Locales

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Colombia

WBC coffee tour

May 30, 2011 baristamagazine Comments Off on WBC coffee tour

Sorry for the brevity of the prior post. Things move pretty fast around here. We split into two groups at the Bogota airport, and one group header to Perria, and the other, my group, jetted […]

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Colombia

WBC week underway

May 30, 2011 baristamagazine Comments Off on WBC week underway

Well it’s about five forty-five here in bogota and we’re at the airport ready to begin a truly unique experience for the WBC. Numerous barista champions and a few lucky guests, like myself, are taking […]

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Chicago

Counter Culture Opens in Chi-Town

April 22, 2011 Sarah Comments Off on Counter Culture Opens in Chi-Town

Counter Culture Coffee just opened a new regional training center in Chicago! This is pretty awesome. As anyone seasoned in the coffee industry knows, there’s a ton of growth in the Great Lakes region of […]

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Competitions

NERBC Rocks! A Report by Michelle Foster

April 11, 2011 baristamagazine Comments Off on NERBC Rocks! A Report by Michelle Foster

The final 2011 regional just wrapped up, effectively launching the competition season to the United States Barista Championship (USBC) in Houston (t minus-two weeks and counting). The Northeast Regional, hosted graciously by Dallis Bros. Coffee, […]

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Competitions

NERBC ”Last Regional before the USBC!

April 7, 2011 Sarah Comments Off on NERBC ”Last Regional before the USBC!

Tomorrow will be a momentous day ”the start of the final Regional Barista Competition (RBC) of 2011, leading up to the United States Barista Championship (USBC) in Houston April 28 “May 1! I won’t say […]

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Competitions

Japanese Latte Art Championship

March 15, 2011 Sarah 1

I’m happy to share some good news from Japan. This competition took place before the incredibly tragic earthquake and tsunami last week, of course. Mr. Ueno from Japan emailed Richard from Espresso Supply these photos, […]