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WBC Atlanta 2009

Blogging the WBC

At the 2009 World Barista Championship in Atlanta, Georgia, next week (April 16 “19), Barista Magazine will once again be blogging in detail about the event. For the past two years ” in Tokyo in […]

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Bikes to Rwanda

San Francisco!

Long story short: the Barefoot folk throw a damn fine BBQ. They wore me out so I crashed early, but Clara kept going. A true champ. So we woke up at the leisurely hour of […]

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BTR NoCal Roadtrip

Do You Know the Way to San Jose?

We do! We’ve been doing a LOT of driving, oftentimes with some pretty crazy and random directions (thank you, Google maps). I haven’t blogged since yesterday — Monday — morning, when we were getting out […]

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WBC Copenhagen 2008

Competitors #24 ”#28

#24 NATIONAL CHAMPION OF FRANCE ANTHONY CALVEZ Ah, Le France. Guido from La Marzocco was just sitting with me, and he’s vey excited to see Anthony’s performance ”he has high hope for this champion. And […]

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Uncategorized

Ragu Bolognese

Congratulations to Chris Baca! I was about to post this earlier, and I’m sure it will be buried by the posts from Sarah and Steve about the fantastic time they had this weekend at the […]

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NBC - Sweden 2007

Open for Business!

The Swedes are crazy for the Nordic Barista Cup! Thanks to a lot of sunshine, the people of Gothenburg are out and about on this lovely Saturday afternoon, and they’re coming in droves to see […]

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NBC - Sweden 2007

NBC Videos Online Now!

You can check out video highlights of the NBC online now at You can see a video welcome to the event here. Here, World Barista Champion, James Hoffmann, is interviewed by Barista Magazine’s Sarah Allen. […]