Monthly Archives: "January 2019"

We’re pleased to announce the schedule for the MICE2019 Cupping Room,

Cottle Coffee, a family-owned coffee roaster that has been roasting in Melbourne for the last 50 years, is set to make its MICE debut when the show kicks off in just over a week’s time. Fourth generation coffee roaster and current owner Richard Cottle recently took the time to tell us a bit more about the family business. Q: How

The Barista Social Club by Freedom Foods Group presents ‘Heroes & Heroines Of The Coffee Industry” – click here to book now!   Freedom Foods Group have collaborated with Specialty Coffee Curators and Sanremo Coffee Machines to bring you a one-time lineup of some of our industry’s most acclaimed and passionate professionals.  They will be

Tree Free Global is an Australian company specialising in environmentally friendly disposable coffee cups. It looks at its cups’ impact on the environment in both manufacturing and disposal. Tree Free Cups are made with bagasse, a by-product of sugarcane. This waste product (previously burnt and so saving emissions) is used to create the paper to make Tree Free

Ratio Cocoa Roasters are a bean-to-bar specialty chocolate roastery and cafe, operating out of Brunswick. MICE recently had a chance to catch up with owner and chocolate maker Debbie Makin, who tells us more about the world of specialty chocolate. Q: Can you tell us a little bit about the concept behind Ratio? A: My vice is chocolate

This year, MICE will be welcoming over 20 coffee roasters to the show. From big names to boutique roasters, MICE is proud to showcase an array of talented roasters that collectively contribute to the vibrancy of Australia’s coffee culture.  Expect to see names such as SOCO Roasters, Axil Coffee Roasters, Vertue Coffee Roasters, Five Senses Coffee, Merlo Coffee Roasters, Ona Coffee,

MILKLAB are inviting MICE attendees to try two NEW products that they are developing at their stand. The MILKLAB team are still fine tuning MILKLAB Oat and MILKLAB Pea before release to the industry and are welcoming barista feedback prior to the official launch. Industry collaboration is key to the MILKLAB brand with feedback from specialty

Locale Espresso will be making their MICE debut on our brand new Espresso Bar. Locale originally started out as a side project focused on locally roasted beans, whilst the team were distributing coffee for a big international roaster. Josh Jackson (Locale roaster and National Manager) tells us more. Q: How did Locale first start out? A: We separated from the big multi-national a

Circa 2008, long before being crowned the 2015 World Latte Art Champion, Caleb Cha was an inexperienced waiter with a heavy language barrier living in Melbourne. After struggling to get by in his waiting job, he decided it was time to challenge himself to work in a new area. Q: Can you tell me about how you got

The next in our series of articles on the ASCA judges, Craig Simon has been a leading Australian barista competitor for the better part of the last decade. Over the last few years Craig has also started exploring the other side of the competition dynamic, through judging. MICE recently caught up with Craig to find out more about this pursuit. Q: Can you