Hello Admin. It was indeed good to catch up with you, John and others at the show....and by the way, I didn't mind manning YOUR (the Crema Mag) stand one little bit 😉 ! Due to the short week (only 3 days here as Mon was Canberra Day Public Hol) I have not been around to write something up but I am surprised no one else did...so here's a quick synopsis. In comparison to the Sydney Aroma Festival, this was much smaller (physically). The stands were all lined up side by side on the banks of the Yarra. Coupled with a nice sunny day, the adjoining Chocolate Festival, Wine Festival, and the end marquee with band, music and live choir performances, this turned out to have a great "festival" atmosphere and was very well attended. The coffee stands were set up professionally, those manning them looked good, most seemd to take great care to produce best quality coffee, lots of it was served and sold by the cup as well as in the packet, and I think this was a real showcase event to be repeated. The various "raffles" of coffee brewing equipment put on by quite a few of the stand holders, made for serious interest by the punters who milled around busily (but please note...I didnt win anything this time around...bad planning I think...obviously didnt enter enough raffles enough times...). Some well known roasters were notable in their absence but given (I think) the successfull nature of this event, I wonder whether they will reconsider for next year. The "workshops" & Barista comp were interesting, you could spend a good half day out or more and and go home tired but happy. My line of thinking is that the smaller size of this festival (in comparison to Aroma) works in its flavour
