SCAA Seattle 2014

SCAA Symposium Fellowships: Apply Now

When the Specialty Coffee Association of America debuted Symposium a few years ago as an intense educational track to be held in conjunction with the annual SCAA Conference & Expo, reaction was mixed. While many […]

Caffeine Crawl

Caffeine Crawling in Sunny San Diego

I envy you ”you know who you are. You’re the people signed up to attend the Caffeine Crawl in San Diego on Saturday, January 25. Not only are you going to catch some serious Vitamin […]

Throwdowns

Arkansas Throws Down!

Editor’s note:  Our friends at Onyx Coffee Lab in Fayetteville, Arkansas, contacted us in November for support of their barista jam scheduled for mid-December, and of course we were totally stoked to help however we […]

Thursday Night Throwdown

Happy Holiday TNTs in the NW, SE, and NE!

For those of you who celebrate Christmas, it kind of means, whether you’re working or not, that it’s a whole holiday week ”this year, falling between December 23 and December 27. And even if you […]

Barista Nation

Barista Nation… Montreal!

We’re thrilled to spread the word that Barista Nation’s next locale is Montreal! We can’t wait to pop up north to this famous and beautiful city for what is one of our most beloved coffee […]

Cafe Imports Origin Trip - Kenya 2013

Café Imports Barista Origin Trip “ Kenya Day 3

The third day of the  Cafe Imports Barista Origin Trip kicked off this morning from the Outspan Hotel in Nyeri, Kenya as we all clambered aboard our souped-up LandCruisers and headed out for another day […]

Cafe Imports Origin Trip - Kenya 2013

Café Imports Barista Origin Trip “ Kenya Day 2

The group of barista champions, international coffee folks and locals loaded into our beefed up Toyota Landcruisers and headed north out of Nairobi. After sitting for hours the day before in the capital’s notorious gridlock, […]