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Coffee News
Here are a few stories from the coffee world in the news today. First up, Reuters reports that coffee production is set to rise worldwide, however, Colombian arabicas are still in short supply due to […]
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Your Host for the 2011 World Barista Championship…
That’s right! It’s Juan Valdez! And we all get to ride horses to the competition! Nah, I’m making that part up. But it is in fact true that the World Barista Championship (WBC) Organization just […]
Coffee
Coffee News of the Day
A couple of news stories today from the world of coffee. First up, Bloomberg reports that worldwide coffee production will be down fairly significantly this year (estimated decline approximately 4 million bags). Most of […]
Coffee Producers
Coffee Producers Invade Portland!
How lucky am I? I just spent the whole day tagging along with 11 awesome coffee producers from Costa Rica, Colombia, Kenya, and El Salvador visiting Portland cafes, thanks to an invitation from my pals […]
Coffee Producers
Free (and Amazing) Stumptown Event in PDX and Seattle this week
Our friends at Stumptown Coffee were the first specialty coffee roasters in the world to literally bridge the gap between producers and consumers by bringing coffee growers to the States, live and in person, to […]
Let's Talk Coffee '09 - Nicaragua
LTC ’09 Day 1
The second day of Let’s Talk Coffee 2009 is just under way. (Or officially the first day, yesterday’s activities which included a long session on storytelling and seven stations of barista training were optional.) Attendees […]
Let's Talk Coffee '09 - Nicaragua
LTC '09 Day 1
The second day of Let’s Talk Coffee 2009 is just under way. (Or officially the first day, yesterday’s activities which included a long session on storytelling and seven stations of barista training were optional.) Attendees […]
Barista Gear
Wild Tamper Story
I love it when people email me with cool, one-of-a-kind stories about something strange and wonderful they did to enhance their experience as a coffee pro. This one’s from Brian Franklin of DoubleShot Coffee Company […]
WBC Atlanta 2009
2009 WBC Ranking Order
Finals Round 1 Gwilym Davies, UK, 623 2 Sammy Piccolo, Canada, 619.5 3 Michael Phillips, United States, 618.5 4 Colin Harmon, Ireland, 572 5 Lee Jong Hoon, Korea, 542 6 Attila Molnar, Hungary, 535.5 Preliminary […]
WBC Atlanta 2009
Finalist #5: United Kingdom
World Barista Championship FINALIST #5 GWILYM DAVIES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM Gwilym is a chilled out British dude who lives on a boat in London with his dog. He has two coffee carts, and he’s […]