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Aroma Festival - Sunday 6 July |
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Aroma Festival is on again Sunday July 6th, 2008.
Come and visit the Danes Gourmet Coffee stand as we celebrate all things
coffee. Visit the Aroma festival website to find out more information about
what's on, when and where at the event. Spend the day tasting specialty coffee
blends and exotic origins. You can even take in a museum or stroll the
foreshore. See you there!
http://www.therocks.com/sydney-Things_to_do_in_Sydney_at_The_Rocks-Aroma.htm
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Danes Grand Barista Championship 2008 |
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Congratulations to Habib Maarbani - 2008 Grand Barista Champion
Danes Gourmet Coffee would like to congratulate Habib on taking the title and prizes at the 2008 Grand Barista Championship. Visit the Grand Barista Championship Facebook account for pictures, scores and stories.
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Sponsors of the Danes Grand Barista Championship 2008
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After a 2 year hiatus, the Danes Gourmet Coffee Institute (DGCI) Grand Barista Championship (GBC) returned on 21st June 2008.
The Danes Grand Barista Championship is back and it’s celebrating coffee. There is nothing more enjoyable than a beautiful cup of coffee crafted by a passionate barista to make your day. It takes a level of knowledge, skill, creativity and experience to create a beautiful coffee. This year the Danes Grand Barista Championship has changed the format to best present a professional barista’s skills and celebrate quality coffee.
Our hand selected judges and their palates will be some of the most highly respected coffee people in the industry. We have chosen the VBM Replica espresso machine to conduct the championship on for its temperature stability and capability to consistently extract the essence of the coffees potential. Machines will be calibrated to run at 92 degrees Celsius at the head at 9 bar of pressure.
The 2008 DGBC will have the competing barista present the following coffee beverages for the judges.
4 x Espresso
Our new format is designed to profile and highlight the coffee through the careful and meticulous skill of the barista. The volume and time restrictions of the WBC have been removed to provide the barista with complete freedom to fully exploit the maximum flavour potential of the coffee. We believe that one of the most important parts of coffee making is consistency. Competitors will be judged on the coffees flavour and consistent brewing time and volume.
4 x Milk Coffees
What amount of milk compliments your extraction? You don’t have to serve a cappuccino with a certain level of froth. Just produce a beautiful balance of espresso base and textured milk that you as the barista desires.
4 x Latte Art Coffees
When you see a barista pour a beautiful design on top of your coffee you know they have experience, skill, and a genuine passion for their craft. This section of the competition will show off the barista’s skill and passion. This will not be judged on taste. The competitor can present their artwork in any vessel with each pattern to be the same.
 There will be no signature beverage to take away from the focus of “the coffee”. Coffee is the most chemically complex food product on the planet in terms of flavour and aroma. Why try and add anything to it?
The Danes Grand Barista Championship is for the barista and the coffee. Each competitor has twelve minutes to complete their presentation. Our new format has the barista training for their presentation right now as they work in their cafe perfecting their skills and honing their technique. We look forward to the next championship and the baristas who will come to test their skills in Australia's premier barista competition.
Visit the GBC 2008 Facebook album.
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