August 2021

BeanScene

A World Class Coffee Magazine

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BeanScene Covershoot
Victoria Arduino Australia Experience Lab 8 Breese St, Brunswick VIC 3056 03 0404 095 318 www.victoriaarduinoau.com.au For the August edition of BeanScene, we headed to the booming coffee suburb of Brunswick in Melbourne, home to the new Victoria Ard
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Contributors
Babin Gurung is the New South Wales Barista Trainer of Suntory Coffee Australia. With a Masters degree in accounting from the University of Southern Queensland, the only numbers Babin crunches these days are extraction and dose times. He came to Aust
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Best Foot Forward
While watching television the other night, I was stunned at the volume of coffee commercials. I watched McCafé promote its “coffee fit for an Aussie” campaign, George Clooney as smooth as the Nespresso coffee he was holding, and Italian class oozing
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Christine Clancy christine.clancy@primecreative.com.au Sarah Baker sarah.baker@primecreative.com.au Ethan Miller ethan.miller@primecreative.com.au Shanna Wong shanna.wong@primecreative.com.au Blake Storey Kerry Pert, Madeline McCarty Courtney Walker
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Jde Peet’s Acquires Campos Coffee
International coffee giant JDE Peet’s has announced its acquisition of Australian specialty roaster Campos Coffee, which subject to limited pre-closing conditions, is expected to be completed during July 2021. “The Campos team have built an incredibl
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Wa Government To Ban Single-use Coffee Cups By End Of 2022
Western Australia’s Plan for Plastics has been fast-tracked by four years and will see single-use plastics, which now include coffee cups and lids, to be banned by the end of 2022. WA’s Plan for Plastics serves as a roadmap for WA as it moves towards
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Study Suggests Covid-19 Will Cause Severe Coffee Production Crisis
A study led by American based Rutgers University has predicted that COVID-19’s socio-economic effects will likely cause a severe production crisis within the coffee industry. Titled ‘Epidemics and the future of coffee production’, the study saw resea
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Stuff On The Scene
Mazzer has re-engineered its iconic Super Jolly V Pro grinder that has been used by baristas across the globe. The new Super Jolly V Pro is designed for small to medium size cafés that are looking for reliability and quality, with the updated grinder
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Retail Revolution
Grinders believes everyone deserves a better coffee experience and with passion for great coffee, strives to evolve and meet the changing taste expectations of all Australians. This passion not only led to continuing innovation, but the expansion of
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A Spanish awakening
Frank Camorra’s face lights up with the smile of a Cheshire cat as his mind casts back to the days of his chef’s apprenticeship at a prominent Victorian coffee lounge. “The Arab was the most iconic coffee house in Australia in the 60s. Think of the h
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Finding A Better Way
The coffee industry has come a long way in the past 20 years. When Abigail Forsyth founded BlueBag cafés with her brother Jamie in 1998, she tells BeanScene the takeaway coffee culture the Melbourne CBD is now famous for, had barely begun. “We tend t
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The First Step
Brunswick has become a hub for specialty coffee, with the inner-city suburb home to many of the Melbourne’s leading roasters, finest cafés, and most dedicated coffee enthusiasts. Victoria Arduino officially joined the neighbourhood in March 2021, ope
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The Perfect workflow
Rent and staff are two of the biggest challenges cafés face when it comes to turning a profit, and according to Barista Technology Australia CEO Brett Bolwell, are the main reasons they fail. “A lot of café owners think they need to sell ‘x’ number o
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A Helping Hand For Honduras
COVID-19 lockdowns and border restrictions, coupled with a coffee leaf rust epidemic, have limited coffee production in Central and Latin America. In Honduras, bad became worse when two Category 4 hurricanes hit at the end of 2020. Fairtrade supporte
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Going For A Spin
Automation has been embraced along the coffee bar to improve efficiency. Grind-by-weight grinders are removing the need to weigh doses and automatic tampers are improving consistency before the coffee even reaches the espresso machine. Then, after th
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From Nanotech To Mega Foam
When Dominic Symons, Founder of Subminimal and creator of the NanoFoamer, was designing new technology for the coffee market, he noticed that most equipment was focused on espresso. “As a designer, you look for gaps in the market where something is m
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Play The Field
In today’s competitive coffee landscape, cafés must offer a point of difference to their next-door neighbour. For some, it’s the roaster brand itself, and for others, it’s the single origins on the bar. While Espressology Founder Instaurator admits s
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Just Add Water
COVID-19 has provided many twists and turns for the coffee industry, but for coffee roaster Will & Co, it was an opportunity to try new things and expand its product range. “During lockdown, a lot of our café partners switched to takeaway and took th
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A Time Of Change
