2010/2011 United States Barista Championship Update
With the successful close of the 2009/2010 United States Barista Championship season, SCAA staff has analyzed the overall USBC regional and national program. With a 30% average increase in the number of competitors at each regional event we feel that it is important to identify a strategic plan for the program to ensure its success …
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Cafe Imports awards Mike Phillips a trip to Origin to celebrate his 2010 win
Post written by Noah Namowicz of Cafe Imports, 2010 USBC Event Sponsor Café Imports is proud to announce that they have awarded the winner of the 2010 USBC a trip to origin with Café Imports in February 2011. Café Imports has decided to take the winner, Mike Phillips from Intelligentsia, to the SCAA 2010 portrait …
Next IDP Course Offering: July 30th in Vermont, hosted by Coffee Ed
The next Specialty Coffee Association of America Instructor Development course will be hosted by Coffee Ed and will be held in Vermont at the Coffee Enterprises facility July 30th 2010. This course, designed by the SCAA Professional Development Committee, prepares participants to deliver effective Adult Workplace Education. Topics include adult learning concepts, designing effective PowerPoint …
The BGA Blog Gets a Makeover….
The Barista Guild of America’s Blog emerged with a new look yesterday-if you haven’t been to the blog recently take a quick trip over there and let us know what you think!Follow the BGA:www.facebook.com/baristaguildwww.twitter.com/baristaguild
SCAA Hoodies and T’s…You Know You Want One
2010 USBC limited edition Tee: sizes XSM-L$20.00 (member price) PURCHASE HOODIE: sizes XSM-XXL $37.00 (member price) PURCHASE SCAA Tee: sizes XSM-XXL$20.00 (member price) PURCHASE SCAA Track Jacket: sizes XSM-L$37.00 (member price)PURCHASEGet your’s today while they are still in stock! Each item is branded with the trademark cup logo of SCAA on the back directly underneath …
SCAA Skill Building in Michigan with Coffee Express
[wide][/wide] In case you couldn’t make it to the recent SCAA Skill Building Workshop held in Ann Arbor, hosted by Coffee Express, check out the above video! CLICK HERE to subscribe to SCAA’s You Tube Channel!
We are proud to present the SCAA Event Video!
Watching this video, I have to admit I get a little nostalgic even though it’s only been a little over a month since The Event happened! Thank you to everyone who attended, exhibited, sponsored, volunteered and competed in the 2010 SCAA Exposition-we can’t wait to see everyone again in Houston in 2011!
Japanese brewing techniques in the SCAA Lab
The SCAA staff was excited to watch a demonstration today in our Lab, presented by Eton Tsuno and Tommy Kim, on Japanese brewing techniques and products.Tommy Kim, trained at the Kono Coffee School in Japan, expertly demonstrated how different technique and brewing mechanism can greatly impact taste using the Kono, Killita and Hario V60 brewers. …
The CBS Early Show & the $12 cup of coffee
To quote the co-anchor a little past mid-way through…”perhaps your palate isn’t sophisticated enough to appreciate it?”This story about the Eithopian Nekisse currently being served at SCAA member coffee house Cafe Grumpy has been picked up by numerous media outlets both big and small as noted on Sprudge recently. The media interest is understandable given …
Ann Arbor Skill Building Workshop Wrap Up
By: Ellie Hudson-MatuszakFor the very first time, SCAA in conjunction with our host, Coffee Express, delivered a two-day Regional Skill Building Workshop (RSBW) in Ann Arbor, MI. Three very generous sponsors underwrote the event registration fees to encourage as many people as possible to attend- and it was one of our largest RSBWs ever as …
A wrap up of the Detroit SCAA Skill Building Workshop via our Twitter friends!
Thanks to all the coffee people who participated in, hosted, volunteered, blogged or tweeted about the recent SCAA Skill Building Workshop this past weekend! I’ve added a few tweets below with links to photos and blog posts from the event. Make sure to follow these folks-and @SpecialtyCoffee too! .bbpBox14134540357 {background:url(http://a1.twimg.com/profile_background_images/82646572/Kohana-Twitter-Bird.GIF) #709397;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px …