SCAA/USBC

My review of my time at the SCAA and USBC in Minneapolis. I was there as an SCAA blogger, but didn’t see too much of the show floor and ended up being around the competition more. Warning - it is a long post with a fair few big photos.

Iceland and beyond

I know I am writing somewhat out of sync here. Where are my posts on Atlanta, Warsaw and Croatia? How can I just skip ahead to Iceland, do the others not matter as much? Of course they do, and they…

Stephen Morrissey - Irish Barista Champion 2008!

Massive congratulations to Stephen on winning the Irish Barista Championship (as well as winning the latte art and the cupping, the talented swine!)

Both Anette and I were gutted we couldn’t be in Dublin to support Stephen, and to watch him…

UKBC 2008

I am absolutely worn out and very glad to finally be relaxing at home after a frantic few days.

Congratulations go out to all the 24 competitors who battled it out in the semis, and it was a pleasure to judge…

Hotelympia/UKBC

Only a couple of days now before I cease to be the UK barista champion, and it has been an amazing couple of years. Over the next five days there is a load of coffee stuff happening and it is…