JORDI MESTRE BARISTA CHAMPION OF SPAIN @nomadcoffeeuk Barista Magazine: Before coffee, did you work in a different job or industry, or what did you study in school? Jordi: I studied Product Design Engineering and a […]
Andrew Barnett has been one of the specialty coffee industry’s brightest stars since I’ve been in this coffee world ”back in 2002 was the first time I met him, at a dinner in Seattle. Andrew […]
This story has been making the rounds. You can read it here, here or here. Here’s the gist of it: a restaurant called Hachikyo, in Sapporo, Japan has started fining customers who don’t finish their […]
As we put the finishing touches on the February/March 2013 issue of Barista Magazine, I find I’m not ready to say goodbye to December/January 2013 issue cover-boy Colin Harmon just yet. We received quite a […]
Colin Harmon is a perennial crowd favorite. And it’s not because a rowdy bunch of Irish folks follow him from competition to competition, throwing green balloons and cheering him til their voices go hoarse. No, […]
The vibe around the WBC stage is totally different today than yesterday, as the World of Coffee conference and trade show floor is open! It’s a fun show, full of over-the-top flashy booths, and lots […]
Congratulations are in order for Jeff Taylor and Fred Polzin, founders of PT’s Coffee in Kansas. The duo opens Flying Monkey Handcrafted Brews in Topeka today. The location ”at 1500 SW 17th St., just steps […]
Miki Suzuki, barista champion of Japan, was our second competitor of the day, and as always she was unflappable. Though her microphone cut out from time to time, she didn’t miss a beat and the […]
By Chelsea Kallman Bongo Java’s first ever Signature Drink Competition might have had a sleepy start, but after a five minute Tennessee downpour cleared up, employees and friends started to trickle in. The event, open […]
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