The thoughts, rants, and dreams of the industry's finest baristas.
VANCOUVER, CANADA – 6:41 a.m. -
Baristas around the nation are in mourning as yet another espresso has been buried alive in a paper cup by roughly 10 ounces of steaming hot milk, bringing the “uncountable death toll well into the millions for 2009″, officials said early Tuesday morning.
Eye witnesses claim the espresso was extracted directly [...]
A few photos from The After Party™ last night.
Tasting…123…
A healthy gathering of the city’s baristas in one of the not-so-healthy neighborhoods.
Some pictures from last week’s ’stove top throw down’ at Spencer’s house.
Enjoy.
Where do I even begin, from the light up tamp, to the awesome people, I knew this trip was going to be one to remember.
Ladies and gentlemen, please place your bets.
Anyone who has ever been to coffee fest knows it’s really only about one thing: The people.
It’s a pour off.
Beautiful on the inside, and out.
Crema is sporting some new goodies.
This bill is the result of 12 JJ Beaners walking into crema at the same time. It has on it 7 double espressos and 5 traditional cappuccinos, all to stay, ordered at 9:27am. I wasn’t working at the time, but according to John and Navid there was already a 5 chit line up in front [...]
Aaron sent cleanhotdry some of the photos he took the other night of the Village Jam – Enjoy.
The Village Jam: JJ Bean Yaletown.
On Monday night JJ Bean held part 1 of their in house competitions to see who will be representing them in the competitions. My brother John and I were asked to be technical judges, an offer we of course accepted.
It was one of my best friend’s birthday this week and my cousin came up with a great gift for him – gift cards from a few of the city’s finest. Talk about a perfect gift for all coffee junkies alike. From back to front, we have 49th Parallel, Crema, Minks, and JJ [...]
