Now that was a polished performance.
From the organisation, through the location, to the baristas and coffee professionals.
Four separate events: Barista, Latte Art, Brewers Cup, and Cup Tasting. And an AASCA AGM to boot.
Hey, it was hot; but Queenslanders know how to keep up the heat.

Events like this don’t happen without some seriously hard work by a lot on people. We’d like to acknowledge:
#Our JUDGES
Head Judges: Scottie Callaghan (NSW), Penny Wolff (QLD)
Technical Judges: Phil McKnight (NSW), Brian Raslan (SA), Bill Comely (SA), Cameron Ballard (SA), Michael Oo (Regional QLD), Jia Brooks (QLD)
Sensory Judges: Ben Bicknell (VIC), Craig Dickson (VIC), Alex Forsyth (NSW), Merryn Ward (Regional QLD), Alex Tom (QLD), Bob Licina (QLD), Stacey Benjamin (QLD), Blaine Swanborough (QLD), Leigh Carmichael (QLD)
#Our HELPERS
Ron Ngo (VIC) judges calibration; Keith Pettigrew (NSW) cup tasters; Cameron Ballard (SA) scoring; Jean-Paul; Sutton (Veneziano Qld) judge catering
#Our VOLUNTEERS
Hannah Fielding Blue Sky Coffee along with: Alex Milosovic; Michelle Licina; Matt Stallwood; Tessa Fox; Christian Frost; and Rebecca Fielding.
#Our LOCATION
Phil Di Bella Di Bella Coffee Daylan Isai, Fred Lullfitz and Laura, for a great location and keeping that coffee bar open.
#Our LOGICIANS
Penny Wolff Dandelion and Driftwood Cafe and Peter Wolff Wolff Coffee Roasters who made it all happen, as well as providing MC’ing.
#Our key SPONSORS Detpak | Pura | Cafetto | Brita and | Da Vinci with machine support from Simonelli and Espresso Mechanics
So… …

Qld Barista Championships
1st-Matt Troughton (Dandelion & Driftwood)
2nd-Janelle Kingsley (Dandelion & Driftwood)
3rd-Jean-Paul Sutton (Veneziano)

Qld Latte Art Championships
1st-Scott Luengen (Cup Coffee)
2nd-Adrian Zucker (Veneziano)
3rd-Sam Liao (Dandelion & Driftwood)

Qld Brewers Cup
1st-Kelsey Carr (Dandelion & Driftwood)
2nd-Sam Liao (Dandelion & Driftwood)
3rd-Peter Wolff (Dandelion & Driftwood)

Qld Cup Tasters
1st-Fred Lullfitz (Di Bella)
2nd-Daylan Isai (Di Bella)
3rd-Jolie Beckett (Toby’s Estate)