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Tamper cozies to Em’s rescue!

Poor Emily Oak dropped her limited edition WBC Tokyo Reg tamper and scraped the luscious red paint. I feel for you, Em! But as Scott notes in the comments section, there is a creative and friggin adorable way for you and all other butterfingered baristas to protect your precious tamps! Jenny of Alterra is knitting […]

Bruised Reg

I think I’ve been in a bit of a bubble. I say this because I’ve recently discovered the true joy of a simple piece of equipment that many, many baristas have been using for a very long time, and I failed to pay much attention to, or take the opportunity to try myself until very recently.
Don’t […]

Meet Leah

I’ve talked about Leah a lot lately — in my letter from the editor in the August/September issue of Barista Magazine, and here on the blog — but I wanted those of you who don’t already know her to put a face with the name, so here she is, Leah Soenke Ruona, Barista Mag’s new […]

Espresso Parts & Olympia Coffee Roasting Co.

After a great time hanging with my friends at Batdorf & Bronson in Olympia — which was followed by a tee-rific lunch at Water Street (bomb pomme frites), Stephanie and Heather, both of Batdorf, took me over to the Espresso Parts & Olympia Coffee Roasting Co. compound. It was simply incredible, both the Espresso Parts […]

Batdorf & Bronson rock Atlanta

I just got back from a whirlwind trip up the road to Olympia (to see my friends at Batdorf & Bronson, where I did a photo shoot for the October/November issue of Barista Magazine; I also got to hang with the dudes and ladies at Olympia Coffee Roasting Company & Espresso Parts), to Burien (to […]

A New Specialty Drink

Let’s face the facts here:  We all drink a lot of coffee.  Whether we are participating in cuppings with our local roasters or enjoying a French pressed cup over a good book at home, there is a good amount of caffeine going into our bodies.  Caffeine is good in moderation, but if you are reading […]

Sydney Espresso

Well, hi there.
This is my first ever authorship in terms of blogging, so thanks so much to Sarah and Ken for allowing me to use their space to do so. I’ve got a few things I’d like to post about, but for now I’m going to give you what will probably end up a painfully […]

Countdown By M’Lissa

M’Lissa Muckerman, barista goddess at Octane in the ATL, sent the cutest thing ever to me and Ken today. See, M’Lissa and her man, Chris Owens, are once again headed to the Nordic Barista Cup next month, as are Ken and I, and we are all SO excited about it. We’re so excited about it […]

One Brit + One Norwegian + One Irishman = One Square Mile

It was really fun having James and Anette and Stephen in Portland during their rock star tour of West Coast coffee scenes earlier this summer. Here we all are hanging with Michael Brooks at the Mississippi Street Fresh Pot (yes, the one where they filmed that movie that’s coming out in September):

Anyway, so we’re working […]

Here’s a 25-year-old Hawaiian Organ Donor

It was a bit overcast in Portland today, and we’d finished a bit of wedding planning work, a perfect excuse to see a movie Sarah and I have been waiting for all summer.

We loved it. If you’re not easily offended (even if you are, really) you ought to see it. The adventures of best friends […]