Canberra's ONA Coffee named 2019 Australian Barista Champion
Canberra's ONA Coffee has won four of the top six spots including the best barista award at the 2019 Australian Barista Championships.
The Canberra based roastery placed first, second, fourth and sixth in the Australian Barista Championships held over the weekend in Melbourne and also picked up first, second and fourth place in the Australian Brewers Cup Championships.
Barista champion Matthew Lewin will now represent Australia in April at the World Coffee Championships in Boston alongside Project Origin's Yanina Ferreyra in the Brewers Cup Championships.
“We are so incredibly proud of all the competitors, from each company across Australia," said Sasa Sestic, ONA Coffee founder and 2015 World Barista Champion.
“To represent Canberra in global competitions is an honour that I was lucky enough to achieve, and now we have more representatives from our city that will do Canberra proud.”
Barista championship placings were:
- Matthew Lewin (ONA Coffee)
- Hugh Kelly (ONA Coffee)
- Anthony Douglas (Axil Coffee Roasters)
- Angus Mackie (ONA Coffee)
- Tilly Sproule (Tim Adams)
- Joao Carlos (ONA Coffee)
Members of the Canberra coffee crew have taken out the World Barista title in 2015 (Sasa Sestic), while Hugh Kelly was the Australian Barista Champion in both 2016 and 2017.
Sheridan Randall, 13th February 2019
