By Claire Reilly

Coffee lovers braved the cold in Sydney yesterday to head down to The Rocks Aroma Festival — a day of coffee tasting, demonstrations and celebrations of all things coffee on the edge of Sydney Harbour.

In amongst the artisanal coffee producers, accessories and chocolate stalls, Breville treated festival attendees to hot cups of coffee brewed from their range of machines, as well as demonstrations of the products themselves.

The standout at Breville’s tent was the new Oracle combined automatic-manual coffee machine. Breville staff were on hand to show the ins and outs of the new appliance, while interested festival-goers were able to see the inner workings of the machine and taste the final coffee that the Oracle produced. The new range of Brevilled-branded Nespresso machines were also on show, with the new Breville U catching the attention of capsule fans.

Queues at the Breville stand at The Rocks Aroma Festival in Sydney.

The Breville stand in action.

Guests were given a demonstration of the new Oracle espresso machine from Breville.

The inner workings of the Oracle on show.

Coffee with a view: the Breville Nespresso co-branded machines.