We have a winner!
This year’s Golden Bean goes to Coffee Tech from New Zealand. Alan Zuo and his team not only won the overall champion, he also took out the Small Franchise trophy. Alan will now take Coffee Tech to represent Asia Pacific in the World Finals against North America in Hawaii. The…
Milk based coffee is still the Hero!
In Australia we still love our milk, especially in coffee. Our last Café Pulse Survey reported that 96% of retail coffee sold in Australia were milk-based and the Flat White has passed the Latte and Cappuccino as the preferred drink. Milk coffee became popular in Australia in the seventies by…
Australia is the best coffee country in the world!
Australia has just won the World Barista Championship in Melbourne, supporting the strength of the Australian Coffee Industry. Congratulations to Anthony Douglas from Axil Coffee for taking out the World Champion Barista title for 2022. I would also like to congratulate David and Zoe Makin, founders of Axil coffee on…
Welcoming Asia into Golden Bean Competition
We are very excited to announce a new chapter in the Golden Bean Roasters competition we are expanding the Australian/New Zealand event to include Asia. We have been waiting for the right time to grow the competition into our neighbouring countries, but Covid put a major hurdle in front of…
Reigniting our global coffee scene
Hi to our coffee industry. I like it when the vision becomes so clear and business concepts slowly come to fruition. I am talking about the Golden Bean as we step closer to the next phase of our global project without the worry of being locked down and shutout. Golden…
Golden Bean and the Green Bean Zone trade day
The Golden Bean is shaping up to be a great event with all systems go from the team at Café Culture. We are expecting around 1000 coffee entries, so we are getting back to the old days pre-Covid. We are also anticipating around 100 roasters to attend to be part…
The Science of Roasting – Golden Bean 2021
Golden Bean has been the starting point for receiving real industry feedback for over 10 years. Entered coffees are judged by trained industry experts (fellow roasters) using a standard judging format that is the same for each coffee presented. The coffees are blind judged from the cup, the judges are…
Golden Bean Alternative Milk Category 2021 is… Almond.
Golden Bean Sponsor, The Alternative Dairy Company (ADC) has announced that this year’s alternative milk category will be ‘Almond Milk’. ADC has worked tirelessly to create one of the favourite Almond Milks in the café marketplace. The almond milk is part of the popular ADC range which includes Oat and…
What is an Elite coffee?
Article Sean Edwards, Head Bean – Golden Bean The short answer is... it is an amazing coffee which often comes at a premium price. We have been working on how we can have a fairer playground for all roasters participating in the Golden Bean Roaster comp where coffees over our…
GOLDEN BEAN 2021 IS HERE!
PORT MACQUARIE RACE CLUB 30th NOV – 03rd DEC 2021 Who would of thunk with the year we’ve had and the continuous challenges faced by our committed and passionate community of coffee roasters that we would be able to produce a COVID safe Golden Bean in 2021… Yet, one can’t…
