Welcome to BMag Back Atcha our weekly blog review where you get a chance to catch up on any of the posts you might have missed this week. We started with a story about the […]
It’s hard to believe we’re almost at the end of our lovely sojourn in the South of France, where thousands of coffee professionals from around the world are gathered for the Specialty Coffee Association of […]
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 […]
More than 30 London coffee professionals gathered at Square Mile Coffee Roasters headquarters in the Shoreditch neighborhood of London on Sunday evening for a rare cupping of some special El Salavdoran coffees stamped with the […]
That’s right, folks: time for me to start brushing up on my weak-kneed French. That there above says “Cool/Stylish Parisian Cafes.” I think. The Specialty Coffee Association of Europe’s annual World of Coffee event will […]
Editor’s note: I first met the legendary Gloria Montenegro Chirouze, owner of La Cafeotheque de Paris, France, when I was in Milan a few years ago at a La Marzocco Out of the Box event. […]
As a special treat for attendees to the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe‘s World of Coffee event in Nice, France, June 26 “28, Café Imports presents coffee producer Aida Batlle of El Salvador, who will […]
Holy June! I can’t believe it’s June! That means we’re just one week away from the summer fun-in-the-sun goodness of Coffee Fest Chicago (Ken will be there) and a couple of weeks from the French […]
Editor’s note: Our friend Keith Hamrick, owner of Northbound Coffee Roasters in beautiful Mount Shasta, California, wrote to me to share the story of the opening of an awesome cafe in his neck of the […]
PETE LICATA BARISTA CHAMPION OF THE USA @petelicata Barista Mag: Before coffee, did you work in a different job or industry, or what did you study in school? Pete: I studied Japanese and wanted to […]
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