Thursday Night Throwdown

Party On, Nebraska Barista Association!

Editor’s note: Kait Berreckman of Beansmith Coffee in Omaha contacted me in June to tell me about the Nebraska Barista Association‘s Thursday Night Throwdown (TNT) scheduled for July 18, and I was psyched! I wanted […]

Cupping

Rocky Mountain Coffee-High

My pal Josh Taves of Dogwood Coffee just wrote to tell me about a really cool event that’s set for July 20 in Thornton, Colorado: It’s All About Coffee Lecture & Forum! Hosted by the […]

Barista Gear

Coffee Paddles By Emily

I love how in the coffee industry, you meet creative people through creative people, like we’re all connected somehow, you just have to unearth the ties that bind us. Daniel Thompson of Buttondown Photography shot […]

Competitions

Why I Judge: An Essay by Christine Goepfert

Editor’s note: When Christine contacted me with the idea of writing for Barista Magazine about why she finds it not only interesting and fun, but also extremely educational to judge barista competitions, I was excited. […]