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The loss of a truly passionate barista. Joel Starr will be missed.

Just got off the phone with Chuck Jones and he informed me that Joel Starr, previously of Ninth St. Espresso in NYC, www.thirdwavecoffee.net and currently working for Castle and Company in Los Angeles, California, passed away on a vacation in Brazil.



My heart and thoughts go out to his family and friends. This is a sad day for the specialty coffee industry and so sad to lose someone with so much passion and love for coffee.



If… Continue

Added by Matt Milletto on August 27, 2008 at 4:00pm — 7 Comments

Opening thoughts.

Well today is my day off from the shop, the espresso pulling, the training, the brewing, and all things related. This is my day to catch up on cleaning a messy apartment, running errends, etc, etc. ...and yet I find myself wondering around on bX. I guess once your blood turns brown there isn't much use trying to stay away from coffee.



Lately I've been thinking more about the barista competitions and how I've always wanted to see if I could get anywhere within them. But honestly, I… Continue

Added by Cherie on August 27, 2008 at 12:48pm — 3 Comments

New S.O. Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Misty Valley

Throwing down with some Misty Valley...I know, it's been available for awhile. If you haven't heard of or tried this yirg you must take a gander. It's one of the few that tastes exactly like it smells all the way through the process. Exploding Lilac and Froot Loop lemon blueberry on the nose, sweet red and black seed fruit in the mouth. Almost yemenish with a different spicy depth. Oily vine and powdered sugar texture. Fairly full bodied for a yirgie. Malted chocolate and a bit of salty caramel… Continue

Added by scott@herkimercoffee.com on August 27, 2008 at 12:35pm — No Comments

Cuppin' time, thursday and friday August 28 and 29

South and Central American Explosion!!

El Salvador
Brazil
Mexico
Panama
Guatemala

Thursday and Friday afternoons. Let me know if you are interested.
Scott

Added by scott@herkimercoffee.com on August 27, 2008 at 12:30pm — 2 Comments

Barista Exchange T Shirts!!!







In Celebration of reaching the 3000 member mark at Barista Exchange. Espressoparts.com and bX have joined together to create the first of many Barista Exchange T Shirts.



The Viva Barista logo has been screened onto the front of 100% cotton T shirts and on the upper mid back is the Barista Exchange logo.



Click… Continue

Added by Espresso Parts on August 26, 2008 at 10:02pm — 2 Comments

Opportunities

I wish so badly that my thoughts were clear. My vision? permanent. My passion? Pervasive in everything I do. My path? Everchanging.

Takes money to make money, right? I could own and manage a coffeeshop. My own. That I bought and I suply. But I'm STILL a corporate coffee whore. A salaried, bullied, overworked coffee management whore. This is how I pay my bills. This is NOT how I want to spend my twenties. I could do better. I could have my shop. But… Continue

Added by Sarah Leanne Barnett on August 26, 2008 at 8:05pm — No Comments

Social Networking is all the rage.

Hey guys

I'm continuing to work to promote my website, blog and podcast at www.chrisweaver.co.uk/blog/

As such I've jumped head first into social networking

so please add me on twitter: chrisweaver and pownce: chrisweaver and make the most of brilliant ways to get free marketing!

Chris Weaver

Added by Chris Weaver on August 26, 2008 at 9:35am — No Comments

Coffee business growing rapidly in Saudi Arabia, says US expert

Ed Arvidson, a consultant with Bellissimo Coffee InfoGroup just returned from a week long consulting trip to Saudi Arabia to work with the large coffee company, Bonnon Coffee. Bellissimo has been working Bonnon for a few months, consulting on their quickly growing coffee retail and wholesale roasting business. There was an article published in… Continue

Added by Matt Milletto on August 26, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments

PT’s Coffee Roasting Co is NOW HIRING!! Position- Customer Service Representative Location- Roasting Facility Office near Forbes Field in Topeka, KS Description- PT’s is looking for a self-motivat…



PT’s Coffee Roasting Co is NOW HIRING!!



Position- Customer Service Representative



Location- Roasting Facility Office near Forbes Field in Topeka, KS



Description- PT’s is looking for a self-motivated and organized worker that possesses the necessary interpersonal communication skills, computer proficiency, and love for coffee. This situation requires full time availability and is an office… Continue

Added by Holly on August 25, 2008 at 12:35pm — No Comments

American Coffee

Greatest thing overheard at the Cosmic Cup in a long time. Customer walks in, orders a coffee of the day, walks over to the airpots, reads the descriptions, turns to my barista and asks: "Do you have any American coffee, ya know, like Chock Full o' Nuts?"

Added by Troy Reynard on August 25, 2008 at 8:19am — 3 Comments

Being bullied out of a job.

