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  • Coming Soon

    Coming Soon

    Welcome to the web’s newest coffee blog. Construction is still going on, but it doesn’t seem to bother my first two, lady customers in the image above. (I’m trying to be funny of course, this is a blog, not a graffiti riddled, sidewalk café)

    This blog will be:

    • funny
    • informative
    • not totally about coffee

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  • 2015 United States Coffee Championships

    When: February 19 – 22, 2015
    Where: Long Beach, California

    • US Barista Championships

      1. Charles Babinski – Go Get ‘Em Tiger – Los Angeles, CA
      2. Cole McBride – PublicUS – Las Vegas, NV
      3. Sam Schroeder – Olympia Coffee Roasting Co. – Olympia, WA

    • US Brewers Cup

      1. Sarah Anderson – Intelligentsia Coffee – Los Angeles, CA
      2. Jenny Bonchak – Slingshot Coffee Co. – Raleigh, NC
      3. Todd Goldsworthy – Klatch Coffee – Los Angeles, CA

    • US Latte Art Championships

      1. Angie Chun – Coffee Code – Garden Grove, CA
      2. Simeon Bricker – The Roasterie – Kansas City, MO
      3. William Chun – Coffee Code – Garden Grove, CA

    • US Cup Tasters Challenge

      1. James Tooill – La Colombe Torrefaction – Philadelphia, PA
      2. Amanda Juris – Starbucks – Seattle, WA
      3. Samuel Demisse – Keffa Coffee – Townson, MD

    • Roasters Choice

      1. Brandon Despain – Caffe Ibis – Logan, UT
      2. Clancy Rose – Wild Gift Coffee – Austin, TX
      3. Stephan vonKolkow – Cafe Virtuoso – San Diego, CA

    No Coffee of the Year (CotY) was selected in 2015 due to redesign of the competition this year.

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