Zarraffa’s Coffee has a wide range of bulk coffee offerings, available at every store for you to purchase, take home and brew yourself!
If you like your coffee fix without the caffeine hit, then try our delicious Zarraffa’s Coffee - Swiss Water Decaf blend. It is available in store in favourite hot beverage or by the bag in our fridges.
You don’t have to have an Espresso machine to make Zarraffa’s Coffee at home either. You can use a Stovetop Espresso Maker, Plunger/French Press, Drip Filter, Percolator or a Turkish Ibriq. Click here to find out more. These products are also available in our stores.
You can take home a 250g bag of Swiss Water Decaf for $14.95 or a 500g bag for $28.95.
Zarraffa’s Coffee is a proudly Australian owned company, with our Headquarters based in the beautiful Gold Coast, the origin of the company.
This Australia Day, Thursday 26th January 2012, we will be embracing the Australia Day celebrations in all our stores!
Pop into your favourite and local Zarraffa’s Coffee store on Australia Day and celebrate our Australian heritage with the staff and an Australian made coffee.
The latest issue of Grind™ magazine features a fantastic article about a $200 million program to improve the water quality of the Great Barrier Reef lagoon by reducing potential nutrient, pesticide and sediment load, while helping improve farm productivity and profitability, is saving one of the natural wonders of the world.
When the Federal Government committed $200 million in 2008 to a five year plan that aims to better protect one of the world’s most magnificent natural assets in the Great Barrier Reef, it was initially treated with scepticism.
But almost four years on, the Reef Rescue initiative has brought together almost 2000 farmers and graziers who have been engaged and trained to graft a better understanding and improved use of natural resources.
Hopefully by the year 2013, ‘Reef Rescue’ has achieved significant results in bringing about increased awareness, changed behaviours and improved water quality in order to protect the Great Barrier Reef.
Take a look at the article on Page 12 in the latest edition of Grind™ magazine to read more!
The perfect coffee companion is the Summer edition ofGrind™ Magazine,which has hit the shelves at all Zarraffa’s Coffee stores!
The article we love in the latest issue is the feature article, ‘I am Ironman’.
Shannon Eckstein, who also features on the front cover, is the most dominant ironman competitor in the world. With three world, four Australian and six Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Iron Man series titles, the Gold Coast-based athlete leads the charge in the gruelling sport of ironman racing.
This article is a fantastic read about the highly successful athlete, his childhood and his achievements. It depicts a side of Eckstein that is rarely seen and focuses on his motivated and ambitious attitude towards what he does and the gruelling and intensive training he relishes, to get to where he is right now in the Iron Man league.
A great summer read about a born and bred Gold Coaster who has made a great success out of doing what he loves.
The new summer drink promotion has gone off with a bang at all Zarraffa’s Coffee stores, leaving everyone who tries it in a fevered frenzy wanting more!
The Jungle Fever consists of two delicious drinks, the Jungle Fusion – a cool fusion of espresso, white chocolate fudge, coconut syrup, blended desiccated coconut and chocolate bits, chilled out with crushed ice, whipped cream and chocolate bits.
Or, the hot option, a Jungle White Mocha – a tantalising warm blend of espresso, white chocolate fudge, coconut syrup and hot milk topped with desiccated coconut and chocolate flakes…it’ll have you swinging from the tree tops.
Not to mention the fact that fantastic prizes can be won with every purchase of either one of the Jungle Fever drinks.
When you purchase a Jungle Fever, make sure you keep your receipt, log onto the Zarraffa’s Coffee website and click through to the Jungle Fever promotion page to enter your details to go in the draw to WIN an exotic holiday for two to the beautiful Borneo!
Also, with every purchase of a Jungle Fever you receive a scratchie card, which gives you the chance to instantly win!
Make sure you ‘like’ the Zarraffa’s Coffee Facebook page as well so you will be kept up-to-date with all things Jungle Fever and you can play ‘Jungle Jeopardy’; answer the questions each week to get yourself in the draw to win weekly prizes, like; complementary drinks, complementary up-sizes, music and Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary passes.
They say that good things happen in threes and this has definitely been the case for Zarraffa’s Coffee as we near the end of 2011!
Zarraffa’s Coffee opened three new stores in the last week of November and the first week of December!
The first store was Zarraffa’s Coffee Riverlakes, which had its grand opening on the 28th November, 2011! The store is the sixth drive-thru for Zarraffa’s Coffee! We warmly congratulate Bruce Fullerton and Elissa Hutton from Zarraffa’s Coffee Upper Coomera on their second Zarraffa’s Coffee store! Zarraffa’s Coffee Riverlakes is situated at Shop 16, Riverlakes Shopping Village, 8-16 Gleneagles Avenue, Loganholme, QLD, 4130.
Zarraffa’s Coffee Reedy Creek had its grand opening on the 30th of November, 2011. The new franchisees are a dynamic duo and are no strangers to the business. This will be their second Zarraffa’s Coffee store as they are also the proud owners of Zarraffa’s Coffee Burleigh store! Congratulations Darren and Deanne Marek! Zarraffa’s Coffee Reedy Creek is situated at Tenancy 6, Reedy Creek Plaza Shopping Centre, Old Coach Road, Reedy Creek, QLD, 4227.
Rounding off 2011 and bringing us up to our 50th store milestone is Zarraffa’s Coffee Maroochydore, which opened on 5th December, 2011! This is our seventh drive thru store to date and the third Zarraffa’s Coffee store for Franchisees, Terry and Janette Bambury who also own the Morayfield and Sunshine Plaza stores! Zarraffa’s Coffee Maroochydore is situated at Shop 1, 28 Aerodrome Road, Maroochydore, QLD, 4558.
The start of December is a historical week for Zarraffa's Coffee, marking both 10 years in franchising and the opening of our 50th store at Maroochydore, Sunshine Coast!
"We have built this business with the hard work and commitment of many people who have held true to what we have worked so hard to achieve; a superior coffee product, roasted by us, and delivered to our loyal customers with the highest standards of service and taste,” says Kenton Campbell, CEO and Founder of Zarraffa’s Coffee.
The Maroochydore store is Zarraffa’s Coffees 7th drive thru store and will be located at Shop 1, 28 Aerodrome Road, Maroochydore QLD.
“This means a lot on so many levels but as a privately owned company we all take pride in the achievement, especially considering the many economic factors that have worked against so many businesses in the past 5 years,” said Kenton Campbell, CEO.
Maroochydore is the perfect example of how our own franchisees continue to make money and back our brand by opening more stores. Franchisees Terry and Jeanette Bambury, who also own the Sunshine Plaza and Morayfield stores, have built on their own hard work by being a part of our franchise system to achieve their own business goals and financial rewards.”
“We are excited to open the drive thru store and provide quality, accessible coffee to the Sunshine Coast, including the many businesses on Aerodrome Rd and both our local residents and holiday visitors”, said Mr Bambury.
The location, combined with our experience with the brand and the popular coffee blend and drink range is sure to win over locals and commuters alike.”
Zarraffa’s Coffee is passionate about the wellbeing of Australia's wildlife and supports the Currumbin Wildlife Hospital Foundation in its bid to help save native wildlife.
During the month of November, Zarraffa’s Coffee is collecting donations in store, all of which will go to the Currumbin Wildlife Hospital Foundation for the treatment and release of native animals.
The Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary donation boxes will be situated around each store for customers to donate as they wish, just ask one of the friendly staff members if you are unsure as to where one is.
This is a worthy cause to support and with hundreds of native Australian animals on display in natural bushland and rainforest settings, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary provides a rare opportunity to see and experience our amazing native wildlife.
The official magazine of Zarraffa’s Coffee, Grind™ Magazine, will now be released seasonally and the Summer edition looks set to sizzle!
Featuring Shannon Eckstein, the most dominant ironman competitor in the world, on the front cover and an inside feature about his triumphs.
The latest issue of Grind™ includes stories about everything from a feature on round the world sailor, Jessica Watson, a heart warming article about one of our closest relatives, the Orangutan, an interesting read about the $200 million program to improve the water quality of the Great Barrier Reef lagoon, a travel feature on breathtaking Polynesia and yoga, surf, music and coffee news galore, what more could you want in a magazine!
Grind™ Summer edition, 2011 will be in stores at the start of December, so don’t forget to pick up your complimentary issue Zarraffa’s Z Card™ members, or if you aren’t a member you can pick up a copy for just $4.95! Enjoy!
We have been hard at work planning our new summer drink promotion and have now come up with something so good it’ll give you a fever, Jungle Fever that is!
You’ll be spoilt for choice this summer with a selection of two Zarraffa’s Coffee Jungle Fever™ drinks…only at Zarraffa’s Coffee! Plus the chance to WIN and exotic holiday to Borneo and many more instant prizes.
If you’re feeling hot, hot, hot, cool down with a JUNGLE FUSION™ – a cool fusion of coffee, white chocolate fudge, coconut syrup and desiccated coconut, chilled out with crushed ice, whipped cream and chocolate bits.
Or, if you want to fuel your Jungle Fever try the hot option, a JUNGLE WHITE MOCHA™ – a tantalising warm blend of espresso, white chocolate fudge, coconut syrup and desiccated coconut, topped with chocolate flakes…it’ll have you swinging from the tree tops.
However you plan to relax this summer, make sure you do it with a Jungle Fever™, for a limited time at all Zarraffa’s Coffee stores.
It’s sure to have everyone in a fevered frenzy this Summer! The only cure to this fever...is to have more!
We are getting closer and closer to our 50th store landmark!
During November and December three new stores are on the cards for Zarraffa’s Coffee, seeing us reach our 50th store milestone just before Christmas!
Zarraffa’s Coffee Riverlakes will be Zarraffa's Coffee 48th store, set to open on Monday 28th November, 2011 and will be located at Shop 16, Riverlakes Shopping Village, 8-16 Gleneagles Avenue, Loganholme, QLD, 4130.
Zarraffa's Coffee Reedy Creek will be Zarraffa's Coffee 49th store, set to open on Wednesday 30th November, 2011 and will be located at Tenancy 6, Reedy Creek Plaza Shopping Centre, Old Coach Rd, Reedy Creek, QLD, 4227.
Zarraffa’s Coffee Maroochydore will be Zarraffa’s Coffee 50th franchise store, set to open on Monday 5th December, 2011 and will be located at Shop 1, 28 Aerodrome Rd, Maroochydore, QLD 4558.
So keep your eyes peeled for more updates on the stores and their special store opening promotions!
Zarraffa’s Coffee is passionate about the wellbeing of Australia's wildlife and supports the Currumbin Wildlife Hospital Foundation in its bid to help save native wildlife.
During the month of November Zarraffa’s Coffee are collecting donations in store, all of which will go to the Currumbin Wildlife Hospital Foundation for the treatment and release of native animals.
The Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary donation boxes will be situated around each store for customers to donate as they wish, just ask one of the friendly staff members if you are unsure as to where one is.
This is a worthy cause to support and with hundreds of native Australian animals on display in natural bushland and rainforest settings, Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary provides a rare opportunity to see and experience our amazing native wildlife.
On the cusp of hitting the 50 store mark, specialty coffee chain Zarraffa’s Coffee has celebrated a bumper year at the company’s National Franchise Conference.
Franchisees, Management and Board members gathered at the Sheraton Noosa Resort and Spa, Noosa for the three day conference that culminated in the awarding of the 2011 Franchisee, Rookie and Store of the Year honours at the gala dinner last night.
