Archive for May, 2006

The WBC Post (Part 1: Arrival and the Semi Finals)

Friday, May 26th, 2006

(warning - another long post with lots of photos!)
another warning - my head is still a mess and I will forget stuff!
So - the WBC…. What an incredible experience. I arrived on the Tuesday evenings, having found Switzerland full of every intention to fulfil its international cliche (nothing but adverts for watches in [...]

So….

Saturday, May 20th, 2006

I made the finals.
I am genuinely surprised, but extremely delighted. I have done what I came to do - to be the first in the UK to make top 6. Now I can enjoy tomorrow and hopefully give the presentation I wanted to in the first place!
After a weird day with the latte [...]

What a day…

Friday, May 19th, 2006

Just back at the hotel after my performance.
Things did not go quite to plan. Somehow I ended up with my second set of capp shots running really long (either I didn’t hit the button properly, or perhaps not at all!)
I chose to redo the shots.
THis kind of knocked me off course a little bit, [...]

A quick post from Bern

Wednesday, May 17th, 2006

A quick hello from the hotel.
Bern is very pretty (pictures to follow at some point) and I could get very fat if I had to spend some serious time here…. oh lord the cakes!
The show is still being put together. The comp area looks cool, very long and thin. Bright blue GB5s [...]

Packing it all up….

Monday, May 15th, 2006

Well I am now the proud possessor of luggage stuffed with bubble wrap. I’m really quite relieved that the guys from Mercanta are driving over so I could stash some glassware and a grinder with them!
My luggage is hideously overweight - though nothing like the 140kg of luggage David Makin’s entourage are lugging from [...]

James Hoffmann’s coffee blog. I was the World Barista Champion 2007, and am now focused on Square Mile Coffee Roasters based in London.