Coffee
Meeting Producers
Last night’s Meet the Producers event at Stumptown was far and away the largest gathering of it’s kind I’d ever been to. It was awesome! Tons of coffee folks mingled with curious coffee enthusiasts, and […]
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BTR NoCal Roadtrip
Technical Difficulties… Road Trip Ends!
Please excuse this late last post on the Bikes to Rwanda road-trip Clara and I just completed. I last posted on Thursday, July 10, at which point we had reached Temple Coffee in Sacramento and […]
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 […]
Bikes to Rwanda
Yay America! From Mendocino to Healdsburg…
Bikes to Rwanda/Barista Magazine Road Trip Days #2 and #3: Excuse me for not blogging yesterday but there’s barely cell service in Mendocino/Fort Bragg, much less Internet, but the views make it more than worth […]
Uncategorized
Biking To Work Is Great!
The few of you that may follow my personal blog are fully aware that I’m terrible at updating the thing. That isn’t to say that much has not happened to M’lissa and I since my […]
WBC Copenhagen 2008
That Last Crazy Night
After the end of Sunday’s monumental World Barista Championship Awards Ceremony, everyone was flying on pure adrenaline. It had been a long, hyper intense day of finalist performances, and emotions and the noise level were […]
WBC Copenhagen 2008
THE FINALS!
Here we are! It’s crazy to believe that we made it to this point after three long days of preliminary competition. There are probably 1000 people packed into this small, tight room. First things first: […]
WBC Copenhagen 2008
Some scenes from the WBC…
We’ve shown you photos of each competitor, but of course there is a lot more going on here that you haven’t seen, so as we wait for the announcement of the six barista champions who […]
WBC Copenhagen 2008
Competitors #44 ”#48
#44 NATIONAL CHAMPION OF THAILAND SIRITHAI RANGJANTHUEK There are really very few women in this years WBC, but I’m happy t see that Sirthai is one of them. She’s quite the professional, and a darling […]
Barista Magazine
The Champions Arrive…
After a hearty breakfast with Willy and Andreas from Solberg & Hansen, Ken and I headed to the event space, Øksnehallen, which is where the World Barista Championship, the World Latte Art, World Coffee in […]