New Product Feature: Add Simple Single Cup Brewing to Your Cafe
The Drip Station is the perfect addition to any retail coffee establishment and with the popularity of single cup brewing on the rise, it is a perfect way to expand your coffee menu.
With the simple nature of pour over coffee brewing, our new Drip Station revolutionizes the single cup brew method for a commercial retail environment. This 100% stainless steel brew station can be set up anywhere, and allows you to brew 2, or 4 cups of fresh coffee simultaneously. With the added feature of a drain, we have eliminated the messy process of emptying an over filled drain tray, which was a common nuisance of past drip stations.
Benefits of adding a Drip Station to any cafe are:
• Zero Waste - as you are only grinding enough coffee for each cup, there will never be excess coffee left over, like in an airpot, to dump out once it has lost it's freshness.
• Charge a Premium - people appreciate the attention and care involved in grinding and brewing a special cup of coffee for them. The extra theatre aspect and skill of the barista can easily demand an additional 35 to 50 cents per cup.
• Ultimate Freshness - we all know the importance of grinding fresh coffee, and with the Drip Station you get the freshest cup possible for each customer. Grind, Pour, and Enjoy!
• Single Origin Coffees - Expand your coffee menu to include single origin coffees without having to brew a full pot. Offer a menu similar to that in a wine bar where customer can choose coffees from around the world. This is also a perfect solution for those often loyal decaf coffee drinkers.
Retail pricing on the 2 Drip Station is $400, 4 Drip Station is $500.
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Where are you heading, Nordic Barista Cup? - Lari Järnefelt
Friday, 16 March 2007
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Lari Järnefelt ProCoffee Member of Barista Team Finland National Coordinator for the SCAE
Nordic Barista Cup is one of the most innovative competition concepts one finds in the coffee world today. It’s a team competition that lasts for a few days, is packed with lectures by the best in their fields and competitions that measure how well the recently taught has been learned. More information on the competition can be found at www.nordicbaristacup.com.
The NBC organisers have decided to “improve” the concept with changes that in my opinion might threaten the whole competition.
There is also a dialogue/debate on the Nordic Barista Cup website with Lari and Jens at this link: Jens responds to Lari's concerns.
Where are you heading, Nordic Barista Cup?
Robert Paulig, one of the coffee connoisseurs in Finland, asked me after I won my first barista competition in 2001: ”Where do you see yourself in five years?” I answered him as I would answer today: “I only know, that I’ll be happy with my life.” “That’s a lot.” Mr. Paulig said.
The 4th of October 2006 was exactly five years from the day that I won the competition. I was teaching 45 waiter/waitress students in a hotel & restaurant school, having a two-day barista course, and as a part of the Barista Team Finland I had arrived from Copenhagen two days earlier. Nordic Barista Cup 2006 and more specifically seeing how we did in the competition was a moment no one of us forgets. It took a while to sink in, but after it did, you couldn’t erase the smile on our faces. Veni, Vidi, Vici. That’s how we still feel, though we didn’t win. We did better than anyone expected. On the 4th of October 2006, telling the students how we did, was a proud and happy moment. I had kept my promise. I was happy.
London: Following the huge success of the recent regional heats the UKBC will be hosting the grand final of the UK Barista Championships at the IFE 07 exhibition, Excel, London on Sunday 18 th March.
The regional winners, together with the three highest scoring runners up from the entire competition will go head-tohead to compete for the much coveted title of UK Barista Champion, and the chance to represent the UK in Japan at the World Barista Championship.
James Hoffman, the current UK champion took first prize in the regional heat with his doughnut inspired espresso. Other signature drinks in the competition included a chai espresso from Edmund Buston, the newly crowned Midlands champion and many other wonderful concoctions that could be on a menu in your favorite coffee shop soon.
The event, organised by the UKBC and the Speciality Coffee Association of Europe (SCAE) is sponsored by a number of leading industry business’s (logos below), who support the competition and the baristi involved.
Searching for the ultimate coffee experience is precisely what the World Barista Championships is all about. Quite simply, we want to put the very best barista talent to the test to discover people at the height of their powers in mastering their craft.
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