NBC Iceland 2009
New NBC '09 Info Released
Often times with the Nordic Barista Cup, no one knows what’s going to happen at the event until it actually starts. Well, no one other than the organizers that is. This year, however, it seems […]
Month: August 2009
NBC Iceland 2009
New NBC ’09 Info Released
Often times with the Nordic Barista Cup, no one knows what’s going to happen at the event until it actually starts. Well, no one other than the organizers that is. This year, however, it seems […]
Retailing
My latest Guardian article
I sometimes freelance for The Guardian about coffee related issues, and my latest rant, this time on laptop use and free Wi-Fi in cafes, is up HERE. Interestingly, in writing this, I contacted James and […]
Coffee
News that maybe you can use
Some quick news items today from the world of coffee. Proving that the recession has not affected all sectors of the economy (or even all coffee retailers) equally, Peet’s coffee exceeded Wall Street’s predicted earnings. […]
Barista Jams and Events
Twin Cities Barista Jam!
I’m so heartened to see more specialty coffee importers getting on the pro barista bandwagon. It’s great to see folks all along the coffee chain appreciating and understanding that professional baristas are playing an enormous […]
Cafés
Dance, Monkey! Dance!
Our old friend, and chairman of the USBC, Nick Cho, recently had an op-ed in the Washington Post writing about his reaction to Starbuck’s not-a-Starbucks café in Seattle. He writes: So some people might assume […]
Barista Magazine
Aug/Sept '09 iMag Online Now
While your hard copy version is working its way through the press/postal system, the iMag version of the August/September issue just went live. In this issue you can read about: working with coffee growers in […]
Barista Magazine
Aug/Sept ’09 iMag Online Now
While your hard copy version is working its way through the press/postal system, the iMag version of the August/September issue just went live. In this issue you can read about: working with coffee growers in […]
Baristas
The Three Bs
Time Out New York says the market (and the public’s perception) is rapidly changing for three hot jobs. Before they were the object of magazine profiles and reality shows, chefs were considered little more than […]
Coffee
What's Up in Ethiopia?
Last August, the Ethiopian government mandated that all coffee must be traded through the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX), eliminating direct trade with specialty coffee producers. In a recent paper, a writer in the Ethiopian Review […]