The awards went to:
Franchisee of the Year
Bruce Fullerton and Elissa Hutton from Zarraffa’s Coffee Upper Coomera, won previously in 2009
Rookie of the Year
Bill and Claire Zavos from Zarraffa’s Coffee Hope Island
Store of the Year
Brendon Lord and Judy Lord for Zarraffa’s Coffee Redcliffe, a consecutive year win with the store also taking out the Award in 2010.
CEO Kenton Campbell said the Upper Coomera store, who also boasts the 2011 Zarraffa’s Barista of the Year, is led by two dynamic and hard working franchisees that epitomise the company’s brand of business.
“Bruce and Elissa deserve the recognition of being our Franchisee of the Year”, said Mr Campbell. “Since opening in 2007 they have consistently performed and exceeded company standards.”
The business theme for this year’s annual National Franchisee Conference was ‘Immerse Yourself’, encouraging franchisees to immerse themselves in their business and to embrace the motto of the conference: ‘Live It, Breathe It, Own It’.
“Educating our franchisees on the importance of ‘immersing themselves’ in the day to day really does pay off, as evidenced by the winners of this year’s Awards and their business philosophies,” said Mr Campbell.
It’s a very special time for the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary this month and Zarraffa’s Coffee is
helping the Sanctuary celebrate this momentous occasion.
Zarraffa’s Coffee is passionate about the wellbeing of Australia's wildlife and supports the Currumbin Wildlife Hospital Foundation in its bid to help save native wildlife.
During the month of October, 2011 the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary are celebrating the 100 years – Alex Griffiths Centenary!
Born in 1911, Dr. Alexander Morris Griffiths was a flower grower and a beekeeper. He founded the Currumbin Bird Sanctuary on his family property in 1947 after he started feeding the local wild lorikeets to distract them from damaging his flowers, an initiative that grew into a major tourist attraction.
In 1976, Currumbin Bird Sanctuary became a National Trust of Queensland property. Today we know Alex’s garden as The Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary and the home of the Currumbin Wildlife Hospital. Now, the Sanctuary is celebrating the 100th birthday of the man who started it all!
In honour of Alex, visit Currumbin between the 10th and 31st of October for the discounted price of $19 for adults and $11 for children!*
*Discounted price applies to day admission between 10/10/2011 - 31/10/2011 only.
Zarraffa’s Coffee are running a fantastic bulk coffee promotion during the month of October and up for grabs is a year’s supply of coffee!
To enter simply purchase a bag of our freshly roasted coffee at any of the Zarraffa’s Coffee stores, grab your receipt, enter online at zarraffas.com and you could WIN a year’s supply of Zarraffa’s coffee beans.
For more information on the in store promotion click here
Want to know how to put your Zarraffa’s coffee beans to good use once you get them home? Click here as we show you in a step by step video how to make a delicious Iced Coffee, Zarraffa’s Coffee style!
Head into your local store today and grab a bag of your favourite coffee beans. Free coffee beans for a year…now you’re talking serious coffee!
Opening on Wednesday 28th September, 2011 Zarraffa’s Coffees 48th franchise will be located at Shop 1 Chatswood Central Shopping Centre,
Corner Chatswood Rd & Magellan Roads, Springwood and operated by a highly experienced franchise partnership.
With the success and experience of operating two franchise brands behind them, the owners of the newest Zarraffa’s Coffee franchise are set for success on Chatswood Road, South Brisbane.
The store’s Franchisees are Mona Keniya, Hemal Keniya, Mayur Patel, Rupali Patel and Nikhil Patel - Hemal and Mayur, own and operate the Zarraffa’s Coffee Palm Beach and Zarraffa’s Coffee Pacific Fair stores.
On opening day Zarraffa’s Coffee Chatswood Road will be welcoming customers to the store with a Free Upsize or Free shot of coffee or Free Flavor.
On Saturday 1st October, 2011 all participants in a coloring activity will receive a free babycino.
Zarraffa’s Coffee Chatswood Road will be open from Monday – Friday from 5am till 9pm and Saturday - Sunday from 6am till 6pm.
You may have recently become aware of certain statements published in the media surrounding the Zarraffa’s Coffee loyalty program, the Zarraffa’s Z Card™.
As a valued customer to our company, we wish to advise you of the circumstances that lead to this matter and why we as a company are of the view this situation has been portrayed incorrectly.
A regular customer of Zarraffa’s Coffee, who is also a Zarraffa’s Z Card™ member, recently brought to our attention suspicious activity emanating from their card. The type of activity reported, was that of the Zarraffa’s Z Card™ being used to redeem loyalty Z$ (currency) by a person, without permission, who was not the owner of the card.
If you visit a Zarraffa’s Coffee store and you don’t have a Zarraffa’s Z Card™ present, Zarraffa’s Coffee staff are unfortunately unable able to process the transaction, whether you are earning or redeeming Zarraffa’s Z Card™ Z$. For full terms and conditions, please visit www.zarraffas.com/zarraffas-z-card/terms-and-conditions.
As a result of this isolated incident being brought to our attention, Zarraffa’s Coffee conducted an internal investigation, adhering to strict privacy and confidentiality obligations, as our duty to the integrity of the loyalty program and all members who enjoy its benefits, we have handed the matter to the police to investigate further, as we believe this is the best way to protect all members.
At no time have closed circuit video cameras been installed for the purpose of identifying Zarraffa’s Z Card™ members. Several Zarraffa’s Coffee stores have been subject to break-ins and vandalism, which has lead many of the store operators to install closed circuit video cameras to ensure the protection and safety of staff and customers.
We feel very strongly about protecting you as a customer, your hard earned loyalty dollars and the security of the loyalty program.Ultimately, we are interested in protecting all of the loyalty card members who enjoy the program and it is imperative that we take any alleged breach or actual breach seriously and act in a fair, equitable and reasonable manner, to ensure your ongoing expectations of confidence and privacy. We believe that in doing so, it will create and maintain a valuable and rewarding experience, at Zarraffa’s Coffee, it is business as usual, please continue to enjoy your coffee!
If you have any questions feel free to email; zcard@zarraffas.com or phone; 0755 000 800
The froth flew as Zarraffa’s Coffee Baristas competed yesterday at The Village Theatre, Marine Village Sanctuary Cove to create the perfect cup of coffee and battle it out for 2011 honours.
Congratulations to Kate White from Zarraffa’s Coffee Upper Coomera, who won the Zarraffa’s Coffee Barista Completion, 2011 on Sunday, 11thSeptember!
Kate’s signature drink, named ‘Garden of Eden’, was infused with the ‘homely’ and comforting flavours of dried fig reduction and butterscotch cream, to complement the espresso base.
Kate’s performance was impeccable and she highly deserves the win and is the best choice to fly the Zarraffa’s Coffee flag when we go head to head with other top Baristas in Queensland!
The runner up was Chris Inch from the Zarraffa’s Coffee Toowong store.
Congratulations to all of our baristas who competed on the day; Mish Svoboda also from the Upper Coomera store, Justin Fu, also from the Toowong store, Andrea Cochrane from the Helensvale store and Mitchell Flori from the Ferry Road store.
There was a great turnout at the event and it was fantastic to see so much support for our talented baristas!
We are hard at work on our newest Bulk Coffee Promotion this month and we can promise that it won’t disappoint! So keep your eyes peeled for more information about the new promotion!
In the meantime, Zarraffa’s Coffee has a wide range of bulk coffee offerings, available at every store for you to purchase, take home and brew yourself!
Next time you get your Zarraffa’s Coffee fix and feel like trying some of our bulk coffe so you can make a delicious Zarraffa’s Coffee at home, try the Brazilian blend.
Brazilian is a smooth, beautiful milk chocolate flavour that has low acidity and is light-bodied.
You can take home a 250g bag of Brazilian for $11.95 or a 500g bag for $22.95.
The month of September sees Zarraffa’s Coffee with two new stores to add to the list!
With all things going to plan Zarraffa’s Coffee looks set to introduce the 47th franchise store to Greenslopes and the 48th franchise store to Chatswood.
We are looking forward to expanding our Zarraffa’s Coffee family and moving into new territory, showing people what it really means to receive an ‘individually perfect cup of coffee – everytime!’
Keep your eyes peeled for further details as too exact locations and opening dates!
As of Monday 12thSeptember, 2011, the Zarraffa’s Coffee Greenslopes store will be ready and open for business!
Zarraffa’s Coffee Greenslopes is located at the Greenslopes Convenience Centre, 620 Logan Rd, Greenslopes, 4120.
After the relocation from Garden City in April, 2011, Franchisees Jennifer and Paul Meyler are incredibly excited about their return.
Both Jennifer and Paul are looking forward to seeing their loyal customers again from their old Zarraffa’s Coffee Garden City store and welcoming new Zarraffites to the brand new store in Greenslopes.
So, make sure you pop into our newest Zarraffa’s Coffee store, Zarraffa’s Coffee Greenslopes, for some serious coffee!
This week’s Grind™ Magazine Read of The Week is the article, ‘Stretching it to the Limit’, page 39.
Gently stretching and relaxation is the perfect remedy for the winter blues or a long and tiring day at work and the ancient art of yoga might just be the tool to get you in the zone.
If you have never tried yoga this article will more than entice you!
Whether you ease yourself into a peaceful, harmonious beginners Hatha Yoga class or launch straight into a Bikram Yoga class for a high octane energy workout that is typically practised in studios heated to 40 degrees, you’ll never look back.
There are a variety of different yoga classes to attend on the Gold Coast but beware of ‘imposters’. Hatha Yoga and Bikram Yoga are very specialised and a lot of studios offer yoga that isn’t the ‘real deal.’ So we would recommend that you check the certification of these studios before you go ahead with the class.
The Marine Village Sanctuary Cove Village Theatre will host the final of the Zarraffa’s Coffee Barista Competition which is open to the public, on Sunday 11 September from 12.00pm – 3.00pm.
Congratulations to Kate White and Mish Svoboda from Zarraffa’s Coffee Upper Coomera, Justin Fu and Chris Inch from Zarraffa’s Coffee Toowong, Andrea Cochrane from Zarraffa’s Coffee Helensvale and Mitchell Flori from Zarraffa’s Coffee Ferry Road, who have made it through to the final round!
The annual Zarraffa’s Coffee Barista Competition is the ultimate Barista competition, testing every element.
From techniques, coffee knowledge and personal presentation to beverage quality and taste.
Each contestant is required to present one shot of espresso, cappuccino and one signature drink, they are then judged based on World Barista Competition standards with the winner qualifying for the QLD State Barista Championships!
The competition looks set to be a great event so come and support our Baristas, the event is free entry to the public and we encourage all coffee and competition lovers to come and witness our skilled professionals in action at this year’s event!
We are excited to release Issue 4 of GRIND™ Magazine this month!
The latest issue looks fantastic, featuring the stunning lead actress Julia Dietze, from the new Finnish science fiction feature spoof, ‘Iron Sky’, on the cover.
This issue includes an eye-catching, in-depth feature story on the underwater magic of Australia’s own SS Yongala.
Interesting features on ‘The Green Age’ – a groundbreaking trial whereby algae is being used to soak up carbon emissions from coal-fired power stations and a feature about the future of the biofuel industry in Australia.
Grind™ is a magazine created by, and for, lovers of community, culture and coffee with emphasis on travel, music, food and lifestyle in one of the greatest locations on earth, Australia!
