Baristas
“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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Competitions
NERBC Rocks! A Report by Michelle Foster
The final 2011 regional just wrapped up, effectively launching the competition season to the United States Barista Championship (USBC) in Houston (t minus-two weeks and counting). The Northeast Regional, hosted graciously by Dallis Bros. Coffee, […]
Nordic Barista Cup 2010
A Dinner to Remember…
Well. Well, well, well. What can I say about the dinner we had last night? It was truly one of the most memorable dinners of my life, a true taste of Norway, some simply magnificent […]
Nordic Roaster 2010
A Busy Afternoon!
By Sarah Allen (Before I begin this post, I’d like to add a clarification from George Howell about my write up on his lecture this morning: My point about the silver skin is that if […]
Barista Gear
Urnex Keeps You Clean ”See for Yourself with a Free Sample!
Here at Barista Magazine‘s world headquarters, we enjoy great coffee every day ”just like you do in your shops. But last week, Ken said his cup was tasting funky. We couldn’t figure it out at […]
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 […]
Competitions
Rockin’ the Roasters Retreat
I just got back to Portland after a jam-packed four days in Stevenson, Wash., at the Roasters Guild Retreat. The days were long, with educational sessions on a variety of roaster and more general coffee […]
Barista Gear
Get Your Geek On
Last week, I went to the American Barista & Coffee School here in Portland, Ore., to see a presentation done by Vince Fedele of the George Howell Coffee Company (GHCC), about ExtractMoJo, a brewing control […]
Barista Magazine
Down time? Hardly.
We always like to think we’ll get to slow down and breathe in December, given Coffee Fest Seattle is behind us and we don’t have another coffee event to travel to until January. But for […]
WBC Japan 2007
See you in Tokyo!
We’re leaving for the airport in just over an hour. I’ve got to drink a pot of Guatemalan SHB before then or else face the scalding Coffee People offering at PDX. Luckily I have Sarah […]