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Rwanda Barista Championship

March 12, 2009 Sarah Comments Off

I was so stoked to get to travel to Kigali, Rwanda, last month to attend the East African Fine Coffee Association conference and also lend a hand to Sanders and Shane in the production of […]

Wow, these have been some busy recent weeks for all of us, including the crew here at Barista Magazine. I just returned from a two-week trip in Africa where I attended the first-ever Rwanda Barista […]

Maybe this can get us all to Tacoma?

January 8, 2009 Ken Comments Off

As I-5 lays impassable under 20 miles of water, some folks from Portland have managed to book flights into SeaTac and Horizon Airlines has added additional flights to try ferry more passengers back and forth […]

Hola from El Salvador!

October 29, 2008 baristamagazine Comments Off

Question, what’s even better than visiting a beautiful coffee farm? The people you meet? Well it’s true. They were pretty great. We hiked through the coffee plants, down a steep grade to a beautiful waterfall. […]

The 'spro down in chi' town was a hit!

October 9, 2008 scottlucey Comments Off

Thanks to all who participated, volunteered, and helped put on the October 4 ‘spro down in chi’ town, hosted by Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea. Thank you Doug Zell for your key note speech and […]

Off to Colombia!

September 29, 2008 Sarah Comments Off

Early tomorrow morning, I’m flying to Colombia. I’m going with a crew from Sustainable Harvest, to their annual event, Let’s Talk Coffee. I’m literally going with them — I think about five of us are […]

Parents of Champion/Cover Boy

September 24, 2008 Sarah Comments Off

I absolutely love it when parents of our writers and subjects contact me for a copy of the issue of Barista Magazine that their kid was in — it happens a LOT, and usually those […]

Best Guy of CF Seattle Award Goes to Hiroshi Sawada

September 15, 2008 Sarah Comments Off

We’re just back from another fun-filled Coffee Fest Seattle and Millrock Latte Art Championship, presented by Barista Mag, Nuova Simonelli and Dillanos Coffee. What a weekend! We had such a blast hangin with friends from […]

Barista Fest Seattle!

September 10, 2008 Sarah Comments Off

I was pretty darn weary when I got home from Mexico late, late Sunday night. But after some a couple of days of snuggles from my dog and getting caught up on my work, I’m […]

Aleli Moreno Labastida, Mexican Barista Champion!

September 6, 2008 Sarah Comments Off

Congratulations to Aleli Moreno Labastida, the new Mexican Barista Champion! Aleli is the first woman to ever win Mexico’s national barista title! At once professional and adorable, Aleli won with a whopping score of 604 […]