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• WBC announces espresso machine and grinder sponsors

  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:08:33 +0000
  LONDON (August 29, 2008) – The world’s top baristas will test their coffee making skills in competition using the Nuova Simonelli Aurelia espresso machine and MAHLKÖNIG K30 espresso grinders at World Barista Championship events in 2009 – 2011. Once every 3 years, leading manufacturers of commercial coffee machines vie for the prestigious opportunity to have their [...]

• Cup of Excellence Returns to Brazil

  Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:38:46 +0000
  After a one year hiatus, the Cup of Excellence competition returns in November to Brazil, the origin where there first COE was held in 1999. You can read all about it in the organization’s press release: MISSOULA, MT - The Brazil Specialty Coffee Association (BSCA) announces with excitement the 2008 Cup of Excellence® schedule, bringing the successful [...]

• Kent Bakke opens chocolate store

  Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:09:56 +0000
  Yes, I realize that it is not about coffee, but there is a connection. Kent Bakke (shown left) is a co-owner of La Marzocco…. and also happens to be one of the nicest and most respected fellows in the business. From The Seattle Times One of the biggest names in Seattle coffee has opened a chocolate [...]

• Coffee Quality Institute Q-Graders featured in LA Times

  Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:54:51 +0000
  The article Coffee’s trained tasters know their beans and brews in the LA Times today features Los Angeles area Q-graders, including our friend Jeff Chean of The Supreme Bean Coffee Roasters, John Gozbekian of LA Mill, Rocky Rhodes of Rocky Roaster and others. Dora Jaramillo slides off the top of a wooden box to reveal 36 [...]

• Starbucks: Big Investors’ Divorce Grounds

  Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:56:23 +0000
  BusinessWeek features the story of big investors dumping their interest in Starbucks in a new feature article; I’m Johnny-on-the-spot. RESTORING LUSTER But Schultz faces a tough battle in bringing back the company’s traditionally prolific growth. As recently as 2004, Starbucks’ stock traded at an eye-catching 68 times earnings for the trailing 12 months, according to S&P [...]

• 2009 World Barista Championship rules online

  Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:46:23 +0000
  World Barista Championship rules have been updated for the 2009 competition season and are now available for download on the WBC website. This information is a must-read for all competitors, judges and country hosts. No Tags

• Turkish Coffee World featured in LA Times

  Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:45:46 +0000
  Congratulations to Mustafa Arat on his excellent LA Times article coverage this weekend. Being a fan of Turkish coffee, I was very pleased to see it receive attention — hopefully a sign of more to come. If Turkish coffee gets hot, he could get rich By Utku Cakirozer, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer August 18, 2008 Mustafa Arat [...]

• Latte art printer automates daily pouring task

  Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:49:09 +0000
  How many times have you been pouring your morning double rosetta and wished that some machine was invented to automate the task? If you’re like me, that happens… well, never. This article and video from the Wall Street Journal online is on the scene. By CARI TUNA August 14, 2008; Page A1 For the past eight [...]

• Meth Coffee brand name entices Illinois Attorney General

  Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:35:10 +0000
  Underscoring the government’s total failure to understand the root causes of America’s drug epidemic, Illinois Attorney General Amy Madigan (nice blazer!) has threatened to sue the makers of Meth Coffee citing “the devastating impact that methamphetamine has had” in that State. I have never tasted this coffee, do not know the owners of this company and [...]

• Emily Oak joins World Barista Championship Board of Directors

  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:49:56 +0000
  Long Beach, CA. U.S.A. (July 22 2008) — The Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) announces the appointment of Emily Oak as the newest member to represent the association’s interest on the World Barista Championship (WBC) Board of Directors. Oak is Director of Training and Development for Australian Independent Roasters, an SCAA member and wholesale roaster [...]

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