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Nordic Cup Finland 2008 canceled… but Iceland 2009 will be great!

We’re sad to share the news that the 2008 Nordic Barista Cup (NBC), scheduled to be held in Helsinki, Finland, in September, has been canceled. Barista Magazine and the Nordic Barista Cup have always shared a special relationship, as I debuted the idea for the magazine at the 2004 NBC in Iceland, and was given […]

Ms. Meister if You’re Nasty

(disclaimer, Sarah thought of the title for this post)
Once again the coffee scene in the Big Apple is getting huge props from the Grey Lady. This story from the New York Times about cupping features some of our favorite baristas in NYC with quotes from Erin Meister, Daniel Humphries, Mike White, Ed Kaufmann and […]

Hood River Barista Jam!

I waited a bit to post this because I wanted to make sure everyone had the opportunity to read all of Emily’s great post about her time in Wellington, New Zealand. If you missed it, it’s still here — just scroll down below my post.
SO! The First Annual Hood River Barista Jam was an enormous […]

Enn Zed Bee Cee

 Far far away towards the bottom of the earth is a lovely little city called Wellington (aka. Middle Earth) the capital of New Zealand, the town responsible for these two:
 
 and this year the home of the New Zealand Barista Championships.

Moi, and the 2008 Australian Barista Champion David Makin on top of Mt. Victoria overlooking Wellington.
Australia and […]

Do You Want the Rad News or the Ridiculous?

Let’s start with the rad. Our friends at Olympia Coffee Roasting Company—pssst! they’re the same guys as Espresso Parts!—just sent us the most bitchen photos of their new delivery system:

Here’s what they have to say about the bikes:
“Olympia Coffee Roasting Company is pleased to announce the arrival of our newest delivery vehicle. Olympia Coffee Roasting […]

Best Name Ever

Doing any sort of traveling demands many hours perusing the SkyMall catalog, and it’s always amazing just what is for sale at 30,000 feet. In previous years, hot dog cookers have been popular with multiple, competing versions available. This is one that our cat, Spacey, was lobbying for:

Lately, however, the SkyMall has been taken over […]

Keeping Up With Kyle

I feel like a kinda loser that I’m only just now figuring out what the Black Cat Project is. Note: it is not this:

I remember seeing this tricked out Kees at Intelligentsia’s SCAA booth — shit, it was sexy. But now that I’ve actually discovered the link—blackcatcoffee.com—I’m finally figuring out that it’s about much more […]

Sunday in Portland

So no, this is not a coffee related post, but it is a glimpse at life in one of specialty coffee’s hot spots, Portland, Oregon. Yesterday was a beautiful early summer day here in the Rose City. Earlier in the weekend, we had been roasted by temperatures in the high 90s, but by Sunday, things […]

Get Yer Coffee on in Hood River

Hood River, Oregon, is one of the reasons people come to our lovely state. Just a little over an hour outside of Portland, this dramatically beautiful spot is one of the top places to windsurf, wine taste and fruit munch — the apples, cherries and pears coming out of this valley are some of the […]

On Another Topic…

Ever wonder what the official food of women is? Turns out it’s yogurt!
Now I find this very funny since I eat yogurt quite a bit and Sarah hates it. But as the video makes clear that’s all because we’re misunderstand the marketers’ message. Sorry about that, marketers!

http://current.com/items/88941392_target_women_yogurt_edition