Cup of Excellence
Nica Nica Nica
It’s really nice to be back in Nicaragua — what a warm, welcoming country. Today was Day 1 of the ”get this ” 50th Cup of Excellence competition. It’s a big deal competition with an […]
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WBC Atlanta 2009
2009 WBC Ranking Order
Finals Round 1 Gwilym Davies, UK, 623 2 Sammy Piccolo, Canada, 619.5 3 Michael Phillips, United States, 618.5 4 Colin Harmon, Ireland, 572 5 Lee Jong Hoon, Korea, 542 6 Attila Molnar, Hungary, 535.5 Preliminary […]
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WBC: Schedule of Competitors
The 10th World Barista Championship takes place over four days, April 16 “19, in Atlanta, Georgia, with days one through three seeing all 51 national barista champions competing in the preliminary round. The top six […]
Coffee Fest
Best Guy of CF Seattle Award Goes to Hiroshi Sawada
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 […]
WBC Copenhagen 2008
Competitors #44 ”#48
#44 NATIONAL CHAMPION OF THAILAND SIRITHAI RANGJANTHUEK There are really very few women in this years WBC, but I’m happy t see that Sirthai is one of them. She’s quite the professional, and a darling […]
Barista Magazine
The Champions Arrive…
After a hearty breakfast with Willy and Andreas from Solberg & Hansen, Ken and I headed to the event space, Øksnehallen, which is where the World Barista Championship, the World Latte Art, World Coffee in […]
Barista Magazine
Report from Coffee Fest Seattle
My mom just sent me an email chiding me and Ken for not blogging throughout Coffee Fest Seattle. You know, because we hardly have anything to do besides blog while we’re there. A-hem. We apologize […]
Coffee
A Question of Priorities
So I’ve been back from Tokyo for 48 hours or so now, and in that span of time I’ve enjoyed a lovely pot of Stumptown’s new Hondouran Finca El Puente Matilda, a Tanzanian from Batdorf, […]
WBC Japan 2007
Kompai! – WBC Tokyo Shout Outs (Updated)
The little guys pictured about are Jizo, the Japanese patron saint of children and travelers, and as all the people who made the 2007 WBC such a success head home, we wish them all safe […]
WBC Japan 2007
WBC Day 3 – The Finals
Well it’s no surprise by now, the day after the WBC came to a close, who won. But it may be a surprise for those of you who weren’t able to be here in Tokyo […]