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.

Injerto Cerveza

February 7, 2011 Sarah Comments Off

Stumptown Coffee and Brooklyn’s Sixpoint Craft Ales are taking the beloved Finca El Injerto to a whole new level…

PT’s ”Doing the Right Thing Comes Naturally

February 3, 2011 Sarah 3

PT’s Coffee in Kansas is one of Barista Magazine’s oldest coffee friends ”literally and figuratively: we’ve been pals since before Ken and I even started the mag, when I worked for another coffee magazine, and […]

Coava Sweeps Northwest Barista Comp and Brewers Cup!

January 31, 2011 Sarah 1

The big news from this past awesome weekend in Tacoma, Wash., is that two amazing baristas from the itty-bitty boutique roaster, Coava ”based in Portland, Ore. ”took top honors in both the Northwest Regional Barista […]

Northwest Bound!

January 28, 2011 Sarah 1

Well, yeah, technically I am in the Northwest already. But today I’m leaving Portland, Ore., and heading up to Tacoma, Wash., to attend the Northwest Regional Barista Competition! The Northwest Regional, which is being super […]

La Marzocco Out of the Box Berkeley

January 24, 2011 Sarah 1

What a week I had last week in the San Francisco Bay Area! I flew from Portland, Ore., to Berkeley, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 16, to get a lot of work done ”Fancy Food, meetings […]

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 […]