La Cimbali Happy With This Year's Cup North

Finally, the well-anticipated Cup North event is over and Rob Ward, La Cimbali’s  coffee specialist  reflects on the highlights of the event.

This year was La Cimbali’s second time to be involved in the Cup North event. Not only that, but La Cimbali was also the lead sponsor of the Tamper Tantrum, making sure that the speaker line-up would be able to impress—and they did not fail. Colin Harmon and Steve Leighton took hold of the reigns for the Tamper Tantrum sessions and introduced speakers such as Francesco Sanapo, Gordon Howell and Mat North. There was a wide variety of subjects including; barista attitude, coffee brewing, water and looking at 3rd and 4th waves. These talks will appear online at Tampertanrum.com in due course.

Rob was also an MC for one of the events which was the UK Cup Tasters finals. The participants , Gayan from UCC, Katelyn from Avenue in Glasgow, and  Sonali from Selfridges, were challenging each other. In the end Gayan held his cool and scored an incredible 8 out of 8 cups in the final round, with Katelyn 2nd and Sonali 3^rd. David Jameson from Union Hand Roasted was also a great help to Rob as an MC for the event.

The team from Dark Woods Coffee were on hand on the La Cimbali stand showing the latest versions of their blends and roasts, with Under Milk Wood proving a strong favourite in both milk and as an espresso, and their Arboretum blend showing a more complex and dynamic tasting espresso – which Rob claimed was his favourite. Damian, Paul and Ian were on hand to talk about the current blends, origins and roast profiles that they are using and educating the public in the subtleties of flavour within the coffees, as well as providing delicious drinks from the La Cimbali M100 HD coffee machine.

Sarah Dyson from the La Cimbali Team was busy working on the M34 coffee machine with bluetooth and two linked grinders showing the PGS technology, as well as TurboSteam 4 showing how technology can help busy operations drive and improve consistency to the customer. Sarah also ran the La Cimbali Sensory Challenge where visitors were invited to assess five taste solutions (Bitter, Sweet, Malic Acid, Citric Acid, and Salt) as well as guess six Aroma compounds (Garden Pea, Blackcurrant, Butter, Caramel, Roasted Peanuts, and Roasted Coffee), with the chance to win a MUMAC Museum book plus ‘How to Make Coffee: Science behind the Bean’ by Lani Kingston.

This was not only a fun competition and challenge but also some interesting research on how people taste and perceive, taste, aroma and flavour. Rob found that only 1 in 4 people who took the challenge scored everything correct! This was quite a surprise in the environment and really shows responsibility as coffee professionals not to assume but to help educate and inform all – the What, the How and Why we do certain things to help take our customers on a sensory journey that specialty coffee is capable of taking us on.

The winner, pulled at random from the 100 percenters is Tom Finch who visited the La Cimbali Stand on Saturday, congratulations! Your prize is on it’s way.

Thanks everyone for another great Cup North show!”

Cup North 2015 this weekend!

Only a few days left until Cup North 2 begins and it’s not too late to snap up the last few remaining tickets. This year’s event is taking place at the Victoria Warehouse, Manchester this Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 November.

Tickets are available for one day at £10 or for both days at just £18.

They can be purchased direct from the Cup North website via this link: http://cupnorth.co.uk/tickets/

By entering the code CIMBALI15 at the check-out you will receive 20%.

Or from several Manchester coffee shops, which you can find here: http://cupnorth.co.uk/tickets-on-sale-in-manchester-coffee-shops/

For more information regarding Cup North please visit:

www.cupnorth.co.uk

Please join us at this fabulous coffee event, which looks to be even bigger and better than ever!

We look forward to seeing you in Manchester at the weekend!

Just over a week left until Cup North 2015

In just a few days, Cup North 2 will begin and it’s not too late to get the last few remaining tickets for the event. This year, the event will be at the Victoria Warehouse at Manchester on 7-8 November.

Tickets are available for one day at £10 or for both days at just £18.

They can be purchased direct from the Cup North website via this link: http://cupnorth.co.uk/tickets/

By entering the code CIMBALI15 at the check-out you will receive 20%.

Or from several Manchester coffee shops, which you can find here: http://cupnorth.co.uk/tickets-on-sale-in-manchester-coffee-shops/

This year, La Cimbali is happy to be the lead sponsor of one of the major events at Cup North, the Tamper Tantrum. This will be a forum that is dedicated to broadcasting stories, theories and opinions from the coffee industry.

The event was also a part of the Cup North 2014 where they were had great success and were extremely well received. This time they will have six coffee industry superstars who will share their stories on Sunday including; Chloe Callow the launcher of the Bespoke Water Division for Norman Pendred & Co Ltd, and Colin Harmon – co-creator and co-host of Tamper Tantrum and four-time Irish barista champion.

We will also be featuring coffees from Dark Woods Coffee Roasters from Huddersfield and along with them, the Cimbali team will be showing ways to get the best from your Espresso machines using a range of technologies.

For more information regarding Cup North please visit:

www.cupnorth.co.uk

Please join us at this fabulous coffee event, which looks to be even bigger and better than ever!

We look forward to seeing you in Manchester next weekend!

Cup North 2015 Tickets Now Available ta Discounted Prices!

This year’s Cup North event is just three months away and at this time, tickets are already on sale at discounted rates from the re-designed Cup North website.

The event will take place on 7-8 of November in Manchester. This year, it will be held within the Victoria Warehouse Hotel, Stretford. It is expected that visitors to the event will include baristas, roasters and other industry professionals. There will surely be a lot of foodies and even devoted coffee lovers of the general public.

This year La Cimbali will be one of three official sponsors of Tamper Tantrum. This event was a big part of 2014’s program and it will surely encourage a lot of debate and learning as participants will hear dedicated stories, opinions, theories and data from the coffee industry.

La Cimbali’s coffee specialist Rob Ward says, “We were thrilled to be part of last year’s event which was a great success. I can’t believe that the next Cup North show is only three months away. Myself and the La Cimbali team are really looking forward to being part of it again”

The tickets are at a lower ‘early bird’ price for a limited time only via the Cup North website.

For more information regarding tickets and Cup North please visit:

www.cupnorth.co.uk

www.cupnorth.co.uk/tickets/

For more information regarding Tamper Tantrum please visit:

www.tampertantrum.com

La Cimbali One of the Sponsors for Cup North 2015

It’s that time of the year again for the Cup North 2015 event. La Cimbali UK will once again take the title of one of the sponsors of this event. This year, it will be held on 7-8 November at the Victoria Warehouse, Manchester. They promise that this year, they will be better than ever.

This year, there will be three sponsors for the event and La Cimbali is proud to be one of them, especially for the Tamper Tantrum forum. This forum is dedicated to broadcasting incredible stories, opinions, data and theories from the coffee industry to a worldwide audience, encouraging learning and debate.

This event will surely be a great opportunity for La Cimbali to showcase the changing and growing coffee scene in the North of England. Last year, they have also had success during the event.

For more information regarding Cup North please visit:

www.cupnorth.co.uk

For more information regarding Tamper Tantrum please visit:

www.tampertantrum.com