Tag Archives: Coffee Collective

Video 1 – Crema

Episode links:
Coffeegeek article on crema
Coffee Collective Blog post
The Coffee Collective

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WBC 2008

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 [...]

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Post 500: Espresso…..

It only just dawned on me that this next post would be a milestone post (thank you wordpress dashboard) so I thought I should post in an opinionated way about coffee as a couple of things have been eating away at my brain. It has been a real pleasure writing this blog over the [...]

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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 win. I know from Tokyo that Jen (Stephen’s better half) is great at supporting [...]

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The Probat Museum

I am not going to write up the visit to Probat too much – Klaus has already done a great job at the Coffee Collective Blog.
However I think the photoset from the Probat Museum will be of interest to quite a lot of people. I’ve tried to add a little info to the pictures [...]

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Coffee Collective – Finca Vista Hermosa

Klaus sent across a couple of bags of different things for Anette and I to try and amongst them was a bag of Finca Vista Hermosa.  I tasted it at the Nordic Cup but Klaus said they weren’t very happy with the roast so I withheld judgement.
I wasn’t really sure what to expect from the [...]

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