Attend the #1 Largest China Cafe Expo Cafe Culture International and Cafe Culture China present: The Expanding Chinese Cafe Market Study Tour Shanghai Hotelex Coffee Expo Where: Shanghai New International Expo Centre, Pudong District, Shanghai, China When: Sunday 31st March to Friday 5th April 2019 Contact: david@cafeculture.com 0423 200 206 Testimonial The Café culture tour […]

In Australia and NZ, good weather combines with the festive season to make Christmas a busy time of year for most hospitality businesses. The silly season may bring a bit of extra stress, but by observing a few golden rules you’ll get through the other side with your sanity intact and a healthy profit. 1. […]

A cybertongue that can rapidly detect lactose and spoilt milk, developed by CSIRO, has today been licensed to startup PPB Technology. The next-generation diagnostic tool uses biological sensors to detect substances like lactose on the spot.It has potentially game-changing applications across food safety, environmental monitoring and human health. Former CSIRO researcher and PPB Technology founder, […]

Alternative Food Politics: From the Margins to the Mainstream covers topics ranging from ag-tech start-ups and social justice projects, to new ways of mediating food wastage, celebrity, and ‘ethical’ foods, as well as the role of the media in changing perceptions. The book is co-edited by media lecturer Dr Michelle Phillipov from the University of […]

Australia’s newest tea lounge concept “TAVALON TEA LOUNGE” has been launched in the heart of Westfield Garden City for its soft opening in November 2018. This exclusive, luxurious and elegant tea lounge is changing the way how the world looks at tea by providing high quality, healthy tea products to consumers in a unique and […]

Here we are again, at the end of another year and Golden Bean competition! The fourteenth annual Golden Bean Australia/New Zealand competition was held in its customary location, the scenic town of Port Macquarie. Dozens of roasters from across the country descended on the town, with hundreds more submitting their beans for review in hopes […]

Support from ASBAS Digital Solutions available.   The Australian Small Business Advisory Services (ASBAS) Digital Solutions program  provides access to business advisory service providers to deliver low cost, high quality, digital advisory services to Australian small businesses. How can the program support my business? The ASBAS Digital Solutions program has service providers located across regional […]

Sydney, Australia, 15 November 2018:   The wait is over. After a full year of tightly fought heats stretching across the globe, we brought the best baristas we could find together in one of the world’s best cafes, The Grounds of Alexandria, for their shot at greatness.   In the lead up, Breezey Masters competitions […]

Artificial Vanilla Flavoring   Be cautious next time you bake or buy something vanilla-flavored because artificial vanilla has castoreum, which is a product that comes from a gland in a beaver’s butt. Source: https://www.eatthis.com/mind-blowing-food-facts/

Congratulations and good wishes are in order for our Aussies participating in events at the 2018 Brazil World Coffee Championships. “Never before have I seen so many Australian competitors dominating at this level in the world event.” – David Parnham The 2018 Brazil World Coffee Championships will see more than ninety competitors take to the […]