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Congratulations to all baristas who made it into the #ASCATop12! Regardless of ranking, all Regional Winners will be headed straight to the semi-final or final of their respective competition. Depending on the make-up of the #ASCATop12, there may be additional...

The Australian Specialty Coffee Association (ASCA) joins the broader Melbourne coffee community in mourning the untimely and tragic passing of Sisto Malaspina. Tragically killed only meters from his business during Friday's terror attack on Bourke Street, Sisto had...

Five teams took to the stage at Luna Park in Sydney on Friday 9 November for the 2018 MONIN Coffee Chain Challenge, with McCafé emerging victorious. The team from McCafé beat out competitors Jamaica Blue (who placed second), Velocity Café (who placed third), Hudsons...

Yama Kim of Kingswood Coffee has taken out the title of 2018 World Cup Tasters Champion! Yama led the way in the Quarter-Final and Semi-Final rounds, eventually clinching the title with 7/8 correct in 4:38 minutes. The performance comes off the back of Yama's quick...

Shin "Samurai" Fukayama has placed fourth in the 2018 World Latte Art Championship over the weekend. One of St. ALi's star performers, Shin became a first-time ASCA Australian Champion earlier in the year, when we won the 2018 ASCA Australian Latte Art Championship at...

Danny Wilson has placed third in the 2018 World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship. Danny took third place behind Dan Fellows of the United Kingdom, and Manos Mamakis of Greece. The Assistant Roaster at ONA Coffee in Canberra wowed judges in the final round with his...

ASCA would like to send a HUGE congratulations to all the winners and competitors who represented the 2019 Western Region Coffee Championship at Double Shot Coffee Fiesta this past weekend. Say hello to your newest Western Region Champions: 2019 Masters & Vitasoy...

2018 ASCA Australian Brewers Cup Champion Heath Dalziel is on his way to Brazil to compete in the World Brewers Cup (WBrC), taking place at International Coffee Week in Belo Horizonte from 7 to 9 November. Heath can’t give away too many details in the lead up to his...

Ahead of jetting off to Brazil to compete in the World Latte Art Championship (WLAC) next week, 2018 ASCA Australian Latte Art Champion Shinsaku Fukayama underwent a rigorous training day with ASCA's three World Latte Art accredited judges. Jeremy Regan, Lance Brown...

ASCA would like to send a HUGE congratulations to all the winners and competitors who represented the Central Region Coffee Championships this past weekend. Say hello to your newest Central Region Champions: Dairy Farmers & Vitasoy Central Region Barista...

It was a big Friday night in Perth, with coffee lovers checking out the Western Region TCX Cup Tasters Championship. ASCA would like to congratulate the newest Western Region winners. Matthew Smithies, Five Senses Coffee – Champion Ru Teow, Laika – Runner Up Cheng...

Last Friday, the 12thof October 2018, the Australian Specialty Coffee Association (ASCA) held its Annual General Meeting to elect a new board, who will represent us as an industry, our collective interest and as coffee people.  With gratitude and great humility, I was...

The ASCA Board would like to thank Brent Williams for his five years of service as a Board member, including four years as President of the association. "I'm really proud of how far ASCA has come in the past five years," said Brent, speaking at the AGM on Friday....

The Australian Specialty Coffee Association (ASCA) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at Criteria Coffee on Friday 12 October 2018. Around 40 members attended the meeting in person, with interstate members joining the meeting via video link. including online...

ASCA would like to send a HUGE congratulations to all the winners from the Southern Region Coffee Championships this past weekend. Say hello to your newest Southern Region Champions: PURA & Vitasoy Southern Region Barista Championship Jack Simpson, Axil Coffee...

As per the constitution, ASCA Secretary Jeremy Regan hereby notifies ASCA members that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place at 5:30pm on Friday 12 October at Criteria Coffee in Port Melbourne. ASCA is pleased to announce the AGM will be live streamed using...

ASCA removes paper cups from renowned coffee events in a move towards greater sustainability  In a bid to significantly reduce waste for its highly-anticipated Cup Tasters events, the Australian Specialty Coffee Association (ASCA) has partnered with The Cup eXchange...

ASCA would like to send a HUGE congratulations to all the winners from the Northern Region Coffee Championships this past weekend. Say hello to your newest Northern Region Champions: Dairy Farmers & Vitasoy Northern Region Barista Championship Tilly Sproule, Tim...