The thoughts, rants, and dreams of the industry's finest baristas.
I’d like to humbly begin by tipping my hat to a man that fueled my coffee obsession half a decade ago, when I had either fatefully or coincidentally stumbled into the world of coffee and found myself in a city that was starved for a quality expression of it.
JJ Bean’s newest (and coolest).
In the days before the Green Siren, Commercial Coffee ruled over all the earth. Yet some rebelled. Hope emerged in the West, and Specialty Coffee became known to but a few.
When in Rome Portland do as the Roman’s Portlander’s do.
Introducing: brewmethods.com
What to do during a 3 hour layover at L.A. International.
The poll has been closed, with 201 voters.
“And in this corner, weighing in at 2 ounces…”
The best 2 minutes and 12 seconds from our 4320 minute adventure back in August.
Finding Godshots in unsuspecting places.
Congratulations to Kyle Straw for winning the Canadian Barista Championships yesterday, and by doing so quite convincingly. His monster score of 663 points was 36 points ahead of 2nd place. Impressive.
A few photos from The After Party™ last night.
Don’t miss out. This Wednesday following the Canadian Barista Championships.
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Bringing Back the Indonesians.
On the second time around, I was a little more coffee focused. Here’s some highlights.
While I love learning about the minutia of all that is coffee (different steeping methods, pre-infusion, pressure profiling, ideal roast dates, roast curves, etc…) I have found it refreshing to ponder the baby steps that every barista takes when they first enter the coffee world.
Congratulations to team Cafe Myriade for rocking the house in the Eastern Regionals today. Anthony Benda placed first, with co-worker Alex Scott took third. Cliff Hansen from Bridgehead came in second – and that means the three of them will move on to the nationals in October, here in Vancouver.
There isn’t much commentary necessary here. The mere existence of such a place is enough said already.
As of this week, Crema will be open until 10pm for the next couple weeks.
A few moments from our coffee tour in New York City. More thoughts to come.
The first Canadian regional championship of 2009 is set to go.
It will be broadcast live Sunday, July 19th, at 7:45am Vancouver time.
To watch all the action, click here.Congratulations to Chris Tellez from Espresso Post for placing first!
The wait is over.
Tasting…123…
Tonight (July 2nd), 7pm, at Crema.
It’s that time again.
My cousin just wrote this on my facebook wall –
So, I’m currently at Florida State University College of Medicine, about 7 hours NW of Boca. We have a class of 120, and they divided us into four “Learning Communities” or “LCs.” Each LC has a kitchen, bathrooms, a shower, a large living area with [...]
Some coffee news from ’round the world.
Okay, here’s the deal.
