This Week in Coffee; Wednesday 26th of April '23
It's been a big week with the London Coffee Festival (and the Helsinki Coffee Festival, I have been informed) with quite a bit of buzz and hubbub around.
Equipment
Honestly lads, I'm gonna buy one and I know I shouldn't.
It's called "The Moonraker" and it's as effective as a £5 Amazon WDT, but it is probably 76 times cooler which makes sense of the price.
Maybe these are totally pointless for an actual cafe owner but I think they're cool. I've seen similar devices before but the BrewBeacon is promising to be easier to install and use.
Simply, the idea is that from a central office computer, you would be able to track shot consistency across multiple group heads, machines, and locations.
This is newsletter-only information. I've been posting these updates to Reddit and finding it very challenging to talk about upcoming products due to their strict, but understandable, rules.
Personally, I'm not going to hold my breath for the Smeg. I have a bad feeling it will be something else re-badged. Smeg please send me a unit to prove me wrong.
Industry
WBC, give me press tickets and flights to this and I will happily shill for you. If you want to know how much money it would cost for me to sell out - it's approximately the cost of Economy Plus tickets to South Korea.
Competitons
Barista Championship: Isaiah Sheese, Archetype Coffee
Brewers Cup: Wenbo Yang, Artly Coffee
Cup Tasters: Jake Donaghy, Olympia Coffee Roasting
Coffee in Good Spirits: Sam Schroeder, Olympia Coffee
Latte Art: Piyapat Lapteerawut, Coffee Project NY
Roaster: Andrew Coe, Elevator Coffee