As a Zarraffa’s Z Card™ member just show your card when you purchase your Zarraffa’s Coffee fix for your complimentary copy! Non-Z Card™ members can purchase a copy of Grind™ at any Zarraffa’s Coffee store for $4.95.
You can also subscribe to have copies delivered direct to your doorstep, check out www.grindmagazine.com.au for more information.
Zarraffa’s Coffee has been recognised among Australia’s most progressive organisations, winning the Australian Business Award for “Enterprise” in the 2011 Awards!
A total of 103 recipients were honoured from the 928 organisations that participated in the 2011 Awards, including Origin Energy, Queensland Rail, National Australia Bank, Canon Australia and GHD, and Zarraffa’s Coffee was one of them!
The Australian Business Award for Enterprise recognises organisations that have achieved outstanding commercial success whilst undertaking bold new ventures.
The Australian Business Awards challenges the full spectrum of private, public and non-profit sector organisations in Australia through its comprehensive business and product award categories.
Now in its sixth year, the Australian Business Awards program recognises organisations that demonstrate the core values of business excellence, product excellence, corporate responsibility, sustainability and commercial success in their respective industries.
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy was in high demand again last week, with a fully booked schedule!
To begin the week, on Monday 6th June, 2011 the Caddy was involved in a fundraising campaign that Gold FM runs every June called ‘Give Me 5 For Kids’. It is a great campaign to raise much needed funds for the Gold and Tweed Coast children’s hospitals.
The Caddy was at Lucy Cole, Prestige Properties Broadbeach from 4:30am – 9:00am providing the locals of Broadbeach with their early morning Zarraffa’s Coffee fix.
100% of the money raised went to the ‘Give Me 5 For Kids’ appeal.
Tuesday 7th and Wednesday 8th June, 2011 saw the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy heading to the South Coast District Track and Field competition.
From 8:00am – Noon the Caddy was at Pizzey Park, Sonia Street, Miami for the Gold Coast South District Schools Track & Field Competition.
The competition was packed! Ten schools each day competed and parents, students and teachers from all schools were in attendance.
After one day of rest, the Caddy was right back into the swing of things at the Queens of Apostles School Walkathon.
The Walkathon, took place on Friday 10th June, 2011 at Teralba Park, Corner Pullen Rd & Osborne Rd, Mitchelton and the Caddy was there from 8:30am – 12:30pm supporting the 1000 expected attendees!
In a partnership with ACT for Kids, the Zarraffas Coffee Caddy attended the Brisbane Racing Carnival on Saturday 11th June, 2011.
Eagle Farm Race Way was jam-packed with race-day goers, approximately 24,000 were in attendance!
The Caddy was extremely busy during the time it’s at the Races, from 8:00am – 4:00pm on the Saturday.
Last but certainly not least, on Sunday 12th June, 2011, the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy was out in full force, supporting the Walk for Wildlife in the Gold Coast.
Walk for Wildlife is a campaign to raise funds for Wildcare Australia Inc and to raise public awareness of Australia’s unique wildlife and its diverse habitat requirements.
From 10am, teams of friends, families and work colleagues from across the South East Queensland region got active and walked to celebrate and give hope to Australia’s native species.
Walk for Wildlife started from the Gold Coast’s Broadwater Parklands, Marine Parade, Southport and was a 4km stroll along the banks of the Broadwater.
Along with the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy providing Walk for Wildlife supporters with delicious Zarraffa’s Coffee, there was also live entertainment, special guests and plenty of food and drinks on sale.
This week’s Grind™ Magazine ‘Read of the Week’ is ‘Capture & Release’.
The article is about Steve Parish, an iconic Australian nature photographer and publisher who has captured the essence of Australian social and natural history for more than 50 years.
He shares a part of that spectacular journey with Grind™ Magazine and also opens the lens on a new project – this time at 1000ft above the ground.
‘Capture and Release’ is an inspiring read for those with a passion for environmental photography.
This Saturday from 10:00am – 2:00pm and Sunday from 9:00am – 1:00pm the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy attended the annual
Redcliffe Kitefest 2011.
Redcliffe Kitefest is a much anticipated event and Pelican Park on Hornibrook Esplande, Clontarf, was jam packed with event goers! About 20,000 people were estimated to be in attendance!
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy was very busy over the weekend, providing thousands of people with their much needed Zarraffa’s Coffee fix.
The Redcliffe Kitefest had kite making workshops, amusement rides, food and market stalls plus much more!
What a great way to spend your weekend, at the Redcliffe Kitefest with some serious Zarraffa’s Coffee!
This week’s Grind Magazine™‘Read of the Week’ is ‘Green Image’.
The Gold Coast is renowned in many ways for preserving its beautiful natural surroundings, but managing green waste isn’t one of them.
This article is a an informative read about recycling and commercial waste on the Gold Coast, something that the Gold Coast City Council is actively working on improving.
As environmental sustainability becomes paramount to a city’s reputation, the title of ‘the world’s greenest city’ is a hotly debated topic, with many vying for the position.
The Gold Coast has a long way to go before it becomes ‘the world’s greenest city’, but every little bit helps.
Have you done your bit for the environment lately?
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy has a jam-packed day planned for this Saturday the 7TH May, 2011.
The MacGregor State School Mayfest will be taking place and the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy will be getting amongst the festivities from 11:00am – 5:00pm.
The event, which is being held at Macgregor State School, 370 McGullough Street, McGregor QLD, looks set to have over 1000 people in attendance so the Caddy will be extremely busy providing Mayfest-goers with their Zarraffa’s Coffee fix.
Make sure you head down to the MacGregor State School Mayfest this Saturday, pay the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy a visit and enjoy some fun rides, the animal farm, ‘around the world’ food stalls, and fireworks!
This week’s Grind Magazine™‘Read of the Week’ is ‘Hola Mexico’.
If you have ever wanted to travel to Mexico, or even if it has never crossed your mind, you will certainly want to now!
‘Hola Mexico’ is an insight into the countries ancient civilisations and the sought after coffee beans from the Finca Santa Elena plantation in the southern state of Chiapas.
Mexico has always been renowned for producing fabulous coffee and even more so, since 1999, for producing their quality product through Rainforest Alliance Certified coffee farms.
Zarraffa’s Coffee jumped on board earlier this year with the launch of ‘Mexican’, the company’s newest addition to its bulk coffee offering and the first Rainforest Alliance coffee beans.
‘Hola Mexico’, will tantalise your tastebuds and infect you with the travel bug.
This week’s Grind Magazine™‘Read of the Week’ is ‘A Ray of Sunshine’, featuring Michael Franti from Spearhead who also graces the cover of our newest issue of Grind Magazine™!
This article is all about the American poet, artist, musician and filmmaker who continues to delight with his politically-infused organic hip hop.
After reading this article, you feel like you know the likeable Spearhead band member. He draws all walks of life with his music, including those that are hearing impaired! “There is no greater compliment a musician can receive than to know that deaf people are rocking out to your music”, he says.
‘A Ray of Sunshine’ gives you an insight into the life of Michael Franti and his greatest passions, from performing with his band, ‘Spearhead’, to making films.
If you are a Zarraffa’s Z Card™ don’t forget to grab your complimentary copy of GRIND Magazine™. For non Zarraffa’s Z Card™ members you can purchase GRIND Magazine™ for $4.95!
We are excited to announce Issue 3 of GRIND™ Magazine is available in stores this week!
Featuring Michael Franti from Spearhead on the cover, a travel feature on Mexico to coincide with the launch of ‘Mexican’, profiles on Ralph and Denise Fioretti (Rookie of the Year 2010) from Zarraffa’s Coffee Carseldine and Joe Ozzimo (Advanced Barista) from Zarraffa’s Coffee Crestwood, Grind #3 is our best issue yet!
The 3rd issue is packed full of fantastic giveaways. To cater to our movie fanatics, go in the draw to win, double passes to the new movie, ‘Bad Teacher’, featuring Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz.
For the music lovers, Adalita’s new solo album is up for grabs and for those who pride themselves on their creative streak, enter your favourite nature shots to go in the draw to win a copy of Steve Parish’s, ’50 Years of Photography in Australia’.
If you are a Zarraffa’s Z Card™ don’t forget to grab your complimentary copy of GRIND Magazine™. For non Zarraffa’s Z Card™ members you can purchase GRIND Magazine™ for $4.95!
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy is teaming up with the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser this autumn to go Party in the Park!
From 9.00am until Noon most Saturday and Sunday’s throughout February, March and April, 2011 the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser will be at different parks around the Gold Coast, partying in the park and giving away delicious Zarraffa’s Coffee!
Tune into Gold FM every Saturday and Sunday to keep updated as to the exact whereabouts of the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser!
This Sunday only, between 9.00am and Noon, you can catch the Caddy and the Cruiser at Greenmount Beach, Coolangatta (opposite McDonalds).
A perfect way to start your weekend, with some serious coffee!
This week’s Grind Magazine™ ‘Read of the Week’ is ‘Pi of the Tiger’.
This article debuts Dreamworld’s newest, and most likely cutest, resident; Bengal/Sumatran tiger cub Pi!
Pi is the latest addition to the global breeding program at Dreamworld that is desperately working to save the largest of the big cats, unfortunately the worldwide tiger population is only 5% of what it was 100 years ago!
Next time you visit Dreamworld, drop in and pay Pi a visit. He may be cute and cuddly in the pictures but no doubt he has grown at a rapid rate! He will top a massive 150kg when fully grown!
‘Pi of the Tiger’ is definitely one for the animal lovers.
We’re pleased to announce the introduction of the new award winning bulk coffee line – Mexican, to the Zarraffa’s Coffee offering.
In response to consumer demand and in conjunction with Zarraffa’s Coffee’s value of ethical purpose, the new Mexican coffee is Ethically Sourced™, coming proudly from The Rainforest Alliance.
Mexican is a sweet, full bodied coffee with low acidity and will launch in store April 4th, 2011. The range, suitable for plunger, percolator and drip filter brewing equipment, has hints of floral and cocoa.
Click here to read more about The Rainforest Alliance.
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy is teaming up with the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser this autumn to go Party in the Park!
From 9.00am until Noon most Saturday and Sunday’s throughout February, March and April, 2011 the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser will be at different parks around the Gold Coast, partying in the park and giving away delicious Zarraffa’s Coffee!
Tune into Gold FM every Saturday and Sunday to keep updated as to the exact whereabouts of the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser!
This Sunday only, between 9.00am and Noon, you can catch the Caddy and the Cruiser at Kurrawa Park (opposite Oasis Shopping Mall) Old Burleigh Rd.
A perfect way to start your weekend, with some serious coffee!
Congratulations to Aussie Timbers and Amazing Shades, both in Nerang!
They were both lucky enough to have the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Work Place Walk-in team visit them this Friday morning!
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy is teaming up with Gold FM and bringing back the Work Place Winner Walk-ins!
Every Friday until April 2011, the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and Gold FM’s Work Place Walk-in team will be hitting the streets!
Their mission? To visit businesses right across the Gold Coast between 10.30am and 11.30am, delivering delicious complimentary Zarraffa’s Coffee and finding out what radio station you are tuning into at work!
Tune into Gold FM every Friday morning to keep track of the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Work Place Walk-in team!
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy will be spending this Saturday down at the Palm Beach State School Fete!
The event looks to have over 1000 attendees so the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy will be kept extremely busy quenching everybody’s thirst for a Zarraffa’s Coffee fix!
The School Fete will be held at Palm Beach State School Primary, 19th Avenue, Palm Beach, QLD.
