Happy Sunday, everyone, and what a nice Sunday it is: most of you reading this have tomorrow off as Labor Day holiday, so the weekend’s far from over! If you missed any of the daily […]
From October 1 to 4 in Crocus Expo, The Coffee Box will host the Moscow Barista Championship 2014, master classes and lectures from highly skilled coffee professionals, tastings, experiments, and more! œWe are incredibly excited […]
We were asked recently if we should be going to Russia, and be promoting specialty coffee events there, if we are also supporters of gay rights given the new laws passed by the Russian government […]
Take me out to the ball game Take me out to the fair Buy me some peanuts and a pour-over… OK, so my quick rewrite of the song doesn’t work too well… But you get […]
The cat’s finally out of the bag! The Big Central Barista Competition ”hosted by Curtis and Cafe Imports in Minneapolis, Minnesota ”will be held October 25 “27. Both the South Central Barista Competition and Brewers […]
Yesterday’s Humpday Giveaway contest was kind of special: it requires a time and partial financial commitment, which is why we weren’t surprised to have fewer players than usual. We appreciate that you guys who did […]
Happy Humpday, everyone! Only a few days left until another glorious summer weekend! I loved summer so much as a kid because the season meant camp! I loved going to summer camp, playing horseshoes, singing […]
When my spirits are low, like they are this week from the untimely and incredibly tragic loss of not one but two incredible women from our barista community ”Christina Furr and Emelyne Smith ”I’m buoyed […]
I’m always excited at this time of year, because it’s when Nathan Howes of Billings, Montana, contacts me about the annual Montana Barista Jam he coordinates. I remember the first time Nathan emailed me ”it […]
My heart broke clear in half when I learned that bright, sweet Emelyne Smith had taken her own life last Wednesday in New York City. She was only 31 years old. I got to know […]
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