For its 4th year running – we are bringing back the MILKLAB Roaster Royale for 2027! Calling all Aussie roasters that make up our great coffee community.
The brief is simple – come up with your own coffee roast with supplied green beans from InterAmerican Coffee that pairs perfectly with MILKLAB Almond.
Compete to WIN a trip to Colombia, $10,000 cash prize and MILKLAB Roaster Partnership.
How to enter?
- Be one of the first 100 eligible roasters to submit their expression of interest before 27th November 2026.
- We’ll send out a carton of MILKLAB Almond, green beans supplied by InterAmerican Coffee and Roaster Royale coffee bags by 15th December 2026.
- Send in 1kg of your roast (using supplied green beans) & entry form by 15th January 2027 to be judged.
From there we will blind taste each coffee blend and announce a Top 5 by 22nd January 2027.
Prizes 🏆
The winning roasters will win:
🥇 1st Prize– Flights and accomodation to Colombia + $10,000
🥈 Runner-Up - $5,000
🥉 Third place– $2,500
Rules & Judging Criteria
Participating roasters must:
- One entry per roaster, main contact must have permission to represent their roaster.
- Already be commercially selling wholesale coffee at the time of entry.
- Be based in Australia.
- Use only the supplied green beans in their entry.
Green Bean Partner
Established to import and distribute the finest speciality coffees in the world, we invest in sustainable relationships with our customers, suppliers & employees.
Washed • Floral, sweet lemon, apricot, rounded
Washed • Ripe plum, marmalade, milk chocolate
Washed • Citrus, sugarcane, caramel, balanced
Natural • Cherry, red grape, green apple, creamy mouthfeel
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Blind Judging Criteria
The roasts will all be blind judged using the below brewing parameters:
- Machine: La Marzocco (any model available in the roaster’s office).
- 115 PSI.
- 94°C at the head.
- Coffee: 18g-22g in the basket.
- Yield: 35-48g.
- Extraction Time: 25-35 seconds (tolerance of +/- 2 seconds for an acceptable range, split into 2 shots).
- Water Mineral Content: Reverse osmosis, remineralised to 30PPM.
- Grinder: Izaga Markibar.
- Basket: La Marzocco 21g.
- Basket: La Marzocco 21g.
- Alternative Milk: MILKLAB® Almond.
Blind judging will rate the below criteria out of 10:
- Sweetness
- Flavour
- Aftertaste
- Balance (coffee with MILKLAB Almond)
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