News
The DaVinci Kids
I just saw this in the Seattle Times, and wanted to be sure to give some well-deserved recognition to all of our friends at DaVinci Gourmet, the Seattle-based syrup manufacturer and part of Kerry Foodservices. […]
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Coffee Producers
Free (and Amazing) Stumptown Event in PDX and Seattle this week
Our friends at Stumptown Coffee were the first specialty coffee roasters in the world to literally bridge the gap between producers and consumers by bringing coffee growers to the States, live and in person, to […]
Coffee Fest Seattle
Away We Go to Coffee Fest Seattle!
I’ve got to admit, I’m a little weary from Iceland still to be headed right into the fire-breathing mouth of Coffee Fest Seattle. I have been attacked by Pacific Northwest allergies ”seems my body preferred […]
NBC Iceland 2009
Away we go!
Ken and I are hustling around the house getting the last bits and pieces together for our trip to Iceland today! We fly from Portland to Seattle, then Seattle direct to Reykjavik on Icelandair ”hooray! […]
Competitions
Rockin’ the Roasters Retreat
I just got back to Portland after a jam-packed four days in Stevenson, Wash., at the Roasters Guild Retreat. The days were long, with educational sessions on a variety of roaster and more general coffee […]
Competitions
Rockin' the Roasters Retreat
I just got back to Portland after a jam-packed four days in Stevenson, Wash., at the Roasters Guild Retreat. The days were long, with educational sessions on a variety of roaster and more general coffee […]
Travel
Off to the Roasters Retreat
Today, I’m headed up to the Skamania Lodge in Washington for the Roasters Guild Retreat, which begins tonight and goes through Sunday. I went to the Roasters Retreat back in 2002, when I was the […]
Random
So will he sue the coffee company?
This weekend I caught rerun of the Seinfeld episode where Kramer tries to sneak a “café latte” into a movie theater, accidentally drops it down his pants and then sues the coffee company for making […]
Baristas
Six grand and go
Here’s a story from CNN today about a woman in Boston, Lucy Valena, who just opened her own coffee company, Voltage Coffee, a mobile espresso catering gig, with $2,000 of her own money and a […]
Barista Gear
Get Your Geek On
Last week, I went to the American Barista & Coffee School here in Portland, Ore., to see a presentation done by Vince Fedele of the George Howell Coffee Company (GHCC), about ExtractMoJo, a brewing control […]