East Coast Roadtrip - Ashville and Charlotte

Ashville seems to be something of an odd place considering its location. I wasn’t aware of its reputation as being one of the more relaxed, liberal (though I hate the word) cities in the South, but when you get there…

East Coast Roadtrip - Counter Culture Roastery, NC

I confess I knew more about Counter Culture’s coffee than I did about the company itself. I was excited to visit their roastery and also we were honoured to stay in the House of Chang.

I also confess that the change…

East Coast Roadtrip - Washington, DC

Washington’s event was the first one in a Counter Culture training centre, and I was curious to see how it would be set up. We were due to cup at 10, but first we headed to a place called Tryst…

East Coast Roadtrip - Easton and Baltimore

As I said in my last post the next event on my calendar was the barista jam at Easton, presented by Counter Culture and Troy from Cosmic Cup did a lot of the organisational stuff and hosting on the evening…

Presents!

The last couple of days have been great! Three different parcels, all cool stuff.

First off was a large box from Compak. I had no idea what this might be and I opened it up to find this:

They had planned to…