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Biking To Work Is Great!

The few of you that may follow my personal blog are fully aware that I’m terrible at updating the thing. That isn’t to say that much has not happened to M’lissa and I since my last post. Hopefully you’ve all been following M’lissa’s new(ish) blog where she has been much better at reporting our adventures.
That’s […]

Good Morning, Day 2!

The sun’s back today, and it’s downright gorgeous outside but hey, guess what? It’s muggy as ever inside the convention space. Still, no one seems to mind because excitement levels are so high.

Today will be a big day with some heavy hitter competitors, including Australia, Mexico, the U.S. , and many more. Speaking of the […]

Home cupping

This morning I headed over to the city (SF, as I live in Oakland) to join my friend and co-worker Drew (USBC Finalist yeah!) to cup with some really good company and friends and coffee geeks Andrew Barnett and Chris Tacy.
I really enjoy their company, for real. Down to earth, opinionated with good reason, pleasant […]

more Milwaukee happenings

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I’m pretty pumped for this - I know there’ll be a cupping of coffees from Alterra, Anodyne, Intelligentsia, and Metropolis followed by the traditional latte art throwdown. Short and simple, but it’s surely enough to pass a night away, especially if there’s only one machine and 20 people throwing down, which I […]

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 […]

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

Ragu Bolognese

Congratulations to Chris Baca!
I was about to post this earlier, and I’m sure it will be buried by the posts from Sarah and Steve about the fantastic time they had this weekend at the WRBC 2008, but I can’t help myself.
The latest issue of one of my favorite magazines, Saveur, has dedicated a good part […]

Winning Women in Western Australia

The times they are a changin’…… the Australian Barista Championship has reached the half way mark, where last weekend in Perth, Western Australia the regional championship was held to find a representative from the west who will join 8 others at the ABC in Melbourne on May 3-4th.
I thought I’d post about it now because for […]

Can we stop talking about Starbucks already?

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: March 21, 2008 Filed at 6:51 a.m. ET SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Superior Court judge on Thursday ordered Starbucks Corp. to pay its California baristas more than $100 million in back tips and interest that the coffee chain paid to shift supervisors. San Diego Superior Court Judge […]

The Luck of the Irish

Well, actually, it’s not luck. It’s damn hard work, training and skill.
Congratulations, Stephen Morrissey. Irish Cup tasting Champion, Irish Latte Art Champion and now, newly crowned Irish Barista Champion.

Klaus Thomsen (WBC Champion 2006 & partner in the Coffee Collective) and Stephen Morrissey in Tokyo at WBC in 2007.
This is the first time that […]