Between the crisp cold air outside and the football on TV screens wherever I go, there’s no denying it is really and truly fall at this point. And that’s so exciting! Autumn is when the […]
Really now, this is pretty much paradise. If all trade shows could be held in such an idyllic location as the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe’s World of Coffee event here in Nice, France, I […]
A cold and wet storm blew through Boston last night, but Saturday dawned calmer and touch a sunnier. Inside the Activities Hall at the SCAA Event, the 18 amazing baristas in the Semifinal Round competed […]
Just got back to the Barista Mag offices in Portland, Ore., after a wonderful weekend in New York for Coffee Fest. I have to be honest: I wasn’t as excited as I usually am for […]
As we put the finishing touches on the February/March 2013 issue of Barista Magazine, I find I’m not ready to say goodbye to December/January 2013 issue cover-boy Colin Harmon just yet. We received quite a […]
By Stephen Vick Last Sunday, June 26, about 16 Intelligentsia employees (and a few friends) marched in the 42nd Annual Chicago Pride Parade, serving roughly 15 gallons of cold-brewed coffee to a lucky handful of […]
What a week I had last week in the San Francisco Bay Area! I flew from Portland, Ore., to Berkeley, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 16, to get a lot of work done ”Fancy Food, meetings […]
Well. Well, well, well. What can I say about the dinner we had last night? It was truly one of the most memorable dinners of my life, a true taste of Norway, some simply magnificent […]
I grew up spending my summers riding horses at camp at the Walking G Ranch in Plumas County, California. The girls slept in a bunkhouse, and the boys had a cabin on the other side […]
Last Thursday, we lucky Portlanders had a beautiful late spring afternoon descend upon us. Temperatures rose as the sun stretched across the western sky, and I was thankful to be headed to Portland Roasting for […]
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