Coffee
Keeping Up With Kyle
I feel like a kinda loser that I’m only just now figuring out what the Black Cat Project is. Note: it is not this: I remember seeing this tricked out Kees at Intelligentsia’s SCAA booth […]
World Barista Championship
WBC Japan 2007
Bruised Reg
I think I’ve been in a bit of a bubble. I say this because I’ve recently discovered the true joy of a simple piece of equipment that many, many baristas have been using for a […]
Coffee
One Brit + One Norwegian + One Irishman = One Square Mile
It was really fun having James and Anette and Stephen in Portland during their rock star tour of West Coast coffee scenes earlier this summer. Here we all are hanging with Michael Brooks at the […]
Coffee
A Question of Priorities
So I’ve been back from Tokyo for 48 hours or so now, and in that span of time I’ve enjoyed a lovely pot of Stumptown’s new Hondouran Finca El Puente Matilda, a Tanzanian from Batdorf, […]
WBC Japan 2007
Kompai! – WBC Tokyo Shout Outs (Updated)
The little guys pictured about are Jizo, the Japanese patron saint of children and travelers, and as all the people who made the 2007 WBC such a success head home, we wish them all safe […]
WBC Japan 2007
James Hoffmann, World Barista Champion
James Hoffmann, the barista champion of the United Kingdom, is now the barista champion of the world. James is a terrific person, a great barista and will surely be a wonderful ambassador for specialty coffee […]
WBC Japan 2007
WBC Day 3 – The Finals
Well it’s no surprise by now, the day after the WBC came to a close, who won. But it may be a surprise for those of you who weren’t able to be here in Tokyo […]
WBC Japan 2007
More photos from the WBC are on their way!
Ken is getting his beauty sleep right now, after a late night partying with this guy: That’s the very handsome and amazing Luis from the Salvadoran coffee council, by the way. Luis is one of […]
WBC Japan 2007
It's Hoffmannia!!!
James Hoffmann, the barista champion of the United Kingdom, claimed the World Barista Championship in Tokyo today! Congratulations, James! James edged out American barista champion Heather Perry for the title, while New Zealand’s Carl Sara […]
WBC Japan 2007
2007 WBC Finalists
Wow! One way or another, the barista world will not be the same after tomorrow. This year’s finalists are Heather Perry from the United States, James Hoffmann of the United Kingdom, Silvia Magalhaes from Brazil, […]