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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Regional Barista Competitions

Alex of The Fresh Pot Wins NWRBC!

January 12, 2009 Sarah Comments Off on Alex of The Fresh Pot Wins NWRBC!

It’s funny seeing all the news on my browser this morning about the best dressed at the Golden Globes, because Alex sorta brought our coffee world to that plane when he wore Prada in the […]

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Scenes from the NWRBC

January 10, 2009 Sarah Comments Off on Scenes from the NWRBC

First of all, congrats to the finalists! Dillanos has done a super job with the Northwest Regional Barista Competition, and all these guys are grateful, to say the least… From left: Kevin from Albina Press, […]

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Regional Barista Competitions

OMG

January 9, 2009 Sarah Comments Off on OMG

This by January Vawter, barista extraordinaire for Blend in PDX, originally posted to Barista Exchange. I’m finishing some editing and then hitting the road! Here’s to hoping it doesn’t take forever in traffic. But of […]

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Cafés

Big Changes for Jon Lewis

December 11, 2008 Sarah Comments Off on Big Changes for Jon Lewis

I love this photo of Jon, which I took when I was in Idaho visiting him and reporting on him for the August/September 2007 cover feature in Barista Magazine. It’s taken at the precarious dock […]

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Food and Drink

Happy Thanksgiving From Barista Magazine

November 28, 2008 Sarah Comments Off on Happy Thanksgiving From Barista Magazine

We’re still coming out of our Thanksgiving feast food coma today, Friday, which is why we’re late in saying happy Thanksgiving! I am especially thankful for Kyle because he used his mad cooking skillz to […]

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Cafés

This is How They Do it in Indy

November 13, 2008 Sarah Comments Off on This is How They Do it in Indy

Specialty coffee in Indianapolis? Yeah, you heard me. Because of people like the awesome BJ Davis, owner of B-Java Coffee & Tea, specialty coffee lovin’ is on the rise in Indy. It’s so popular, in […]

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Barista Jams and Events

Barista Bash in Charlotte!

November 3, 2008 Sarah Comments Off on Barista Bash in Charlotte!

Our friend, Jason Dominy, who is the director of training and knowledge for Dilworth Coffee in Charlotte, N.C., is getting super pumped for his company’s event this weekend, November 7 “9! The learnin’ part will […]

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Cafés

Sweden & El Salvador

October 28, 2008 Sarah Comments Off on Sweden & El Salvador

Two of our favorite countries have been the focus of the last week and also this week: Five wonderful friends from Sweden came to Portland to spend three days exploring the coffee culture of our […]

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Barista Magazine

Who's this dude?

October 16, 2008 Sarah Comments Off on Who's this dude?

If you haven’t ever met him, let me introduce you to Mike White. Mike ”of Gimme! Coffee in New York, is the cover boy in the new issue of Barista Magazine, our October/November pub. I’m […]