Competitions
K-One: The Kronic & In Other News
Seems the Coava Kone is on a lot of peoples’ minds these days… especially those of our far-flung friends ”that is to say, folks outside of the tiny land of Portland, where the Coava Kone […]
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Awards
Good Food Awards Coffee Finalists!
This is the first year of the new awards program, the Good Food Awards. There’s not really a prize to be won, just bragging rights. In the category of coffee, this is what the judges […]
Coffee Fest Seattle
Coffee Fest Seattle!
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 […]
Contests
Can You Make a $1500 Mocha?
I was at Water Avenue Coffee in Southeast Portland yesterday for a photo shoot, when who should I run into but Ginger Gerhart of Ghirardelli Chocolate! Ginger told me about a really cool contest that […]
Camp Pull-A-Shot
Barista Camp: A Huge Success!
I just got back to Portland from the first annual Barista Guild of America Camp Pull-A-Shot ”and what an amazing experience it was! I do apologize for not being able to blog throughout the event. […]
Barista Guild
Good Morning, Campers!
Well, there should be photos and blog posts from the event on the ground in Galina, Calif., but Sarah is having a hard time getting a working internet feed. That said, she wanted me to […]
Nordic Barista Cup 2010
The Winners of the Nordic Roaster & NBC
Oh my goodness, the final night is here! We are at the most incredible location in all of Oslo ”well, at least that is what I think, since I havent seen much of anything else […]
Nordic Roaster 2010
A Busy Afternoon!
By Sarah Allen (Before I begin this post, I’d like to add a clarification from George Howell about my write up on his lecture this morning: My point about the silver skin is that if […]
Friends
Klaus Goes to Brazil & Summer Vacation
I’ve been following Klaus Thomsen’s Facebook updates from throughout what sounds like a very busy and very enjoyable trip to Brazil recently. He’s got some awesome photos up on the Coffee Collective’s Flickr, and I’m […]
Competitions
More Pics from Puerto Rico and Other Stuff
Tony Siera, who judged the first round of the Puerto Rican Barista Championship, had the finals off, so he spent the day photographing the event at Coffee Cast. You can check out his photo set […]