One of the most popular regional coffee events just happens to be one built completely independently ”the North Central AeroPress Championship is back. This Sunday at 3 p.m. in Detroit, Michigan, Anthology Coffee (1401 Vermont […]
Colin Whitcomb Head of Training and Quality Control Madcap Coffee Co. Washington, D.C. What other coffee jobs have you had? Barista. Key Holder. Barista-comma-Trainer. At the company-formerly-known-as Alterra Coffee Roasters, Milwaukee, Wisconsin What’s your […]
Thursday Night Throwdowns ”lovingly referred to as TNTs ”have been a part of our coffee lives for so long now that there are lots of people who don’t even know where they came from. But […]
Jesse Myers Lead Roaster Quills Coffee Louisville, Kentucky What other coffee jobs have you had? Before Quills, I was the roaster and trainer for a small, campus coffeehouse and roastery named Barefoots Joe. It’s part […]
My buddy Teresa von Fuchs emailed me to tell us about a super cool project Irving Farm Coffee Roasters is doing right now: collaborating with the Portland, Maine-based Peak Organic Brewing Co. to create a […]
Beth Ann Caspersen Quality Control Manager Equal Exchange West Bridgewater, Massachusetts What other coffee jobs have you had? Equal Exchange; 15 years Organic Products Trading (now part of Coffee Holding), Vancouver, Washington; 1 year What’s […]
Hannah Popish Coffee Buyer’s Agent Counter Culture Coffee Durham, North Carolina What other coffee jobs have you had? This is my first… unless you count volunteering at a café called La Taza when I lived […]
It doesn’t always have to be about coffee, you know. People who love great coffee tend to share other interests, as well, we’ve found, be it music tastes, favorite books, and even games we love. […]
David + Mae Clark Founders, Tasters, and Writers Purista Coffee Co. Tacoma, Washington What other coffee jobs have you had? Mae’s first job, in 2007, was as a barista at a ‘coffee shop’ that was […]
Podcasts are seemingly made for baristas ”how cool is it to listen as you clean up at the end of a shift? We at Barista Magazine do most of our podcast listening while driving or […]
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