WBC Vienna 2012
More from WBC, Day 1
The day is moving right along. Some snafus, as always — poor Raul, the Guatemala Champion, is still waiting to for his gear to arrive, so he won;’t compete until Day 2 (Wednesday) of the […]
Articles by Sarah
WBC Vienna 2012
WBC Round 1, Day 1
It’s an exciting morning here in Vienna at the Wien Messe Congress Center, where the 2012 World Barista Championship has officially kicked off! All is running on schedule — so far, the Barista Champions of […]
WBC Vienna 2012
Welcome to Vienna, and the 2012 World Barista Championship!
What a beautiful city Vienna is ”we’re all so excited to be here for the 2012 World Barista Championship! After I arrived via Amsterdam in mid-afternoon, I met up with photographer extraordinaire, Amanda Wilson, and […]
Barista Nation
Barista Nation Tokyo!
I’m getting ready for a trip to Tokyo next week to join the Barista Nation team at the first ever Barista Nation Tokyo event! I almost said it was the first international Barista Nation, but […]
Cafés
Monkey Mocha Fantastique Premiere!
On April 14th, in Louisville, Kentucky, Sunergos Coffee will hosting the premiere of Monkey Mocha Fantastique, a latte art competition, and coffee sampling. Seriously, if Barista Nation Portland, and the Specialty Coffee Association of America/US […]
Friends
News from (the) Heart!
We’ve been enjoying some beautiful sunshine here in Portland, Oregon, the past few days, and lucky for us, it was bright and gorgeous this morning when Ken and I headed to Heart Coffee Roasters on […]
Women in Coffee
Hey Ladies…
We’ve got three amazing women on the cover of the new issue of Barista Magazine, and I want to tell you why we did it. I spent a lot of time talking to Anna, Sarah […]
Baristas
Big Competition Weekend!
We’re really excited about all the action scheduled to take place this coming weekend, beginning Thursday, Feb. 23. It’s barista competition buzz at its finest! First up: The 2012 Salvadoran Barista Championship, being held in […]
Chile
Dispatches from Chile
A longtime professional and personal friend of Ken’s, mine and Barista Magazine’s, Jose Cleofas Arreola emailed today with some news from the recent Barista Championship of Chile! Jose wrote to tell us that this first […]
Competitions
What’s up, Southeast?
From everything we can tell about the buzz surrounding the Southeast Regional Barista Competition ”which kicks off tomorrow in Atlanta ”is this mutha’s gonna be epic! There are 30–count ’em–30 competitors signed up for this […]