Let’s Play Barista Magazine’s Humpday Giveaway! #55 (March 26, 2014 Edition)

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It’s that time of the week, folks, when the weekend is that much closer, and Humpday Giveaway is upon us. Welcome to this week’s amazing online trivia contest for all you awesome coffee people out there! And have we got an awesome prize for you!

Have you guys heard about Smart-Tamp yet? If you haven’t, get ready to hear the world chattering about it in no time. This new tamp concept comes from MG Coffee Tampers, and is totally cool because… it’s digital. It’s like the iPhone of tampers.

The Smart-Tamp digital tamper calculates the pressure with which you're tamping, and displays the number -- in LB or KG.
The Smart-Tamp digital tamper calculates the pressure with which you’re tamping, and displays the number — in LB or KG.

The Smart-Tamp digital espresso tamper shows you how hard your tamping with a super slick looking display in real time. All you do is shake the tamper to wake it up, then tamp to your desired pressure. The Smart-Tamp takes another mysterious element away from your espresso preparation. If you have your grinder dialed in, and your machine ready to go at optimum settings, it only makes sense that a tamper that can tell you exactly how much pressure you’re tamping with would offer insight and consistency, as well.

Yeah, yeah, it's got a pretty remarkable function. But c'mon, guys -- don't you think it's totally stylin, too?
Yeah, yeah, it’s got a pretty remarkable function. But c’mon, guys — don’t you think it’s totally stylin, too?

The Smart-Tamp retails for $139, but you folks playing Humpday Giveaway this week have a chance to win one! That’s pretty effing cool.

The Smart-Tamp comes with all kinds of options, such as what scale you want the pressure displayed in (above), size, and color. It comes with a curved base and a flat base, so you have those options from the get go!
The Smart-Tamp comes with all kinds of options, such as what scale you want the pressure displayed in (above), size, and color. It comes with a curved base and a flat base, so you have those options from the get go!

This isn’t some one-size-fits-all tamp either: you can choose the color (brown, blue or yellow); the size (58 mm, 53 mm, or 58.4 mm); and you can even choose if you want the pressure displayed in LB or KG. After we’ve determined the winner tomorrow, we’ll ask him/her to tell us the size, color, and scale they prefer, and the good folks at MG Coffee Tampers will ship one right out!

Which base shall I use today?
Which base shall I use today?

Oh, and you’re wondering about the base? They’ve got you covered there, too: every Smart-Tamp comes with both a flat and curved base in the box. And batteries (two CR2032 coin cells) are included!

What’s that you say? Enough talk, more playing to win? Well, right you are. So let’s get to it!

Before we get to the trivia question to which a correct answer will qualify you to win this awesome brew station, let’s run down the rules:

Humpday Giveaway Rules

”Answer the trivia question by referencing the  current issue of Barista Magazine. You can look at the whole issue for free online by going  HERE.

”Leave  your answer  plus your  FIRST and LAST names, as well as  your country of residence, in the blog comments section.

”Answers may be submitted between  7  a.m. PDT on Wednesday, March 26, 2014, through 6:59 a.m. PDT on Thursday, March 27, 2014.

”The names of those who submitted the correct answer will be entered into a drawing, and  Barista Magazine  will randomly select a name, which will be announced on Thursday, March 27, 2014 at 10 a.m. PDT right here on the  Barista Magazine  blog.

Now the big question:

Question: This issue features a preview article about the upcoming Specialty Coffee Association of Europe World of Coffee Show happening in Rimini, Italy, in June. Name two of the world coffee competitions that will take place at this event.

Think you know the answer? Then type it into the comments section below (along with your name and country of residence)!

Good luck, and thanks for playing Barista Magazine’s Humpday Giveaway! And c’mon, let’s give it up for Smart-Tamp ”what an awesome prize!

