News Articles by Richard Austin
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Watch all the Australian Barista Championship action
The Australian Barista Championship was streamed live to millions of people around the world and even included a few plugs from the New York Times as baristas from afar kept an eye on the Australian talent and competition. If you caught a glimpse of your favourite barista during the live stream or you were lucky enough to carry the excess baggage of a demanding barista over to Queensland, then you know what a competition barista in 2010 has to go through. The demands, the pressure of the crowd, the ticking of the clock.
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Bye Bye Capricorn
Our only Australian coffee bean, the Australian Capricorn Estate, has been a favourite amongst a small group of our customers for quite some time now. Unfortunately for these people, Capricorn Coast Coffee has sold up. Given that the trees on the estate have all been bulldozed, it seems pretty clear that the new buyers of the land won’t be going into the coffee business!
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Direct trade in Sumatra
Without question, direct trade is fast becoming the future of coffee. Direct trade has a whole stack of benefits, including better prices for the growers, open lines of communication and, ultimately, higher quality coffees.
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Olympic Effort
When I first feasted my eyes on the state-of-the-art technology I would be using at Coffee Lab International, I knew I was in for a week of fun. In picturesque Burlington to attend a week-long roasting course, I was looking forward to meeting renowned coffee expert, Mané Alves.
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