Barista Jams and Events
Line-ups/Showdowns
Some super fun events coming up! Next week in Berkeley, Calif., I’ll be attending the La Marzocco Out of the Box Event. Here’s the schedule for it, Jan. 18 “19. LMOOB Event Schedule Then in […]
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Barista Jams and Events
La Marzocco Out of the Box is California Bound!
I’m so excited about the La Marzocco Out of the Box event that’s going to take place in Berkeley, Calif., January 18-19. I’m totally gonna be there ”wouldn’t miss it. La Marzocco started having the […]
Barista Jams and Events
Next Best to Being There
Thanks to my pal Danny G from Local 123 in Berkeley for sharing this sweet video about the slammin jam they had at the cafe last week. Lots of familiar faces, and lots of new […]
Cafés
The Coffee Was The Only Thing That Sucked
My sister and I have made a semi-regular practice of taking our dad on special dad-and-daughter trips to commemorate his “big” birthdays. He’d kill me if I noted his age here, so let’s just say […]
BTR NoCal Roadtrip
Smokey-smoke
The Bay Area is suffering from smoke inhalation. Since Clara and I have spent a large part of this Bikes to Rwanda road trip along the coast of Northern California, we only really started seeing […]
Barista Magazine
Bikes to Rwanda Nor-Cal Road Trip!
Clara Seasholtz, Executive Director of Bikes to Rwanda (BTR), and I ”Sarah Allen, BTR Board member and editor of Barista Magazine ”are hitting the road bound for Northern California! This crazy idea came about when […]
Barista Magazine
Back from Cali
What a freakin blast the last six days were. I spent them in Berkeley, Calif., my hometown and where my parents, Steve and Leanne, still live. I was there for two reasons: to attend and […]
Competitions
Sarah's Dad Weighs in on the WRBC
(photo courtesy of tonx) Just back from the finals of the Western Regional Barista Championship in Berkeley—really exciting, and what a mob scene! Sarah was the emcee (and of course she did a great job, […]
Competitions
Western Regional Underway
The Western Regional Barista Competition gets underway this morning in beautiful Berkeley, California, home to no nukes, dirty hippies and my in-laws. Sarah is actually at the event, acting as emcee along with Jana Oppenheimer, […]
Coffee
Hibernation over!
The team here at Barista Mag is hard at work putting the final pretty touches on our February/March issue ”we have a lot of treats in store for you! But one thing we’re REALLY excited […]