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208 Comments

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    And
    World brew cup championship
    Lamprinidis Stavros
    Greece

  4. World Barista Championship
    World Roast Coffee Championship

    Hugo Anibal Garcia Chiquito
    The Netherlands

  5. This tamper looks awsome!

    World Barista championship
    World brewers cup

    Vala stef
    London , UK

  11. 1.- World Barista Championship
    2.- World Brewer’s Cup

    Lynnette hope
    Portland Oregon USA

  12. The World Barista Championship.
    World Brewer’s Cup.

    Nate Glitman
    Michigan, USA

  17. World Barista Championship
    World Brewer’s Cup

    Monika Gieroszka
    Carrick on Shannon , Ireland

  21. The World Barista Championship and the World Brewer’s Cup will take place in Rimini!

    Christine Höhne

    Mannheim, Germany

  26. 1. World Barista Championship
    2. World Brewers Cup

    Zachary Cote
    California, USA

  29. World Barista Championship
    and World Brewers Cup

    Minnesota, USA
    (sorry I forgot the location above)

  34. The World Barista Championship and the World Brewers Cup

    Filip Stefanovic, Serbia

  35. * The World Barista Championship
    * The World Coffee Roasting Championship

    El Salvador

  36. 1) The World Barista Championship
    2) The World Brewer’s Cup

    Pete Southern, UK

  38. 1. World Barista Championship
    2. World Coffee Roasting Championship

    Antoinette Overton
    USA

  40. Tommy

    Barista with the world wide company
    Toby’s Estate Pty.
    Sydney , Australia.

    The answer are.
    1. World Barista Championship
    2. World Brewers cup

    Thanks !!

  42. World Brewers Cup
    World Coffee Roasting Championships

    Great mag

    Fionnuala , Ireland

  44. – The World Barista Championship
    *-The World Coffee Roasting Championship

    Berlin, Germany
    Alexey Karmanov

  46. 1 – World Barista Championship
    2 – World Coffee Roasting Championship

    Pieter Grobler, Owner @ The Grind Coffee Shop, Bloemfontein, South Africa

  48. 1.- World Barista Championship
    2.- World Brewer’s Cup

    Chris Cambell
    Leeds, England

  52. The 15th World Barista Championship
    World Coffee Roasting Championship
    World Brewers Cup

    Stewart Johnson
    England

  54. 1. World Barista Championship
    2. World Brewer’s Cup
    Alissa Mullen
    United States

    Thanks Smart Tamp!

  56. * The World Barista Championship
    * The World Coffee Roasting Championship

    good luck to everyone 🙂

    Loukas Avgeriou
    Greece

  58. 1.- World Barista Championship
    2.- World Brewer’s Cup

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    México city, México

  60. – World Barista Championship
    – World Brewer’s Cup Championship

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    Denmark

  66. World Barista Championship
    World Brewer’s Cup Championship

    Lyndsay Kelly
    USA

  68. 1 The World Barista Championship
    2 The World Coffee Roasting Championship

    Juan Ariza
    USA

  69. World Barista Championship
    World Brewer’s Cup Championship

    Lindsay, ON, Canada

  75. World Brewers Cup
    World Barista Championship

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    Bogotá – Colombia

  79. World Barista Championship and World Brewer’s Cup Championship.

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    USA

  81. World Barista Championship
    World Brewer’s Cup Championship

    Marc-Antoine Lajoie
    Canada

  83. Hi all !!

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    World Brewer’s Cup Championship

    Alessio troia
    Red house roasters
    USA

  89. World Barista Championship
    World Brewers Cup

    Gergely Salfai-Kovács
    Hungary

  90. The World Barista Championship and The World Brewers Cup Championship.

    Christopher Plemmons
    Michigan, USA

  92. – World Brewers Cup
    – World Coffee Roasting Championship

    Whitney MacDonald , Canada

  100. 1) World Barista Championship

    2) World Brewers Cup

    Ronnie Burdette

    Starkville, MS
    USA

  101. World Barista Championship and World Brewers Cup

    Andrew McCaslin
    Canyon, Tx, USA

  103. It is the World Barista Championship & the World Brewers Cup Championship.

    Cheers BMag 🙂

    Piotr Kurzyna,
    Poland.