The Caddy will be at the event from 9:45am until 2:00pm joining in on the festivities.
This week’s Grind Magazine™‘Read of the Week’ is ‘Bush Walking Back to Basics’.
This article is all about reinvigorating your mind, body and soul through the great outdoors!
Jam packed full of tips, benefits of bush walking and ideas for where to take your next great bush walking adventure, this article is a fantastic read.
If you finish the article without wanting to rush out and buy some hiking boots and a backpack, we don’t know what will!
So, make the most of the gorgeous Queensland weather and take to one of the many beautiful bush walks Queensland has to offer, John Marshall even gives his pick of the top five bush walks to do!
Don’t forget, if you are a Zarraffa’s Z Card™ member and haven’t picked up your complimentary copy of Grind Magazine™, make sure you grab it next time you get your fix of Zarraffa's Coffee!
‘Just Go With It has hit all Zarraffa’s Coffee stores this week, as of Monday, March 28th until April 3rd ,2011.
The promotion will give our loyal Zarraffites, who spend over $10 in store the chance to win a double pass to go and see the movie ‘Just Go With It!’
‘Just Go With It!’ is a hilarious comedy starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston and we have 300 passes to be won when you spend over $10 or more in any one transaction!
Congratulations to Woodford Carr & Associates, a solicitors at Paradise Point.
They were lucky enough to have the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Work Place Walk-in team visit them on Friday morning!
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy is teaming up with Gold FM and bringing back the Work Place Winner Walk-ins!
Every Friday until April 2011, the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and Gold FM’s Work Place Walk-in team will be hitting the streets!
Their mission? To visit businesses right across the Gold Coast between 10.30am and 11.30am, delivering delicious complimentary Zarraffa’s Coffee and finding out what radio station you are tuning into at work!
Tune into Gold FM every Friday morning to keep track of the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Work Place Walk-in team!
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy is teaming up with the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser this autumn to go Party in the Park!
From 9.00am until Noon most Saturday and Sunday’s throughout February, March and April, 2011the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser will be at different parks around the Gold Coast, partying in the park and giving away delicious Zarraffa’s Coffee!
Tune into Gold FM every Saturday and Sunday to keep updated as to the exact whereabouts of the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser!
This Sunday only, between 9.00am and Noon, you can catch the Caddy and the Cruiser at Paradise Point Parklands, The Esplanade, Paradise Point.
A perfect way to start your weekend, with some serious coffee!
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy is heading to the Murphy’s Creek Community Recovery Family Fun Day and Concert this Saturday, 26th March, 2011.
The Family Fun Day,which will be held at Murphy’s Creek Show Ground, Corner Dodts Road & Jessies Lane is an Australian Red Cross event to recognise and thank the volunteers that assisted the Murphy’s Creek community recovery efforts.
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy will be at the Murphy’s Creek event from 2:00pm – 6:00pm serving up delicious Zarraffa’s Coffee to Fun Day attendees.
100% of the profits the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy raise will be donated o the Murphy’s Creek fund.
Zarraffa’s Coffee is very excited to be a part of this fantastic event which is all about celebrating the communities resilience and providing an opportunity to take a break and spend a day with family and friends.
We’re pleased to announce the launch of the Zarraffa’s Coffee App with store locator and Zarraffa’s Z Card™ balance view function.
The Zarraffa’s Coffee App is available on mobile devices, as a mobile version of the Zarraffa’s Coffee website at http://m.zarraffas.com
The App allows you to view stores by location, store details including trading hours and view their Zarraffa’s Z Card™ balance by logging into the site. You can also return to the normal Zarraffa’s Coffee site from this site.
This week’s Grind Magazine™ ‘Read of the Week’ is ‘The Art of the Café Cortado’, a mouth watering article with two baristas in the Chilean capital of Santiago about an important part of Latin American coffee culture.
Baristas, Rodrigo Pezoa and Angie Salinas, give a deliciously detailed description about the Café Cortado and introducing this Latin American coffee delicacy into the Australian coffee culture.
‘The Art of the Café Cortado’ will leave you thirsty for a sip of the fabulous java, perhaps even tempted to make the trip to Santiago for one specially made by Pezoa or Salinas!
Don’t forget, if you are a Zarraffa’s Z Card™ memberand haven’t picked up your complimentary copy of Grind Magazine™, make sure you grab it next time you get your fix of Zarraffa's Coffee!
The African Communities Association (ACA) hosted a community celebration for Harmony Day at Labrador yesterday, Sunday 20th March and Zarraffa’s Coffee supplied some delicious Zarraffa’s Coffee treats to this fantastic event.
Zarraffa’s Coffee donated 500grams of coffee and a Zarraffa’s Coffee gift pack for the event and the raffle
The Harmony Day celebrations was a free event which was held at the Labrador State School.
Cr Margaret Grummit officially opened the event and along with the anticipated 400 event goers this year, the Mayor and Mrs Ron Clarke were in attendance also!
There was a number of great activities lined up for the day including;
Performance by Pinky Hughes (a singer from Swaziland who recently launched her music CD and has been featured on many radio shows)
African dancers and drummers
Children’s activity table
Beading table
Aussie sausage sizzle
Name writing in Swahili (visitors can have their names or special messages written in an African language)
ACA held the event to offer the community the experience of the Ethiopian coffee ceremony.
All proceeds of the raffle went towards a post-flood rebuilding initiative, as directed by the African Seniors and Elders Club, Brisbane.
Zarraffa’s Coffee and the Workplace Winner Walk-ins
Congratulations to Drummond Golf in Ashmore!
They were lucky enough to have the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Work Place Walk-in team visit them on Friday morning!
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy is teaming up with Gold FM and bringing back the Work Place Winner Walk-ins!
Every Friday until April 2011, the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and Gold FM’s Work Place Walk-in team will be hitting the streets!
Their mission? To visit businesses right across the Gold Coast between 10.30am and 11.30am, delivering delicious complimentary Zarraffa’s Coffee and finding out what radio station you are tuning into at work!
Tune into Gold FM every Friday morning to keep track of the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Work Place Walk-in team!
Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy & Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy is teaming up with the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser this autumn to go Party in the Park!
From 9.00am until Noon most Saturday and Sunday’s throughout February, March and April the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser will be at different parks around the Gold Coast, partying in the park and giving away delicious Zarraffa’s Coffee!
Tune into Gold FM every Saturday and Sunday to keep updated as to the exact whereabouts of the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser!
This weekend, between 9.00am and Noon on both Saturday and Sunday, you can catch the Caddy and the Cruiser at Greenmount Beach, Coolangatta.
A perfect way to start your weekend, with some serious coffee!
This week’s Grind Magazine™ ‘Read of the Week’ is the article ‘ The Wild Wonders of Papua New Guinea’.
Not only are the images which accompany the article incredibly visually appealing but the article contains so many wild and wonderful facts and information about the mystical Papua New Guinea that really tempt the imagination.
Who knew that over 800 distinct languages are spoken across the countries cities!
With its rich culture, breathtaking landscape and of course, great coffee, Papua New Guinea is a heaven on earth!
No wonder it is described as one of the world’s wonders!
Don’t forget, if you are a Zarraffa’s Z Card™ memberand haven’t picked up your complimentary copy of Grind Magazine™, make sure you grab it next time you get your fix of Zarraffa's Coffee!
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy is teaming up with the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser this autumn to go Party in the Park!
From 9:00am until Noon most Saturday and Sunday’s throughout February, March and April the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser will be at different parks around the Gold Coast, partying in the park and giving away delicious Zarraffa’s Coffee!
Tune into Gold FM every Saturday and Sunday to keep updated as to the exact whereabouts of the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser!
This Sunday, between 9:00am and Noon, you can catch the Caddy and the Cruiser at Justins Park in Burleigh.
A perfect way to end your weekend, with some serious coffee!
Congratulations to Oxenford Pumps & Pacific Office Supplies in Oxenford.
They were lucky enough to have the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Work Place Walk-in team visit them on Friday morning!
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy is teaming up with Gold FM and bringing back the Work Place Winner Walk-ins!
Every Friday until April 2011, the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and Gold FM’s Work Place Walk-in team will be hitting the streets!
Their mission? To visit businesses right across the Gold Coast between 11am and Noon, delivering delicious complimentary Zarraffa’s Coffee and finding out what radio station you are tuning into at work!
Tune into Gold FM every Friday morning to keep track of the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Work Place Walk-in team!
If you are a Zarraffa’s Z Card™ memberand haven’t picked up your complimentary copy of Grind Magazine™, make sure you grab it next time you get your fix of Zarraffa's Coffee!
Grind Magazine™ and a cup of Zarraffa's Coffee is the perfect combination and the second issue is jam packed full of interesting and insightful reads!
A popular piece has been the feature article on the magazine’s cover girl Stephanie Gilmore. The world surfing champ is just 22, with four world surfing titles to her name!
The surfing superstar, who was signed with Billabong, has recently signed with Quiksilver.
The article is a look into her life as she travels around the world, surfing some of the best and most coveted waves the world’s greatest surf breaks have to offer.
Definitely one for the surf enthusiasts out there!
Zarraffa’s Coffee will be profiling one of our highly talented Advanced Baristas throughout the year!
Not just anyone can be an ‘Advanced Barista’. Zarraffa’s Coffee prides itself on serving an individually perfect cup of coffee – every time. One of the secrets to Zarraffa’s Coffee’s great tasting coffee is the Baristas and the intensive training courses each and every one of them must go through in order to move through the ranks at any of the Zarraffa’s Coffee stores.
The Be a Master (BAM) process has been devised for the Zarraffa’s Coffee Baristas as a means of improving and developing their skills and in turn being rewarded and recognised for those skills and abilities.
Click hereto watch our first Advanced Barista profile with Joe Ozzimo from Zarraffa’s Coffee Crestwood!
To read more in-depth information regarding the BAM process and becoming an Advanced Barista visit the following page on our website - http://zarraffas.com/about-us/baristas
Zarraffa’s Coffee is a proud supporter of Clean-Up Australia Day, and each year Zarraffa’s Coffee Management take part and do their bit to help keep the Gold Coast beautiful!
This year was no different.
From 3:30pm on Tuesday 8th March Zarraffa’s Coffee Management, Franchisees and store staff members all made their way down to The Spit to clean up!
The afternoon was a great success, the weather permitted and The Spit is looking spic and span for locals and Gold Coasters alike to enjoy!
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy is teaming up with the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser this summer to go here, there and everywhere!
From 8:00am until Noon most Saturday and Sunday’s throughout January and February the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser will be around the Gold Coast, giving away delicious Zarraffa’s Coffee!
Tune into Gold FM every Saturday and Sunday to keep updated as to the exact whereabouts of the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser!
This weekend, between 8:00am and Noon, you can catch the Caddy and the Cruiser at Harley Park, Gold Coast HYW, Labrador on Saturday 26th February and at John Laws Park, Goodwin Terrace, Burleigh on Sunday 27th February.
A perfect way to start your weekend, with some serious coffee!
The newest stores to join the Zarraffa’s Coffee family, Zarraffa’s Coffee Nerang, Zarraffa’s Coffee Pacific Pines and Zarraffa’s Coffee Warwick, have been doing exceptionally well since opening. Hear from them below.
Zarraffa’s Coffee Nerang franchisee Ben Old said that since opening, the store has been very well received. “It has become a regular meeting place for many by businesses and residents alike. We have been inundated with positive comments about how happy customers are to have Zarraffa’s Coffee in Nerang, especially a Drive Thru store!” The team are ready to serve their thirsty customers from 5am every day and locals will be happy to know Zarraffa’s Coffee Nerang is open usual hours over Easter.
