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who won the 2015

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.Coffee: Canberra barista Sasa Sestic wins World Barista Championship
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Australian champion barista

Sestic won the

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Barista Championship run by the Australian Specialty Coffee Association in March 2015, at his seventh attempt.Canberra's Sasa Sestic wins Australian Barista Championship
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, 18 Mar 2015 Sestic pays attention to the freshness of his coffee beans. "I've looked at a calendar and seen when coffee will ripen in each country." "Seasonality is very important and we knew that the season would finish in Colombia from September to October." "Just like fruit and vegetables, when they're in season they taste great. It's the same thing with coffee."

World Barista Championship

As Australian champion, Sestic won the right to compete in the 2015 World Barista Championship conducted by the

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, United States. Sestic was selected into the final six, then won the finals round of four espressos, four cappuccinos and four signature drinks judged by sensory and technical judges plus a head judge. The specialty coffee presented by Sestic contained a dash of

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winery near Canberra.

Documentary film

''The Coffee Man'' (2016), directed by Jeff Hann, was widely screened, and has been available on DVD.

Commercial

Sestic founded Project Origin, a green bean trading company, and owns Ona Coffee outlets at 5 locations: * The Cupping Room (University Avenue) * Ona

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(Wollongong Street) including a wholesale bean outlet * Highroad, Dickson * Ona Sydney * Ona Melbourne

Sport

Sestic represented Australia in Men's competition for

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. He is the brother of Dragan Sestic.

References

External links

Ona Coffee
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sestic, Sasa 1978 births Living people Baristas Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Australia Australian male handball players Sportspeople from Canberra Serbian emigrants to Australia Australian people of Serbian descent