coffee business strategies

Kailua-Kona Hawaii (March 3, 2010) – In two coffee industry firsts this past weekend in Los Angeles, Pete Licata of Honolulu became the first representative from Hawaii to win the Western Regional Barista Competition and also the first-ever to prevail at any barista competition using 100% Hawaiian coffee.
Mr. Licata’s espresso blend of three coffees included [...]

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LONDON (March 1, 2010) – Colombia has been selected to host the 12th annual World Barista Championship, which will be held in combination with the 2011 EXPOESPECIALES conference in Bogota.
Seven countries vied to host the 2011 event. “Choosing a winner from the very competitive site proposals we received was an extremely difficult task for [...]

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The New York Times travel section published a story today about coffee in London, called London Sips Another Cup and where better to top their recommendations than World Barista Champion Gwilym Davies’ own Prufrock Coffee.
Be sure to check out the article.

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A 2009 retrospective in February 2010, you ask? Well, I’ve been hard at work for the last 6 weeks or so (which you will see in the 2010 wrap-up), so it’s going to have to do. What, you want a refund?
This is my second annual year in review, started in 2008 and inspired [...]

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COLOGNE, GERMANY (June 23, 2009) – Attendees of the 2009 SCAE Wonderful World of Coffee conference and Coffeena International Coffee Fair beginning this week are invited to attend 3 events hosted by the World Barista Championship.
On Friday, June 26, 2009 World Barista Champion Gwilym Davies will host an autograph signing session from 10:00 AM to [...]

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