{"id":61796,"date":"2021-08-27T00:00:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T00:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coffeelounge.delonghi.com\/?post_type=discover&#038;p=61796"},"modified":"2021-09-29T23:17:42","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T23:17:42","slug":"australias-evolving-specialty-bean-scene","status":"publish","type":"discover","link":"https:\/\/coffeelounge.delonghi.com\/aus\/discover\/australias-evolving-specialty-bean-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia&#8217;s evolving specialty bean scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australia\u2019s coffee scene is special, and that\u2019s largely because it\u2019s driven and epitomised by its specialty bean scene \u2013 a confluence of coffee professionalism and caf\u00e9 culture \u2013&nbsp;that is recognised globally for its high standards and quality.&nbsp;<\/p><p>It stands to reason then that speciality coffee in Australia is growing, as evidenced by rapidly rising retail sales among independent roasters. Specialty coffee is now seen on supermarket shelves, and its inclusion on the menu of a certain fast food restaurant chain has been mass-marketed.<\/p><p>But let\u2019s back up a moment. What exactly is \u2018specialty\u2019 coffee?<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4298,"featured_media":61801,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"discover_type":[387],"class_list":["post-61796","discover","type-discover","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","discover_type-stories-and-interviews-aus"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.5 (Yoast SEO v24.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Australia&#039;s evolving specialty bean scene | De&#039;Longhi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this article, we talk about all things specialty coffee with our brand ambassador and owner of Criteria Coffee, Craig Simon.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Australia&#039;s evolving specialty bean scene | De&#039;Longhi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"In this article, we talk about all things specialty coffee with our brand ambassador and owner of Criteria Coffee, Craig Simon.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/coffeelounge.delonghi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Australias-Specialty-Coffee-Scene.jpg\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coffeelounge.delonghi.com\/aus\/discover\/australias-evolving-specialty-bean-scene\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/coffeelounge.delonghi.com\/aus\/discover\/australias-evolving-specialty-bean-scene\/\",\"name\":\"Australia's evolving specialty bean scene | De&#039;Longhi\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coffeelounge.delonghi.com\/aus\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coffeelounge.delonghi.com\/aus\/discover\/australias-evolving-specialty-bean-scene\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coffeelounge.delonghi.com\/aus\/discover\/australias-evolving-specialty-bean-scene\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/coffeelounge.delonghi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Australias-Specialty-Coffee-Scene.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-27T00:00:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-29T23:17:42+00:00\",\"description\":\"In this article, we talk about all things specialty coffee with our brand ambassador and owner of Criteria Coffee, Craig Simon.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coffeelounge.delonghi.com\/aus\/discover\/australias-evolving-specialty-bean-scene\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/coffeelounge.delonghi.com\/aus\/discover\/australias-evolving-specialty-bean-scene\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coffeelounge.delonghi.com\/aus\/discover\/australias-evolving-specialty-bean-scene\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/coffeelounge.delonghi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Australias-Specialty-Coffee-Scene.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/coffeelounge.delonghi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Australias-Specialty-Coffee-Scene.jpg\",\"width\":576,\"height\":576,\"caption\":\"Australia's Specialty Coffee Scene\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coffeelounge.delonghi.com\/aus\/discover\/australias-evolving-specialty-bean-scene\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/coffeelounge.delonghi.com\/aus\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Discover\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/coffeelounge.delonghi.com\/aus\/discover\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Stories &amp; 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