As voting opens for Australian Café of the Year 2014 Aiming to find the number one café in the nation, the inaugural competition has attracted cafés from all over the country – from popular Sydney and Melbourne hotspots through to rural gems. There are also a few big names on the list, with the likes […]

Through constant research and development, JURA has evolved, and since the early 1990s they have focused on fully automatic coffee machines … In 2000, with JURA’s dominance in the European market growing, Australian consumers for the first time were able to experience and enjoy JURA’s range of premium fully automatic coffee machines, bringing JURA’s philosophy […]

There is a wide scope for adding creative flair as a coffee roaster, so one must be very careful not to judge too harshly and also to embrace the varying points of view, as this is one of the reasons the industry is so dynamic.  One of the things I have learnt from my time […]

The current world population is 7,255 million people, and that number is growing by about 1 million per week. Australia’s population is 0.3% of the planet yet according to the United States Department of Agriculture, we managed to consume more than 1% of the world’s exported coffee. We do love our coffee! This year Australia […]

The green bean industry is in a constant state of progression. As the industry evolves, with new varietals being cultivated and education and training becoming increasingly more accessible to producers, trends in demand come and go. A significant shift over the last decade has been the drive towards improved quality and traceability. Technological advancements continue […]