And the 2009 Sydney Royal GOLD Medal goes to: Voodoo Espresso

We are excited to announce our Voodoo Espresso Premium Blend won a Gold Medal at the 2009 Sydney Royal Fine Food Show in Class 1 – espresso / short black.

Our award winning coffee is a blend of three highest quality Arabica beans from PNG, Colombia and Kenya. Masterfully roasted to perfection, it brings out strong aroma and displays well balanced flavour with delicate acidity and a long lasting aftertaste with hints of cocoa.
This blend is perfect as an espresso and would satisfy the taste palate of any coffee connoseur.

For more information or if you wish to sample our GOLD winning blend, please visit
Our Online Store

To find out more about the results of this year’s Sydney Royal Coffee Competition, go to
Sydney Royal Website and follow the link to Fine Food Show.

Congratulations Voodoo Coffee Co, well done!

Did you know ...

The Coffea plant belongs to a genus of ten species of flowering plants of the family Rubiaceae.
It is an evergreen shrub or small tree that grows up to 5 m tall when unpruned. The leaves are dark green and glossy, usually 10–15 cm long and 6 cm wide. It produces clusters of fragrant, white flowers that bloom simultaneously. The fruit berry is oval, about 1.5 cm long, and green when immature, but ripens to yellow, then crimson, becoming black on drying. Each berry usually contains two seeds, but in 5–10% of the berries, there is only one; these are called peaberries. Berries ripen in 7–9 months.
The coffee plant is native to subtropical Africa and southern Asia.

There are two main species of coffee that are cultivated today. They both come from the Rubiaceae family. Coffea arabica, which is also known as Arabica coffee, makes up 75-80% of the world's production. Coffea canephora, also known as Robusta coffee, is not as popular because of its substandard taste. Robusta coffee also contains about 40–50% more caffeine than arabica. For this reason it is used as an inexpensive substitute for arabica in many commercial coffee blends. Good quality robustas are used in some espresso blends to provide a better foam head and to lower the ingredient cost.

At Voodoo Coffee Co, we make our blends using only highest quality 100% Arabica beans.

U@MQ goes Fairtrade

In 2008 Macquarie University students and staff participated in a Fairtrade event on campus. In less than four hours they collected over 862 signatures in favour of Fairtrade products on campus.

Buying Fairtrade Coffee helps ensure farmers earn enough to make a living and educate their children. We all can take action every day to make a real difference to people’s lives.

From 2009, the food service outlets at Macquarie University have adopted our Sacred Grounds Organic and Fairtrade certified coffee!
That makes Macquarie University the first university in Australia to offer a Fairtrade alternative.

In addition, they will soon expand their Fairtrade range of products to chocolate, syrups and sugar. They are also looking into being one of the first in Australia using recycled Takeaway Cups.

Let’s hope other Universities follow their footsteps!
To read more, go to U@MQ Website