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Tristram

Male

Sydney, New South Wales

Australia

Profile Information:

What is your position in the coffee industry?: barista, manager, coffee shop owner, barista trainer, coffee enthusiast, industry professional
Where are you located? ( City and Country ): Sydney, Australia
How many years have you been in the industry?: 4
If you are a barista or shop, are you interested in a barista exchange with another coffee shop/barista?: no
Tell us more about your coffee shop or barista skills.: Don Campos is a specialty brewing bar with espresso pouring from both the La Marzocco GB5 and Slayer espresso machine. Syphon bar brewinging single origins and single estate coffees and our Yama cold drip tower brewing refreshing ice cold single origins
What cities or countries are you interested in traveling to?: Various growing regions around the world.
About Me:: owner manager of the newly opened Don Campos in Alexandria, Sydney Australia.
About My Company:: Don Campos is a Campos Coffee Bar in Alexandria, NSW Australia. We specialise in a varity of brewing methods with sigle origins and blends from Campos coffee which is roasted just down the road. We sell beans to take home and also a small range of home brewing equipment.
What is your favorite thing about the coffee industry?: the poeple you meet both within the industry and face to face with the customer
Website:: http://www.camposcoffee.com

Comment Wall:

Tristan Creswick

Mate...I'm working all weekend and will miss the event.
Bit of a shame actually, i was looking forward to walking around with my gold trophey

Jul 3, 2008
javaqueen

Very beautiful work!

How did they taste?

Sep 27, 2008
Alun Evans

Gidday Tristram, thanks for the comment. The beauty of the Indonesian Origins is the huge difference in the cup, even from origins that are as geographically close as say Aceh (Takengon), Lintong, SidiKalang and Mandehling. This is true throughout the Archepeligo. The Arabicas from Papua New Guinea do have some similarities to those found on the highlands of Indonesian Papua. Which PNG coffees are you dealing with??

Oct 7, 2008
Alun Evans

Hahaha, indeed you know us roasters, we would rather be subjected to the evilest forms of torture than to divulge the secrets of our espresso blends! I can say that probably tere would be some PNG Estate grown arabica in the blend> a Mt Willhelm or Mt Hagen for sure. PNG and Indonesian Papua Arabicas have great body, touches of stone fruit (apricot and nectarine specifically) as well as honey suckle cupping qualities. I like the sweetness these coffees add to an espresso blend.

All the other Indonesian origins are vastly different. One of the reasons I live and roast here is the differences in the sub-origins are so marked, you have all the coffee resources you need at your finger tips! Hey, come up for a trip...I dont mind showing you around.

Oct 7, 2008
Sarah Dooley

don't know about a cafe near you but can I comment on the beautiful latte art you have!

Oct 28, 2008
Rim Cafe

great work
beautiful latte art for sure

Oct 28, 2008
Alun Evans

Hi Tristam. Not wanting to put too much of a downer on it... but I am not a big fan of Bali as a quality origin. In fact it is pretty rare I actually work with Bali Arabicas. In saying that, you can still ave a look around of course. I guess the Shinzan (Japanese owned) plantation near Kintamani is best known for reaonable Arabica. You could also look around the Bratur and Gunung Agung areas. There is plenty of small holder and small plantation to see. I do have a Kiwi friend who has just came back from a visit there, he too kind of reinforced my thoughts on the quality of what is coming out of there at prsent. Good luck!

Sep 9, 2009
Alun Evans

Indeed anywhere East or West of Bali would be more useful for you in my opinion! We are based outside of Jakarta- the 3 cafes we involved with are in jakarta- roasting is done in Sentul, West Java... not too far from Jakarta

Sep 9, 2009
Rob Dunne

nice video's/ pours.

Sep 12, 2009