Posted by TheShot on 16 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Local Brew
This bakery/café runs as a collective between the San Mateo County coast’s Pie Ranch, Glen Park’s Destination Baking Company, and the Mission’s Mission High School. If that doesn’t sound a little confusing, just try finding the place by its address.
Its 2901 Mission St. address will direct you to the corner of Mission & 25th Sts., [...]
Posted by TheShot on 22 Apr 2006 | Tagged as: CoffeeRatings.com, Consumer Trends, Quality Issues
I have a lot of respect for Nick Cho, owner of Washington D.C.’s murky coffee. He’s established a place that pulls some of the best espresso shots on the East Coast. He’s arguably the primary brainchild behind the Portafilter.net podcasts. And he’s also known for his quality coffee industry “altruism”: supporting aspiring baristas and café [...]
[view full post]Posted by TheShot on 05 Mar 2006 | Tagged as: Barista, Beans, Local Brew
A barista championship in Petaluma?
Yesterday (Saturday, March 4) I attended my first SCAA barista competition. Held at the Sheraton Sonoma County in Petaluma, the Western Regionals are a competitive prelude to next month’s U.S. Barista Championship. (Petaluma: it’s not just world arm wrestling championships anymore.)
The annual Western Regionals covers competitive baristas across California and Hawai’i, [...]
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