News articles tagged with 'barista'
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The crema dilemma
For a long time crema has been viewed as the definitive sign of great espresso. This has never sat very well with us at Five Senses, as we have often tasted magnificent coffees with fleeting, delicate crema and some not so magnificent coffees with crema that lasted forever.
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Bali baristas in town
It’s no secret to anyone who follows our stories and blogs that the people and culture of Bali hold a special place in our hearts. We first ventured up to Bali in 2007 and since then, we’ve taken many trips to build upon the direct trade relationship that we started with the farmers on that first visit.
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2010 Australian Barista Champs — Day 1
With an inspired performance, Jennifer Murray from Five Senses WA has narrowly missed out on a place in Saturday’s Australian Barista Championship Semi Final on the Gold Coast.
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You don't want to pull a hammy
The repetitive nature of a barista’s work can lead to muscle strain, aches, and RSI. When you start feeling like you’ve spent all night arm wrestling Mr T (I pity the fool!), your smile starts fading to a grimace and you’d rather give away real gold than steam another jug of milk, or tamp another shot, fear not! There are a few things you can do to help.
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DVD sneak peek — espresso
We all know that there’s more to a perfect shot of espresso than just great beans. It also includes a delicate mixture of science and technology, as well as a great deal of barista skill — in this case, that’s you.
We toss out phrases that include “shot speed” and “shot colour” and we know what it takes to talk the talk. But are we really paying our respects to the espresso gods and always practising what we preach?
Check out this chapter from the Advanced Barista Techniques DVD to relearn or refresh your skills. For your very own source of priceless information, click here to get a copy of the DVD.
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Five Senses Finishes Strong at WA Barista Competition
It was a packed house this weekend for the 2011 Western Australia Barista Competition that took place at the Perth Town Hall. More people than ever before showed up to support fellow friends and baristas, or just to see what all the excitement was about. Now that the dust has settled, us folks at Five Senses are going to put all modesty aside to announce how incredibly proud we are of our showing at this year’s competition.
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The New Generation of Synesso
The Synesso brand will soon reveal its new generation of espresso machines to the Australian market. As the May release date draws near, it seemes appropriate to not only take a look at how Synesso has transcended space and time to become the piece of technological art it is today, but also to spend a few minutes discussing some of the hot new features built into the brand’s new generation of machines.
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Richard Chats to Mark Barnett from Synesso
Recently at the SCAA conference in Houston, Texas, Richard Muhl caught up with Mark Barnett, founder of Synesso, to talk about the birth of Synesso and the Next Generation Machine.
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Coffee Context
Let’s face it, the trend in Perth is that cafes are investing more seriously in something consumers (yes, that’s you) have been demanding for years: better quality. Every time a coffee is returned because it’s “just not right”, a bad review is posted on-line or a full cup is left on the table, consumers unwittingly form part of the masses demanding a higher standard.
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