The nationwide R U OK? ‘Trust the Signs Tour’ visited Melbourne this week joined by R U OK? Ambassador and celebrity chef Miguel Maestre, co-host Barry Du Bois and actor Steve Bastoni. The Melbourne community joined together at the South Melbourne Markets, a produce hub for local restauranteurs, to learn more […]

      September 6, 2019— The Barista Guild (BG) has announced the 2019 Nestlé Professional Scholars for this year’s Barista Camp Greece, taking place next week (September 10-13, 2019). Candidates for the scholarship must clearly demonstrate a motivation to pursue a specialty coffee career through learning, experience, and networking.  This year’s Scholars are:  Perpetue […]

        SYDNEY, Australia – September 2, 2019: Campos Coffee, one of Australia’s leading specialty coffee roasters, has announced an exclusive partnership with Vans Park Series – the world’s premier park-terrain skateboarding championship. To celebrate the partnership, Campos will release a specially roasted ‘Vans Park Series’ blend in a limited-edition bag featuring the 2019 […]

Every year an estimated 500 billion disposable cups are thrown away worldwide after a single use and now Canberra coffee lovers can do their bit to reduce that figure. After months of negotiations Green Caffeen has been given the green light to supply their reusable coffee cups to Canberra cafes. Ona executive barista Gus Mackie […]

        Oslo, Norway – August 28, 2019 – Tropiq Ethiopia has appointed Alexander Lenouvel  Hansen as General Manager. He will be responsible for the day-to-day management of  the Tropiq team in Addis Ababa, overseeing quality coffee selection, milling, logistics  and QC services for Tropiq’s international customers.  Lenouvel Hansen has extensive experience in […]

Nestlé GOLDEN CHEF’S HAT AWARD is gearing up for the 2019 national finals, having sourced the best and brightest young chefs from across the country.    Australia’s longest running culinary competition for young chefs has seen a host of new chef talent step up this year to put themselves to the test in culinary institutes around […]

What a perfect way to shrug the winter blues than taking a flight to Indonesia and taking in a quick glimpse of summer. I was invited to showcase our Java Roma Global Barista Challenge Competition at the Food and Hotel Indonesia trade show last week in Jakarta. The ASEAN Coffee Federation invited Cafe Culture to […]

They’re back! Following the success of the original Brisbane CBD store, Only Specialty Coffee opened its second gorgeous store, this time in Woolloongabba. Only CBD has been a Brisbane favourite here at Cafe Culture for a long time now, so when we heard they were opening the 2nd store we just had to go check […]

A trend is sweeping across the United States that has infiltrated small towns and big cities from coast to coast. People from all walks of life are dropping it under their tongue, rubbing it into their skin, vaping it, drinking it, and eating it, and are becoming healthier, happier people as a result. This popular […]

Australia might be famous for its coffee scene, but 5,500km away on Rimatara, one of the 118 Islands of Tahiti, you will find the world’s most secluded coffee plantation. Rimatara is the western most inhabited island within The Islands of Tahiti, located 550km south of Tahiti and 150km west of Rurutu (its closest inhabited island). […]