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… and now down to the final round….
It was a long day. Needless to say, I did not make the final of the cup tasting, managing only 5/8 in 2:16 and eating nothing but bread all day. The latte art and cup […]
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Live & kickin'
reporting, briefly, live from the floor of the Australian Barista extravaganza that is the National barista competition, the Latte Art, Good spirits and Cup tasting (which i am shitting myself about ‘cos i’m competing) we’re […]
National Barista Championships
Aussies Online
Hey State-siders: did your date for Saturday night cancel? No problem! You’ve got better things to do with your time anyway! Like watch the Finals of the Australian Barista Champonship live online! The winner gets […]
Coffee
Meeting Producers
Last night’s Meet the Producers event at Stumptown was far and away the largest gathering of it’s kind I’d ever been to. It was awesome! Tons of coffee folks mingled with curious coffee enthusiasts, and […]
Coffee
Friends from Panama visit the Northwest
Ken and I are excited to go to Stumptown’s Meet the Producers event tonight where we’ll hear from esteemed coffee producers Ricardo Koyner of Duncan Estate, Rachel and Daniel Peterson of Hacienda La Esmeralda, and […]
Friends
Other Things That Taste Good
The specialty coffee industry was sad to see Jane Rockhold leave her long-held position at Espresso Supply last year when she ventured out into the world to explore her other passion, wine making. The people […]
Coffee
A few random thoughts…
What a busy couple of weeks since getting back from Copenhagen, it all seems like a lifetime ago, even though in reality it’s been barely a month. Lots of fun was had getting back to […]
BTR NoCal Roadtrip
Technical Difficulties… Road Trip Ends!
Please excuse this late last post on the Bikes to Rwanda road-trip Clara and I just completed. I last posted on Thursday, July 10, at which point we had reached Temple Coffee in Sacramento and […]
WBC Copenhagen 2008
THE FINALS!
Here we are! It’s crazy to believe that we made it to this point after three long days of preliminary competition. There are probably 1000 people packed into this small, tight room. First things first: […]
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Home cupping
This morning I headed over to the city (SF, as I live in Oakland) to join my friend and co-worker Drew (USBC Finalist yeah!) to cup with some really good company and friends and coffee […]