We all love a good ol’ fashioned throwdown, but there are a number of ways to engage the coffee community and promote education. Here are four quick events you can organize in your hometown! BY […]
We interview 2016 USBC Champ Lem Butler and 2017 USBC Champ Kyle Ramage about their just-announced North Carolina roaster and retail business, Black & White Coffee. Header photo by Jennifer Hall, @Jenn.hall.photo BY SARAH ALLEN […]
Chad Wang, the 2017 World Brewers Cup Champion, talks about the coffee he used to win the competition, why he asked the judges not to take notes, and what he learned from his third-place finish […]
From barista to retail trainer to barista competition judge to coach of some of the world’s top barista competitors, Holly Bastin has had a long and fruitful career in coffee, which she reflects on here. […]
How do we make coffee better and deepen our understanding of its potential? Science—that’s what 20 producers have done in Brazil, partnering up with universities and researchers to form SanCoffee. BY KELLY STEIN SPECIAL TO […]
In the second installment of this two-part series, the top three finishers of the coffee-and-alcohol competition share their recipes and thoughts from this year’s contest on the world’s stage. BY CHRIS RYAN BARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE […]
In the first installment of this two-part series, the fourth- through sixth-place finishers of the coffee-and-alcohol competition share their recipes and thoughts from this year’s contest on the world’s stage. BY CHRIS RYAN BARISTA MAGAZINE […]
This is meant to be a tribute to Skip Finley, an exceptionally beloved member of the worldwide specialty-coffee community who passed on yesterday after a two-year battle with a particularly aggressive, vicious cancer. Those closest […]
The SCA, in collaboration with the U.S. Competitions Working Group, just announced dates and locations for the first ever U.S. Coffeechamps Preliminaries, a regionally based competition meant to increase accessibility to coffee competitions. BARISTA MAGAZINE […]
World + United States Barista, Brewers Cup, Roaster, and Cup Tasters Champions from around the world are headed to Brazil. BY SARAH ALLEN BARISTA MAGAZINE Photos by Kenneth R. Olson Close to 25 coffee professionals […]
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