  105. 1.)The World Barista Championship
    2.) The World Coffee Roasting Championship

    Randall Jackson
    Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

  107. World Barista Championship
    World Brewer’s Cup Championship

    Iain Ballantine, UK

  110. World barista championship
    World brewers cup

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    Brooklyn, NY
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  114. World Coffee Roasting Championship and the World Brewers Cup.

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    Robert Willrich
    Germany

  116. World Barista Championship
    World Brewers Cup

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    Calexico, CA

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    The world brewers cup

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    Selangor, Malaysia

  120. The World Barista Championship and the World Brewers Cup

    Jacob Archer
    Seattle WA USA

  121. Here are my answers

    1. World Barista Championship
    2. World Brewers Cup

    Thanks barista mag!

    Olivier Pon Canada

  126. The World Barista Championship and the World Brewer’s Cup.
    Michael Antonopoulos
    Kavala,Greece

  127. World barista championship and world brewers cup championship.

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    Oakland, Ca

  130. World Barista Championship and World Brewers Cup

    Jason Chadney

    Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

  131. World Barista Championship
    World Coffee Roasting Championship

    Dennis Stolzenberger
    Berlin, GERMANY

  136. The World Barista Championship, and the World Brewers Cup!

    Samantha Mathers
    USA

  138. World Barista Championship
    World Brewers Cup Championship

    Luis Alvarado
    Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, USA

  140. My answer:

    The world brewers cup championship and the world barista championship !

    Thanks !

    Liam,
    Canada

  142. 1. World Barista Championship
    2. World Brewers Cup

    Sabrina Wertheim
    Hawaii, USA

  143. World Coffee Roasting Championship
    World Brewers Cup Championship

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    These United States of America

  144. World Barista Championship
    World Brewer’s Cup Championship

    Kristen Hunter
    Edinburgh, Scotland

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    Estonia

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    World Brewers Cup Championship

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    USA USA USA

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    Athens Greece

  154. 1) World Barista Championship
    2) World Brewer’s Cup

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    USA (Kansas!!)

  157. The World Barista Championship and the World Brewer’s Cup.

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    Chicago, IL

  158. The World Barista Championship and the World Brewer’s Cup, please and thank you for this amazing tamper. I got a Silvia at home and need a better tamp.

    Tracy Lopez
    Chicago, IL

  161. Two of the world coffee competitions that will take place at the upcoming Specialty Coffee Association of Europe World of Coffee Show happening in Rimini, Italy are the World Barista Championship and the World Brewer’s Cup!

    James McCormack USA

  163. The World Brewers Cup, and the World Coffee Roasting Championship!

    Trenton Jackson, USA

  164. The World Barista Championship and the World Brewer’s Cup.
    Michael Storvick. United States of America.

  166. The World Barista Championship and the World Brewer’s Cup.
    Marcin Filipczuk
    USA

  185. The World Barista Championship and the World Brewers Cup.

    Dom Ormsby
    England, UK

  186. World Barista Championship and World Brewer’s Cup

    Stephanie Morris

    USA

    Thank you!

  189. World Barista Championship
    World Brewer’s Cup

    Dimitris Zoumpoulakis
    Greece

  193. World barista championship
    World coffee roasting championship

    Henrik Larsson
    Boden, Sweden

  195. World Barista Championship
    World Coffee Roasting Championship

    Ciara Thaley
    United States

  196. World Barista Championship
    World Coffee Roasting Championship

    Susan Dalke
    Fort Collins, CO
    USA

  198. I loved this month’s issue – keep it up!

    Answer:
    World Barista Championship and World Coffee Roasting Championship

    -Shannon Daniels, USA

  203. World Barista Championship
    World Coffee roasting Championship

    Delphine Besnard
    France

  204. The world brewers cup and the world coffee roasting championship.

    Andrea Escobar
    France

  207. The World Barista Championship and the World Brewer’s Cup.

    Erika Vonie
    USA

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