These workshops are designed for competing baristas, coaches and judges alike.

Meadow Fresh NZ Latte Art Championship Workshop 2021

7 pm - 8:30/9 pm

The workshop is designed for anyone wanting to compete or coach in the New Zealand Latte Art Championship. We will breakdown the scoring categories so you can best prepare yourself to compete, referencing the Rules & Regulations documents from the World Coffee Event. We will not be teaching you how to pour latte art. It is a rules-based event, lecture and power-point presentation with Q&A.

As part of the workshop, we will send out a pre-test to those attending to start you thinking in terms of the rules within the Championship.

This workshop will be compulsory for anyone considering judging for the first year with industry knowledge as pre requisite.

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More about the up-coming event

FREE public entry. Tickets only apply to competitors.

Meadow Fresh New Zealand Latte Art Championship 2021 26th September, The Saphire Room, Ponsonby.

The Meadow Fresh New Zealand Latte Art Championship 2021 leads to the World Latte Art Championship

The 2021 prize pack will include flights and accommodation to the World Latte Art Championship 2022

The Championship will be held in strict accordance to the World Latte Art Rules and Regulations, NZ Code of Conduct and NZ Champions Terms and Conditions and other rules pertaining to the event.

Event Overview

The NZ Latte Art Championship 2021 highlights artistic expression in a competition platform that challenges the barista in an on-demand performance.

The NZ Championship 2021 comprises two separate rounds: a preliminary round and a final round.

The preliminary round will take place on stage eight (8) minutes, where two identical free-pour lattes and two identical designer lattes are produced.

The highest-scoring six competitors will compete in the final round entirely on stage ten (10) minutes. In final of this championship, the baristas present two identical samples of ‘art in a cup’ for three different beverages: two separate sets of matching free-pour lattes and one set of matching designer pattern lattes (which may incorporate etching, or similar techniques, and surface decoration).

The first two pours will be made only with a jug of milk. The designer latte can be made with any surface aid at the choice of the barista. To ensure that the presented art is what the barista intends to deliver, the judges will be given a photo of the intended design prior to the start of the presentation. Artistic impressions of the design are allowed alongside the image (photo) but the photo shall be the point of reference to the judges scoring.

The beverages will be judged immediately for visual attributes, creativity, identical patterns in the pairs, the contrast in the patterns, and the baristas overall performance.

Event Overview Structure

This competition takes place over a day and consists of a preliminary round and a final round. Each competitor competes in the preliminary round, and then the top six will compete again in a finals round to determine the winner with the highest score, who becomes The Meadow Fresh NZ Latte Art Champion 2021. Please note that this is only a summary description of the event and that detailed structure and rules for this competition are set forth in and controlled by the Official Rules and Regulations.

Provided on stage, compulsory use:

Machines La Marzocco Mini Linea x 2

Grinder Mahlkonig E65s

Coffee Allpress

Cups Loveramics, Egg Cappuccino 200ml

Milk Meadow Fresh Original

For more information on the World Latte Art Championship 2021>

View the Rules and Regulations here>

New Zealand Rules and Regulations and Competitor Terms and Conditions>

Many thanks to our confirmed sponsors to date:

Meadow Fresh, La Marzocco, AMC Roastery Supply NZ, Cafetto, Loveramics, The Alternate Milk Co

Please view the NZSCA ticketing terms & conditions here>