Tag Archives: cappuccino

Cappuccino as conflict

By James Hoffmann | Published: March 7, 2010

Competition season often leaves me with an uneasy relationship with a drink I usually find very enjoyable. I should add that my own view is in no way representative of competition judges, or competitions or anything like that – just a thought rolling around my head.
Generally, it seems, we treat milk as an enemy. People [...]

Posted in Opinion | Also tagged brewing, Espresso, ethiopia, flavours, indonesia, kenya, milk, png | 23 Comments

Bristol Barista Jam

By James Hoffmann | Published: October 31, 2007

Today Anette and I drove across to Bristol for a barista jam happening there. Our original plans had us out of the country, so this was the silver lining to the cancellation of that trip. The event was hosed by Beyond the Bean and sanctioned by the SCAE UK.
We arrived a little late and the [...]

Posted in Barista Competition, Espresso, News | Also tagged Barista, barista jam, competition presentations, Espresso, signature drinks, uk, wbc | 2 Comments

The Roadtrip – Seattle

By James Hoffmann | Published: June 13, 2007

With sadness we left Anette behind for a day as she had to collect her visa and the rest of us ventured down in the United States of the Americas. It was nice there – warm, sunny and not as cold and mean/rainy as Vancouver had been.

We went up to Elysian Brewing for some beers [...]

Posted in Cafe Review, Coffee, Espresso, Latte Art, News, Opinion | Also tagged Coffee, Espresso, Latte Art, roadtrip, seattle, vivace | 4 Comments

Lovely picture

By James Hoffmann | Published: May 28, 2007

Credit where credit is due – Stephen’s photo of a capp mid pour is just wonderful – looks perfect and delicious.

Click it to take you to its flickr page where you can leave a comment if you wish.

Posted in Coffee, Opinion | Also tagged Barista, photography | 4 Comments

UKBC Blends

By James Hoffmann | Published: March 23, 2007

I forgot to put this in the other post about the competition but to keep in the habit of posting my blends here we go….
For my espressos and signature drinks:
50% Fazenda Cachoeira Canario Dried on Screen (Brazil)
20% Finca La Fany Bourbon (El Salvador)
20% Sidamo Organic (Ethiopia)
10% Toca de Onca (Brazil)

Posted in Coffee | Also tagged Barista Competition, Coffee, coffee-blend, Espresso, signature-drink, ukbc | 2 Comments

UK Barista Championship 2007 – Finals Report

By James Hoffmann | Published: March 23, 2007

Thanks to everyone who left messages after the result on Sunday – I really appreciate it.
A full article on the sig drink is probably going to be up on Coffegeek quite soon – I will post a link once it is done. (One of the qualifiers for being a columnist is that you actually [...]