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Let's Talk Coffee – Nicaragua
The view from our room at Let's Talk Coffee. Meanwhile, the baristas at Selva Negra compete for the right to have a shower. So upon our arrival at Managua, USBC ’09 Champion, Michael Phillips and I...
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UAE Has First Barista Champion
The United Arab Eremites held its first national competition over the weekend in the capital of Dubai at the nation’s Specialty Coffee & Tea Convention. The winner was Vikram Kashyap, the...
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It’s Conary, Scott Conary
Scott in his customary position at competitions across the globe, judging. We often write about barista competitions, championships and barista champions, but it should never go without noting that a...
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Coffee Cast Underway
The old fort, El Moro, overlooks San Juan and is a symbol of the island. Today marks the start of the first national barista competition on the way toward Colombia next year with the beginning of the...
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Puerto Rico Crowns a Champion
Can you tell who just won? Congratulations, Jesus Gomez, Puerto Rican barista champion! The first national barista champion to get his ticket punched for Bogota next year comes from the island of...
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Mexican Barista Championships Underway
The MBC and the Mexican Latte Art Championship (with berths on the line for the World Championships in Colombia in 2011) are underway today, and the Mexican Coffee Expo trade show floor opens up today...
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Next Up ¡Finals!
The finalists celebrate after this evening's announcement. Twenty-six competitors have competed over the last two days here in Mexico City for the Ninth Annual Mexican Barista Championship. And as...
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Next Stop Colombia!
Two new champions just joined the ranks of those baristas traveling next June to Bogota with the finals of the First Annual Mexican Latte Art Championship and the Ninth Annual Mexican Barista...
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Manual Brew Fun in January
Yawn, yawn, yawn? Winter break is over, people! Time to get crankin into the new competition season. There’s a bonanza of coffee centric competitions starting up this month and continuing into next ”be...
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