Barista Jams and Events
La Marzocco Out of the Box Berkeley
What a week I had last week in the San Francisco Bay Area! I flew from Portland, Ore., to Berkeley, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 16, to get a lot of work done ”Fancy Food, meetings […]
Events
Barista Jams and Events
Line-ups/Showdowns
Some super fun events coming up! Next week in Berkeley, Calif., I’ll be attending the La Marzocco Out of the Box Event. Here’s the schedule for it, Jan. 18 “19. LMOOB Event Schedule Then in […]
Barista Jams and Events
Manual Brew Fun in January
Yawn, yawn, yawn? Winter break is over, people! Time to get crankin into the new competition season. There’s a bonanza of coffee centric competitions starting up this month and continuing into next ”be sure to […]
Barista Jams and Events
La Marzocco Out of the Box is California Bound!
I’m so excited about the La Marzocco Out of the Box event that’s going to take place in Berkeley, Calif., January 18-19. I’m totally gonna be there ”wouldn’t miss it. La Marzocco started having the […]
Barista Jams and Events
Next Best to Being There
Thanks to my pal Danny G from Local 123 in Berkeley for sharing this sweet video about the slammin jam they had at the cafe last week. Lots of familiar faces, and lots of new […]
Coffee Fest Seattle
Great Latte Art Competition Video!
So everyone in the coffee industry is pretty used to mainstream media over simplifying the coffee story ”so I was pretty stoked to see this video from Evening Magazine today. David from Coffee Fest forwarded […]
Coffee Fest Seattle
Coffee Fest Seattle!
We’re still reeling from a wonderful show in Seattle this past weekend, in the form of the always busy and fun Coffee Fest Seattle. This year’s installment was even busier than ever ”seriously, when I […]
Coffee Fest Seattle
Seattle Activities This Weekend: Scavenger Hunt and Parties!
Another Coffee Fest Seattle is upon us, it seems, and not a moment too soon! Coffee Fest Seattle is just the most awesome show for indie cafe retailers that we know of: accessible, great products […]
Baristas
What Inspires Us
A NOTE FROM RHODE ISLAND… I had an email in my inbox from a woman, Holley Badger, whom I met in Rhode Island a few weeks ago when I was attending the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast (MANE) Artisan […]
Camp Pull-A-Shot
Camp Pull-A-Shot Video…
Jason Dominy, incoming Prez of the Barista Guild of America Executive Council, created this lovely and fun video that recaps the Camp Pull-A-Shot experience pretty awesomely. Thanks, Jason! Camp Pull-A-Shot 2010. What Did You Like […]