Barista Gear
Tamper cozies to Em's rescue!
Poor Emily Oak dropped her limited edition WBC Tokyo Reg tamper and scraped the luscious red paint. I feel for you, Em! But as Scott notes in the comments section, there is a creative and […]
Month: August 2007
WBC Japan 2007
Bruised Reg
I think I’ve been in a bit of a bubble. I say this because I’ve recently discovered the true joy of a simple piece of equipment that many, many baristas have been using for a […]
Barista Magazine
Cafés
Espresso Parts & Olympia Coffee Roasting Co.
After a great time hanging with my friends at Batdorf & Bronson in Olympia — which was followed by a tee-rific lunch at Water Street (bomb pomme frites), Stephanie and Heather, both of Batdorf, took […]
Cafés
Batdorf & Bronson rock Atlanta
I just got back from a whirlwind trip up the road to Olympia (to see my friends at Batdorf & Bronson, where I did a photo shoot for the October/November issue of Barista Magazine; I […]
Non-Coffee Beverages
A New Specialty Drink
Let’s face the facts here: We all drink a lot of coffee. Whether we are participating in cuppings with our local roasters or enjoying a French pressed cup over a good book at […]
Cafés
Sydney Espresso
Well, hi there. This is my first ever authorship in terms of blogging, so thanks so much to Sarah and Ken for allowing me to use their space to do so. I’ve got a few […]
Friends
Countdown By M'Lissa
M’Lissa Muckerman, barista goddess at Octane in the ATL, sent the cutest thing ever to me and Ken today. See, M’Lissa and her man, Chris Owens, are once again headed to the Nordic Barista Cup […]
Coffee
One Brit + One Norwegian + One Irishman = One Square Mile
It was really fun having James and Anette and Stephen in Portland during their rock star tour of West Coast coffee scenes earlier this summer. Here we all are hanging with Michael Brooks at the […]
Movies
Here's a 25-year-old Hawaiian Organ Donor
It was a bit overcast in Portland today, and we’d finished a bit of wedding planning work, a perfect excuse to see a movie Sarah and I have been waiting for all summer. We loved […]