2009 Australian Barista, Latte Art and Cup-Tasting championships.

[grendel]

Re: 2009 Australian Barista, Latte Art and Cup-Tasting championships.

I had Emanuele of Ristretto Espresso (who competed in the open heats) emailing photos through to me which are online at http://cafe-grendel.blogspot.com. Im hoping someone who was there will come through shortly with a blog post of their own - I know Luca will likely do so once he recovers and Andy should have some good info as well when he gets back.

[redzone121]

Re: 2009 Australian Barista, Latte Art and Cup-Tasting championships.

Cool thanks James 8-)

[jamver0]

Re: 2009 Australian Barista, Latte Art and Cup-Tasting championships.

The Coffee in Good Spirits Championship is about mixing coffee and alcohol.

There is a good blurb about it on the World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship web site.

http://www.world-coffee-in-good-spirits-championship.com/

cheers,
James

[redzone121]

Re: 2009 Australian Barista, Latte Art and Cup-Tasting championships.

What is "Coffee in good spirits" please :-[?

[pberry]

Re: 2009 Australian Barista, Latte Art and Cup-Tasting championships.

Bar Nine microblogged the whole event from their twitter account, http://www.twitter.com/barnine

You can scroll down and view the all the updates, or you can go to http://barnine.blogspot.com for a collated write up of the placings

[jamver0]

Re: 2009 Australian Barista, Latte Art and Cup-Tasting championships.

I havent seen full results posted anywhere and cant remember specific orders or anything, but the main results were:

2009 Australian Barista Champion
Tim Adams, Sunshine Coast Coffee Academy, Queensland

2009 Australian Latte Art Champion
Erin Sampson, Primary Café, Melbourne

2009 Australian Cup Tasting Champion
Ben Bicknell, Five Senses Coffee, Perth

2009 Coffee in Good Spirits Champion
Kirby Berlin, Maling Room, Melbourne

Unedited footage from the live stream is available on the Gun Barista videos on uStream as posted earlier.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/gun-barista-challenge

cheers,
James

(I hope I got everything right!)

[JamesM]

Re: 2009 Australian Barista, Latte Art and Cup-Tasting championships.

is there a results page/site and some archived vid or something? cheers

[greenman]

Re: 2009 Australian Barista, Latte Art and Cup-Tasting championships.

I was on the edge of my chair watching the live streaming of the cupping final, when they announced Ben had 8 I expected Luca to also score 8 and then a countback on time, but it wasnt to be, congradulations Ben and Luca for giving us such an exciting, nail-biting finale.
congratulations to all other winners and competitors for a great weekends competition.
Good luck in the WBC.

[thecaffiend]

Re: 2009 Australian Barista, Latte Art and Cup-Tasting championships.

Well done to everyone involved
Enormous effort and great reults....congratulations one and all, really disappointed I coul not be there!!!
OK...hands up who can get me contact details for Tim Adams, or who can tee up an interview with him ASAP for next issue of BEANSCENE...email me direct:

editor@beanscenemagazine.com.au

Well done everyone, the winner was specialty coffee and the whole industry!!!

Steve

[Presso]

Re: 2009 Australian Barista, Latte Art and Cup-Tasting championships.

Three cheers for LUCA!

Great effort!

Unbelievable work under pressure.

[greenman]

Re: 2009 Australian Barista, Latte Art and Cup-Tasting championships.

Congratulations to Ben Bicknell, legendary stuff Ben!!!

[t3bcx3]

Great courage on display

Have to say that I was impressed by the level of courage displayed.
Many of us are potential champions in the safety and security of home and work.
Its a huge step to get on that stage and be judged in every respect including the way you sound and dress. (considering comments on live Ustream forum)
Congratulations to all participants.
I think Tim only needs advice from professional entertainers on nerve control.
Thats it at his level.
Good on you all

[t3bcx3]

Queensland Beautiful 1 day Perfect espresso the next

On Ya TIM
Queensland Beautiful 1 day perfect espresso the next.

[grendel]

Re: 2009 Australian Barista, Latte Art and Cup-Tasting championships.

And the barista champion for 2009 is Tim Adams

[grendel]

Re: 2009 Australian Barista, Latte Art and Cup-Tasting championships.

Kirby Berlin took out the Good Spirits comp and David Seng came in 3rd with Scotty Callaghan in 2nd Place.