We ran a stand at the Melbourne International Coffee Expo over the weekend and had a lot of fun!

Thanks to everyone who came down and said hello. For those who missed out this is what went down:

Friday
Andy & Dean from Omar the Marvellous Coffee Bird came in and  served up free espressos in their ‘Black Blend’ – Ethiopian Sidamo with Sumatra Sipangan Bolon and also a single in Australian Mountain Top Estate bin 35. They were smashing them out all day!

Saturday
Mariunus, Edmund & Ben from Padre came down running their ‘Hey Buddy Blend’ Ethiopia Sidamo OCR and also their Mexico San Cristobal natural. Both coffees were tasting amazing and the boys pumped through 14 odd kilos during the day. Padre also supplied the Slayer & Mazzers for the whole weekend, so cheers guys!

Sunday
Ben from The Final Step came down and got straight onto the tools pumping out shortys into porcelain cups for the masses. Then Jason from Market Lane Coffee joined in to help out running their Seasonal Espresso Blend right up until close at 6pm! 

We had an absolute blast and it was great to meet so many passionate coffee enthusiasts over the three days. We hope you also had enjoyed yourself!

We are very excited to announce Beanhunter will be running a pop-up espresso bar at the Melbourne International Coffee Expo on May 4-6. Serving up some of the best ristrettos and espressos are three of Melbourne’s most popular specialty cafes. It’s an amazing opportunity to come down and see what these guys are up to and sample a free ristretto or espresso. We will tweet the coffees they will be running the day prior. Here’s the line up:

Friday 10am to 3pm – Omar and The Marvellous Coffee Bird
Saturday 10am to 3pm – Padre Coffee
Sunday 10am to 3pm – The Final Step

So get down and check out whats going on at the Melbourne International Coffee Expo and make sure to pop past and pay us a visit! We are stand 31 right next to the Australian Barista Championships so you wont miss us!

See you there,
Al
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