Editor’s note: When Christine contacted me with the idea of writing for Barista Magazine about why she finds it not only interesting and fun, but also extremely educational to judge barista competitions, I was excited. […]
Welcome to Barista Magazine’s weekly blog-in-review post! BMag Back Atcha is our catchall post we put up every Sunday so you can see all of the week’s posts and catch up on any you missed. […]
Hopefully you’ve had a chance to look through the latest issue of Barista Magazine, June+July 2013 (and if you don’t have a subscription, you can read it for free online by clicking HERE.). We’re proud […]
I hereby deem this the unofficial month of specialty coffee in France. There are a bunch of reasons for this, which I’ll reveal bit by bit in the coming weeks, but to start it all […]
My dad and I have always had a pretty awesome relationship. Music was our thing starting way back when ”he took me to my first concert (Cyndi Lauper) when I was 10. After I grew […]
What a busy week it’s been here at Barista Magazine’s HQ in Portland, Oregon; We’re in the thick of the work building the August/September issue, which ”in case you didn’t know ”will be our World […]
It’s awfully quiet here in Barista Magazine’s offices today, what with Publisher Ken Olson missing in action. He’s holding down the fort ”er, booth ”at Coffee Fest Chicago this weekend, giving away tons of magazines, […]
Editor’s note: Wade Reed contacted me through our mutual friend, Todd Mackey at Coffee Solutions, about the Thursday Night Throwdown his company, Joe Bean Coffee Roasters, would be hosting in late May. Wade and Todd […]
Our pal Panda has been organizing an amazing series of Thursday Night Throwdowns in the Pacific Northwest that are open to any and all baristas and coffee enthusiasts, and Barista Magazine is super duper proud […]
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 […]
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