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VICTOR VU OF CODE BLACK WINS MILKLAB BARISTA BATTLE SERIES FINAL
Victor Vu of Code Black Coffee Roasters has won a coffee-focused trip to Peru in the final of the MilkLab Barista Battle Series at the Melbourne International Coffee Expo (MICE).
Georgina Lumb of Soho Coffee Roasters placed second.
To celebrate Freedom Foods Group’s Platinum Milk sponsorship of MICE, its alternative milk brand MilkLab hosted four preliminary competition rounds across Melbourne in the lead up to MICE, including Code Black, Dimattina and Stovetop.
Baristas went head to head in the final round with five minutes to complete three beverages, divided into categories of latte art using MilkLab Soy, a Signature Drink using MilkLab’s new Macadamia product, and a flavour round creating a beverage using MilkLab’s Lactose Free milk. The judges looked for taste and tactile balance such as sweetness, acidity, bitterness, full-body, smoothness, and coffee as the core flavour.
Three sensory judges including Dimitrios Piliouras of Artisan Coffee Roaster, Renee Rogers of MilkLab and Ross Quail of Slayer Espresso, assessed the drinks and voted the best barista through to the next round.
In the Semi Final and Finals rounds,
