Reg Barber, photo maniac and trophy designer, has posted his set of over 1000 photos from this past weekend on his Flickr. Thank you Reg for covering this event in such detail!
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A huge congrats to all who were involved in this past weekends Western Regional Barista Competition. I have already heard from many people in attendance that it was one of the best barista events to date!
A big round of applause for all of the competitors, and for the top three:
1st Place, Chris Baca, Ritual Coffee Roasters
2nd Place, Kyle Glanville, Intelligentsia Coffee Roasters
3rd Place, Heather Perry, Coffee Klatch Roasters
Remember to check out the Pacific Bay Coffee website for detailed coverage.
We now have one more regional competition in Ithaca, NY ... the NERBC coming up, hosted by Gimme! Coffee. Good luck to all and see you all in MN at the USBC.
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Can't tell you how happy I am for Kyle Glanville, the new USBC Champion! Kyle is such a great representative and ambassador for the barista community and the US coffee industry. Big congrats to all six finalists, this comp must go down as the most competitive in US history. Here is the video from the live video blog coverage, thanks to the SCAA blog team!
Has been a great competition and conference, and I will be posting more later.
- Matt
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Just watched the finalists announcement, here they are:
Nick Griffith, Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea
Pete Licata, PT’s Coffee Roasting Company
Chris Baca, Ritual Coffee Roasters
Heather Perry, Coffee Klatch
Kyle Glanville, Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea
Drew Catlin, Ritual Coffee Roasters
Congratulations to all of the competitors, what an unbelievably tough competition. Best of luck to all the finalists tomorrow, and now off to the BGA party.
- Matt
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