All you brilliant baristas and coffee enthusiasts, take note of these dates! These are the official SCASA Coffee Competition dates for the 2013/2014 cycle. It's your chance to get involved!
Gauteng Regional Coffee Competitions
17 – 20 March 2013: 10h00 – 17h00
Hostex: Sandton Convention Centre
(Barista, Latte Art, Cup Tasters, Aero Press)
Western Cape (Held in CT) Regional Coffee Competitions
23-26 May 2013
Good Food & Wine show – sponsors needed
Disciplines: Barista, Latte Art, Cup Tasters, Aero Press
Eastern Cape (Held in PE) Regional Coffee Competitions
June 2013
Disciplines: Barista, Latte Art, Cup Tasters, Aero Press
KZN (Held in DBN) Regional Coffee Competitions
8-11 August 2013
Good Food & Wine show – sponsors needed
Disciplines: Barista, Latte Art, Cup Tasters, Aero Press
New competition: National Roasting Competition
End August 2013
Cape Town – to be confirmed
National Coffee Competition 2013
Gauteng: GFW: 21-24 September 2013
Disciplines: Barista, Latte Art, Cup Tasters, Aero Press + New competition: Cup brewers
World Competitions
23-26 May 2013
Melbourne, Australia -
World Barista Championship and World Brewers Cup featured at the Melbourne International Coffee Expo (internationalcoffeeexpo.com)
Our very own Lovejoy Chirambasukwa, will be competing at this event. Look out for a feature on him in the upcoming 3rd edition of TheCoffeeMag.
26-28 June 2013
Nice, France - World Latte Art Championship, World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship, World Cup Tasters Championship, World Coffee Roasting Championship featured at the SCAE World of Coffee event (www.worldofcoffee-nice.com)
The lovely and talented
Miss Maxine Keet will be representing the RSA!