November 2018

Early bird ticket sales for MICE2019 are set to close this Friday 30 November!

Lauren's coffee career started out during her university days when she was working at one of the oldest cafés on Lygon Street. 

Beat Coffee was born from the idea of the endless search, do what inspires you, do it well and keep pushing beyond.

MICE2019 XMAS vouchers are now on sale via the tickets section of our website!

It's that time of year again! The MICE2019 Christmas Campaign is just around the corner. 

The first in our series of stories covering the ASCA judges, Melissa (Mel) Caia is an ASCA judges’ calibration and accreditation lead instructor, having judged both state and national barista competitions for a number of years.

The Bag Broker will partner with MICE to sponsor and produce the official showbags for MICE2019.

After opening their first Melbourne-based Torrefazione roasting house in 2016, Queensland-based Merlo Coffee are now set to debut at MICE! We were intrigued to learn more about the Merlo story from Head of Operations Simon Brooks, who is also the Head of Cupping and a qualified Q Grader. Q:

The ASCA Competitions Committee are the dedicated team who guide the professional and effective management of all of ASCA's Competitions. The committee is comprised of both ASCA judges and regional representatives, who play an integral role in ensuring that regional competitions are run

Ziggy Varamulia of Max and Sons took home the ASCA Western Region Barista Championship last weekend, concluding the 2019 ASCA Regional competition circuit. His routine consisted of providing customers with a distinct and interesting specialty coffee experience. Ziggy said he wanted to “wow