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Posted 01/10/2007
Victorian Barista Jam
Wednesday, 10th October
Barista jams are a great informal way for us to get together, learn from each
other and have some fun. Following on from our successful September barista
jam, AASCA will be hosting a barista jam to get you all warmed up for the
upcoming barista competition season.
*Barista competition demonstration: Volunteer baristas will run
through a 15 minute barista competition performance. You will get to score
them, under the guidance of accredited competition judges!
*Experimentation: Bring along some coffee and see how it goes through
the official competition espresso machines. Diamond C has also agreed to supply
us some Compak K10 WBC grinders (we're just hoping that the timing will work
out). These are the grinders that competitors will use if they don't bring
their own.
*The Prize: Coffeelab design will donate a tamper as a door
prize!
*Clean up
The details are:
Wednesday October
10 2pm to 5pm Espresso Equipment Specialists (EES) 3/1 Belgium Avenue,
Richmond
If you are thinking about competing or judging, this is the
event for you. Please register by email (aascavic@gmail.com) ASAP, as EES has limited space.
Please also pass this on to anyone you know who might be interested in competing
this year.
Coffeelab Design Tampers -
Australian made tampers for the professional barista, providing us with a door
prize http://www.coffeelabdesign.com/
Cafe Culture Magazine -
Australia's own coffee industry magazine, providing us with advertising http://www.cafebiz.net/
Veneziano Coffee -
Melbourne-based coffee company, providing cups, milk jugs and some of the other
mundane stuff that we will need http://www.venezianocoffee.com.au
CoffeeGeek.com -
popular online coffee discussion forum, allowing us to announce the jam http://www.coffeegeek.com
Past Jams
Rob Forsyth (Forsyth Coffee and Tea) is running a continuing series of barista jams at his cafe in Naremburn, Sydney to explore just those edges. Drop him an email for details.
BARISTA JAMMING - Glebe (19th November 2006) Life & Balance Centre, St Johns Road, Glebe. 11:00 - 1:00 Please email to let us know you're coming. This will be a prelude to the Sydney Barista Competition 3rd December (below)
