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Coffee Mania Moscow!
Day two (for me anyway ”I’m here in Moscow for the last half of team one’s adventure, and the beginning half of team two’s), anyway, so day two began with sunshine! These Latin baristas ”Raul, […]
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Soyuz Coffee Roasting Rocks Red Square, with Barista Champions!
Just hours ago, I arrived from the United States to Moscow ”my second trip to this amazing, beautiful and totally wild city. I’m here almost one year exactly from when I first visited, and for […]
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Big Competition Weekend!
We’re really excited about all the action scheduled to take place this coming weekend, beginning Thursday, Feb. 23. It’s barista competition buzz at its finest! First up: The 2012 Salvadoran Barista Championship, being held in […]
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Sarah Guest Stars on Francesco’s Weekly Show
I had a blast getting to know and hanging out with the awesome Francesco Sanapo when I was in Russia a few months ago for the Soyuz Coffee Roasting event in Red Square. And when […]
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Northwest Regional Just Around the Corner
Only a week until the Northwest Regional Barista Competition, and then we’re off and running through this year’s six regionals up to the United States Barista Championship, held this year, right here in Portland, Oregon […]
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A Great Barista, Lost
Brian Fairbrother ”one of the longest-time barista fixtures in Seattle ”died on Thursday after sustaining head injuries in a bike accident that occurred on August 30. A barista with Vivace since 1989, Brian was beloved […]
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“And we (DO) care about the young folks…”
Man, even though that Peter Bjorn & John song (2007) was nearly ruined by manic radio play, it’s still a delight. And it’s what I had playing in my head in San Diego at Coffee […]
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PT’s ”Doing the Right Thing Comes Naturally
PT’s Coffee in Kansas is one of Barista Magazine’s oldest coffee friends ”literally and figuratively: we’ve been pals since before Ken and I even started the mag, when I worked for another coffee magazine, and […]
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Hat v. Hairnet
The New York Times has a photo essay up today featuring a number of baristas in the city and the chapeaus they don. Why so many baristas in hats? Well because the city health department […]
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Cafe Imports to Send Baristas on Origin Trip!
Some people ”some companies ”really believe in baristas. They read the passion and enthusiasm for which the best baristas are known as a sign of not only the present, and how great these baristas are […]