Barista Magazine
USBC is here!
Ken and I just got back to the office from the Oregon Convention Center, where we dropped off the official USBC programs that Barista Magazine made, as the media sponsor of the United States Barista […]
Competitions
Competitions
Live, NOW!
It’s a long way from everywhere but they coffee is damn good! New Zealand National Barista Finals – http://www.mogulus.com/nzbc Winner is announced New Zealand time 5:30pm – can Carl Sara make it […]
Cafés
Liquid Swords Goes Public. Nelson Melo Too!
I took 6 hours today and I’m going to take 4 hours Saturday and serve Nelson Melo espresso and/or Liquid Swords to the public. Thur 2/26 I spent 6 hrs at our Humboldt Headquarters – […]
Travel
Coffee
Saturday News and Notes
A couple of newsworthy notes to pass along on a Saturday. First, the second-to-last regional for the USBC is underway in Atlanta this weekend. The Southeast Regional, won last year by Lem Butler (BMag’s June/July […]
Competitions
Two More Down, Two to Go
Two more U.S. Regional Barista Champions claimed their titles this weekend, Katie Duris of murky coffee in Arlington, Virginia won the Mid-Atlantic regional while Amber Sather of AMS in Brooklyn, New York, took home the […]
USBC 2009
Official USBC Website is UP!
Check it out here. And get your poking stick ready because open registration begins on February 4! In what looks to be some of the busiest days in U.S. barista competition history, we still have […]
National Barista Championships
Aussies Online
Hey State-siders: did your date for Saturday night cancel? No problem! You’ve got better things to do with your time anyway! Like watch the Finals of the Australian Barista Champonship live online! The winner gets […]
Competitions
Keeping It In The Family
The amazingly talented David Makin, 2006 & 2008 Australian Barista Champ and 2nd place finisher at the 2008 World Barista Championship, is taking a year off from competing. But just because he’s stepping out of […]
Competitions
If It's Not Scottish, It's Crap!
Yes, the regional barista competitions are in full swing here in the States, but we’d be remiss not to mention some results from around the world. Today I just read about the Scottish Regional in […]