Barista Gear
12 Months of Champions
It’s not like James and Anette are very busy running one of the best specialty coffee companies in the world or anything… I’m sure they were just hemming and hawing about what to do with […]
People in Coffee
Friends
Screening: Colombia, in Portland
Stumptown Coffee Roasters, which is based here in Portland, Ore., is known for the stunning films it’s had created of source trips through Africa, Central and South America. Trevor Fife, who ”along with Autumn Campbell […]
Contests
Stumptown Photo Contest!
Our friends at Stumptown Coffee are hosting a cool contest right now on Facebook that you should totally check out and enter! Deadline is October 16, so get on it NOW! Here are the details: […]
Baristas
A Great Barista, Lost
Brian Fairbrother ”one of the longest-time barista fixtures in Seattle ”died on Thursday after sustaining head injuries in a bike accident that occurred on August 30. A barista with Vivace since 1989, Brian was beloved […]
Friends
Fireworks are Stupid!
Ken and I thought we had it bad last night on the 4th of July when the constant barrage of fireworks put us on edge for hours, worrying that Barista Magazine Staff Pets would be […]
Baristas
“And we (DO) care about the young folks…”
Man, even though that Peter Bjorn & John song (2007) was nearly ruined by manic radio play, it’s still a delight. And it’s what I had playing in my head in San Diego at Coffee […]
Baristas
PT’s ”Doing the Right Thing Comes Naturally
PT’s Coffee in Kansas is one of Barista Magazine’s oldest coffee friends ”literally and figuratively: we’ve been pals since before Ken and I even started the mag, when I worked for another coffee magazine, and […]
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 […]
Baristas
Hat v. Hairnet
The New York Times has a photo essay up today featuring a number of baristas in the city and the chapeaus they don. Why so many baristas in hats? Well because the city health department […]
Baristas
Cafe Imports to Send Baristas on Origin Trip!
Some people ”some companies ”really believe in baristas. They read the passion and enthusiasm for which the best baristas are known as a sign of not only the present, and how great these baristas are […]