Welcome to 5 Senses, where coffee is not simply a beverage, but a 'work of art'. Our job doesn’t end with securing precious cargoes of the best specialty coffee beans from the four corners of the earth. That's a great start, which is then complemented by the skill of the Master Roaster and his ability to manipulate roast and blend profiles. The end result is the best possible coffee experience, a 'masterpiece' that appeals to your sense of smell, taste, touch and sound.
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Posted By Brigette Paterson :: Wednesday, 02 July 2008
When John and Maggie Leever decided to leave the world of high fashion and venture into coffee, they wanted to retain the sense of style that they were known for. Where better, then, to set up shop than St Kilda, where the fashionable flock to share the latest gossip over a coffee.
Posted By Brigette Paterson :: Wednesday, 02 July 2008
Seattle — a mecca for all things coffee; Synesso — touted by experts around the globe as the crème de la crème of espresso machines. Coffee and Synesso — a marriage made in heaven! Little wonder, then, that we considered ourselves incredibly lucky when we snaffled Synesso’s first official employee, Caleb, to work at 5 Senses.
Posted By Ben Bicknell :: Monday, 30 June 2008
My pilgrimage started in Paris, on a cold, cold summer’s morning at Port de Clichy where I met up with some other French coffee fanatics and colleagues from Alto Café — owners Aleaume and Tom, my manager Adrianna and me (the coffee nerd of the trip).
The journey entailed around 1,500km of driving across France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany before finally arriving in Denmark, in good time for the Saturday heats of the World Barista Championship (WBC).
Posted By Dean Gallagher :: Monday, 30 June 2008
Last month I had a rant about some of the fairness and equity issues relating to the global trade of coffee. I raved on about how small growers were getting screwed over by huge coffee buyers and how this was impacting the growers’ ability to invest in infrastructure which would, in turn, lead to a better quality product, which would then allow them to pitch and sell their coffee to more discerning buyers who would be willing to pay more — thereby changing the course of their lives, potentially forever.
Posted By Ben Bicknell :: Sunday, 22 June 2008
After a lead up in over 50 countries, the 8th World Barista Championship has just wrapped up in Copenhagen, Denmark. Along with the Barista Championship were the World Latte Art Championship and the World Cup Tasting Championship; each of which had an Australian representative.