Yeah, I am saying it. I was bullied out of my job, by two overbearing women. I kid you not, everytime I was on the bar they would throw me off. Make nasty remarks behind my back, and basically tried ruining my job, and getting me fired.

I was really dreading my job, due to these two ladies, and decided that I could no longer compromise my happiness for money.

I know Baristas don't make much, but when you start stressing over work, because of people who don't even try to be nice to… Continue

Added by Jess on August 24, 2008 at 5:34pm — 2 Comments

Killer Café Design

Thought I would re post this article from barista magazine by kyle and I. Some great info.



Café Design

Matt Milletto & Kyle Larson



Photo by Kenneth R. Olson

Reprinted from Barista Magazine



Let’s face it, not to sound too terribly clichéd, but first impressions really do matter. What is the first thing your customers are going to notice when they walk in the door? That’s right, the café itself.… Continue

Added by Matt Milletto on August 24, 2008 at 12:23pm — 1 Comment

DNC Coffee

I'm a barista at Metropolis Coffee right smack dab in the middle of Downtown Denver, and I'll be keeping everyone updated on how insane it gets. Right now, it seems that biggest question is:

"How do Democrats tip?"

Added by Neil McCormick on August 24, 2008 at 10:50am — No Comments

JBC08-09 qualifier of East Japan

East regional qualifier of Japan Barista Chanpionship was founded.

I & my friend Baristas competed.









Semi final & final round will be founded in SCAJ show October 15(Wed.) -17(Fri.), Continue

Added by Masa Onishi on August 24, 2008 at 8:05am — No Comments

we are going to party tonight . . .

Most of August was a disaster; talking about the weather – out of the first 20 days we had maybe three or four days of sun, otherwise it was overcast with rain most days. Now the weather has turned pleasant; sun, a few clouds and warm. Today looks like another perfect day.



What’s on board for today; cleaning the studio, hanging up some watercolour works in the studio and in the front entrance; working on the Thursday File and the… Continue

Added by Steve MacDowall on August 24, 2008 at 4:55am — No Comments

Intelligentsia; The Impenetrable Fortress

I love visiting other coffee shops. It is generally both a great experience in both learning and indulging the senses, and I've always especially appreciated my visits to Intelli. I remember my first visit just two years ago when I was at coffee fest Chicago for the weekend. I was new to the upper echelons of coffee when I walked in to Intelli Millenium Park, and I was greeted by both a friend barista by the name of Goodrich (whom I met up with in competitions just a year later) and my first… Continue

Added by Chris DeMarse on August 23, 2008 at 7:40pm — 5 Comments

just working away in my studio

Wow another nice hot sunny day. Beverly and Liz took of to a Baby shower this afternoon, then they plan to shop for tomorrows party and the wedding next week. It looks like it’s going to be a very busy week leading up to Nathan’s wedding on Saturday.



I’ve been working today mostly on the Thursday File but also cleaning up my computer doing a ton of filling. My screen looks a little better. I keep jumping around – a little of this a little of that – moving slowly but am I getting… Continue

Added by Steve MacDowall on August 23, 2008 at 12:33pm — No Comments

holding the line

i´m currently in the dominican repubilc for the coffee harvest. i knew i might arrive earlier than the ripe coffee, so it is a good thing i have other things to do.



coffee tends to produce a lot one year and a little the next. this is a big year. antonio, claire and i picked all the ripe cherries. it only took an few hours becasue there were only few and all of them had ´la broca´or bean borer. we boiled the cherries for a couple minutes (to kill the la broca) and then depulped them.… Continue

Added by byron on August 22, 2008 at 3:05pm — 1 Comment

very busy morning

Yesterday was wonderful, sunny all day, this lead to our first red tomato, which we all took a slice of. The taste was out of this world. If this keeps up we are going to have a ton of tomatoes.



I have a very full morning of work from 6am until 3pm I only have two half hour breaks the rest of the time is non stop action you might say. It’s hard in one sense; you must stay focused and watch the time like a hawk; time does go by fast though and before you realize it. The work day is… Continue

Added by Steve MacDowall on August 22, 2008 at 1:42am — No Comments

you serve bad espresso.....an you should be ashamed.....igot razors in my car if you want

to all you halfway descent shops and cafes out there...YOU FUCKING SUCK

i'm fucking tired of going into places and getting a dirty little demitasse filled with hot black water with a little red foam on the sides......at least it was hot...theres a knob near the hopper collar that makes your grind finer or more course.
kill yourself ,so somebody else can try to make me happy

Added by kirk knipmeyer on August 21, 2008 at 9:17pm — 3 Comments

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