News Articles by Jordan Brock
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Win a free ticket to the Edge of the Web Conference
Five Senses is proud to be the Coffee Edge Sponsor for the Edge of the Web conference that’s happening in Perth on 4-6 November 2009. In order to celebrate this event, we’ve cooked up a little competition.
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Caleb crowned Victorian Barista Champion
Caleb Podhaczky put in a polished performance to take out the title of Victorian Barista Championship. His win came as no surprise to the Five Senses team, who have long recognised Caleb’s talent. Caleb is Five Senses’ point man for roasting in Victoria. Runner up was Kris Wood, with Talor Browne taking out bronze.
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iPhone version of our website
The iPhone has become a bit of a status symbol and it seems the 5 Senses crew aren’t immune to its appeal. There have been more than a couple of attempts to convince Jason, our finance manager, of our dire and pressing need to upgrade our mobile phones to the iPhone.
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Countdown to the barista champs
The crowd went silent and the music faded. “Welcome judges, my name is Jonny, and I’ll be your barista today.” So began the competitive barista as he started his heat. The annual Barista Championships, held around Australia and the world, have become a vehicle for the continuing drive to position coffee in the culinary sphere rather than as just another offering in the caffeinated-drink market. For many, they also represent the perfect venue for sharing ideas, techniques and inspiration with others in the specialty coffee industry. In this month’s article, I want to focus on both what happens during the competition, and the social implications of the results.
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Five Senses men's basketball team win GF
While playing under the banner of the Mt Hawthorn Baptist Church, both the Five Senses men’s and women’s teams made their recent grand finals with the men’s team winning and the women’s team unfortunately falling short of the prize.
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APTE ... ohhh it means — A Place To Eat
It’s always a welcome relief to come round the bend on Heidelberg Road and see the silhouette of APTE in the distance. It‘s not like a bright neon sign — more a shining lighthouse that welcomes you home. Duck down the side street to get away from traffic and park your car, or somehow use the pedestrian lights to your advantage.
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5 Senses at the WA Wine and Food Festival
It’s that time of year again. The 5 Senses team have set up at the WA Wine and Food Festival at the Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre.
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Epic proportions
The much awaited Epic Espresso opened quietly with no publicity, but made an early impact on the Perth coffee scene with a tidal-wave of excitement.
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5 Senses Victoria Awarded Again
Five Senses Victoria has once again pleased the judges to win two bronze medals at the 2006 Wrest Point Royal Hobart Fine Food Awards.
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Appetite Store Opens
Melbourne’s cosmopolitan culture demands quality gourmet food and outrageously good coffee, which is a perfect fit for the new Appetite store that just opened up in the old Pump Juice Bar on Errol Street.
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5 Senses Imports Isomacs
As a distributor of La Marzocco and more recently Synesso Espresso Machines, Five Senses has been on the lookout for a domestic range of espresso machines that we can be proud to endorse from a pure quality point-of-view.
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The Bo Gets Silver
Kim Godleman from 5 Senses Coffee came home with silver at the Western Australian Latte Art Competition on Saturday 8 July.
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The Synesso has landed
The long awaited arrival of the Synesso espresso machines has everyone at Five Senses licking their lips with excitement.
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Against the Tide
With prices of raw coffee, fuel and seemingly everything else going through the roof, we’ve decided that we’re going to do the opposite of everyone else and offer our customers an “across the board” reduced rate for both coffee and delivery.
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5 Senses partners with Reg Barber Tampers
I was curious. I’d heard much about Reg Barber Tampers – but had never really contemplated the notion that there was actually a person behind the name. I mean, because the Reg Barber Tampers are so highly revered in the industry you tend to lose sight of the fact that real flesh and blood are responsible for their creation.
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Fairtrade
Initially the East Timor Fairtrade coffee was pretty much the only certified Fairtrade coffee we could readily get our hands on. Such has been the popularity of the notion of Fairtrade it has forced others origins to get in on the act.
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Learn The Language
All of these descriptors we will chat about, are as important to a cup of coffee as the strings are on an acoustic guitar.
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