WA Coffee Academy- Learn how to blend session

[lochness]

Re: WA Coffee Academy- Learn how to blend session

A great and fun (if not wet) day was had by all.

Ive posted some phone-cam pics I took (yes that was me pointing the anoying camera at everyone ) up on Flickr if anyones interested.
These are straight from the phone and some are a bit blurry, but I was in the middle of roasting a batch when I took most of them, so I had one eye on the popper too

http://www.flickr.com/photos/64009842@N00/sets/72157594184247938/

Please add comments, names and descriptions to these pics.

PS: If you are in one of these pics and would rather it not be shown up on the intar-web-thingy, then let me know and I will take it down (or blur you out, like on the news ;D )

[Andy]

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It was a great day out, thanks to Jill, Hazel and of course Chris for putting a great day together.

Also a great big thanks to the coffee heads - its your passion for improved results that allows us all to learn!

I look forward to many more similar events.

[Habit]

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Well done indeed. Thanks Chris, for the effort in organizing the day.
And to The Learned Ladies, Jill and Hazel, for imparting a bunch of their valuable knowledge.
I also suspect a certain site administrator who shall remain nameless, (but whos initials are Andy Freeman), went to quite a bit of trouble to aid the cause also.
Thanks Andy.

What a terrific day.

Being fairly new, it was great to meet a few fellow Melbourne CSers face to face.
It was a genuine pleasure.


Jeff.

[MattG]

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Yep - thanks all for organising an informative yet enjoyable day.

The blending experiment was fun, but I wouldnt pin the roasting/blending reputation of Hazel, Chris, and Andy on the concoction that ended up being the snob blend.  If I recall the blend ended up using the leftover beans with roughly the following proportions:
1/2 or so Brazil Daterra
1/4 or so Sumatra Mandl
a few dashes (up to 1/4) PNG peaberry (was there 2 different roast profiles of this?)
a few dashes (up to 1/4) PNG Sihereni

[Robster]

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Thanks everyone!

It was good fun and good learning all the way. I now know my palate needs plenty of work! Loved seeing, smelling and hearing all the roasting devices at work and it was great to meet fellow coffee people and talk crack!

Tim (Lochness): Re the photos . . . can you give me more hair?

Cheers,

Rob

[tim]

Re: WA Coffee Academy- Learn how to blend session

Yep - thanks all for organising an informative yet enjoyable day.

The blending experiment was fun, but I wouldnt pin the roasting/blending reputation of Hazel, Chris, and Andy on the concoction that ended up being the snob blend. If I recall the blend ended up using the leftover beans with roughly the following proportions:
1/2 or so Brazil Daterra
1/4 or so Sumatra Mandl
a few dashes (up to 1/4) PNG peaberry (was there 2 different roast profiles of this?)
a few dashes (up to 1/4) PNG Sihereni

Meaning?

[tim]

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On a positive note:

Well done Chris, Andy, Jill and of course Hazel for yet another superbly organised day.
Great to meet some new faces/names as well as catch up with some now-familiar ones.
I forgot to take home some "snob" blend after all that...bummer!
Did take home some of Hazels Ipanema tho and put it straight thru the Junior... twas yummie too.


Tim

[poundy]

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Wow, sounds like a cool session.

2MuchChris, or anyone really, is there an equivalent academy in NSW that has a focus on coffee, that isnt just teaching high-schoolers how to froth milk? Itd be awesome to have the facilities and someone with the passion of Jill, Chris and Hazel to do something similar here in NSW. And Id really love to go through a "refresher" or "advanced" espresso course and work on things like cupping, perhaps even get qualifications.....

Then I could throw in the IT job and become a barista full-time.... ah, weekends, always great for dreamin

[nunu]

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The equivalent would probably be the Sydney Coffee Academy at Ryde TAFE. If I remember correctly, theyre using Futurmat machines. They also have a green bean coffee roaster. Point of contact would be Patrick Beckitt on 9448-6140.

[TC]

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Hey Poundy- good to hear from you!

Hazel delivers our courses in Sydney- I believe at the Douwe facility...not sure where its located. You could either email Jill Adams jilla@angliss.vic.edu.au or Hazel directly beans@coffeealchemy.com.au

Good luck!

Chris

[poundy]

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Thanks Nunu and Chris.

I found Syd Coffee Academy info here - http://www.sydneycoffeeacademy.com.au/

Ill drop Hazel a line and find details about where she runs the session in Sydney.

cheers guys!

[TC]

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No worries Poundy.....how about an alternative.....you get a few mates (3-7 o them), come down to Melb for a day or two....book the training room and me at the academy (very price effective way of doing things) and we cover EXACTLY what you would like to work on? 8-)...

Just a thought...

Chris

[poundy]

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And thats a great alternative too ! Hmm, perhaps Id just better pay more attention to the "coffee news" folder here - I usually avoid reading the rehashed news articles, and only stumbled on this "event" item last night. Maybe then Ill get a bite at an event thats on without me organising hypothetical "mates" who are interested in coffee like me

[Robster]

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Ok. Ive been drinking the results of our blending experiment. Very nice. Great job everyone. Only thing is Im finding it blondes rather early, so Im short-extracting from a double basket to get a good single shot. I blame my own under-roasted PNG Peaberry for this.

How are others finding it?

Rob

[luca]

Re: WA Coffee Academy- Learn how to blend session

No worries Poundy.....how about an alternative.....you get a few mates (3-7 o them), come down to Melb for a day or two....book the training room and me at the academy (very price effective way of doing things) and we cover EXACTLY what you would like to work on? 8-)...

Just a thought...

Chris

Or, to potentially cut costs further, you beg Hazel to use her place and fly Chris and I up to Sydney 8-)