The Craft: Becoming World Champion - minor (hilarious) look into the Journey of Tim Varney becoming WBC! The Craft was written & directed by Tim Varney (Roaster and manager at Tim Wendelboe Coffee Roasters in Oslo Norway) & Chris Kolbu, filmed & edited by Brendan Inkognito on Vimeo. See cameo from Tim Wendelboe, 2004 World Barista Champion. A [...]
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Oct 08.10
/ Video's, barista
/ by rebecca

I am thrilled to announce the return to my café roots. On Monday, Laurie and I purchased Taste Coffee House in Newtonville, MA, a suburb of Boston. Taste was owned and operated by Nik Krankl, a superstar in the local coffee scene! Nik built Taste into a first-rate cafe with a strong reputation for good food [...]
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Oct 04.10
/ about coffee, brewing lab, cafe
/ by george

It is only in modern times that green coffee arrived to consumers’ shores in relatively fresh condition. Green coffee was “past crop” on arrival, due to long journeys over the ocean and poor storage conditions throughout well into the twentieth century. Think shades of faint sepia photographs drained of color after being left in the [...]
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Aug 20.10
/ about coffee, coffee seasons, cupping
/ by george

When travelling I first take a tiny taste of the black coffee offered to me and ninety-nine times out of a hundred decide to add milk and sometimes even sugar. Not even all that could “save” the coffee I had in Istanbul a few years ago, where Rio and Riado coffee from Brazil are the [...]
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Jun 23.10
/ about coffee, brewing lab, coffee farms
/ by george

Summer means iced coffee! Here is a method for making iced coffee that really rocks. Floral and sweet fruit flavors found in many fine coffees simply sing; there is no more refreshing drink! We printed this last year and it is time to roll it back out!
Enjoy -
George
Iced Coffee Like You’ve Never had Before
I used [...]
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Jun 01.10
/ about coffee, brewing lab
/ by rebecca