Well it’s finally here. The first-ever WBC held in producing country is officially underway. The competition began at eight this morning and is scheduled to run through five this evening with 27 national champions taking […]
A staple of any WBC is the barista meet and greet party, so last night after the day wrapped up at the competition space, we boarded buses and headed across town. So sure, it wasn’t […]
The WBC is really underway today with judges’ calibration already happening in a room upstairs from the competition area, and all of the national champions are now here, and the official introductions have begun. This […]
So last night we were treated to a performance at the Juan Valdez theme park of its interpretive dance history of coffee. Then the FNC and The coffee council of Quindio hosted a dinner in […]
Sorry for the brevity of the prior post. Things move pretty fast around here. We split into two groups at the Bogota airport, and one group header to Perria, and the other, my group, jetted […]
Well it’s about five forty-five here in bogota and we’re at the airport ready to begin a truly unique experience for the WBC. Numerous barista champions and a few lucky guests, like myself, are taking […]
Announcement to the barista powers that be: No more events allowed between June 2 and June 5 ”got it? Not only is the World Barista Championship kicking off in Bogota, Colombia, on June 2 ” […]
The first installment of our new feature in the magazine “Countdown to Colombia” debuted in the Feb/March issue of Barista Magazine. Countdown will run through the June/July issue and this year’s World Barista Championship in […]
Hey, welcome to Monday! What an awesome week it’s going to be! Let’s all get pumped! And in case you thought it was going to be a quiet week for coffee, guess again! Check out […]
My apologies ”I posted about Raul earlier today but the internet was pretty spotty, so apprarently it didn’t post. But now I can say how amazing and wonderful the fact that a producing country won […]
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