Geek
Gettin My Science On
When I was 16, I somehow convinced the biology teacher to let me write poems about nature rather than taking biology class (I grew up in Berkeley, what’s it to ya?). I went on to […]
Coffee Gear and Equipment
Gear
Stunning Porcelain Cup Set Commemorating WBC Melbourne
I’m ga-ga for these custom cups created by Espresso Parts for the World Barista Championship in Melbourne. The winner of the WBC will get a set, but anyone else in need of some of the […]
Cupping Forms
Café Imports Introduces Process-Specific Cupping Standards
In response to the overwhelming popularity of alternatively processed coffees in the specialty coffee industry, Café Imports has developed groundbreaking cupping standards for use in evaluating these special coffees. These cupping standards ”available for […]
Barista Gear
I’m In Linea-Love with You
When Whitney Cornell of La Marzocco first told me about the Linea Love concept that the company was launching to promote the next generation Linea, which will debut at the SCAA show in Boston on […]
Barista Gear
12 Months of Champions
It’s not like James and Anette are very busy running one of the best specialty coffee companies in the world or anything… I’m sure they were just hemming and hawing about what to do with […]
Barista Gear
Coffee
Coffee Long Boards are HOT
There’s a lot going on that’s cool concerning coffee in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, especially considering the size of the city. I’ve gotten to know some great baristas from Dave Patterson’s cafe, Java, and of […]
Competitions
K-One: The Kronic & In Other News
Seems the Coava Kone is on a lot of peoples’ minds these days… especially those of our far-flung friends ”that is to say, folks outside of the tiny land of Portland, where the Coava Kone […]
Gear
Get in Hot Water
This story just makes me even sadder that I wasn’t able to attend the WBC in London. The competition sounded awesome, but at least I had a chance to catch some of it online. But […]
Gear
What could possibly go wrong?
Here at Barista Magazine, we do love a lot of coffee gadgets, you know like VST’s Mojo to Go or the Aeropress, but this new home machine from Saeco is really something else. It’s smart […]