Coffee
You Can Call Me Al!
Congratulations to Vice President Al Gore for winning the Nobel Peace Prize this morning! In the last year, Gore has won an Emmy, an Oscar and now a Nobel Prize! Not bad. Of course he […]
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Barista Magazine
Meow meow t-shirt please meow
This is Spacey the kat. i blog now. I am sellin Burista Megazine tshirtz now. They cost $twenty dollars and they are SO fly. They got a fat kat like ME on em. Buy em […]
NBC - Sweden 2007
White Party Insanity
What can we tell you about the White Party? It was NUTS. We arrived at 7:30, dressed in white. Actually, I was wearing all white; Ken just had a white shirt, white hat and blue […]
NBC - Sweden 2007
Welcome to Gothenburg!
We’ve arrived in Gothenburg and checked in to our hotel. Already run into Jens Norgaard of Café Europa and one of the organizers of the event and David Latourelle from Clover. We’ll be popping over […]
Coffee
To Burundi and Beyond…
The New York Times has a pretty good article up today (and popular too, it’s number 4 on their most emailed stories of the day) on the quest for quality coffee. The story focuses on […]
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Only Proper
Upon my arrival in Seattle I had to get my priorities outside of work straight, at least two of them: 1) Find a proper bike route on Capitol Hill that will not leave you a […]
Barista Gear
Tamper cozies to Em's rescue!
Poor Emily Oak dropped her limited edition WBC Tokyo Reg tamper and scraped the luscious red paint. I feel for you, Em! But as Scott notes in the comments section, there is a creative and […]
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WBC Japan 2007
Day 2 – Competitors 40-45
German barista champion, Matthias Lincke, overcame technical difficulties (the water hose for the espresso machine became disconnected) and a restart of his routine to deliver a fine performance. He was the only competitor I noticed […]
Barista Magazine
Now open: Barista Magazine Cafe!
Just kidding. Even if we had the time to take on another project, we sure as heck don’t have any barista skills. Funny story: when Ken and I lived in Seattle, I worked for Zoka […]