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Double Duty: Coava's Devin Chapman sweeps Northwest barista competition
Posted: Feb 01, 2012
When Devin Chapman discovered last May that he had failed to advance to the finals of the United States Barista Championship in Houston, he inst...More »
Good Food Awards crown 2012 coffee winners
Posted: Jan 17, 2012
The Good Food Awards recognized a new crop of roasters when it announced its 2012 winners on Saturday. The seven victorious companies hailed fro...More »
SCAA announces first batch of of 2012 barista competition dates
Posted: Nov 21, 2011
The season of barista battles is fast approaching, and the SCAA has begun announcing the dates for the U.S. regional competitions. They will kic...More »
Nuova Simonelli retains WBC sponsorship
Posted: Oct 27, 2011
For the past three years, Nuova Simonelli espresso machines have been front and center at the highest level of barista battling. And that will n...More »
A rock-star farmer comes to town
Posted: Oct 04, 2011
Aida Battle has what marketing folks call “brand recognition.” She’s a coffee producer who has grabbed worldwide notoriety (in...More »
Longtime Seattle barista dies after cycling accident
Posted: Sep 09, 2011
The specialty beverage world received some sad news Sept. 8 when it was learned that Brian Fairbrother, a veteran employee at Seattle’s Es...More »
Has Bean’s Leighton: The How-To Guru
Posted: Jul 22, 2011
One idea coffee professionals love to toss out into the industry ether is that the Web has expanded our collective skill-set, allowing barista...More »
Sorenson: Investment capital will fuel expansion into Europe, more U.S. cities
Posted: Jun 23, 2011
The July issue of Entrepreneur magazine profiles one of specialty coffee’s most well-known (and, recently, controversial) figures: Duane S...More »
Meet the coffee world's newest superstar
Posted: Jun 06, 2011
BOGOTA—Alejandro Mendez has come a long way in a short time. “Three years ago, I didn’t know anything about coffee,” s...More »
Right-Hand Woman: Holly Bastin talks about coaching Team USA
Posted: Jun 03, 2011
BOGOTA—When Pete Licata of Honolulu Coffee Company finally broke through at the 2011 United States Barista Championship to take the title&...More »
Master Craftsman: Reg Barber branches out for 2011 WBC trophy
Posted: Jun 02, 2011
BOGOTA—Reg Barber has an impeccable reputation in the specialty coffee industry—especially among baristas—for the tampers he c...More »
Kau farmers welcome some visitors while fearing others
Posted: May 13, 2011
For the Kau coffee scene, it’s the best of times and (maybe) the worst of times.
We’ll start with the good news. The region on th...More »
Brewers Cup winner’s love of Ethiopia runs deep
Posted: May 04, 2011
Any participant in a coffee competition has an understandably deep devotion to the coffee they’re going into battle with. But none likely ...More »
Search is On: Veteran barista breaks through at NERBC
Posted: Apr 14, 2011
In an industry of forward thinkers and technical wizards, Philip Search has gradually cemented himself among those ranks. A coffee renaissance m...More »
Past, future come together in new-look South Central barista battle
Posted: Apr 07, 2011
Since the South Central Regional Barista Competition launched four years ago, Austin, Texas’ Caffe Medici has had a stranglehold on the co...More »
