Another season, another reason for making coffee

How hard can it be to make a really good cup of cof­fee? The cor­rect answer, as any Wel­ling­to­ni­an knows, is “Really bloody hard!” A good barista is a thing to be cher­ished, and the best of the best come togeth­er every year for the Huhta­maki New Zea­l­and Barista Cham­pi­on­ship to show off their skills […]

Espressoholics – The Final Countdown

Barista com 002Hadyn wrote about the Nation­al Barista Awards a few days ago.

At the edge of cut­ting edge blog­ging is the intrep­id moi to report on action at the scene.

It is tense – well, not really, but it seemed an appro­pri­ate thing to say.

It is black. Well the people there are all in black, without excep­tion, com­pet­it­ors and spec­tat­ors alike.

It is free.

So get down there NOW. Have a cof­fee (free), listen to the DJ (free). Have a ball (price­less).

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