Articles by Sarah

About Sarah
Sarah Allen (she/her) is co-founder and editor of Barista Magazine, the international trade magazine for coffee professionals. A passionate advocate for baristas, quality, and the coffee community, Sarah has traveled widely to research stories, interact with readers, and present on a variety of topics affecting specialty coffee. She also loves animals, swimming, ice cream, and living in Portland, Oregon.
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Friends

News from (the) Heart!

April 10, 2012 Sarah Comments Off on 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 […]

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Women in Coffee

Hey Ladies…

April 2, 2012 Sarah 4

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 […]

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Baristas

Big Competition Weekend!

February 21, 2012 Sarah 1

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 […]

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Chile

Dispatches from Chile

February 15, 2012 Sarah 1

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 […]

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Competitions

What’s up, Southeast?

February 9, 2012 Sarah Comments Off on 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 […]

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Barista Nation

What’s up, 2012?

January 3, 2012 Sarah Comments Off on What’s up, 2012?

Hey hi ho! Welcome to 2012, which we at Barista Magazine can promise is going to be chock full of awesomeness of the coffee variety! One of the big reasons I’m confident in saying that […]