Baristas
Got Perry?
So I was just skimming through my daily digest of coffee news stories and saw this from the Sun of San Berandino and the Inland Empire (Calif.) on two-time USBC champion Heather Perry. Apparently Heather […]
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Regional Barista Competitions
Congratulations, Mike Marquard, MWRBC Champ!
Mike Marquard of Kaldi’s Coffee in St. Louis is the new Midwest Regional Barista Champion ”cheers to you, Mike! You will no doubt remember Mike for breaking into the finals at arguably the toughest United […]
News
The DaVinci Kids
I just saw this in the Seattle Times, and wanted to be sure to give some well-deserved recognition to all of our friends at DaVinci Gourmet, the Seattle-based syrup manufacturer and part of Kerry Foodservices. […]
Let's Talk Coffee '09 - Nicaragua
Let's Talk Coffee – Nicaragua
So upon our arrival at Managua, USBC ’09 Champion, Michael Phillips and I were expecting to go up to Selva Negra to see the last day of the Seed to Cup Challenge. Instead we were […]
Let's Talk Coffee '09 - Nicaragua
Let’s Talk Coffee – Nicaragua
So upon our arrival at Managua, USBC ’09 Champion, Michael Phillips and I were expecting to go up to Selva Negra to see the last day of the Seed to Cup Challenge. Instead we were […]
NBC Iceland 2009
A Crazy Night in Reykjavik, NBC Style…
It’s impossible to put into words what a Gala Dinner and after party at a Nordic Barista Cup event is like… you just have to experience one yourself (which is a big hint that you […]
Cafés
Dance, Monkey! Dance!
Our old friend, and chairman of the USBC, Nick Cho, recently had an op-ed in the Washington Post writing about his reaction to Starbuck’s not-a-Starbucks café in Seattle. He writes: So some people might assume […]
WBC Atlanta 2009
United States, Argentina, Estonia
#44: BARISTA CHAMPION OF THE UNITED STATES ”MICHAEL PHILLIPS Oh, Mike Phillips ”he’s just one of the nicest, most genuine guys I know. By his own admission, he was an unlikely winner of the United […]
Nordic Barista Cup 2009
Destination Iceland! For Mike Phillips, and you, too!
When Mike Phillips of Intelligentsia won the United States Barista Championship a week ago, he walked away with some sweet prizes. Among them was a certificate to attend the amazing, awesome, groundbreaking, uber fun event […]
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Mike Phillips is hella cooler than Jimmy Fallon
I thought it would be the best episode of Oprah ever since not only would Mike Phillips, newly crowned 2009 USBC champ, be featured, but so would the two dudes who saved Christian the Lion! […]