Zarraffa’s Coffee Pacific Pines Franchisees, are no strangers to Zarraffa’s Coffee, on 17th December, 2010 the business partners opened their 3rd Zarraffa’s Coffee store! “It has been a very exciting time opening our 3rd Zarraffa’s Coffee store and particularly as Zarraffa’s Coffee Pacific Pines is a Drive Thru store. We pride ourselves on our great customer service and our staff aims to put a smile on every customers face”, they said.
Zarraffa’s Coffee Warwick store had a rough opening week, getting caught amidst the terrible QLD floods, but they pulled through and are looking forward to what 2011 has to offer. “We’ve been thrilled with the success of the store since opening, despite the rough start due to the floods. Our staff and local customers all offered great amounts of support and we were able to pull through said Zarraffa’s Coffee Warwick Drive Thru store Franchisee, Danielle Slater.
The latest issue of GRIND™ magazine has been greatly received; jam packed with community, culture and coffee news and featuring the Gold Coast’s very own, four times World Surfing Champion Stephanie Gilmore on the cover!
Readers have the chance to win some great prizes on Page 48, up for grabs is the ‘101 00s Hits’, 5 discs featuring the best pop, rock hip hop, RnB and dance music that dominated the charts from 2000-2010!
For the movie fanatics, double passes can be won to see ‘The Green Hornet’, featuring an all-star cast that includes Seth Rogan and Cameron Diaz and to tempt the domestic gods and goddesses. GRIND™ magazine is giving you the chance to take home a signed copy of Matt Moran’s special edition hard cover cookbook ‘When I Get Home’.
Along with the impressive prizes are some interesting reads, ‘Avoiding the Moreton Bay Mud Sling’ on page 12 raises the issues surrounding the aquatic ecosystem, the preservation of this and the reversal of damage humanity has caused to ecology. ‘Café Grumpy, a gem in New York’, page 66, tells of “an oasis amid the concrete”, one of the only coffee havens to be found in the hustle bustle of NYC.
Keep in touch with GRIND™ magazine on Facebook, we love to hear your feedback and thoughts on the articles! You can also subscribe to have copies delivered direct to your doorstep, check out www.grindmagazine.com.au for more information.
Remember, as a Zarraffa’s Z Card™ member just show your card when you purchase your Zarraffa’s Coffee fix for your complimentary copy! Non-Zarraffa’s Z Card™ members can purchase a copy of GRIND™ at any Zarraffa’s Coffee store for $4.95.
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy is teaming up with Gold FM and bringing back the Work Place Winner Walk-ins!
Every Friday until April 2011, the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and Gold FM’s Work Place Walk-in team will be hitting the streets!
Their mission? To visit businesses right across the Gold Coast between 11am and Noon, delivering delicious complimentary Zarraffa’s Coffee and finding out what radio station you are tuning into at work!
Tune into Gold FM every Friday morning to keep track of the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Work Place Walk-in team!
Queensland’s own Zarraffa’s Coffee took its place on BRW Fast Franchises list this week for the fifth consecutive year.
Zarraffa’s Coffee CEO and founder, Kenton Campbell, is thrilled to announce, Zarraffa’s Coffee has ranked 20th fastest growing franchise by Outlets (up from 35th place last year) and ranked 21st fastest growing franchise by Revenue (up from 29th place last year)!
The annual list, published in a special edition of Australia’s leading business magazine (in stores today, 24th February), identifies Australia's fastest growing franchise systems over the past 12 months.
CEO and founder, Kenton Campbell is elated with the recognition of his company’s efforts over the past half decade, attributing it to a strong commitment to his Franchisees.
“We opened 14 stores in the most recent qualifying period with a close eye on how each new store will impact on the health of our existing franchises. It’s my best tip for growth; worry about the franchisees you have now, not the ones you may have in the future”, said Mr Campbell.
A step toward a new business model has also reaped rewards, with Zarraffa’s Coffee now boasting five Drive Thru sites.
“Making our product more accessible to our time-poor customers has paid off with all five Drive Thru stores reporting healthy turnovers. By diversifying our franchise offering we are able to cater to more new business owners in a wide variety of locations.”
When asked what has been the most satisfying aspect of running his business to date, Mr Campbell said it was seeing a brand that was bigger than himself.
“Starting out 15 years ago with a $9,000 loan and a love of coffee, it’s a dream to see Zarraffa’s Coffee now run by people as passionate as myself.”
“To have 46 stores around Queensland and Franchisees and our staff working together to drive the business and the brand is very rewarding.”
And there is much more to come from the specialty coffee chain with Mr Campbell looking forward to inclusion on the BRW Fast Franchises list for years to come.
“Our expansion plans for the next 12 to 24 months are exciting from a company perspective and also for potential franchisees. Recognition by BRW and the like is firm reassurance that we are headed in the right direction and as always we are thrilled to be included.”
In Issue #1 of Grind™ Magazine there were some great prizes up for grabs!
To cater to the technology-lovers, readers had the chance to win some great iPad accessories, including two iPad Screen Protectors and two iPad Targus Stylus. The Screen Protector is purpose built to reduce fingerprints and smudges. Made from microsturctures which dissipate finger print oils without trapping substance, this product maintains your iPad’s clarity and also reduces glare so you csan see your screen indoors and out.
The Targus Stylus, makes it easy to take notes, sketch and browse with accuracy. Featuring a durable rubber tip that won’t scratch your iPad’s surface, the Stylus mimics the likeness of a fingertip and allows for precision at a single swipe.
For the diehard Robbie Williams fans, his greatest hits album, In and Out of Consciousness – Greatest Hits 1990-2010 celebrates his incredible 20 years in music with 39 of his biggest and best songs on two action-packed discs.
Congratulations to the winners of the iPad Screen Protector;
N.Doyle of Parkinson
G.Campisi of Tugun
Congratulations to the winners of the iPad Targus Stylus;
S.Robb of Berowra
G.Hodskiss of Southport
Congratulations to the winners of the latest album from Robbie Williams, In and Out of Consciousness-Greatest Hits;
M.Mulholland of Labrador
K.Bingle of Oxenford
G.Regan of Toowoomba
C.Young of Woree
E.Sullivan of Fortitude Valley
Grind™ Magazine is packed full of great prizes to be won, so make sure you grab your copy today with your next Zarraffa’s Coffee fix! Complimentary to Zarraffa’s Z Card™ holders and on sale for $4.95, It's not a daily grind, not even a monthly grind - it's just GRIND.
Sunday 20th February sees the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy attending the Morningside Scout Group’s open day!
From 10:00am – 1:00pm the Caddy will be providing those in attendance with their Zarraffa’s Coffee fix and taking part in some of the open day activities like ‘dunk the scout leader’!
Their donation is going to the Lord Baden-Powell Society who ‘sponsor’ unprivileged children into the Scouts program.
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy is teaming up with the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser this summer to go here, there and everywhere!
From 8:00am until Noon most Saturday and Sunday’s throughout January and February the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser will be around the Gold Coast, giving away delicious Zarraffa’s Coffee and complimentary Cruisin’ Fusion™ drink cards for the Allen’s Jaffas® Summer Safari™ promotion!
Tune into Gold FM every Saturday and Sunday to keep updated as to the exact whereabouts of the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser!
This weekend, between 8:00am and Noon, you can catch the Caddy and the Cruiser at Kirra South SLSC, Roughton Park, South Kirra only on Saturday 19th February.
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy is teaming up with Gold FM and bringing back the Work Place Winner Walk-ins!
Every Friday until April 2011, the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and Gold FM’s Work Place Walk-in team will be hitting the streets!
Their mission? To visit businesses right across the Gold Coast between 11am and Noon, delivering delicious complimentary Zarraffa’s Coffee and finding out what radio station you are tuning into at work!
Tune into Gold FM every Friday morning to keep track of the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Work Place Walk-in team!
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy is teaming up with the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser this summer to go here, there and everywhere!
From 8:00am until Noon mostSaturday and Sunday’sthroughout January and February the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser will be around the Gold Coast, giving away delicious Zarraffa’s Coffee and complimentary Cruisin’ Fusion™ drink cards for the Allen’s Jaffas® Summer Safari™ promotion!
Tune into Gold FM every Saturday and Sunday to keep updated as to the exact whereabouts of the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser!
This weekend you can catch the Caddy and the Cruiser only on Saturday 29th January at John Laws Park, Goodwin Terrace, Burleigh Heads between 8:00am and Noon.
A perfect way to start your weekend, with some serious coffee!
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy is teaming up with the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser this summer to go here, there and everywhere!
From 8:00am until Noon every Saturday and Sunday throughout January and February the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser will be around the southern end of the Gold Coast, giving away delicious Zarraffa’s Coffee and complimentary Cruisin’ Fusion™ drink cards for the Allen’s Jaffas® Summer Safari™ promotion!
Tune into Gold FM every Saturday and Sunday to keep updated as to the exact whereabouts of the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser!
This Saturday 29th January the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy will be at Thorn Park, Marine Parade in North Nobbys/Miami and on Sunday 30th January the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy will be heading to Kurrawa Park in Broadbeach!
A perfect way to start your weekend, with some serious coffee!
This Wednesday January 26th will see Zarraffa’s Coffee celebrate Australia Day!
When you visit your local Zarraffa’s Coffee store, you won’t be able to miss the Aussie flags and cute clip-on Koalas from The Australian Koala Foundation our Baristas will be sporting!
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy is also getting into the festivities and will be serving up coffee at the Burleigh Aquathon to all of the thirsty competitors and spectatorsfrom 7:00amtill 11:00am.
Plus Zarraffa’s Coffee will also be with the TODAY show handing out coffee to volunteers and the public at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane from 4:00am till 9:00am.
Make sure you tune in for the TODAY show special extended broadcast from 5:30am – 9:00am!
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy is teaming up with the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser this summer to go here, there and everywhere!
From 8:00am until Noon every Saturday and Sunday throughout January and February the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser will be around the southern end of the Gold Coast, giving away delicious Zarraffa’s Coffee and complimentary Cruisin’ Fusion™ drink cards for the Allen’s Jaffas® Summer Safari™ promotion!
Tune into Gold FM every Saturday and Sunday to keep updated as to the exact whereabouts of the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser!
This Saturday 15th January the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy will be at John Laws Park in Burleigh Heads and on Sunday 16th January the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy will be heading to Roughton Park in South Kirra and Marine Parade, Coolangatta.
A perfect way to start your weekend, with some serious coffee!
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy is braving the conditions and heading out to provide flood survivors, volunteers and support workers affected by the floods with complimentary Zarraffa’s Coffee.
Today and Friday the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy will do it’s best to make its way to the main SES centres around Brisbane which have been set up to cater to those affected by the Queensland Floods.
Hopefully a great cup of Zarraffa’s Coffee will brighten the day a bit!
Tracey and Danielle Slater are returning home to Warwick in order to open the first Zarraffa’s Coffee franchise in the town and the company’s most western store to date.
In a move back to family and friends, after a long stint living in Brisbane, the Slaters are embracing their love of coffee by opening Zarraffa’s Coffee’s fifth Drive Thru store today at 45A Wood St.
To celebrate the store opening, Zarraffa's Coffee Warwick are giving away getaways to Mantra Mooloolaba Beach in both The Chronicle and Daily News, as well as the chance to win a Zarraffa’s Coffee merchandise packs.
