Over the weekend The National championships have bean run and won
Congratulations to all competitors and Champions who will go on to represent Australia in Atlanta for the WBC and Cologne for the World Championships.
Click for Photos Emily's Simon's or Syds

Detpak Australian Barista Championship
1st Tim Adams
2nd Zoe Delany
3rd Con Haralambopoulos
4th Habib Maarbani
5th Jesse Hyde

Detpak Australian Latte Art Championship
1st Erin Sampson
2nd Habib Maarbani
3rd Will Preistley

Huhtamaki Australian Cup- Tasting Championship
1st Ben Bicknell
2nd Luca Costanzo
3rd Brian Raslan

Coffee in Good Spirits Championship
1st Kirby Berlin
2nd Scottie Callaghan
3rd David Seng

The Detpak NSW/ACT Barista Championship and Detpak Latte Art has been run and won
at Retail Food Group production facilities in Sydney

Congratulations to
DETPAK NSW Barista Champion Results
1st Habib Maarbani
2nd Paul Asquith
3rd Sam Sgambellone

DETPAK ACT Barista Art Championship Results
1st Sasa Sestic
2nd Jack Scheeren
3rd Aaron Howman

Detpak NSW/ACT Latte Art Championships
1st Angus Mackie (ACT)
2nd Habib Maarbani (NSW)
3rd Aaron Howman (ACT)

Well done to all competitors
and a big thanks to Retail Food Group for giving us a venue
Look forward to the DETPAK National Barista Championships on the Gold Coast 30th January

Gold Coast Food and Wine Show ad host of the Detpak National Barista Championships and Detpak national Latte Art, Cup-Tasting and Coffee in Good Spirits Championships

To reflect the future of specialty coffee for Australasia a new logo has been designed. AASCA was originally set up to stage the Australian barista championships and help the New Zealand barista championship get under way.

The scope of the Association has now broadened to include cupping championships as well as Latte Art and coffee and alcohol competitions. The cupping championship in particular is bringing together a new breed of coffee roasters and baristas as never before and as a result the association needs to reflect their interests to a greater degree.

The logo above was approved by the AASCA management committee and was organized by Gina Di Brita in a record short amount of time.

It reflects the integration of both roasters and baristas who are now an equally important part of the future of specialty coffee in Australasia. I am sure you will agree this is a great improvement on our old and increasingly outdated logo which has served us well up until now. The new logo as you can see above is a very simple yet strong and adaptable logo and I am sure will serve the Association well into the future. Congratulations to Gina for doing such a commendable job.

"COFFEE PASSION"
Vision Statement
As a part of reviewing and auditing our current position it would appear that the Association does not have a current vision statement. We would like to address this by inviting all members to have input into an inaugural vision statement. We invite you to be a part of this so the Association can make sure it reflects your concerns and aspirations as members of this wonderful and diverse coffee community. The starting point is the theme that unites us: AASCA ‘Coffee Passion’.

We will post the combined results as we progress on the website here

Detpak QLD Barista Championships
WINNER- Tim Adams
2ND- Scott Luengen
3RD- Jennifer Goodall

Detpak WA Barista Championships
WINNER- Mark Chandler
2ND- Jesper Bood
3RD- Charles Stuart

Detpak WA Latte Art Championships
WINNER!- Kim Godleman
2ND- Dale Fewson
3RD- Natalie Donaldson

WA Cup-Tasting Championship
WINNER! Ben Bicknall
2ND- Angela Kowalczyk
3RD- Matt ODonohue – Abstract Gourmet

Detpak VIC Barista Championships
WINNER! Jesse Hyde
2ND- Zoe Delany
3RD- Nolan Hirte

Detpak VIC Latte Art Championships
WINNER! Erin Sampson
2ND- David Seng
3RD- Kirby Berlin

VIC Cup-Tasting Championships
WINNER! Tom Beaumont

Detpak SA Barista Championships
WINNER! Sineenart(Fiefy)Anuwatanaphorn

Detpak SA Latte Art Championships
WINNER! Johnny Pisanelli


SA Cup-Tasting Championships
WINNER! Brian Raslan

Last week Mike Del Zoppo from Diamond C Services died as a result of Leukaemia. Mike was a gentleman and a great supporter of the coffee industry. He was one of the rare good people in business who always did what he said he was going to do and looked after his customers like they were friends. Mike will be sadly missed by all of those who knew him.

Dear WBC Friends and National Coordinators.

I am pleased to inform you that the registration for the WBC Regional Workshop in Melbourne is now open

CLICK HERE to register.

I would ask that as National Coordinators you do a number of things:

· Share this information with your pool of national judges and those who are interested in being WBC certified judges. You are our point of contact for each nation!
·Draw their attention to the WBC Judging prerequisite and Code of Conduct
·There are only 36 places available for the workshop in Melbourne on 14-15th January 2009. Please encourage people to register quickly.
.Once the application has been received, if the applicant is successful in their registration they will receive an email detailing, time and place, accommodation details, payment options and requirements and content of the workshop within two working days of their application.

Should you or any of your national judges have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me.

I look forward to seeing you in Melbourne early next year.
Best Regards,

Emily Oak

Director, World Barista Championship
Chair, Regional Coordination Committee
Asia Pacific Regional Coordinator
www.worldbaristachampionship.com

2009 Detpak Victorian Barista Championships PHOTOS

First Place Jesse Hyde
Second Place Zoe Delany
Third Place Nolan Hirte

2009 Detpak Victorian Latte Art Championships
First Place Erin Sampson
Second Place David Seng
Third Place Kirby Berlin

VIC Cup-Tasting Championships
WINNER! Tom Beaumont Grinders

Check out this article in The Age

AASCA MEMBERSHIP/ RENEWAL APPLICATION
BARISTA CHAMPIONSHIP APPLICATION
LATTE ART CHAMPIONSHIP APPLICATION
CUP-TASTING CHAMPIONSHIP APPLICATION
COFFEE IN GOOD SPIRITS APPLICATION FORM

AASCA in conjunction with KC Concepts and Epic Attractions will be staging the 2009 Detpak Australian Barista Championship as well as the Detpak Australian Latte Art Championship, Australian Cuptasting Championship and for the first time:The Coffee In Good Spirits Championship.
The national competitions will be held at the Gold Coast Food and Wine Show at the Gold Coast Exhibition and Convention Center on the 30, 31 January and 1 February 2009.

Opportunities exist for coffee companies to exhibit at the show and be a part of the cutting edge of the industry for baristas, roasters, tasters and suppliers.  Discounts will apply to AASCA members.

For enquiries regarding booking space contact Craig Matthews at KC Concepts on (07) 5591-7141 email kcconcepts@bigpond.com

To enter competitions visit: www.aasca.com