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Raul Rodas wins three consecutive times the Guatemala Barista Champion Competition

Guatemala City, November 8th. 2009. The National Growers Association's, ANACAFE, officials announced yesterday that Raul Rodas was the three time winner of the Guatemala Barista Competition. Noe Castro, representing Café San Lucas and Barista Champion in 2006, and Pablo Bobadilla from &Café allocated in 2nd. and 3rd. places....Read more

Added by Eyal Rosen on November 9, 2009 at 10:58am — 1 Comment

Career Change

Hi folks! It feels so good to find my kind of peeps! Anyways, obviously i'm a newbie. But wanted to ask, where do i start? how do i start? I'd love to compete and become a good barista, but don't know where to start. I live up here in Alaska, and i have not seen any coffee fairs at all. It's kind of frustrating. And then on top of that, everybody thinks i'm crazy for wanting to just be a barista. I can't help it, I love making and serving coffee. Coffee is more that coffee to me. Especially… Continue

Added by Denise Carbuccia on November 6, 2009 at 6:42pm — No Comments

IECAFE - ROASTING COURSES IN SPAIN - English Language

Hi to everybody,

become a professional roaster in just three days. We're running a three days roasting course in Barcelona the first week in December. Come and learn and spend a nice weekend maybe also for your Christmas Shopping.



03rd December - Basic Roasting - at home roasting

04th December - Advanced Roasting

05th December - Professional Roasting



Have a look at events and you will find all details about our courses. For any further questions, just… Continue

Added by Birgit on November 6, 2009 at 8:52am — 2 Comments

Don't miss the Coffee Fair taking place in Portland this weekend!

Join Fresh Cup at the World Forestry Center November 7th-8th. The Coffee Fair is part of the traveling exhibit, Coffee: The World in Your Cup. For more details: World Forestry Center

Added by Fresh Cup Magazine on November 5, 2009 at 10:13am — No Comments

Plan...So You Won't Fail

What is the difference between companies who fall during an economic downturn and those who survive to see the other side with prosperity? Long-term strategic thinking! One of the worst things a merchant can do during tight economic times is cut the marketing budget. Sure, you can spend your dollars wisely, make them stretch as far as possible, take advantage of free plugs...but you can't quit if you want to stay on your feet.



What is the difference between a coupon… Continue

Added by Wendy Robison on November 5, 2009 at 8:36am — No Comments

Can someone come up with a recipe of an over ice espresso concoct with green tea jelly?

Hello....

Can someone come up with a recipe of an over ice espresso concoct with green tea jelly?

What syrup flavors that is green in color you think can best enhance the drink? Or one flavor can be green in color combined with another flavor that is not green in color?

Shirley

Added by shirley chua on November 5, 2009 at 5:50am — No Comments

just got back from C.R.

I'm so excited that I couldn't keep this to myself. I have to share it with everyone and anyone that wants to know. We're presently working on candy under the name of Cafe Don Vittorio. It is so good, just finished a BIG bag by myself. I'm hoping that we'll have it ready for sell before the holidays.
Can you guess what kind of candy?

Added by Claudia Cabezas on November 3, 2009 at 7:57pm — No Comments

One year and counting.....

We have been open past the one year mark..Whewwww. Now the work begins. Success in hard times, just what does that mean?

Added by Joseph Robertson on November 3, 2009 at 10:00am — 2 Comments

New web-exclusive articles available at Freshcup.com:

Web Feature: Information Gatherers

Meet Sprudge, coffee’s latest news vessel

By Chris Ryan





Web Feature: Lattes, Biscotti and a Chance to Thank the Troops

Maryland shop looks to draw other cafés into holiday card campaign

By Dan Leif…

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Added by Fresh Cup Magazine on November 2, 2009 at 10:39am — No Comments

Java - Indonesia's Mystical Coffee Island

More from Alun Evans blog --" For most people the geography lesson is not necessary. Java is a name that has been closely associated with coffee ever since the Dutch East Indies Company began growing the trees on the island in the early years of the 17th Century. " Read the rest of the article about Java coffee

Added by Eyal Rosen on November 2, 2009 at 6:27am — No Comments

Indonesian Coffee...

