Melbourne International Coffee Expo (MICE) 2012

[mattandgill]

Re: Melbourne International Coffee Expo (MICE) 2012

Concur. Just completed my first roast on my new toy while having a beer in my shed.

[greenman]

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An amazing event. Totally inspired. What an great industry to be a part of. Leave your ego at the door. So many humble passionate people.

I wholeheartedly agree, I know now why I love the coffee culture so much, chatted with CSers I met at Beanology in Melbourne last year, consumed innumerable amazing coffees, watched the competition, special mention to Jono from new sponsors Dimattina who scored 8/8 in the cupping heats and made it to the finals--Jono has been running cuppings every Wed at Dimas in Perth which is attended by a regular crew of devoted CSers
Cant wait to head out the showgrounds for another great day of comps and caffeinated nirvana

[muppet_man67]

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An amazing event. Totally inspired. What an great industry to be a part of. Leave your ego at the door. So many humble passionate people.

I also got to have a play on the La Marzocco Strada at the Allpress stand. Amazing Machine.

[tasadam]

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Great to meet you Andy... My pleasure to have bought, er, I mean brought you a couple of coffees.
Its been a fantastic day. I have finished my judging shifts but competitions are still running. The live streaming seems to be working, cameraman doing a great job. I checked out some on my iphone.
Ill be back tomorrow but heading home to Tassie later in the day.

Theres a lot to see here! I was talking to a head electrician, he told me theyve just about maxed out the capacity of the building for electricity - thats a lot of coffee machines!

[Andy]

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WOW

Day 1 is winding down, there were so many CoffeeSnobs here today, it was amazing.

Sorry to those that I didnt have a long chat too but its been great to catch up with so many CSrs in one day.

The cleaners are running through the venue now so thats my queue to leave. Will be back here tomorrow.

8-)

[tasadam]

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And competition is underway in the Chains Competition.

[RisingPhoenix]

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Have a great time guys! Would love to be there! Hopefully I can catch the AASCAs online!

[Andy]

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The CoffeeSnobs booth (Stand #93) is now setup and ready to roll.

Ill be banging out roasts on the Behmor for a bit of interest and will have something dripping away in the cold drip over the whole show.

For those that want to take something home, the cold drip coffee makers and the roasters are available to purchase during the show too.

I was hoping to land a prototype BraZen for everyone to play with but due to international freight lag I dont think it will arrive in time so Ill show it "electronic" on the telly instead.

Should be a fun 3 days.  Swing by and say gday (or better still deliver me an interesting espresso that you scrounged from the stands)
;D

See you there!
8-)

[TC]

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ECA will have the R58 on show.

[au_d2]

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Would love to go but alas i dont have the time...

Anyone know if there will be new model releases of prosumer machines at MICE?

Dont know about Prosumer machines .. but Spoil yourself .. you know you deserve it. .... because the new Kees Van Der Westen is being launched: The SPIRIT ..

Cant wait to see it flesh and test it out.

Im fortunate to be using his Mirage Veloce currently .. thats pure magic.

[tasadam]

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I want to obtain a printed copy of the official showguide. I assume it will be in one of the papers, does anyone know if thats right? Or whether they are for sale anywhere?

I have one now, Craig from Veneziano was kind enough to let me take one from there.

[iCoffee]

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Would love to go but alas i dont have the time...

Anyone know if there will be new model releases of prosumer machines at MICE?

[Casa Espresso]

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Hi fellow snobs
I still have two three day passes to MICE that we are giving away.
They are trade passes and will get you in any of the three days. Only condition is that you come and say hello to me at the dAncap stand. (#60) Email me back if anyone is interested.
Would probably have to picked up from our showroom in Brighton.
Cheers
Antony

[greenman]

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Watch the AASCA championships May 4-6 at M.I.C.E. live on:--

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

[LindaD]

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Andy,

Did you get my email I sent you?

-Linda