MICE 2017

K_Bean_Coffee

I'll be there 🙂

admin

Hi guys, just a reminder about this, due to start on 1 April; I won't be able to make it, but if there's enough interest amongst Melb-based members, you may want to arrange central spot to meet up? Have also posted a little more info about the various world coffee champs from their press release: " The Australian Coffee Championships, hosted by the Australian Specialty Coffee Association (ASCA) will see regional barista winners from across the country go head-to-head for the ultimate glory in the Barista, Latte Art, Cup Tasters, Brewers Cup and Coffee Roasting championship – a new addition to this year’s line up. Watch them dazzle the judges – and crowd – with their timed performances, creative latte art, and delicious coffees, with the ultimate goal of taking out the national titles and representing Australia on the world stage in their respective events. Winning the Australian Championship is a barista’s ticket to the world. This year, the World Barista Championships (WBC) will take place in Seoul from 9 – 21 November 2017. The World Brewers Cup, World Latte Art, and World Cup Tasters Championship will take place from 13 – 15 June 2017 in Budapest, and the World Coffee Roasting Championship will take place in December in Guangzhou, China."

West_Village

To all those attending hope you have a great time! I'm extremely jealous !! Really looking forward to any new products!! And also hearing who the competition winners are.

K_Bean_Coffee

I'll take pics 🙂

Brett_H

K_Bean_Coffee wrote:

I'll take pics 🙂

Fantastic. As long as there's plenty of bling mind.... no sunsets or abstracts :stir

admin

K_Bean_Coffee wrote:

I'll take pics 🙂

Actually K_Bean, if you've got a reasonably good camera, I might talk to you about getting a selection of reasonably high-res pics. cheers A

K_Bean_Coffee

admin wrote:

Actually K_Bean, if you've got a reasonably good camera, I might talk to you about getting a selection of reasonably high-res pics. cheers A

.....more than reasonable. My wife is a professional photographer so I get to use her toys. Let me know if you have a special mission for me 🙂. I'm happy to help Cheers Paul www.kbean.com.au Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Brett_H

K_Bean_Coffee wrote:

.....more than reasonable. My wife is a professional photographer so I get to use her toys. Let me know if you have a special mission for me 🙂. I'm happy to help Cheers Paul www.kbean.com.au Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I too am blessed with a wife with photographic proclivities for work. We're a Nikon family 🙂

K_Bean_Coffee

Canon for us 🙂

admin

hey Paul, if you email or pm me your address, will send you a hardcopy back-issue of Crema mag. from previous barista comps, where you can see the sort of shots I took - I was shooting with D300 but a full-frame with better low-light capability would be better for natural light shots cheers A

K_Bean_Coffee

Hi A, I'll send you a PM. Cheers

West_Village

How was day#1 down at MICE kbean or anyone else attending for that matter ? Any new or innovative products coming to market that caught your interest?

askthecoffeeguy

and photos of bling on the bench please !

K_Bean_Coffee

It was awesome guys. Smaller this year but still great. I failed re the Pro pics but here are a few snaps:

West_Village

Awesome job kbean thanks for the photos and updates so far Congratulations to cosmorex/beanroasters for taking out the best roaster and best espresso awards I'm led to believe. At least that's what the MICE 2017 Facebook page advised. Can anyone confirm?

admin

nice pics K_Bean; just a reminder, if anyone else is attending please feel free to use this thread as a 'blog' with thoughts and/or pics from the event cheers A

K_Bean_Coffee

My #1 tip would be to get to 5 Senses and try their "flights." Each flight had 3 carefully selected coffees and there where 4 flights so 12 great coffees all up. The 3x Geisha was a real highlight. Cheers, Paul www.kbean.com.au

Brett_H

Great stuff.... thanks for the pics Paul!

admin

Hi guys, here's the final blurb on the winner of the Aust Barista Champ - congrats to Hugh (second year running)! If anyone wants to add winners of other comps (eg latte art, good spirits) please feel free. "Hugh Kelly of Ona Coffee in Canberra won the Australian Barista Championship for the second year in a row. He is only the second Australian to win the prestigious title since Paul Basset won the championship in 2002 and 2003. Matthew Lewin of Axil Coffee Roasters was runner up and Jade Jennings of Veneziano Coffee Roasters placed third, a repeat of last year’s top three finalists. For his 15-minute routine, Hugh engaged the panel of four sensory judges with his fluid presentation, distinct flavour profiles, and element of fun with tangerine fairy floss he transported from a carnival setting to the judging table. Hugh also used his performance to highlight the need to bridge the gap between specialty coffee and consumers. “I want to serve quality coffee first and foremost, but I also want to focus on how to make the customer experience better. That’s why I talked to our customers and listened to what they liked and what they didn’t to help create my routine and my beverages.” Hugh presented four espressos, four milk-based beverages, and four signature drinks for the judges for assessment. He used a washed processed Geisha from Morgan Estate in Panama for his espressos; a natural processed Ethiopian coffee found near the Geisha forest in Wush Wush for his milk-based beverages; and the same Morgan Estate coffee in espresso form with 12 millilitres of peach sous vide liquid, the vapour of jasmine flavours, and 50 grams of tangerine peel and unrefined organic cane sugar for his signature beverage. The result was a tangerine sugar, which he heated at 150°C in a fairy floss machine to create a “tangerine floss”. Hugh will represent Australia at the World Barista Championship (WBC), taking place in Seoul from 9 – 21 November 2017.

mycuppa

The result was a tangerine sugar, which he heated at 150°C in a fairy floss machine to create a “tangerine floss”. Sadly, this is perhaps what separates the top half dozen or so competitors..........the stuff that bears no resemblance to coffee and belongs in a Master Chef or Heston Blumenthal event .........sure, it's only part of an entire routine, but wouldn't it be great if they would focus on judging coffee solely on the merits of coffee and leave the sideshow antics for those with short attention spans.