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Regional Barista Champs 2025 Auckland

Ticket Information

  • Free Admission

Dates

  • Sun 13 Apr 2025, 9:00am–4:00pm

Restrictions

All Ages

Get excited, REGIONALs are HAPPENING again!

Come on down and support your local baristas.

Spectator tickets are FREE.

What's it all about?

Havana 69G St Georges Bay Road, Parnell, Auckland / Tāmaki Makaurau Sunday 13 April.

Please note that the timeline once posted is approximate. Announcements of the top four are around 3 pm, followed by a debrief for competitors.

Each regional Champion will secure a space to compete in the national event as part of their prize package.

Places second to fourth will have reserved positions, half of their entry fee is covered by their regional positions. As a regional place-getter, you still need to enter via this channel before the entry opening. As a regional place getter, details on how will follow the regional event.

What’s happening for Barista Champs?
We are bringing you parred-down Barista events to the region.

Then the big event to showcase all that talent, The Aotearoa New Zealand Barista Champs will be held on Saturday 23 – Sunday 24 August 2025.

What are the regionals about?

We are breaking down the barriers to entry by focusing on what baristas know. It’s all about knowing your coffee and serving it with great customer service. No signature drink in the regions, just espresso and milk beverages.

You bring your coffee and presentation. We will provide the machine, grinder, milk, cups, spoons even the milk jugs and tamper if you need it. Table decoration and all the other stuff are actively discouraged. Baristas may bring menus to assist in describing their coffee, however, this still needs to be verbalised during the competition time.

Similar to the main event you will have to pour four (4) x espresso and four (4) x milk beverages to two (2) scoring sensory judges and two (2) guest non-scoring sensory judges, one (1) technical judge, and a one (1) head judge. All competitors will receive a full debrief on their performances to set them up for the main event. You don’t have to go on to compete in the main event, but we would love to see you there!

You will have 5 mins to dial in and 11 mins to present.

There will be three (3) regional titles and prizes TBC. Places 2-4 will receive a reserved space to compete in the national event if they wish.

When is it all happening?

Aotearoa Barista Champs ’25 Regionals Dates:

C4 Coffee Co. 118 Fitzgerald Ave, Christchurch / Ōtautahi Sunday 30 March.

L'affare Roastery 102/104 Adelaide Road, Mount Cook, Wellington / Te Whanganui a Tara Sunday 6 April.

Havana 69G St Georges Bay Road, Parnell, Auckland / Tāmaki Makaurau Sunday 13 April.

Aotearoa Barista Champs ’25

Whirinaki Whare Taonga, 836 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt / Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta

Saturday 23 August – Round one

Sunday 24 –August Final

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