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.

Line-ups/Showdowns

January 14, 2011 Sarah Comments Off

Some super fun events coming up! Next week in Berkeley, Calif., I’ll be attending the La Marzocco Out of the Box Event. Here’s the schedule for it, Jan. 18 “19. LMOOB Event Schedule Then in […]

We win! Barista Mag Wins Best Magazine for 2nd Year in a Row

January 4, 2011 Sarah 1

The gentlemen of Sprudge.com have just announced the winners of the 2010 Sprudgie Awards, and for the second year in a row, Barista Mag nabbed the prize for Best Magazine. We’re pretty darn honored. We […]

Coffee Photography Show by Stephen Vick in Portland, 1/7/2011

January 3, 2011 Sarah 2

I’m super sad to be saying farewell to my dear old friend, Stephen Vick, in one week. Stephen and I have been pals forever ”at least in coffee industry time. We met back in 2002 […]

The Hoff on Capps

December 30, 2010 Sarah Comments Off

We’ve really been enjoying the conversations and emails started by readers and friends over the series of milk essays we’ve had in Barista Magazine’s last few issues. It began with Jakob Dupont of Estate Coffee […]

Happy Holidays from Barista Magazine!

December 24, 2010 Sarah Comments Off

Happy holidays, readers! Thanks for making our jobs the best, most interesting and exciting we could ever hope for. We have the most intelligent and fun readers in specialty coffee, and we love you for […]

Coffee in Cameroon?

December 20, 2010 Sarah Comments Off

“White Material,” a film that was lauded at the Venice Film Festival, the Toronto Film Festival and other fests, has just landed in Portland, so I’m excited. Though the trailer shows that it’s not going […]

K-One: The Kronic & In Other News

December 13, 2010 Sarah 1

Seems the Coava Kone is on a lot of peoples’ minds these days… especially those of our far-flung friends ”that is to say, folks outside of the tiny land of Portland, where the Coava Kone […]

We Heart the Green Cafe Network

December 10, 2010 Sarah Comments Off

There’s a new nonprofit darling on the coffee industry scene, and we think they’re pretty great. Actually, they’re not that new: the Green Cafe Network has been around for a while, but they’re really gaining […]

La Marzocco Out of the Box is California Bound!

December 6, 2010 Sarah Comments Off

I’m so excited about the La Marzocco Out of the Box event that’s going to take place in Berkeley, Calif., January 18-19. I’m totally gonna be there ”wouldn’t miss it. La Marzocco started having the […]

Barista Mag Editorial Advisory Board

December 3, 2010 Sarah 8

Every two years, we change up our Editorial Advisory Board here at Barista Magazine. We bid a fond farewell to the roster of folks who have served us well, pitching ideas, giving me feedback on […]