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A couple of weeks ago, just after the SCAA skill building workshop in Ann Arbor, I decided to reward my wife with a weekend in Chicago for our 16th wedding anniversary. We had a great time in the windy city, and the number one thing on my list of stuff to do there was visit Intelligentsia! I found a [Read more…]
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Greetings fellow coffee students and lovers of the bean! It’s been almost 2 weeks since my last post. I drove down to Ann Arbor, Michigan last week for the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) Skill Building Workshop. This was a 2 day event that offered opportunities to learn more about coffee, and how to improve your skills. I attended two classes about cupping coffee, and received certificates 🙂 I gained a greater appreciation and understanding of tasting coffee and comparing coffees from different regions and methods of processing. I also got to meet some excellent people too!
Also present at the workshop was Jeff Ulrich, a representative from BUNN, one of the pioneers of coffee brewing. Jeff graciously demonstrated the brand new Trifecta coffee brewer on video for CoffeeNate.com viewers! Single cup coffee brewers are all the rage now, with pour-over brewers, the AeroPress, and the like taking huge segments of market share, did you think coffee legend BUNN would sit still and watch from the sidelines? If you did, you were wrong. This video is a demo of the BUNN Trifecta brewer in only it’s second public appearance ever! The BUNN Trifecta is [Read more…]
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Starbucks Controversy :: Are they ‘Good’ or ‘Bad’ for the specialty coffee industry?
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Starbucks. Just saying the word stirs up conversation and controversy in the specialty coffee world. I asked a simple question on my facebook and twitter pages yesterday morning “Starbucks…thumbs up, or thumbs down?” The results were [Read more…]