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Northwest Regional Barista Competition 2006 |
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Thursday, 10 August 2006 |
Congratulations to Billy Wilson from the Albina Press, the 2006 NWRBC Champion!
2nd. Place Jon Lewis, Bumbercrop Coffee
3rd. Place Kevin Fuller, the Albina Press
Go to www.nwbarista.com for more details!
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Espresso New Wave Hits NYC |
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Wednesday, 13 September 2006 |
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was excited to see that the Viva Barista T-Shirt made it in an article
in the New York Times, work by Bob Peyton of 9th Street Espresso.
Cool article about some of the popular shops and great baristas in NYC.
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Excerpts: "Ninth Street Espresso in the East Village earned the first
ripple of recognition for New York’s coffee scene when it opened in
2000. Since then a handful of other top-flight shops have opened,
including three in northwestern Brooklyn: Gimme!; the Oslo Coffee
Company, also in Williamsburg; and, most recently, Café Grumpy. Oslo
opened a second Williamsburg branch last month; Café Grumpy is building
a second location in Manhattan, in Chelsea. Baristas like Dan Griffin,
who recently left the celebrated coffee spot Albino Press in Portland,
Ore., will be setting up shop soon in the West Village."
"The craftsmanship and artistry are largely in the hands of the
baristas, those who make the coffee. Some, like Bob Peyton, at Ninth
Street Espresso, and Samuel Crane, at Café Grumpy, learned the ropes in
the Northwest — both worked at Victrola Coffee and Art in Seattle.
(Along with a love for coffee, many share a love for tattoos. Among the
frescoes on Christopher Owens at Gimme! is a demitasse of espresso on
his left wrist.)"
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Tuesday, 08 August 2006 |
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is with a heavy heart that I write this post. On Saturday, August 5th at
8am I received a phone call from an industry friend, who knew better
than to call me at that hour on a weekend. Immediately I knew something was
wrong from the sound of his voice. He informed me that our true friend
and mentor, Ward Barbee had passed away earlier that morning while
vacationing in Rome with his girlfriend Paula and his grandson. He was
a very young 68 years old and was maybe the most active person I know.
He always had a smile on his face no matter where I would see him, and
always made time to talk with me about the coffee industry, the best
place in any town to get oysters, or a new idea for Viva Barista, which
he was a huge supporter. His passion for this industry and his
transparent honesty fueled many of us, myself incuded, to never stop
believing in what is right and to keep fighting the things in life that
we felt were not.
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