Thursday Night Throwdown

Party On, Nebraska Barista Association!

Editor’s note: Kait Berreckman of Beansmith Coffee in Omaha contacted me in June to tell me about the Nebraska Barista Association‘s Thursday Night Throwdown (TNT) scheduled for July 18, and I was psyched! I wanted […]

Barista Magazine's Blog Week In Review

BMag Back Atcha “ Week of July 15-21

Happy Sunday, friends! Hopefully you’re having a chance to relax with family or friends and enjoy a mellow cup of coffee while reflecting on a terrific last week ”I know that’s what I’m doing! If […]

Coffee Gear and Equipment

Time Traveling with Unic

When the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe (SCAE) announced that its annual conference for 2013 would be held in Nice, France, the staff from Unic espresso machines jumped for joy. Why? Because unlike its competition […]

Coffee Gear and Equipment

The Intelligent Dosing Ring by Costas Pliatsikas

Swedish cafe and roastery owner, and former barista champion Costas Pliatsikas has been even busier than usual this past year: besides operating his successful company, Costas Roastery, he has been working night and day on […]

Thursday Night Throwdown

Get Up, Omaha!

I was stoked to hear from Kait Berreckman of Beansmith Coffee in Omaha, Nebraska, about the group of home and professional baristas she hangs out with regularly that are officially known as the Nebraska Barista […]

Barista Jams and Events

TNT NW comes to Portland

  We had a little treat here last night here in Portland (and no I don’t just mean the NBA draft). The TNT NW team came to town and threw down a throwdown at Ristretto […]