Case Study cafe is a cozy and delightful coffeehouse really close to Barista Magazine’s offices. That means that we’d go there anyway for good coffee, even if the atmosphere sucked. But it doesn’t! It’s a […]
The World Coffee Events championships ”World Latte Art, World Coffee in Good Spirits, World Ibrik, World Cup Tasters, and World Brewer’s Cup ”just wrapped up yesterday in Maastricht, the Netherlands. We’re eagerly anticipating details and […]
Man, even though that Peter Bjorn & John song (2007) was nearly ruined by manic radio play, it’s still a delight. And it’s what I had playing in my head in San Diego at Coffee […]
So there’s this kid named Tatum Barber ”sound familiar? That’s because she’s the grand-daughter of tamper magician Reg Barber, and daughter of Julia, who is Reg’s right-hand woman at the company. It seems Tatum has […]
Announcement to the barista powers that be: No more events allowed between June 2 and June 5 ”got it? Not only is the World Barista Championship kicking off in Bogota, Colombia, on June 2 ” […]
I know Jesse Harriott, who is one of the organizers of this AWESOME Rosettas for Relief efforts, from meeting him at various Coffee Fest latte art competitions. He’s a super enthusiastic guy ”when I heard […]
Coffee Fest Chicago was awesome ”a super busy trade show floor, amazing latte art competition, stellar North Central Regional Barista Competition, and killer North Central Brewers Cup contest. Man, it was busy!! Here are some […]
Some super fun events coming up! Next week in Berkeley, Calif., I’ll be attending the La Marzocco Out of the Box Event. Here’s the schedule for it, Jan. 18 “19. LMOOB Event Schedule Then in […]
What’s up, Berkeley (and larger Bay Area) coffee peeps? Got plans for this Friday night? Well, now you do! One of my favorite newish cafes in the Bay Area is Local 123. I went for […]
We’re still reeling from a wonderful show in Seattle this past weekend, in the form of the always busy and fun Coffee Fest Seattle. This year’s installment was even busier than ever ”seriously, when I […]
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