Aotearoa Cup Tasters Championship 2024

Come on down and watch NZ's best and cheer for your favourite competitor!

All coffees will be brewed for you to taste, even espresso from our roasting sponsor Grey Roasting with La Marzocco machinery and Meadow Fresh Milk. Bring the family, nipper corner will be in place and fluffies will be served too.

It’s a game of taste, it’s a game of the mind, it’s a game of accuracy and speed. Who will take the title in ’24?

What is the Aotearoa Cup Tasters Championship all about?

The New Zealand Specialty Coffee Association (NZSCA) holds the license to run the national leg of the World Cup Tasters Championship.

The Championship is held in strict accordance with the WCE's Rules and Regulations. The winner will compete at the World Cup Taster’s Championship in Geneva, Switzerland in June 2025.

What happens:

The New Zealand Cup Tasters Championship awards the professional coffee cupper who demonstrates speed, skill, and accuracy in distinguishing the taste differences in specialty coffees.

Coffees of the world have many distinct taste characteristics and in this competition format, the objective is for the cupper to discriminate between the different coffees. Three cups are placed in a triangle, with two cups being identical coffees and one cup being a different coffee. Using skills of smell, taste, attention, and experience, the cupper will identify the odd cup in the triangle as quickly as they can.

A total of eight triangles are placed in each round. Then the top four will compete again in the final round to determine the next Aotearoa Cup Tasters Champion 2024.

Sunday 12 midday, 4 August 2024, The Sapphire Room, Ponsonby, Auckland.

Many thanks to:

Principal: Confirmed single-year 2024 John Burton Ltd

Sponsors:

Cleaning Supplies: Confirmed three-year 2024/25/26 Cafetto
Equipment: Confirmed single-year 2024 AMC Roastery Supply
Ceramics/Porcelain: Confirmed three-year 2024/25/26 Acme Cup Co
Roasting: Confirmed single-year 2024 Grey Roasting Co
Brewing Equipment: Confirmed single-year 2024 Marco via L’affare
Espresso Machinery: Confirmed single-year 2024 La Marzocco NZ
Event partner/s: Meadow Fresh

Find out more about the championship and the Rules & Regs at www.worldcuptasters.org

www.nzsca.org