From Alun Evans blog -- "I have been living here in Indonesia working with farmers throughout Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Flores, Bali and Indonesian Papua for 10 years. The coffee from the Islands of Indonesia is truly exceptional and sadly only very recently has word of this coffee spread out to specialty coffee roasers the world over. " Read the rest of the article about Indonesian coffee

Added by Eyal Rosen on November 1, 2009 at 2:30am — No Comments

See through espresso extraction?

Random Thought...

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Added by Bryan Wray on October 31, 2009 at 3:34pm — No Comments

November Fresh Cup

Read the November issue online:
www.freshcup.com

Added by Fresh Cup Magazine on October 30, 2009 at 3:37pm — No Comments

Another Super Score

Last Mazzer Super Jolly I picked up for $100, no lids, no hopper and broken 'timer' switch - had to hold it on. Still a right good deal. Just scored an old SJ that purrs beautifully, has the old off/on/start switch I want (to re-wire on/off for plugging into Gralab timer), broken hopper (who cares), doser in good shape for a cool $60. They were asking $50, but I talked them up to $60 to have it delivered and save me time:-)

Added by Mike McGinness on October 30, 2009 at 3:36pm — 1 Comment

Indonesian Adventures- Malang October 2009 (AKA how much can you see in 24hrs on a jam packed schedule, with broken AC and average temperature over 100 degrees)

I must admit that it has been a long time since I last visited the Javanese highland city of Malang, 11 years to the day to be exact. My recollections of the place were pretty blurred. I spent an evening there in transit while traveling from Bali to Yogyakarta. Over the last decade I have been pretty much everywhere else in Indonesia, but never back to Malang.



A few weeks back one of my big corporate clients ordered a 2 group machine for… Continue

Added by Alun Evans on October 30, 2009 at 1:30am — 10 Comments

Once burrs are hot, how hot and for how long?

Link

Added by Bryan Wray on October 29, 2009 at 2:04pm — No Comments

Ascending journey to quality Guatemala coffee: on the slopes of the mountains

"Quality in the cup is not just by coincidence. Those of you that have been delighted by a cup of coffee might know that a proper preparation for a good cup of coffee is not easy. Same goes for is processing coffee. All of Guatemala coffee, from lower to higher altitudes, is handpicked, washed in mills and sun dried or a combination of sun and dryers. " ...Click here to read more of Gabriela Cordón's… Continue

Added by Eyal Rosen on October 29, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments

Proverb

Given enough coffee, I could rule the world.
I like my coffee like my women: hot, strong, steamy
Coffee and tobacco are complete repose
Behind every successful woman is a substantial amount of coffee
I never drink coffee at lunch. I find it keeps me awake for the afternoon
Coffee smells like freshly ground heaven.
Caffeine isn't a drug, it's a vitamin!
A morning without coffee is like sleep
Coffee is the best thing to douse the sunrise with.

Added by Hassan Afshari on October 27, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

new holiday recipe's

Hey just wanted to know if anyone out there has some really neat holiday recipe's that they may want to share?

Added by Brenda Smith on October 27, 2009 at 8:32am — No Comments

Opposite poles or are they?

Saturday I posted about meeting with my Angel Sunday. Sunday morning I arrived to open my cafe and find the front door glass smashed and door unlocked. Got burglarized, but fortunately the place wasn't trashed. Register emptied excelpt for pennies, dimes and nickles and back up change cash box gone. No signs of anything else missing. Called the police and started pre-open stuff after cleaning up the broken glass. Then it hit me, no way to make change! Had a few ones & fives in the deposit… Continue

Added by Mike McGinness on October 26, 2009 at 10:00pm — 4 Comments

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