And by listening to CFM you could be the toast of your workmates with the chance to win the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy at your workplace.
Zarraffa’s Coffee Warwick Store and Drive Thru is open at 45A Wood Street, Warwick, QLD, 4370.
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy is teaming up with the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser this weekend to go here, there and everywhere!
From 8:00am until Noon on Saturday 18th December and Sunday 19th December the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser will be around the southern end of the Gold Coast, giving away delicious Zarraffa’s Coffee and complimentary Cruisin Fusion drink cards for the Allen’s Jaffas® Summer Safari™ promotion!
Tune into Gold FM on Saturday and Sunday to keep updated as to the exact whereabouts of the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy and the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser!
What a great way to start your weekend, with some serious coffee!
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy is looking forward to supporting the Burleigh Rotary Club at one of the most popular carols by candlelight of the year; Carols in the Park 2010’!
After almost being cancelled, the 27 year old event will continue to put smiles on the faces and joy into the hearts of locals as they sing along merrily to their favourite Christmas tunes.
The festive event is being held at Justin Park in Burleigh Heads, Sunday 12th December from 5:30pm until 8:30pm.
Carols in the Park attracts thousands of people each year and this Carols in the Park 2010 looks set to have around 20,000 people in attendance, the biggest yet!
Bringing Carol-goers season’s greetings in the form of a Zarraffa’s Coffee, the Caddy will be at the Carols in the Park 2010 event from 3:30pm until 9:00pm!
The latest Zarraffa’s Coffee promotion attracted a lot of attention!
Photos from far and wide came flooding in as Zarraffa’s Coffee lovers tried their luck at winning the ‘Where Will the New Zarraffa’s Coffee Cup Take You” competition!
Up for grabs was five $100 Zarraffa’s Coffee gift vouchers.
The lucky winners were -
Kelly Lahrs.
Her new Zarraffa’s Coffee Cup took her to Worongary!
Why do you love Zarraffa's Coffee?
The friendly people and it is one of the only coffees that don't give me a headache!
Sarah Howson.
Her new Zarraffa’s Coffee Cup took her to Rosser Park in Benowa!
Why do you love Zarraffa's Coffee?
Zarraffa's Coffee is clean tasting, not muddy or dirty like some other coffee houses. Why not drink the best when you've got the choice
Stacey Taylor.
Her new Zarraffa’s Coffee cup took her to New Zealand!
Why do you love Zarraffa's Coffee?
My cat loves to eat the cream off my straws. Nothing tastes better than a warm caramelised mocha on a cold day or a cool mocha float on a hot day. Zarraffa’s Coffee is perfect all year round!
Charlotte Fortnum.
Her new Zarraffa’s Coffee cup took her to Bounty Island, Fiji!
Why do you love Zarraffa's Coffee?
It has a fantastic taste that is unique to Zarraffa's Coffee, it is so yummy and gives me the buzz I need to get through my day. I can't wait for the Nerang drive-thru to open near my house!
Karen Barrett.
Her new Zarraffa’s Coffee cup took her to Transport and Main Roads Heritage Centre!
Why do you love Zarraffa's Coffee?
It provides the jolt I need to prepare for a day in the museum; no two are ever the same. The hazelnut syrup helps produce the smoothest cup!
Congratulations to all of our winners! Enjoy your $100 worth of Zarraffa’s Coffee!
Tis’ the season to be jolly and the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy is definitely getting into the Christmas spirit this weekend!
The Caddy will be singing carols at the Carols by Candlelight at Coolangatta State School tomorrow – Saturday 4th December, 2010 from 4:00pm till 8:00pm.
The event is a community carols by candlelight and should see close to 1000 people attending. Theso theZarraffa’s Coffee Caddy is going to be extra busy bringing people their Christmas cheer in the form of a cup of Zarraffa’s Coffee!
After a bit of rest,the Caddy will be back on the road again and heading to the Carols by Candlelight event at Movie World!
The carols at Movie World are on the Sunday 5th December, 2010 hosted by the Village Community Services group.
The community carols by candlelight will be a full house with close to 4000 people in attendance expected!
The Caddy will be bringing season’s greetings to those attending the carols from 5:00pm till 9:00pm. The carols commence at 6:00pm.
Zarraffa’s Coffee Nerang Drive Thru opened its doors for the first time at 5am this morning!
Opening week for Zarraffa’s Coffee Nerang Drive Thru is going to be very exciting with a great promotion running on Sea FM, the ‘Sea FM’s Zarraffa’s Double Shot’
Listeners tuning into Sea FM are being given the chance to win the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy at their work for a week!
By logging onto http://www.brekkyblog.com.au you can register your details to have the Sea FM Crusier and the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy at your work!
Zarraffa’s Coffee Noosa Fair has been open for just over a week now and the locals are loving it!
Noosa Fair is the 43rd store to join the Zarraffa’s Coffee family and we have heard nothing but great things about the store and staff, so keep up the great work Zarraffa’s Coffee Noosa Fair!
Located in the seaside town of Noosa Heads, on the beautiful Sunshine Coast, the store is owned and operated by Kim Pigrim, Debbie Tickle and Melissa Robinson, who have made the ‘shorechange’ leaving the Gold Coast for Noosa Heads.
So, if you are in the stunning Sunshine Coast make sure you visit the Zarraffa’s Coffee Noosa Fair store for your Zarraffa's Coffee fix!
We are very excited for our Baristas who are competing in the Queensland Latte Art Competition on the 4th of December and the Queensland Barista Championships on the 5th of December!
The competitions are to be held at Wolff Rost Haus, 14/23 Ashtan Place, Banyo, Queensland.
Competing in the Barista Competition we have Gemma from Zarraffa's Upper Coomera and Ken from Zarraffa's Myer Centre.
Competing in the Latte Art Competition we have Phillip from Zarraffa's Robina and Kaedee, who is also from Zarraffa's Robina!
They have all been training with Former World Barista Champion David Maiken and Brent Williams from Da Vinci to ensure that they will be “Head and Shoulders Above the Rest” in the competition!
We’ll keep you all informed as to how our Baristas are going with the training and the results of the competitions!
We’ve just launched the most chilled new Summer Promotion to date, guaranteed to tantalise your tastebuds during the scorching summer months to come!
Joining forces with Allen’s Jaffas® we’ve created the ultimate Fusion for this summer, ensuring that we stand “Head and Shoulders Above the Rest!”
The combination of Zarraffa’s Coffee featuring Allen’s Jaffas® is almost too good to be true! You won’t be able to resist a delicious Crusin’ Cold Fusion™ - acool fusion of chocolate, coffee and Jaffas®, chilled out with whipped cream, chocolate flakes and sprinkles or a Cruisin’ Crème Fusion™; without the coffee.
With every purchase of a Cruisin’ Fusion, you have the chance to win a summer safari to BreakFree French Quarter, Noosa. There you will enjoy, for five nights, a two-bedroom deluxe apartment for four people plus four two hour surfing lessons!
As if Zarraffa’s Coffee hasn’t made your Summer stunning enough, order a Cruisin’ Cold Fusion™ or a Cruisin’ Crème Fusion™ for you and a friend, present your Zarraffa’s Z Card™ and both receive a FREE upsize!
This promotion will be in store from November 15th till February 20th 2011 so hurry into your closest Zarraffa’s Coffee store to try one today and try your luck at winning the Ultimate Summer Safari!
This weekend the Zarraffa’s Coffee family descends on Cairns for our annual National Franchise Conference.
The four day trip includes a trip to Skybury’s Plantation – Australia’s oldest coffee farm and the Gala Dinner, where the big announcements of Franchisee, Rookie and Store of the Year will be made.
Finalists for Franchisee of the Year are Brendon & Judy Lord, the dynamic duo from Zarraffa’s Coffee Surfers Paradise, Danni, Merridee & Bert Savickas, the amazing trio from Zarraffa’s Coffee Benowa Gardens, and 2008 Franchisee of the year winners Brendon & Debbie Blakemore from Zarraffa’s Coffee Worongary who are in the running for the top gong again.
The award criteria focuses on quarterly store evaluations, business acumen, consistency and mystery shopper reports, all elements that are crucial to the individually perfect cup of coffee!
Heading up the Rookie of the Year finals are Ralph & Denise Fioretti of Zarraffa’s Coffee Carseldine, Vanessa Xin, Tim Liu, Jeff Chan & Joyce Tan from Zarraffa’s Coffee Sunnybank and Sachin, Jaimin & Ekant Patel – Zarraffa’s Coffee Arana Hills. All three have been open for between 6 and twelve months and have achieved consistently high results in all areas of evaluation.
Whilst all stores will be vying for the new award of Store of the Year, which is based on quarterly store evaluation reports that encompass all aspects of the business.
We’ll update you next week with all the news from Cairns, including our newest award winners!
Breeze Fm will be out and about at various locations around the Gold Coast this month asking listeners to donate their old clothing for Life Line Gold Coast.
In return for the donations listeners may receive Zarraffa’s Coffee complimentary coffee cards and be in the running to win 3 nights for two at Tangalooma Island Resort! So empty out those wardrobes and get yourself to Lifeline.
Our top Barista’s have their eyes set on achieving gold at the Queensland Barista and Latte Art heats which are on in December!
Phillip Roggeveen, Robina – 2010 ZLAC Champion
Gemma Boxsell, Upper Coomera – 2010 ZBC Champion
Leon Holdsworth, Robina – 2010 ZBC Runner-Up
Phil, Gemma & Leon have all been listening & practicing attentively with their experienced mentor Brent Williams from Da Vinci Gourmet Syrup Australia. Brent said, ‘the training has been focused around learning the in’s and outs of competing. We have been focusing on the techniques and strengths of the baristas and adapting their techniques to be able to score well in the competition. I started with reviewing the rules, regulations & expectations of the judges with them. We then concentrated on cupping different beans/origins to allow the baristas to understand their chosen coffee and how processing/blending affects the flavour and how to explain this to the judges.’
Zarraffa’s Coffee Barista Champion 2010 Gemma Boxsell told us, ‘It’s an honour to be trained by the best, to be one of the best in such a successful franchise. She has been training and perfecting her unique beverage since winning the barista final. On winning the Queensland heat she says, ‘I would be very excited as it helps me to grow within the coffee industry I want to be in. I will be practicing in my sleep to perfect everything and continue in many more competitions.’
Phil Roggeveen has been hard at work in Zarraffa’s Coffee Robina and he tells us that, he’s ‘stoked’ at winning the latte art competition.‘I enjoy what I do and if I’m honest, pouring the perfect latte for a friend is just as much of a buzz as a title’! He has been continuously trying to perfect his art. ‘I have never been more critical of my designs. I’m now more aware of what it takes!
On winning the Queensland Latte Art heat he tells us he would shave his head and that he would look at becoming a professional barista trainer! So look out for a baldy barista the next time you call in for a coffee at Robina!!
Watch all our talented Baristas as they steam, cream and pour their hearts out at this year’s Barista and Latte Art Competitions
Now celebrating its third year, the ZBC and ZLAC were held in August 2010 at the Southport Sharks Football Club. After months of intense competition, the winners were finally announced and this year’s Zarraffa’s Barista Champion was Gemma Boxsell, with Phil Roggeveen taking the Zarraffa’s Latte Art Champion title. Take a look at some of the action from the day!