All great ideas start with a blank canvas. In the case of Black Bag Coffee Roasters, General Manager Lance Brown vividly remembers jumping on a plane seven years ago on his way to Southern India for an origin trip, when he had a vision to take commer
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On The Market
Jos and Wendy Webber have lived in their own slice of coffee farming heaven since 2003. Talking to BeanScene from their front veranda overlooking the coffee estate, the pair marvel at the creation they’ve built from the ground up. But the time has co
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Filter Out The Noise
The last thing any café wants is a machine breakdown or bad tasting coffee, and filtering water before it enters the espresso machine is a simple way to stop that from happening. However, not all water is the same, and Richard Padron, Sales Director
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The Maturation Of Melitta Australia
From inventing the world’s first coffee filter holder and filter paper in 1908, German coffee roaster and manufacturer Melitta is now celebrating its 113th year around the sun and its 40th on Australian soil. But despite its age, the brand shows no s
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Settle a Climate Score
When making a purchase, like a new car or appliance, the efficiency of these products is often a factor in decision making. When looking to buy a new washing machine, most people can’t help but look for that five-star energy rating. Many Australians
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Promote Your Passion
According to Managing Director Mark Star, Star Outdoor’s purpose is to support businesses to activate their brands with outdoor branded products across three categories: to promote your passion, to amplify your brand or to protect your community. Sta
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Takes The Cake
Towards the end of 2020, Toby’s Estate Coffee Roasters released its limited-edition Butterscotch Pudding blend, the first entry in its Flavour Savour Series which sold out within weeks. “Toby’s Estate hadn’t released a Christmas blend or holiday-them
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The Gold Standard
Australia’s coffee industry is admired around the world, but it also stands out for how milk-based coffees dominate the market. When specialty coffee exploded in popularity in the early 2010s, dairy company Riverina Fresh saw the potential a high-qua
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The Future Is Functional
Consumer demand for plant-based milk continues to grow, with the oat beverage market reportedly worth $4 billion globally as of 2020, according to AP Food Online. Jie Ying, Senior Strategic Marketing Manager of Kerry Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa
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Make Way For MICE2021
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COFFEE EXPO With Australia moving towards a post-COVID world, many in the coffee industry are bursting with excitement at the chance to make up for missed memories. Riding at the helm of this feeling is the long awaited 2021 M
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Café Scene
27 Bentham Street, Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory, 2603 Open Monday to Friday 7am to 3pm, Saturday and Sunday 7:30am to 2:30pm (02) 6281 2233 When Danny Tosolini took over Farmers Daughter three years ago, he toyed with the idea of changing
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Spartan Warrior
Victor Vu of Ona Coffee Melbourne is the 2020 ASCA Australian Pauls Professional Latte Art Champion To me, the Spartan warrior conveys strength, bravery, and power, three things I think a lot of us have needed over the past year and a half. That’s wh
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A Barista’s Guide To Dairy Alternatives: Oat Milk
Matthew Lewin is the 2019 ASCA Vitasoy Barista Champion and Café Ambassador for Vitasoy. When it comes to plant-based milks, there’s many qualities that are a must for specialty coffee, like high-quality sweetness and creaminess, yet there’s one qual
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At What Cost?
Cameron McDonald is the Business Development Manager – Water Filtration Specialist for Bombora Coffee + Water Supplies It may seem like a small detail, but a lot of thought and science goes into equipping a café with the right water filtration soluti
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Association On A Mission
Bruno Maiolo is President of the Australian Specialty Coffee Association. While I’ve been lucky enough to meet many of you in the coffee community, let me reintroduce myself in my new role as President of the Australian Specialty Coffee Association,
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Shot For Shot
Here’s a few standard espresso recipes I like to use for oat milk-based coffees. Coffee: Fruity milk-based roast, lower dose, lower strength, more flavour forward. 20g dose, 39 to 42g yield, 26 to 36 second extraction, 100 to 115ml milk = Pink and re
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Coming Of Age
Emma McDougall is the Communications and Administration Co-ordinator of the NZSCA. In final article of this series, we navigate the growth of technology and tools with equipment, particularly the grinder, and how I this change impacted the number of
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Back To Basics
Babin Gurung is the New South Wales Barista Trainer of Suntory Coffee Australia. When I see latte art appear on my ordered coffee, it shows that the barista has put love and care into preparing the drink. Although the focus should always be on flavou
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People On The Move
Nick Percy has become Nomad Coffee Group’s first Sustainability Manager. In the first week of his new role, Nick diverted more than 30 per cent of the company’s roaster landfill volume through diverting chaff to an organic waste service. Nick will co

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