2009 Australian Barista Championships - Liveblog

The AASCA 2009 DETPAK Australian Barista Championship is on today and tomorrow.

Watch it live here:




I had some news last night from Emanuele of Ristretto who competed in the Open heats. He was pleased with the coffee he produced but unfortunately ran over time. Emanuele will provide further updates on competition throughout the day.

Update: just watched a very polished performance by NSW competitor Habib Maarbani - great stuff and I think he'll rank highly. This is the Semi finals and we will see the field trimmed from 10 to 5 competitors.

The Semi-finals progress (Photo courtesy of Emanuele Muratore)

Update: Mark Chandler, WA Barista Champion will be competing at around 12.30 WA time.



Another photo update courtesy of Emanuele Muratore