Month: March 2011

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Competitions

Online Latte Art Contest

March 25, 2011 Ken Comments Off on Online Latte Art Contest

The online magazine Salon is holding a latte art contest. They’re looking for photos of the best pours (though etching is allowed too), with a chance to win some fine Bodum products. Ok, so it’s […]

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Competitions

South Africa Barista Championship

March 23, 2011 baristamagazine Comments Off on South Africa Barista Championship

[Sarah Robinson of Bean There contributed the following piece about the 2011 South Africa Barista Championship] South Africa’s representative for the World Barista Championship in Bogota, Colombia was determined in Johannesburg from 13 to 15 […]

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Videos

A little video from Nuova Simonelli

March 22, 2011 Ken Comments Off on A little video from Nuova Simonelli

Sarah posted this video earlier today on our facebook page, and it seems pretty popular there, so I thought for everyone out there who’s not on the book of faces, you might like to see […]

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Competitions

Japanese Latte Art Championship

March 15, 2011 Sarah 1

I’m happy to share some good news from Japan. This competition took place before the incredibly tragic earthquake and tsunami last week, of course. Mr. Ueno from Japan emailed Richard from Espresso Supply these photos, […]

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News

Record Earthquake and Tsunami Rock Japan

March 11, 2011 Ken Comments Off on Record Earthquake and Tsunami Rock Japan

News broke this morning here in Oregon of the tsunami, which started yesterday after a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake shook the ocean floor just off the coast of Japan. The waves reached our Pacific Coast, […]

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Climate Change

Climate Change and Coffee (UPDATE)

March 8, 2011 Ken Comments Off on Climate Change and Coffee (UPDATE)

Excellent story from the Seattle Times yesterday about climate change and how it is affecting farmers in Costa Rica. You can read it here. “We want to prove to the coffee-consuming world that we’re doing […]