COFFEE CART MELBOURNE SERVICE HITS THE STREETS OF VICTORIA
We recently launched our branded coffee cart Melbourne service right into the heart of the CBD, and surrounding suburbs. Our delicious locally roasted coffee beans will have your head turning! Having a pop-up coffee trolley, or mobile ready, commercial grade machine is always a great addition to your corporate event, private party or even sporting event. Whether you are planning a small intimate restaurant style event, or even creating experiences for your clientele in your office, finding the right machine equipment, along with qualified and passionate baristas is important. Specialty coffee in Melbourne and across Australia has undoubtedly grown in recent years, with many leading Australian brands opening their premium specialty coffee arm. Along with good roasted product, finding the right staff to operate mobile coffee carts is crucial, we look at some broad tips you can share with your staff for training and development.
To celebrate the launch of our Melbourne coffee cart, we look at what roasting procedures and conditions need to be adhered to, to be called specialty coffee in Melbourne. The origins of specialty coffee dates to 1974 where coffee expert Edna Knutsen published content in the Tea and Coffee Journal. Knutsen refers to the coffee beans full of flavour and the process, along with the types of micro climates the coffee bean is grown in. A ranking system of 80 points out of 100 is sufficient to call the coffee bean specialty coffee.
The Barista
The profession of being a barista has evolved, and the standard has lifted in the industry. With competitions offering rewards for making the perfect latte, or espresso are now in full swing right across Australia. Barista and staff hire has changed how we look at how we run our café. The range of skills and service a barista offers, has narrowed into a more competitive industry. Guests at pop-up carts can now find a high standard in many forms such as a hot latte, cocoa or hot chocolates as a mocha, or even espresso. With so many variables such as staff, machine, the water used and even water pressure of the machine, the grinder and coffee beans. These variables can affect the taste and ultimately the experience of the customer.
The Plant
Beans are often labelled Arabica or Robusta, they are grown all across the world and in fact there are 160 types plants. This can determine the range of the score the coffee bean is awarded. Beans are now grown and sourced across the world sustainably, with many countries across Central America relying solely on it’s production off coffee beans.
With the warm climate and environment in Central America, this affects the flavour and quality due to water, temperature, and at higher altitudes, it slows down the rate of the growth of the coffee plant.
The coffee is harvested usually between November to February, by coffee pickers who often live on the farm with their families, from the start of harvest through to the season ending.
The Processing
Before this delicious bean reaches our shores, and is processed by some of Melbourne’s greats, it is processed in a large Chancadora which basically removes the pulp from the bean, and prepares it to be shipped and roasted. There is quite a lot of preparation before it hits our delicious coffee cart!
Around every corner, Melbourne now offers many espresso bars with pop-up coffee carts with state of the art, new roasting equipment. Specialty coffee is a growing business, that develops more and more each year as the Australian market increases its love of the industry. The art of roasting the bean across the proper and correct temperature, determines volume of espresso produced, taste, flavours and overall performance.
When you are dealing with a mobile coffee cart, there are different elements such as weather, machine grade, and other conditions the cart could be in. It is important to adjust the grind to these conditions, whilst adhering to the recipe from the roaster.
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Altitude and Climate
Climates change from each continent, and so does the growing conditions. The coffee bean flavours can change due to moisture levels, sunlight, rain, and other elements that could play a role such as method of farming.
Altitudes and climate and the environment affect the different sorts of tastes that we experience at our coffee carts, so selecting the right bean is important. The altitude can easily manipulate flavour by affecting how fast or slow the plant grows. As an example, the rate of the plant growing could be as a result of better drainage there for the plant doesn’t receive as much rain.
Melbourne Coffee Cart - Finding Specialty Coffee At Your Next Conference
The days where ordinary coffee at your work conference are over. Rather than using a thermos, you can now get a hot beverage experience from a mobile coffee cart, made by a barista and using speciality coffee. As Australia continuously drives its love of speciality coffee, we now see the specialty coffee trend sneaking into your local convention centre right across Melbourne and in the form of mobile coffee carts offering high quality, professional service with speciality coffee. This has opened a great brand experience for companies that want to not only showcase great coffee for their guests, but also showcase their commitment to sustainable coffee.
Contact our team today discuss catering for your next brand event and coffee cart in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney.