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A coffee story submitted to CNN iReport by self-described multimedia student reporter Abbey Niezgoda is getting a lot of buzz on the site’s website today. As the time of posting, the piece is featured on the news giant’s homepage with nearly 25,000 reported viewings. …with good reason, it is very well done. Good job!

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The 2009 World Barista Championship Finalists were named in a ceremony yesterday afternoon at Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center (in random order): Canada – Sammy Piccolo Hungary – Attila Molnar Ireland – Colin Harmon United Kingdom – Gwilym Davies Republic of Korea – Lee Jong Hoon United States of America – Michael Phillips All six [...]

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ATLANTA, GA (April 10, 2009) – The world’s best baristas representing 52 nations will converge in Atlanta next week to compete at the 10th annual World Barista Championship (WBC) in front of a live and online audience of spectators around the globe. In three days of preliminary round competition at the Georgia World Congress Center [...]

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A press release today from the Dubai conference & exhibition group IC&E announces a cooperation with the Specialty Coffee Association of America to launch the first ever specialty coffee & tea conference in Dubai this November. The conference will host an exhibition, lectures and UAE barista championship. Dubai , UAE – March 16, 2009: Organisers [...]

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The United States Barista Championship finals round is today, Sunday March 8, 2009 at Noon PDT broadcast live from Portland. Stay here for streaming coverage of the action: Live Broadcast by Ustream.TV USBC Finalists (not in order): 1. Scott Lucey – Alterra Coffee – Milwaukee, WI (Great Lakes Champ) 2. Mike Marquard – Kaldi’s Coffeehouse [...]

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