Topic: Social Media, Are you working it?

Established in 2008, Mastermind is a strategic marketing and communications company focusing on social media, brand strategy and reinvigoration, and online communications. Clients include Best’s Great Western, De Bortoli Wines, Plantagenet Wines and Wine Communicators of Australia. Mastermind Director, Trish Barry has been at the forefront of Australian wine social media initiatives such as the Rose Revolution and #Chardonnay Day. Trish was named one of the WBMWine Industry Stars of 2010 and regularly lectures on social media.

There are strong parallels between the wine industry and Coffee Scene in Australia. Trish will share her knowledge, success stories and tips of wineries that you can apply directly and immediately to your business.

http://www.twitter.com/mastermindtb http://www.mastermindconsulting.com.au http://www.facebook.com/MastermindConsult

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CSR GOLDEN BEAN 30 NOV – 4 DEC 2011

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Results of the Da Vinci State of Origin & Equal Barista Cup Comps held at Fine Foods 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS

Equal Barista Cup – Open Class

Winner: Sam Corra from ONA Coffee

2nd place: Angus Mackie from ONA Coffee

3rd place: Ronald Ngo from Five Senses

4th place: Jonny Pisanelli from Cibo Espresso

Pic of Equal Barista Cup Winner, Sam Corra receiving his prize from Lizzy Riley & Danielle Ross from EQUAL

Equal Barista Cup – Apprentice Class

Winner: Hugh Kelly from ONA Coffee

2nd Place: Matthew Reece from Airport Retail

3rd Place: Kalyan Khadka from La Banette Bakery

4th Place: Nathan Swan from Fifth Season

VIC wins the DaVinci State of Origin

With their trophy from left are Remy Shpayer, Erin Sampson, Ronald Ngo and Craig Simon

Special thanks to our Judges: Instaurator, Andy Freeman, Sasha McGinley, Mitch Faulkner, Brent Williams,

Rafael Bartkowski, Tristan Creswick, Daylan Isai, Gina Di Brita, Jurgen Kennedy and Andres Latorre

Monbana, a French chocolatier house was founded in 1934 by Louis Guattari and has remained a family business to this day. Monbana sources their cocoa beans from the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Venezuela and Peru. One specialty is their development of cocoa butter, cocoa powder, roasting and pressing their own beans. Joining CSR Golden Bean from France is Geoffroy Maubon, Monbana’s First Barista who will delight us by preparing his delectable, chocolate based beverages. Bon appétit.

 PRESENTATION UPDATE

Insights into heat transfer in coffee roasting and how this might affect the performance of your roaster and the outcome of your coffee. Heat distribution is the main variable manipulated when roasting coffee. The results can vary greatly between the different types of equipment and methods applied. Roasters need a good understanding of thermodynamics to better understand their equipment and the effect it has on the coffee roasted in it.

Coffee Roasters Australia is an equipment supplier to the coffee roasting industry that specialise in Coffee Roasting, Coffee Laboratory and Espresso equipment.

Q Grader Certification courses are now being offered exclusively in Australia by Coffee Logic International. The Q Coffee System was established by the Coffee Quality Institute (CQI), a non profit organisation working to improve the quality of coffee and the lives of the growers who produce it. When a coffee moves through the Q Coffee System and becomes verified as a Q Coffee™, it signifies an independent confirmation of quality and is then deemed specialty.

According to the Specialty Coffee Association of America’s (SCAA) standards, a coffee that receives a score of 80 or above is considered specialty. Q Coffee™ provides an assurance of quality that the industry can trust.

At the backbone of the Q Grading System are licensed Q Graders – professional cuppers accredited by the Coffee Quality Institute.

Coffee Logic International is proud to announce the release of its Q Grader courses presented by Tracy Allen held at Coffee Logic’s lab in Arndell Park, NSW.

For more information go to www.coffeelogic.com