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Coffee News of the Day

A couple of news stories today from the world of coffee. First up, Bloomberg reports that worldwide coffee production will be down fairly significantly this year (estimated decline approximately 4  million bags). Most of the decline in harvest comes from the big three in production, Brazil, Colombia and Vietnam. The Brazilian harvest is down around [...]

Empire State of Mind

Looks like the coffee scene in New York continues to evolve and get more and more interesting. The New York Times is reporting that San Francisco-based roaster/retailer Four Barrel Coffee has a new account in the city and owner Jeremy Tooker is looking for a roasting location in Brooklyn for an East Coast operation. The story [...]

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 29-year-old manager of a local branch of Caribou Coffee. Vikram is an immigrant to Dubai from India. You can read a local news account [...]

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James Liu

Americanos instead of Drip Coffee 9 Replies

My shop owners and I are talking about ditching regular drip coffee in favor of just doing Americanos. We're going to be half a block away from a busy street corner in Chicago, right by an elevated...

Started by James Liu in Retail Coffee Business. Last reply by James Liu 4 hours ago.

Daniel Mueller

Reprogramming Shot Volume, LM Linea 1 Reply

Hello All, I am unsatisfied with the pre-programmed shot volumes i get with the double-shot button on my Linea. I was wondering how I might reprogram this button. Any ideas? -Dan

Tagged: Shot, Volume, Linea, Equipment, Machine

Started by Daniel Mueller in Equipment. Last reply by Jason Shipley 5 hours ago.

Jason Dominy

Are any of you on Google Wave? Using Waves to talk coffee? 4 Replies

Well, I just got my Google Wave invite, and am still trying to figure it out, but have started a wave talking about pre-infusion of espresso and it's affects. Wanna join? Let's join some people up!...

Tagged: Wave, Google

Started by Jason Dominy in Off Topic. Last reply by Matt Milletto 5 hours ago.

Chris Tellez

naked filter madness! 18 Replies

Okay, so here is my opinion/question/rant. I call that one the question sandwich. a question layered in my own beliefs. Opinion: Naked portafilters have been toted as one of the biggest advancemen...

Tagged: espresso, portafilter, naked

Started by Chris Tellez in Espresso. Last reply by Kevin Ayers 6 hours ago.

Erik Fenstermacher

Looking for coffee shops for a regular customer, traveling abroad 6 Replies

I am trying to help a regular customer at my shop find good coffee abroad, can anybody give me a list of places to be in Seattle and/or Fullerton California?

Started by Erik Fenstermacher in Barista Exchanges & Travel. Last reply by Al Sterling 19 hours ago.

Daniel James Scriver

Looking to buy a Diedrich IR 7 / 12, Thermal Afterburner, Fetco 2052, 1.5 Curtis, Mahlkonig K 30's, 13 Replies

Hello all, Looking to buy, USED, newer in good/great condition: Diedrich Roaster IR 7 or IR 12 Diedrich DCO 7/12N Afterburner Fetco 2052 brewer 1.5 Curtis Milano Servers (6), might be interested i...

Tagged: machine, grinder, espresso, used, equipment

Started by Daniel James Scriver in Classifieds. Last reply by Jason 19 hours ago.

Helen Duncum

Coffeemaker and Grinder Dropshipper needed 4 Replies

I'm looking for a reliable dropshipper of Coffeemakers and grinders. Any suggestions?

Started by Helen Duncum in Equipment. Last reply by Jared Rutledge 20 hours ago.

Ryan Soeder

Pressure Profiling Comparison 2 Replies

As far as I know, there are three espresso machines currently on the market (or soon to be) that offer adjustable brew pressure: Synesso Hydra, Slayer, and La Marzocco Strada (in 2010). There's a l...

Tagged: pressure

Started by Ryan Soeder in Equipment. Last reply by Jay Caragay 1 day ago.

Jared Rutledge

400 pound, 7 foot long portafilter 18 Replies

that's mounted outside my coffeeshop. the sign will go on the eyebolts beneath it. it's six feet in the air. i reckon it's pretty awesome

Started by Jared Rutledge in Retail Coffee Business. Last reply by Joe Marrocco 1 day ago.

Nick Gizzi

Fair Trade Chocolate? 4 Replies

I recently became aware of the extensive use of child labor and slave labor in the cocoa industry and was wondering if any other shops out there use Fair Trade Certified chocolate or slavery free c...

Tagged: slavery, trade, fair, chocolate

Started by Nick Gizzi in Retail Coffee Business. Last reply by Banks Thomas 1 day ago.

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Joseph Robertson

Blog Post? Who out there has time??????

Lets see I'm working or was working / on my feet , 7 days a week 14 hours a day....Now I'm down to 6 days or there abouts....A little time now for sales and marketing...YES the fun part....

Posted by Joseph Robertson on November 19, 2009 at 2:19pm

Birgit

1st UAB Barista Championship

From November 10th till 12, the first national Barista Championship of UAB took place during the Specialty Coffee and Tea Convention 2009 at the Al Bustan Rotana Convention Centre in Dubai. The baristas had to pass a preliminary round and the best six classified ones passed to the final on November the 12th. An international judge team was responsible for the evaluation, Head Judge was Scott Conary and among the international judges team we could find Ben Bicknell, Sonya Grant, Ellie Matuszak, J… Continue

Posted by Birgit on November 19, 2009 at 12:16am

Melissa Allison

Turkey latte art smackdown?

There's a gobbler here by Jared Mockli of Bellissimo Coffee InfoGroup and Starbucks. And another one here by Fremont Coffee's Christian Morris.

Posted by Melissa Allison on November 18, 2009 at 11:03am

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