Coffee Connections – The Competitor
Tilly Sproule Tim Adams Specialty Coffee. At Project Origin, we love helping people connect with our coffee, especially when we’re able to link them with some of our closest producers. In this series of articles, we chat with roasters, competitors, producers, green bean buyers, exporters and baristas to find out what it takes to create […]
‘Best of Honduras: Late Harvest’ 2019
Lots from the 2019 ‘Best of Honduras: Late Harvest’ auction are arriving to roasters and cafes around the world, after a successful program which saw a record number of entries.
Sarah Jin – Brewers Cup
We spoke to the recently crowned Northern Regions Brewers Cup Champion about her competition and motivations for competing. Sarah was an attendee at the 2019 ‘Best of Honduras: Late Harvest’ auction this year, participating as a judge in the auction program and exploring various coffee growing regions of Honduras with us. During the trip, Sarah had a […]
Success brewing for Project Origin competitors
Congratulations to our amazing colleagues at Project Origin, Yanina Ferreyra and Cielo Betancur, for competing in the recent Australian Central Region Brewers Cup competition. Cielo competed for the first time in this competition and came away with a wealth of knowledge and confidence, while reigning Australian Brewers Cup champion Yanina achieved another fantastic result with […]
We need to talk about Brazil…
The 2019 Brazil harvest is ending; time to think about securing your supply of this critical blending component for the next 6-12 months. This is the moment when Brazilian beans are at their freshest, and when the best lots get bought up by bigger roasters, so it’s important for all of us to think Brazil […]
‘Best of Honduras: Late Harvest’ 2019 winners announced
The winners of the 2019 instalment of the ‘Best of Honduras: Late Harvest’ auction have been announced. The top scoring coffees and their producers were awarded at a ceremony at IHCAFE in Santa Barbara, Honduras in front of a crowd of coffee producers, judges and IHCAFE staff. The auction program, which is conducted over several […]
Coffees selected for ‘Best of Honduras: Late Harvest’ auction
Judges in Honduras have selected the coffees that will be judged in the 2019 instalment of the Project Origin ‘Best of Honduras: Late Harvest’ auction. This is the fourth year this auction will take place, having been launched in 2016 by Project Origin founder, Sasa Sestic and General Manager Habib Maarbani. Each coffee entered […]
Choosing competition coffee, with Matthew Lewin
With applications for the 2019 ‘Best of Honduras: Late Harvest’ auction now open, we spoke to Australian Barista Champion Matthew Lewin about coffee, competitions and why he chose to use coffee from Honduras on the world’s biggest coffee stage. PO: Choosing coffee for barista competitions is often tricky. What kind of coffees did you try and […]
World Brewers Cup finalists announced
The finalists for the 2019 World Brewers Cup Championships were announced moments ago. The competition, which is currently being held in Boston, USA has participants from more than 30 countries around the world. Over the course of several days, competitors must undertake a pre-prepared Open Service routine and a Compulsory Service routine in which they […]
Sasa Sestic to present at Specialty Coffee Expo 2019
Several days ago, the line up of speakers for Specialty Coffee Expo 2019 was announced. Among these listed speakers is former World Barista Champion and Project Origin founder, Sasa Sestic. Given across three days, the series of lectures by various speakers will take place at the Specialty Coffee Expo in Boston, USA. Each presenter will […]