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy is on the road Sunday September 26th, 2010 and is headed to Jimboomba Hot Rob & Bike Show, at Jimboomba Park from 6:00am to 4:00pm with thanks to Zarraffa’s Coffee Jimboomba.
Entry is free of charge to the public but any donations will be greatly appreciated! This exciting event will include American Cars, Muscle Cars, Classic Cars, Hot Rods and Harleys .
Come join in all the fun and listen to great Rock “n” Roll Bands and see great Rock “n” Roll Dancers at Jimboomba Park this Sunday!
The Brisbane Festival 2010 has many events happening over its last few days and our Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy will be attending their Into Africa celebration at Yeronga Park, School Road, Yeronga, Saturday September 25th, 2010 11:00am to 3:00pm.
Everyone is welcome along to experience the wonderful taste of Africa – the sensual smells, the music and joyous abandonment of this party. With an amazing line up of performers, take part in dancing and creative workshops and sample some of the food and drink, on what looks to be a brilliant day out for all the family.
Please click here to see more info on this great free day out!
Long neck, full body, excitingly rich with the ability to make you feel all tingly inside and now an international gold medal winner – Black Giraffe is everything you could want in a beer!
Just weeks after hitting bottle shops and bars across Queensland, Black Giraffe, the black coffee lager produced by Burleigh Brewing Co & Zarraffa’s Coffee, has taken home GOLD at the World Beer Championships in the US.
Scoring an amazing 94/100, the judges labelled Black Giraffe ‘exceptional’, with the beer ranking the highest in the Specialty Beer category, scoring higher than two Sam Adams brews from one of the most renowned craft breweries in the States.
Commenting on Black Giraffe, the World Beer Championships said: “Very dark brown colour. Rich and dimensional roasted coffee, bakers chocolate, and dried fruit aromas andflavours with a dry, zesty medium-full body and a long, pure and pervasive barista approved finish. A superb coffee beer with a solid caffeine kick.”
The World Beer Championships are run annually in a series of style-based tasting sessions in a dedicated tasting lab at the Beverage Testing Institute (BTI) in Chicago, and is one of the most professional and highly regarded competitions in the world.
CEO of Zarraffa’s Coffee Kenton Campbell said, “I saw this as the perfect business partnering – a micro brewery and a speciality coffee company – creating a new and exciting product.”
“Doing the beer in itself was amazing. To have it be so amazing and now on the worldwide stage, I’m privileged to be a part of it.”
“It’s great that smaller businesses, coming together, can achieve such wonderful things.”
Burleigh Brewing’slimited releases from their ‘Bit on the Side Dept’ come packaged in dinner-size, 650ml screen-printed, collectible bottles. The perfect size for sharing (but you’ll need to buy two, because you’ll both want a bottle to keep!)
Black Giraffe is available at bottle shops and pubs and clubs throughout Queensland. For a location in your area, please click here.
Join in the Family Fun Day on Saturday September 18th, 2010 at the Pacific Coast Christian School from 9.30am -2.00pm. With lots to do and see on the day, including, arts and crafts, family fun games, raffle and prize giveaways and plenty to eat and drink! There’ll be student performances, a talent quest and a unique version of ‘Minute to Win It’, and giveaways, including show bags!
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy will be there to join in all the fun and serve up seriously good coffee with all profits going to seriously good causes!
Looks like a great fun family day out, click here for more details.
Whether you’re working, studying or partying late into the night Zarraffa’s Coffee Worongary Drive Thru will be there to serve you your favourite coffee. From this Saturday September 18th, the store will be open long into the night, staying open until midnight every night.
So if you’re looking for a midnight Mocha, Zarraffa’s Coffee Worongary Drive Thru is for you!
Zarraffa’s Coffee Toowoomba South is setting up a temporary stall at this year’s Carnival of Flowers. Now in its 61st year, the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers has been growing bigger, brighter and more colourful each year. It is the longest running floral event of its kind in Australia as the premiere celebration of flowers, food, wine, coffee, culture, entertainment and all things spring!
Good luck to Damian, Giarne and the team who will be serving coffee al fresco style!
With a vibrant street parade, fascinating flowers, and floral displays, fabulous food, wondrous wine, awe-inspiring art, imaginative interactive workshops and exceptional entertainment, the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers has something for everyone!
There’s a spring in our Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy step as it has been on the road since the beginning of September! The Caddy has been raising much needed funds for different charities all over Queensland!
Friday 3rd of September the Burleigh Brewing team invited the caddy to their event and all the profits from your eating and drinking went toward different charities. Burleigh Brewery donate the venue and throw the party, you come and eat, drink and have a great time and all for a good cause. Click here to check out their website for more details.
Saint Hildas School Fete was held on the on Saturday 4th of September in the Del Mellefont Oval. There was heaps of fun, activities and rides for all the family. The Fete continues as a major fundraising and community event for the School. On the day Fete goers raised over $265 for the school and Ecoforce.
Sanctuary Cove offers a variety of events throughout and the year, from fashion shows to the Sanctuary Cove International Boat Show, there is always something on for everyone in the events calendar. Beauty and Fashion workshops in the Village Theatre, Fashion parades in The Marine Village, Hat presentation in The Verandah Bar, (Hyatt Regency Sanctuary Cove) The event on the 5th of September helped raise funds for Hope Island Rotary Club.
So far this September the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy with the help of everyone involved has made nearly $400 for different charities!
For more information on how you can secure the Zarraffa's Coffee Caddy for your event,
Zarraffa's Coffee Stores are now serving thick doorstop white toast and the best part is that it is available all day!
Zarraffites can also choose from the uniquely Australian and a fair dinkum Aussie icon, Vegemite, with 90 percent of Aussies having a jar in their pantry, it's now available at your nearest Zarraffa's Coffee store. You also have the choice of Strawberry Jam for Zarraffites with a sweet tooth and for you busy bees you can top yours with Honey. What better way to start or end any day than having a slice of fresh white toast with any Tall standard Zarraffa's Coffee Beverage and at only $6 it’s sure to get mouths watering!
As you may or may not know, our organisation is a supporter of ACT for Kids – the charity that treats and prevents child abuse.
Child abuse is a huge problem in Australia with over 55,000 confirmed cases in 2008-09 – that’s one child being confirmed as an abuse victim every 10 minutes. The Channel Seven / ACT for Kids appeal is now on, aiming to raise $500,000 which is how much it costs to provide professional therapy to help another 100 children affected by abuse. Unfortunately, donations are REALLY slow and they’ve only managed to raise enough to help 12 kids so far.
Please don’t turn your back, help us face up to child abuse by either making a donation at www.actforkids.com.auor calling 1300 228 000 or forwarding this message to your friends and contacts.
Gold FM's Work Place Walk-in Team is back on the streets!
They’re visiting businesses right across the Gold Coast with the mission to find out what you’re listening to at work and our caddy is with them. If businesses are listening to 92.5 Gold FM, they will instantly go into the draw to have the Walk-in Team come back each Friday with Zarraffa’s Coffee and cakes, which always brightens up anyone’s working day!
Zarraffa’s Coffee & Burleigh Brewing company have blended together to bring Australian’s their two favourite beverages in one unique bottle. Black Giraffe is an alluring mix of Burleigh’s finest lager & Zarraffa’s unique aromatic coffee. Black Giraffe is packaged in dinner size 650ml, screen printed collectible bottles which are as unique as the brew itself.
The verdict: ‘A very smooth – tasting beer with a nice hint of coffee, which is not overpowering and leaves a very pleasant after taste’.
The Burleigh Brewing Co team worked swiftly alongside the Zarraffa’s Coffee team grinding hundreds of kilos of 100% rainforest alliance coffee beans, ready to be poured directly into the brewing beer, in the one-hour window available.
Burleigh’s incredible brewing expertise together with Zarraffa’s magnificent aromatic coffee gives you a unique experience you won’t be able to resist.
600 cartons and a few kegs have been produced of this limited edition beer, so be sure to get to your nearest bottle-shop to get your very own unique bottle of Black Giraffe.
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy is our way of giving back to the community and makes fundraising simple with a well known, quality product and trusted brand.
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy offers freshly made, store quality espresso at your event, along with two fully qualified barista’s and all the required supplies. Beverages are charged at full price to event audiences, with 50% of proceeds from drink sales going to the cause for which we’re attending and the remaining 50% is donated to Zarraffa’s Coffee’s supported charities.
Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy has had an amazing fundraising year in 2009-2010, raising $24,593.59.Thanks to all involved in each event, it couldn’t have been done without your help.
Below is a breakdown of the funds raised and benefiting charities:
Zarraffa’s Coffee proudly donates its fully operational Coffee Caddy to charity, sporting, community and school events in our local communities around Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast and on the Gold Coast as part of our Backyard Policy.
Mudgeeraba State School P&C has held its inaugural Community Market Day on Saturday August 21st, 2010 from 10am to 3pm on the School Oval, Old Coach Rd, Mudgeeraba.
Local sporting, craft, hobby and business groups promoted themselves to the community on the day, with attractions including the Gold Coast Suns promotions team with their inflatable field, the Gold Coast Blaze promotions team with their promotions hoop and the Gold Coast Titans promotions team.
Also attending was the Hot Tomato 102.9FM radio van, along with a bouncing castle and laser skirmish for the kids and Zarraffa's Coffee caddy was there to help and support this great event and as ever raising much needed funds for different charities.
A total of $291.18 was raised for ACT and Mudgeeraba State School!
Here at Zarraffa’s Coffee we want you to have an individually perfect cup of coffee, every time, whether in our stores or at home!
All methods for making coffee should have the base principles of using hot water to extract the natural essential oils from the bean that gives Zarraffa’s Coffee its wonderful aroma and flavour.
We have compiled all the information you need to know to enjoy a perfect cup of coffee all of the time! Researching right from the very beginning, what water to use, down to the storage of your beans after use!
We found that the 4 most popular home coffee brewing equipment/machines are:
A busy and nerve racking weekend was had by all nine competitors who poured their hearts out for the judges on Sunday 15th August at the finals of the ZBC and ZLAC. Congratulations to all the barista’s who competed on the day and thank you to the Franchisees, friends and family who came along in support.
Return judge, Greg Heath, General Manager of Da Vinci Gourmet was blown away by the standard of competitors in this year’s competition, saying that the competitors really stepped up from 2009 (where he was also a guest judge) and they will continue to do so next year.
The scores in both the ZBC and ZLAC where close between all the finalists, but on the day there can only be one champion!
Congratulations to:
Gemma Boxsell, Upper Coomera – 2010 ZBC Champion
Leon Holdsworth, Robina – 2010 ZBC Runner-Up
Phillip Roggeveen, Robina – 2010 ZLAC Champion
Clancey Abel, Robina – 2010 ZLAC Runner-Up
Gemma, Leon and Phillip will now go on to represent Zarraffa’s Coffee in the
Queensland state heat of the National Barista and Latte Art Competitions. All nine competitors have been offered the opportunity to attend a master class at the Zarraffa’s Coffee Head Office where they will have the opportunity to learn from the best barista’s in Australia, including guest judge Scott Callaghan, current Australian Barista Champion.
Thank you once again to all the competitors and spectators that helped to make the 2010 Zarraffa’s Barista and Latte Art Competitions the best to date!
Heidi Moore, comes from our Carrara store and loves it there, saying, ' I like supporting local companies. It is like no other coffee franchise I have worked for - people really care about and love what they are doing. They are passionate about delivering great coffee! I met Leanne a while back and she was so lovely that I decided I needed to work for her!'
