Japan
I said, “Finish it!”
This story has been making the rounds. You can read it here, here or here. Here’s the gist of it: a restaurant called Hachikyo, in Sapporo, Japan has started fining customers who don’t finish their […]
Locales
Barista Jams and Events
Coffee Is for Lovers: L.A. Valentine’s Day Crawl
What could be more romantic than grabbing your sweetie’s hand and heading out to frolic in the Los Angeles sunshine visiting some of the city’s highest quality and most talked about coffeehouses? That’s what the […]
Central America
Rust Wreaks Havoc
The science journal, Nature, takes a look at the explosion of coffee rust, or roya, in Central America. The longterm damage will be devastating. From the story: The latest outbreak may halve the 2013 “14 […]
Canada
A Note to Our Canadian Subscribers
Dear Canadian Subscribers, Due to an error at our printer’s with their labeling system, a number of copies of the August + September 2012 issue of Barista Magazine destined for our great subscribers in Canada […]
Baristas
Memories of Moscow
I can’t believe it’s almost time for me to head back to Portland, Ore. — my flight leaves on Thursday morning, and by air travel magic, I return to Portland a few hours later on […]
Baristas
Coffee Mania Moscow!
Day two (for me anyway ”I’m here in Moscow for the last half of team one’s adventure, and the beginning half of team two’s), anyway, so day two began with sunshine! These Latin baristas ”Raul, […]
Baristas
Soyuz Coffee Roasting Rocks Red Square, with Barista Champions!
Just hours ago, I arrived from the United States to Moscow ”my second trip to this amazing, beautiful and totally wild city. I’m here almost one year exactly from when I first visited, and for […]
Friends
Stumptown Makes History (Again)
The great folks at Stumptown have supported our efforts with Barista Magazine since day one ”I remember way back in 2004 when I first told Stumptown owner Duane Sorenson about wanting to start a magazine […]
Russia
Barista Champs To Take Over Red Square!
For the second year in a row, Soyuz Coffee Roasting (SCR) will host National Barista Champions during the annual Spasskaya Tower international military music festival in a feature area called the Specialty […]
B.C.
Virginia-Chicago-Vienna-Vancouver!
Hi folks! Hope everyone’s enjoyed a quiet few weeks since the big SCAA conference in Portland ”not to mention the United States Barista Championship, where this girl took the crown: I don’t know about you, […]