What a weekend of fantastic coffee.

It was coffee coffee coffee at The Apprentice T A F E Ultimo (7th Floor).
And thanks to Belaroma it was party party party afterwards.

And the winners are: NSW coffee
Ah well,
NSW Detpak Barista Championship

1. 1st Place Trisatya Dharmawan
2. 2nd Place Dylan Johnson
3. 3rd Place Toby Wilson

NSW Dairy Farmers Latte Art Championship

1. 1st Place David Smith
2. 2nd Place Frankie Shi
3. 3rd place David Xue

NSW AASCA Cup Tasting Championship

1. 1st place Sam Sgambellone
2. 2nd place Preston Peachey
3. 3rd place Toby Wilson

Thanks to a really great team of runners and unblinking care from Kim Tricket as stage manager, we kept to the program:
Saturday 28th

1. Competitor Briefing: 9:00 AM
2. Detpak Barista Championship: 10:00 AM
3. Dairy Farmers Latte Art Championship: 2:30 PM

Sunday 29th

1. Competitor Briefing: 9:00 AM
2. Detpak Barista Championship: 10:00 AM
3. AASCA Cup Tasting: 2:15 PM
4. Prize Winners: 4:00 PM

Thanks to Mecca Espresso and Belaroma for investing in the preliminary workshops to encourage and assist all the 21 baristas and latte artists, as well as a strong field of cup tasters.

There will also be sensory skills and cupping courses for interested baristas and members of the public on Saturday.

Our key sponsors include:

1. Breville
   Our competitors will be making coffee for visitors with the Breville domestic coffee machine.
2. Forsyth Coffee and Tea (Latte Art sponsor)
   Forsyth Coffee & Tea is providing a trip to the Indian coffee plantations for the winner of the NSW Latte Art Championship.
3. Otto Espresso
   Don’t you just love these old school espresso machines
4. Di Bartoli
   the first Home Barista Centre in Australia
5. Pullman tampers
   100% Australian Made tampers

and not forgetting our national sponsors
Detpak | Dairy Farmers | Cafetto | Brita and | DaVinci with machine support from Simonelli and Espresso Mechanics