is there anything coming up? i have heard of some jams in other parts of the country, but so far nothing to my knowledge in Portland... we should change that... the machine at my shop is kinda a piece, or else i would try to host, anyone wanna? i wil
Read more…The Rundown:This year the Western Regional will be held in the Heart of Downtown Los Angeles' Historic Core District at the Historic Spring Arts Tower. Come see some of the most competitive baristas throw down to capture the title of Western Regional
Read more…any word on how the NW regionals are turning out? streaming videos and whatnot? PDX is very curious
Read more…Hey I was wondering if anyone was planning on attending the barista competition in cranberry twp, pa? Its Feb. 6th through the 8th. Hope to see some people there! heres a website for more info... http://marbc2009.wordpress.com
Read more…Hello Barista Exchange! It's time to start planning for next years tradeshows, and I wanted to let everyone know that we have Coffee Fest Chicago Free Registration Coupons for anyone interested in attending. I am attaching the .pdf file to this pos
Read more…The semi-finals round of the Taiwanese Barista Competition will be taking place from November 21st-22nd in the Taipei Convention Center. For more information visit, www.taiwancoffee.org Stephen Morrissey, the 2008 World Barista Champion will be cond
Read more…Calling all baristas and coffee enthusiasts! Come join us in Thornton, Colorado for the Mountain Regional Barista Competition, taking place January 16-18, 2008. Registration forms are now available on-line at http://members.scaa.org/train/rbc/mountai
Read more…Hey all, My name is Jay and I am organizing the NWRBC this year. The event is coming together nicely and I'm getting pretty excited for it. We have been working on making sure that it gets plenty of T.V. and radio coverage with some success. But now
Read more…Calling all baristas and coffee enthusiasts! Come join us in Tacoma, Washington for the Northwest Regional Barista Competition, taking place January 8-10, 2008. Registration forms are now available on-line at http://members.scaa.org/train/rbc/northwe
Read more…I just got an email from Masa Onishi, about the SCAJ event where he was hanging out with Hiroshi Sawada. Here is a link to his photos on Flickr. Great to see so many bX shirts in Japan!
In the last week or so I have been getting a lot of spam from "coffee" related companies who picked up my e-mail from CoffeeFest reg (I assume)... Anyone else experiencing this? Kind of annoying and unexpected...
Read more…I am such a fan of this gentlemen. If anyone can remember and would like to share, Mr. Wilson used a food safe chemical two NWWBC competitions ago to create a caviar type ball of espresso. Does anybody remember the name of that chemical and maybe kno
Read more…Oi kids - I don't know if this has already been talked about, but there's a gathering tomorrow from 4-10 in South Philadelphia at the Rim Cafe - 9th and Federal. Open forum, siphon convo, latte art, recipe sharing - in general hang out with a very li
Read more…I'm amazed there isn't a discussion about this already... perhaps there is? if so show me the way otherwise... what do we think of the changes (outside of the refined explanations) in the rules and scoring system for the WBC? what difference might
Read more…Does anyone know if the competitors for the Latte Art Championships have to bring shot glasses or are they providing that for us? I was going to go get some, but I'm super sick and would rather not have to if they are going to have them for us. I di
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