The Rocks Aroma Coffee Festival 2007

Coffee Snob home barista competition final heat! Andy (with beard) judges as Thundergod calmly adjusts his grind, looking for the right dose and tamp with an unfamiliar machine, while the clock is ticking! His competitor, Ben, wins the day after etching Andy's face with tooth-pick latte art! Well done to Ben and, well, Thundergod, I guess that's just how the 'coffee biscuit' crumbles in the ruthless cut-throat life in the fast lane of domestic coffee making!

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[coffeeNook]

The guy with the beard, Andy, is the webmaster for the Coffeesnobs website and a really good bloke.

[azizeeee123]

What? It's just some idiot looking like he DOESNT know what he's doing.

[coffeeNook]

Well, that's a bit harsh! To be fair to Thundergod, I didn't film the most exciting action (understatement!) and caught him in an off moment, so it's more down to the video taker than the video subject. It's a lousy clip, but it's the only bit of the coffee fest that I had (my battery ran out!), so that's why I included it.

[hayleystar619]

the video is lousy.

we want to actually SEE the coffee not just someone making one at a VERY bad view point

[Thundergod60]

Thanks for defending me coffeeNook.

azizeeee123 I came 2nd in that competition.

That video shows me trying do dial in the grinder after my first practise shot.

I had a limited amount of time to prepare an espresso and a flat white with a grinder and machine I first got to touch less than a minute before what you see.

A foolish comment is easy to make if you don't know all the facts.

[happyfunnyfoo]

haha