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10 Minutes With Colin Whitcomb

Colin Whitcomb Head of Training and Quality Control Madcap Coffee Co. Washington, D.C.   What other coffee jobs have you had? Barista. Key Holder. Barista-comma-Trainer. At the company-formerly-known-as Alterra Coffee Roasters, Milwaukee, Wisconsin What’s your […]

10 Minutes With...

10 Minutes With Noah Namowicz

Noah Namowicz Director of International Sales Café Imports Minneapolis, Minnesota What other coffee jobs have you had? I was actually hired by Café Imports directly out of school at the University of St. Thomas in […]

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Barista Jams and Events

Manual Brew Fun in January

Yawn, yawn, yawn? Winter break is over, people! Time to get crankin into the new competition season. There’s a bonanza of coffee centric competitions starting up this month and continuing into next ”be sure to […]

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WBC Copenhagen 2008

Competitors #6 ”#10

#6 NATIONAL CHAMPION OF NORWAY CHRIS KOLBU Chris is super smooth from the very beginning, obviously well versed in his coffee origins and characters. Chris used two coffees, one in his espresso and one in […]

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WBC Japan 2007

Bruised Reg

I think I’ve been in a bit of a bubble. I say this because I’ve recently discovered the true joy of a simple piece of equipment that many, many baristas have been using for a […]