Former Otane resident Tyler Ritchie's love of coffee has taken her across the globe, resulting in second place in a coffee roasting competition in China.
She entered the Australian National Roasting Competition earlier this year and came seventh. That placing resulted in an invitation to Nanjing in China to take part in the Innovation in Origin coffee competition.
The top 30 Chinese competitors from 200 took part, along with six competitors from regions around Australia, with Ritchie the only female out of those Australian competitors.
Ritchie came second overall and was blown away with the result.
"I was really proud to win for the women in the industry. And to have my boss there supporting me, I was stoked to do him proud too. The female Chinese roasters were massive fan girls which was pretty overwhelming but it was a good feeling that I could inspire them.