Events
London Latte Art Smackdown Series Heat 3!
STORY & PHOTOS BY KATE BEARD SPECIAL TO BARISTA MAGAZINE For the third week in a row, baristas got steamy after hours at Kaffeine in London. Of course, I’m talking about all the milk being […]
Locales
Moscow
Experts Gather for Epic Coffee Conference: Moscow Coffee & Tea Expo
From September 23 to 26, the second Moscow Coffee and Tea Expo (MCTE) took place at IEC Crocus Expo to great success, reenforcing the show’s position at the heart of the specialty coffee and tea […]
Community
Flat White Friday in L.A.
LA Coffee Club Launches Flat White Friday Looking for something to do this Friday in beautiful Los Angeles, California? We just heard from Adam at the LA Coffee Club about a cool, a conversation series […]
Moscow
Meet the Coffee Celebs To Appear at Moscow Coffee & Tea: Christopher Tara-Browne
The Moscow Coffee & Tea Expo always attracts some of the biggest names in specialty coffee, and this year will be no exception. The Moscow Coffee and Tea Expo will be returning to IEC Crocus […]
Baristas
Remembering Luis Lopez
I was traveling last week when I heard the heartbreaking news. Former Nicaraguan barista champion, and generally great person, Luis Lopez was killed in a motorcycle crash in his hometown of Managua on Saturday, August […]
New cafés
First Look: The New Coava Coffee
On Friday, I had the chance to drop by the new Coava Coffee location at 2631 SE Hawthorne in Portland for its grand opening. The new space is very cool and very different from Coava’s […]
Cafe Imports Origin Trip - Kenya 2013
A Conversation with a Kenyan Coffee Farmer
Recently one of our readers, tweeted a quote from my Field Report in the February + March 2014 issue on the Café Imports Origin Trip to Kenya. She tweeted, “Drink our good coffee,’ Mr Obobo […]
Cafés
Bogota Café Scene Growing Fast
I was in Colombia earlier this month working on a story for the April + May issue of Barista Magazine, and I had a few free hours in Bogota before my flight back to the […]
Ethiopia
Visit Ethiopia ”Literally Or Figuratively
I was excited when our friend and Barista Magazine contributor and copy editor Erin Meister introduced me to Sam Saverance recently because Sam is up to some really incredible coffee things. He’s bringing Ethiopia to […]
Colombia
Educational Coffee Videos from Colombia ”Free to View!
Publisher Kenneth R. Olson is headed to Colombia this weekend to conduct some research for an super interesting story we’re working on ”Ken’s been to Colombia a lot in the past: to cover the 2011 […]