA) has opened additional spots in the ASCA 2020 Monin Australian Coffee in Good Spirits (CIGS) Championship. Entries close 24 January. The ASCA 2020 Monin Australian CIGS Championship will be held during the ASCA Condesa Co Lab 2020 Australian Coffee Championships at Tasting Australia in Adelaide form 27 to 30 March.
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Ona Coffee

Ona Coffee announces MICE line-up

Ona Coffee has announced a line-up of events the roaster will host at stand #63 at the 2019 Melbourne International Coffee Expo from 7 to 9 February. On 7 February from 2pm to 5pm, Ona Coffee will hold tastings of its recent Cascara Cherry Bomb sour beer collaboration with Capital brewing Co. Ona Coffee says Cascara Cherry Bomb is brewed using dried coffee cherries and tastes like cherry pie.
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Danny Wilson

2018 Australian CIGS Champion Danny Wilson loves coffee cocktails

I love creating coffee cocktails. Experimenting with different recipes, ingredients, and techniques is super rewarding. It teaches you how many possible ways there is to serve coffee. In July 2018 I won the Australian Coffee in Good Spirits Championship. For me, this win felt like the culmination of five years of competition.
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Parmalat Professional

Parmalat Professional to feature Chanho Hong’s coffee cocktails at MICE

Chanho Hong of Normcore Coffee Roasters will be on hand at the Parmalat Professional stand (#48) at the Melbourne International Coffee Expo (MICE) on 8 February to serve his podium finish-worthy coffee cocktails. Chanho’s Damn Good Cool Cat Irish coffee and his signature Damn Good Shot earned him third place at the 2018 Australian Specialty Coffee Association (ASCA) Coffee in Good Spirits championship. Both cocktails use Normcore roasted coffee.
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Australian Coffee in Good Spirits Championship returns

The Australian Specialty Coffee Association has announced the national Coffee in Good Spirits (CIGS) championship will take place at the 2018 ASCA Symposium on 29 July. The event promotes innovative beverage recipes that showcase coffee and spirits in a competition format.
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Melbourne Coffee Week kicks off

Melbourne Coffee Week is official underway, with the first of the week-long celebration of coffee events starting with the Australian Specialty Coffee Association (ASCA) Coffee In Good Spirits Championship (CIGS). From 6 – 10pm on 10 March, the coffee community is invited upstairs to the Panama Dining Room in Melbourne’s Fitzroy to see baristas creating coffee based cocktails, while enjoying a drink themselves. 
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