Cafés

La Marzocco Opens Its First Café and Showroom!

La Marzocco Opens Its First Café and Showroom in Seattle Today!   The innovative Italian espresso machine manufacturer  La Marzocco continues its groundbreaking ways with the opening of its first showroom and café in the […]

Gear

John Gordon Talks Gorilla Tampers

Multi-time UKBC Champ John Gordon talks to Barista Magazine about Gorilla Tampers John Gordon is not only a three-time United Kingdom Barista Champion and world-reknown barista competitor, he’s also the man behind Gorilla Tampers. He […]

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Climate Change

Severe Storms Rock Central America

Our friend, Henry Hueck, a coffee farmer and the organizer of the coffee conference Ramacafe, from Nicaragua, has been keeping us abreast of developments across Central America as tropical storms continue to pummel the countries […]

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Competitions

Next Up ¡Finals!

Twenty-six competitors have competed over the last two days here in Mexico City for the Ninth Annual Mexican Barista Championship. And as with any competition, there have been amazing performances, heartbreaking mistakes and a  reaffirming […]

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Competitions

Barista Comp Stuff

Just heard from Marcus Boni about a few things concerning the 2011 Regional Barista Competitions schedule and new costs. Most important thing to note is that NO regionals will take place until 2011 — there’s […]

10 Minutes With...

10 Minutes With Joe Yang: Part One

We talk to the chief coffee officer of “robot barista” company Artly Coffee—and reigning U.S. Latte Art Champion—about discovering coffee, moving to Portland, Ore., and more. BY CHRIS RYANBARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE Photos courtesy of Joe […]