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Barista Guild

Roasters Guild Retreat Underway

I rode up to Skamania Lodge yesterday to drop in on the 10th Annual Roasters Guild Retreat. As always, there were numerous activities underway. A weekend-long competition pitted randomly assigned teams against each other in […]

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Portland

Coffee Playtime in Portland

Hanging around Portland, Ore., this weekend? Well, if you are, we’ve got some amazing sunshine and coffee happenings to boot in the works for you! Come on by the grand opening party for Case Study […]

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Friends

Amsterdam Stumptown Is Way Awesome!

After a crazy time in London for the amazing World Barista Championship, I headed to Amsterdam with my good friend, Bjørg ”the organizer of the Nordic Barista Cup event ”to see the Stumptown Coffee pop-up […]

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Uncategorized

My industry has let me down.

Philip Jolley, owner of El Capitan Espresso, San Bruno, Calif., sent me this essay, and I wanted to share it…Thanks for taking the time to put these thoughts into words, Phil. ”Sarah MY INDUSTRY HAS […]

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Africa

Things You Learn in Africa

I saw this photo on Stephen Vick’s Facebook page: If you don’t know Stephen, here’s the skinny: after working for some uber reputable coffee companies as a barista trainer, Stephen was hired by Sustainable Harvest […]

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Travel

Coffee Safari in Uganda

We all know that the best coffees rarely stay for consumption in the countries that produce them ”when they can fetch higher prices from buyers in richer parts of the world like the United States, […]