The Australian Coffee Festival & Cafe Biz 2011 - Melbourne

[herbie]

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Well done Andy. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
Looking forward to your posts tonight.
We are so excited to be coming and meeting and greeting so many talented and enthusiastic fellow snobbers in such a fantastic environment.
Cafe Biz website is good for info. on the days.
1 sleep to go then on the road for 4/12 hours to the Big Smoke. It is going to be an "affair to remember"
Thanks for the opportunity to attend such a great event. For all your hard work Andy a [smiley=thumbsup.gif].
Herbie and Herbiesmissus. ;D

[greenman]

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Thanks for the opportunity to attend such a great event. For all your hard work Andy a Smiley.

Ditto Andy!!
Im going to Auction Rooms for b/fast tomorrow morning 7.30 if anyone is in the area needing sustenance and a caffeine fix

[koligi]

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If anyone is still wanting a ticket for Beanology, I am not able to attend this weekend so have a ticket available for $10000, oh OK, the $50 I paid then (with Andys blessing of doing this).

First to let me know owns it.

BTW- I would change my mood to a suitable statement but there is nothing to describe my Disappointment.  >

Despite my best efforts and all my rebuilt equipment, I doubt I will ever roast, grind and brew myself a great coffee  :-/

[lakeman]

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Youre coming from Toronto?

yes but not Canada ,just in NSW.
for Andy

[Andy]

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Well the Beanology area looks great!

I got out of there at about 9pm (twas only me and the security guards onsite by then), drove back to the Snobbery and have just got home.

Ill be there super early tomorrow at 7am as I have to meet a delivery so if you get there early come and make me a coffee.


Car parking? I still dont really know, seems that gate 4 tomorrow will be open from 9am, before that it will be gate 5 and at 7am I think I have to page security to let me in. There will be plenty of onsite parking so I guess we will all wing it in the morning.

CoffeeSnobs Beanology is upstairs in the RASV building (via the internal stairs or lift), Cafe Biz is down stairs.

Wear your summer clothes, seems the heaters upstairs are tuned by a Queenslander ;D

It should be a great couple of days, Ill try and take plenty of pictures to share with those not able to make it and will try and hand the camera off to others to do the same.

8-)

[trentski]

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Well the Beanology area looks great!

Sure does, syphons, Ottos, aeropresses, mypressi, the new breville, a 1974 lever machine, several grinders, cup of excellence coffee the list goes on.

Bring on tomorrow 8-)

[TC]

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Well the Beanology area looks great!

Sure does, syphons, Ottos, aeropresses, mypressi, the new breville, a 1974 lever machine, several grinders, cup of excellence coffee the list goes on.

Bring on tomorrow 8-)

Agreed!

Those who got tickets had access to a veritable Aladdins cave of Coffee porn!

We are so, so lucky to have this amazing forum, run by a bloke who goes way above and beyond every day.

I take my hat off to you Andy. Congrats on a show which is an overwhelming success and there is still another day to go 8-)

[herbie]

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WOW Andy you have you spoilt we C.S. rotten.What a lot of hard work and expense you and your helpers have put in to make day one so special. [smiley=tekst-toppie.gif]You must have been running on caffeine the amount of sleep you had to get this fantastic meet of C.S. up and going. We had toys galore to play with . Faces to be seen Chris, Lorenzo, Craig, The Coffee Man with his 1974 lever Rancillio, HazBean, Linda, Fiefey and many others in the flesh. Even the new Breville 900 was put through its paces. Downstairs we spoted Phil Di Bella, David Makin and Greg Pullman. So looing forward to tomorrow. ;D

[greenman]

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WOW Andy you have you spoilt we C.S. rotten.What a lot of hard work and expense you and your helpers have put in to make day one so special.   [smiley=tekst-toppie.gif]You must have been running on caffeine the amount of sleep you had to get this fantastic meet of C.S.  up and going. We had toys galore to play with . Faces to be seen  Chris, Lorenzo, Craig, The Coffee Man with his 1974 lever Rancillio, HazBean, Linda, Fiefey and many others in the flesh.  Even the new Breville 900 was put through its paces.  Downstairs we spoted Phil Di Bella, David Makin and Greg Pullman. So looing forward to tomorrow. ;D

I can only reiterate what has already been stated Andy you have totally blown us all away see you tomorrow!!!!

[joe]

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What a weekend!

Heaps of useful info, lots of good coffee, toys to play with, putting forum names to faces and opportunities to just talk coffee.

Well done, everyone, and great job, Andy!

[barrel]

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Thanks for a great weekend Andy. I cant possibly see how you have not lost money putting the weekend together.

The goodies in the show bags alone cover the cost of admission, not the mention the sandwiches and COE coffee provided.

It was a great weekend of learning and sharing info with snobbers from all over the country, thanks for the opportunity.

[tashie]

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Was great to meet some CSers in person!

Can we pre-book for next year?

[TC]

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Back home, very little voice left and very tired.

What a terrific event- and a roaring success in my opinion. The numbers of CSers and industry people were excellent all weekend and Id be surprised if I didnt speak with well over 100 people today alone.

CafeBiz has received the much needed shot in the arm and I wouldnt be surprised to see it become a Melbourne event.

Those who jumped early and grabbed tickets to Beanology received an absolute bargain which would have been very fairly priced at many hundreds of bucks per seat. I popped in a couple of times and was blown away by the depth of knowledge so freely shared by expert presenters.

A massive [smiley=thumbsup.gif] to you Andy in recognition of hundreds of hours of planning to help make the whole weekend so successful. Its time to hug your family and then grab an island holiday far removed from phones and the net asap. You deserve one!

[melbuurn]

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went along to cafebiz today, had the pleasure of meeting chris from talk_coffee and greg pullman.
Absolute gentlemen!

great day, lots of goodies to take away.  Eyed off a couple new machines to replace the faema and a couple other business ideas!

[greenman]

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Im sitting here at Melb airport waiting to head back to Perth after the most amazing and fulfilling weekend drinking and talking coffee, learning and meeting fellow Csers from around the country, thanks Andy, the effort you put in to organise this weekend is much appreciated by all of us coffee tragics