Central America
Rust Wreaks Havoc
The science journal, Nature, takes a look at the explosion of coffee rust, or roya, in Central America. The longterm damage will be devastating. From the story: The latest outbreak may halve the 2013 “14 […]
Year: 2013
Barista Gear
I’m In Linea-Love with You
When Whitney Cornell of La Marzocco first told me about the Linea Love concept that the company was launching to promote the next generation Linea, which will debut at the SCAA show in Boston on […]
Competitions
Northwest Regional Barista Comp & Brewers Cup OFFICIAL SCHEDULE
Hey homies! Can you believe the Northwest Regional Barista Competition is this weekend? Holy tamales! We’re so excited. Our intrepid field reporter Michelle Foster has been sending us chronicles from previous regionals, the Southeast and […]
Coffee Fest
Latte art tête-à -tête in New York!
Coffee Fest’s Latte Art Competitions are some of the most fun games around ”they’re pretty friendly, low stress, and the prize money is BIG TIME! Check out the bracket below to see who will be […]
Competitions
Big Central Barista Comp and Brewers Cup Winners!
Michelle Foster, who is a regular contributor to Barista Magazine, was at the Big Central Regional Barista Competition this weekend in Kansas City. Besides writing about the event for the April/May issue of our magazine, […]
Competitions
Big Central Barista Competition Finalists!
The Big Central is Big Time exciting! With two regionals for the price of one (South Central and North Central) the audience gathered at the event hosted by PT’s Coffee and Kaldi’s Coffee will get […]
Cafe Imports Origin Trips
Breaking: Café Imports to Take Winning Baristas to Kenya
Barista Magazine is proud to break the news that leading specialty coffee importer Café Imports will round out its three-year program as the World Barista Championship (WBC)/U.S. Barista Championship (USBC)/Regional Barista Competition (RBC) Origin Trip […]
Uncategorized
The Colin Harmon Interview Uncut
As we put the finishing touches on the February/March 2013 issue of Barista Magazine, I find I’m not ready to say goodbye to December/January 2013 issue cover-boy Colin Harmon just yet. We received quite a […]