Heidi's desinger beverage is a liquid wagon wheel, consisting of, cookie element chocolate fudge, jam element strawberry jelly crystals around edge of glass, with steamed fudge in with milk. Her favourite drink is a double shot tall ristretto latte as its, 'full coffee flavour without the acidity.' Heidi who has been travelling the world the past couple of years always wanted to be in the competition, but each time always just missing the entry date. Heidi says, 'I would have loved to enter the ZBC, but I started the week before. I am not in it to win - it is all about all about the experience.'
Clancey
Clancey Abel has been with Zarraffa's Coffee Robina for over 2 years now and says she entered the Latte Art Competition, to challenge herself. Her favourite drink is an espresso and likes working for Zarraffa's Coffee as, 'the coffee, the working hours and the people I work with are great!'.Clancey uses Kenyan coffee beans and her signature beverage is Citrus shock.
Phil Phil Roggeveen has been with Zarraffa's Coffee since January, 2010 and tells us that he, 'loves the café enviroment, customers coming in and the vibe that the stores have.' Working as a barista in Sydney, Phil liked Zarraffa's Coffee before he moved up to the Gold Coast and he often visited the Robina store while up in the Gold Coast, telling us 'the coffee was always great and consistent.'
His designer beverage is wave heart, he says,'I fooled around a couple of different designs, doing a lot of rosettas, got sick of them and moved on to hearts and got sick of them, so eventually I combined them to make the wave heart design.'
His favourite drink is a double shot short latte; Phil says he decided to enter the 2010 ZLAC,'As it was something I put off for a while. I would like to eventually train staff in latte art. Quality is one thing, but presentation also is important.'
Gemma entered the 2010 Zarraffa's Coffee Barista Competition for, “the challenge, knowledge gained, experience and the quest for the ultimate cup of coffee”. Gemma comes from the Upper Coomera store and has been working with Zarraffa's Coffee for 2 years, loving the, "culture and support received from the team, community & Management”
Having travelled extensively around the world, combining both passions, cheffing and coffee, and gaining knowledge on the various role these two aspects play in different cultures. Gemma's goal is to one day open a Patisserie in Europe, serving great coffee and food. Her favourite drinks are a short double soy latte – ristretto/cooler and her signature beverage is Citrus Delight.
Nadya Marshall has been working with Zarraffa’s Coffee for the past 3 years, 1 ½ years with Benowa Gardens. She was runner up in last year’s 2009 Zarraffa’s Barista Competition and enjoyed the experience so much she is back for more!
Nadya says she entered the competition again this year, “Cause last year was awesome!” In her spare time she likes to dance, sing and ride horses. Her favourite drinks are a Piccolo latte, & a double ristretto latte in Americano cup. Nadya likes like working for Zarraffa’s Coffee, “Cause I like working with the people I work with and I like coffee”.
Our youngest competitor joins us from Zarraffa’s Coffee Sunshine Plaza. Tyler who is just 17 years old has been working with the Sunshine Plaza store for nearly 3 years. He has 2 favourite coffees’ which is, a double shot mocha, no whip and triple grande iced mocha. Tyler enjoys a wide variety of music from Indie to Deathcore and has a strong passion for art.
He likes working for Zarraffa’s Coffee as, ‘it’s an enjoyable job and I like talking and meeting new people’. Tyler whose signature beverage is; a gold leaf affogatto tells us he entered the ZBC 2010 competition as, ‘I enjoy making coffee and thought I would give it a go’.
Leon has been working with Zarraffa’s Coffee Robina for the past 18 months and believe it or not he once, ‘went a whole day without coffee’!! A passionate barista, he says he likes working for Zarraffa’s Coffee, ‘because I know the bliss that goes with the first sip of your drink. Providing that experience daily is rewarding.’
Leon’s favourite drink is Piccolo’s made on signature blend. Leon home roast’s Guatemala Huehuetenango & Ethiopian Moka Lima beans for his perfect Piccolo. He tells us he entered the Zarraffa’s Barista Competition, ‘To push my technical skills and precision under pressure’. His signature beverage for the ZBC is, Venezulen Dark Chocolate & Rhubarb Shooter.
Ken competed in the 2009 ZBC & ZLAC. Winning the 2009 ZLAC he is no stranger to the competiveness of the competition. Ken who is very interested in latte art also roasts his own coffee beans and creates many of his own blends. He has been working with Zarraffa’s Coffee – Myer Centre for the past 21 months and he loves it there as he, “Likes coffee, is a people person and it’s a great workplace culture thanks to Emma & Aydan.”
Ken, who’s favorite drink is a Latte, entered 2010 ZBC, ’To gain entry into Queensland competition and to improve on last year’s placing.’ Buying beans from around the world, Ken uses a personal blend of Colombian, PNG and Costa Rican beans, creating his signature beverage, berry lime twist.
Hailing from Zarraffa’s Coffee Upper Coomera where she has worked for 12 months is Tracey Dobson. With 7 ½ years experience at Zarraffa’s Coffee, Tracey clearly loves working at ZC “It’s a fun atmosphere and I get to meet new people every day, as well as the regular customers”.
Normally an Iced Mocha drinker, Tracey has really turned up the heat with her Spice Up Your Life signature beverage, which is (insert description). Tracey entered the 2010 ZBC “To do something new and challenging and out of my comfort zone” Tracey is currently setting up cake decorating business and likes to play baseball in her spare time.
Forging ahead with an eye to opportunities in the northern regions of Queensland, Zarraffa’s Coffee is looking to select the right franchisees.
With opportunities in Townsville, Mackay, Emerald, Warwick, Gladstone and Cairns there a multitude of options for new business ownership with the successful coffee chain.
New franchisees can expect to be part of a dynamic, rapidly growing business, as well as being part of an established brand, that has recognition Australia wide. Winning Gold Coast Business of the Year in 2007 and 2008, Zarraffa’s Coffee has quickly become the coffee of choice for South East Queenslanders.
Zarraffa’s Coffee is looking for dynamic persons who love our coffee and the brand and we’re encouraging those who are ‘serious’ about their coffee to register their interest online at www.zarraffas.com/franchising
Image: Franchisees of the Year 2010 - Elissa Hutton and Bruce Fullerton from Zarraffa's Coffee Upper Coomera.
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Sunshine Plaza team were up bright and early Sunday Morning to help raise money for the Stella Maris School Fair and Ecoforce.
The Stella Maris Fair is a culmination of very hard work by very dedicated volunteers to present a fabulous day for the local community. The Fair has become a major event in Maroochydore and the surrounding Sunshine Coast area and Zarraffa’s Coffee were more than happy to give a helping hand on the day.
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Sunshine Plaza team had a great day and made a whopping $1,038.59 with the Zarraffa's Caddy, which will be donated to charity.
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The latest issue of Grind™ magazine features a fantastic article about a $200 million program to improve the water quality of the Great Barrier Reef lagoon by reducing potential nutrient, pesticide and sediment load, while helping improve farm productivity and profitability, is saving one of the natural wonders of the world.
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we near the end of 2011!
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mber, 2011! This is our seventh drive thru store to date and the third Zarraffa’s Coffee store for Franchisees, Terry and Janette Bambury who also own the Morayfield and Sunshine Plaza stores! Zarraffa’s Coffee Maroochydore is situated at Shop 1, 28 Aerodrome Road, Maroochydore, QLD, 4558.
The start of December is a historical week for Zarraffa's Coffee, marking both 10 years in franchising and the opening of our 50th store at Maroochydore, Sunshine Coast!
Zarraffa’s Coffee is passionate about the wellbeing of Australia's wildlife and supports the Currumbin Wildlife Hospital Foundation in its bid to help save native wildlife.
The official magazine of Zarraffa’s Coffee, Grind™ Magazine, will now be released seasonally and the Summer edition looks set to sizzle!
We have been hard at work planning our new summer drink promotion and have now come up with something so good it’ll give you a fever, Jungle Fever that is!
Zarraffa’s Coffee is passionate about the wellbeing of Australia's wildlife and supports the Currumbin Wildlife Hospital Foundation in its bid to help save native wildlife.
bumper year at the company’s National Franchise Conference.
up for grabs is a year’s supply of coffee!
Dear Customers,
y Cove to create the perfect cup of coffee and battle it out for 2011 honours.
We are hard at work on our newest Bulk Coffee Promotion this month and we can promise that it won’t disappoint! So keep your eyes peeled for more information about the new promotion!
This week’s Grind™ Magazine Read of The Week is the article, ‘Stretching it to the Limit’, page 39.
rista Competition which is open to the public, on Sunday 11 September from 12.00pm – 3.00pm.
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Zarraffa’s Coffee has been recognised among Australia’s most progressive organisations, winning the Australian Business Award for “Enterprise” in the 2011 Awards!
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This week’s Grind Magazine™‘Read of the Week’ is ‘Green Image’.
This week’s Grind Magazine™‘Read of the Week’ is ‘A Ray of Sunshine’, featuring Michael Franti from Spearhead who also graces the cover of our newest issue of Grind Magazine™!.jpg)
This week’s Grind Magazine™ ‘Read of the Week’ is ‘Pi of the Tiger’.
Congratulations to Aussie Timbers and Amazing Shades, both in Nerang!
This Friday 1st April, 2011 the Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy is going to be attending the Pacific Coast Christian School Family Fun Day!.jpg)
This week’s Grind Magazine™‘Read of the Week’ is ‘Bush Walking Back to Basics’.
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The Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy is teaming up with the Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser this autumn to go Party in the Park!
and Concert this Saturday, 26th March, 2011.
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This week’s Grind Magazine™ ‘Read of the Week’ is ‘The Art of the Café Cortado’, a mouth watering article with two baristas in the Chilean capital of Santiago about an important part of Latin American coffee culture.
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Zarraffa’s Coffee Caddy & Gold FM Summer Runner Cruiser
This week’s Grind Magazine™ ‘Read of the Week’ is the article ‘ The Wild Wonders of Papua New Guinea’..jpg)
ind Magazine™, make sure you grab it next time you get your fix of Zarraffa's Coffee!.jpg)
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Zarraffa’s Coffee Noosa Fair has been open for just over a week now and the locals are loving it!
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everything and continue in many more competitions.’
at Jimboomba Park from 6:00am to 4:00pm with thanks to Zarraffa’s Coffee Jimboomba..jpg)
Yeronga Park, School Road, Yeronga, Saturday September 25th, 2010 11:00am to 3:00pm.
you could want in a beer!
Join in the Family Fun Day on Saturday September 18th, 2010 at the Pacific Coast Christian School from 9.30am -2.00pm. With lots to do and see on the day, including, arts and crafts, family fun games, raffle and prize giveaways and plenty to eat and drink! There’ll be student performances, a talent quest and a unique version of ‘Minute to Win It’, and giveaways, including show bags!
Whether you’re working, studying or partying late into the night Zarraffa’s Coffee Worongary Drive Thru will be there to serve you your favourite coffee. From this Saturday September 18th, the store will be open long into the night, staying open until midnight every night.
Giraffe is an alluring mix of Burleigh’s finest lager & Zarraffa’s unique aromatic coffee. Black Giraffe is packaged in dinner size 650ml, screen printed collectible bottles which are as unique as the brew itself.
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Forging ahead with an eye to opportunities in the northern regions of Queensland, Zarraffa’s Coffee is looking to select the right franchisees.
The Zarraffa’s Coffee Sunshine Plaza team were up bright and early Sunday Morning to help raise money for the Stella Maris School Fair and