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USBC Houston 2011

USBC Final Standings

Final Round 1 ”Pete Licata, Honolulu Coffee Company, Honolulu, Hawaii ”658 2 ”Nikolas Krankl, Gelato Bar & Espresso Caffe, Los Angeles, California ”632.5 3 ”Ryan Knapp, MadCap Coffee Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan ”623 4 ”Trevor […]

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U.S. Brewers Cup Results!

6th place: Ben Kaminsky, Ritual 5th place: Jared Gum, Olympia Coffee 4th place: Stacey Wieck, MadCap 3rd place: Erin McCarthy, Gimme! 2nd place: Michael Cannin, Independent 1st place: Andy Sprenger, Caffe Pronto

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Pete Licata wins the USBC!!!

6th place: Kevin Bohlin, Ritual, San Francisco 5th place: Lorenzo Perkins, Caffe Medici, Austin, Texas 4th place: Trevor Corlett, MadCap, Grand Rapids, Michigan 3rd place: Ryan Knapp, MadCap Coffee, Grand Rapids, Michigan 2nd place: Nik […]

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USBC Finalists!!!!

Nik Krankl, Gelato Bar & Espresso Cafe, Los Angeles Ryan Knapp, MadCap, Grand Rapids, Michigan Kevin Bohlin, Ritual, San Francisco Lorenzo Perkins, Caffe Medici, Austin, Texas Trevor Corlett, MadCap, Grand Rapids Pete Licata, Honolulu Coffee […]

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SCAA Houston

USBC Semifinalists!

What a totally awesome group… Jared Truby, Verve Trevor Corlett, MadCap Ryan Willbur, Stumptown Par Brannen, Cafe Grumpy Ian Levine, Verve Lorenzo Perkins, Caffe Medici Kevin Bohlin, Ritual Tyler Stephens, BARISTA Laila Ghambari, Stumptown Devin […]

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SCAA Houston

USBC Starts Tomorrow in Houston!

Well, I can’t say I’m surprised, but Houston is a pretty weird place. Luckily, Ken and I found out just a few hours after arriving that our hotel is also the home to the Norwegian […]

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Chicago

Counter Culture Opens in Chi-Town

Counter Culture Coffee just opened a new regional training center in Chicago! This is pretty awesome. As anyone seasoned in the coffee industry knows, there’s a ton of growth in the Great Lakes region of […]

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Barista Nation!

Recently, our dear friend, and longtime coffee industry veteran, Anastasia Chovan ”who heads up marketing for Unic ”was excited to tell me about a new event for coffee professionals that Unic was helping to get […]