having residual coffee left in the bottom of the dosing chamber because the star shaped dosing paddle thing has a very small gap between the bottom not being able to dose all grounds. How can we tighten this? Or is this something that happens after l
Read more…Here at the BV roastery, we've been working a lot on our espresso, both the roast and the actual shot, and we just realized that we've all been timing our shots differently. Most of us start the timer when the espresso actually starts dropping in to
Read more…Shawn Steiman, coffee author, scientist and consultant from Hawaii, writes in his recent blog: "In Hawai‘i, the blending of Kona coffee with imported coffee is a regular controversy...If Kona coffee blends were made illegal, the market would not only
Read more…Hello fellow Baristas!
So a bunch of us here in Chicago are going to be taking the Megabus for
an overnight stay in Minneapolis, MN on Feb. 5th-6th. We've got kids
from Intelligentsia, Brothers K, Buzz, and the Coffee Studio so far
that plan on comi
We do have an event for this already, but I know personally I suck at checking the events section down at the bottom; usually I just check what threads have popped up. Soo, I created this thread to enlighten/remind people that we are having a throwd
Read more…Hi. I hope this is the right way to do it. I am a homeroaster and bought a used Probatino from 2004 with thermostate( auxiliary for taste and duration and mainflame) so I don´t have a mediumtemp for the gascontroller with this model so I have to chan
Read more…Does anyone in New York have room to host two baristas from Chicago during Coffeefest? We'll be in town from Thursday through Sunday night. We'll bring a lot of coffee from Chicago and buy you beers.
Read more…Friend is traveling to Austin and wants to find some great espresso. He has a fun blog, 2espressos.blogspot.com.
Hello everyone!
A few of our baristas here at Copper River Coffee & Tea in Central Illinois have been discussing the proper way to brew coffee for our French Press and Chemex.
A few of us use about three quarter ounce scoops of whole bean coffee (abo
MOJA COFFEE is located on Vancouver's beautiful North Shore, offering a variety of pastries by Thomas Haas and of course exellent coffee. As a quality driven cafe and roaster, we strive to be leaders in our field in everythign we set our minds to.
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Olympia Coffee Roasting Co.'s second cafe on Olympia's Westside at 1706 Harrison Ave, Olympia, Washington 98502.
Contrary to the hours listed below we are closed on Sunday at this location but open at our Cherry Street location in Downtown Oly.
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Hello everybody,
Short story here. Sammy Piccolo and Logan Gray (of Discovery Coffee Victoria) hosted a fabulous all-Barista challenge for Victoria B.C. on Januar 25th 2010 - proceeds to Haiti.
This is a challenge for all specialty coffee communities around North Amer
Recently opened "Bio Barista" my company in the business of specialty coffees.
Like every barista I also had a dream of having my company, now slowly it has been a reality in my life.
Currently only attend to corporate events and fairs, but soon I wan
Dedicate to serving Organic Coffee & Organic Teas, our shop is fairly new!!! and we hope that customers would apperciate our vision : ) !!! If you're around Skidmore Fountain, stop on by!!!
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I am having trouble locating 16 oz latte bowls. Anyone have any ideas?
If money were no object, and you could create anything you wanted to, what would "your" worlds greatest coffee shop be like? Describe at will!
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Located at 4110 Stone Way in Seattle, WA.
All coffee is roasted by Kuma Coffee.
