Article by Ashley Rodriguez Photos courtesy of Third Rail Coffee Most customers in our coffee shops wouldn’t describe coffee as inherently sweet. However, as coffee professionals, sweetness is something we look for in coffee […]
The Guatemalan road trip continues in New York next week with two cuppings of the spectacular microlot coffees on offer from TostadurÃa Guatemalteca Lab (TG-LAB) and Mayaland Coffee. You may recall our write-up about […]
Our dear old coffee friend Dan Griffin contacted us recently about a new project he’s involved with: bringing top Guatemalan coffees to Portland (and later on, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago ”stay tuned!). Dan’s […]
José de la Peña BARISTA CHAMPION OF GUATEMALA Barista Mag: Before coffee, did you work in a different job or industry, or what did you study in school? José: I studied Industrial Engineering BMag: How […]
For a while there, it looked like Guatemala wouldn’t have a barista championship this year… which sucked especially hard since the reigning World Barista Champion is from Guatemala! When the national organizing committee wasn’t able […]
When my friend, Ginger Gerhart of Ghirardelli, told me she was going to Guatemala for the International Women in Coffee Alliance’s (IWCA) annual conference, I asked if she wouldn’t mind sending me some photos and […]
Everyone and their grandmother likes Raul Rodas; he’s just one of those guys. Actually, he’s unique in how beloved he is in this coffee industry. But there’s no big secret reason for it ”he’s kind […]
Raul Rodas, who placed 2nd in the 2010 World Barista Championship, didn’t let a little thing (insert sarcasm) like having his competition gear and coffees held up in customs hold him back: when his gear […]
My apologies ”I posted about Raul earlier today but the internet was pretty spotty, so apprarently it didn’t post. But now I can say how amazing and wonderful the fact that a producing country won […]
#47: BARISTA CHAMPION OF GUATEMALA ”RAUL RODAS Raul is back this year after a tremendous showing in Copenhagen at the World Barista Championship in 2008. He has practiced hard for this second chance, and it […]
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