I am aware there is some potential for me seeming like an arrogant so and so in this post, but it really is just about having a bit of a discussion.
It is no surprise that I am a big fan of barista competitions, but having recently gone through the UK judges workshop there are a [...]
It has been a while. Excuse the low production values for this video (then again, it isn’t like the others were beautifully shot). I just want to get back into the swing of things!
Ultimate Barista Fighting League
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I should probably try and post some vague approximations of all the craziness, stress, surprise and good times that was the WBC this year.
So – Gwilym’s performance: I am sure pretty much everyone has worked out that we didn’t go to this competition with the main goal of winning. The idea this year was the [...]
Posted in Barista Competition, Coffee | Also tagged anette, atlanta, awesome, Coffee, competition, Espresso, grinders, gwilym, Latte Art, usa, wbc |
IMPORTANT: We don’t yet know if this is a one off glitch or common to all machines.
This is probably of interest to anyone who has competed or watched competitions since 2005.
In some competitions the La Marzoccos used were GB5 and FB80 AV machines – meaning they have a line of buttons linked to volumetric controls. [...]
Last year I wrote a post with 6 tips for barista competition. This year, with the rule changes and all, I wanted to write another little post (though still give the first a quick re-read…).
I really want to encourage people to enter, it isn’t as difficult or scary as it seems. Everyone who competes, as [...]
Well, where to begin?
Copenhagen was not what I expected, in just about every way. I thought I’d get more time to roam the streets, visit cafes and hang out. Somehow it ended up being very busy indeed. That didn’t mean, however, that I missed out on my favourite part of these events [...]
As hectic as everything is here, it hasn’t stopped by brain going off on one during spare moments (a couple of hours commuting is plenty of time to think about stuff.)
So here are a few of the things I have been thinking:
Tasting every roast of every component is slowly but surely breaking my head and [...]
So the time has come to clarify where this blog is going to go. Many businesses – cafes, roasteries and the like have blogs and I read most of them and enjoy them too. However this is not what jimseven is going to become. At some point in the future there may [...]
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.
Posted in Barista Competition, Opinion | Also tagged Barista, Coffee, compak, Espresso, intelligentsia, kyle glanville, la marzocco, Latte Art, ritual, usbc |
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 win. I know from Tokyo that Jen (Stephen’s better half) is great at supporting [...]
