The Golden Bean 2013 - Coffee Roaster Competition

[thegoner]

BOS, aren't you worried about giving away the secret blend recipe you are entering?

Andy is probably laughing. ("He's got it wrong! Its's 51g, not 50g!)


Or are you posting using clever reverse psychology? "This will muck them up! Or They'll never try this!"

- not cluey enough to blend myself.

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Not planning on getting much sleep then Gary?

I don't have the time this year but have been experimenting with blends for milk-based drinks that use 100g Brazil (PN usually), 50g India Elephant, 60g African (Gambella usually, but Rwanda is good too), 45g Indo (Sulawesi Tana is my fav) and 45g Central. Taken to just the start of second crack. I'll get it right for next year....can't make my mind up on the distribution of the base.

[sidewayss]

Have bought 20 kilograms of 4 different beans from 4 different countries.
Should be enough beans to play around with...
Will spend some time tweaking, this time on the coretto and the KKTO as soon as they arrive.
Hoping to come up with a winner based on the current Beanbay offerings and have fun along the way.
Best of luck to everyone who,s entering.

[Andy]

Good stuff.

I'm curious, do you already know what blend you are entering or will you spend the next couple of weeks tweaking?

[sidewayss]

I have entered the home roast category.

Bring on your roasting face! And may the best bean win.

[Andy]

It's on again!

Australia's BIGGEST coffee roasting competition, The Golden Bean 2013



There are 10 categories for commercial roasters:

Category 1 – Espresso (Short Black)
Category 2 – Milk Based (Latte)
Category 3 – Australian Grown (Milk Based)
Category 4 – Filter Coffee (Chemex)
Category 5 – Organic (Espresso)
Category 6 – Single Origin (Espresso)
Category 7 – Decaffeinated (Milk Based)
Category 8 – Chain Store / Coffee Franchise (Milk Based)
Category 9 – Chain Store / Coffee Franchise – (Espresso)
Category 12 – Syphon (Steampunk)

...and 2 categories for Home Roasters:

Category 10 – Home Roaster (Espresso)
Category 11 – Home Roaster (Milk Based)


The really exciting news for home roasters is the new, super low entry price of just $25 inc GST.

I expect to see plenty of CS'r compete against each other for the 2013 bragging rights.

So grab the attached entry form, get your best roast happening and we will know next month who is the King or Queen of home roasting for 2013.

Details and rules are available on the Cafe Culture website
Golden Bean 2013 | Cafe Culture

## NOTE ##
Entry form mentions 2 different dates (oops!). The correct closing date is October 1st