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Gwilym tops London NY Times coffee story

February 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Retail Coffee Industry, world barista championship

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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Andrew’s 2009 Year in Review Part 1

February 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Events, Hawaii coffee, Retail Coffee Industry, Venting Steam, economy, world barista championship

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 by [...]

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World Barista Championship Events at the 2009 SCAE Conference in Cologne, Germany

June 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Events, world barista championship

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 [...]

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WBC on CNN en Español and CNN International

April 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Events, world barista championship

Embedded video from CNN Video The great video piece above aired on CNN en Español and CNN International in the past few days. The audio is in English. Little different perspective than the CNN.com piece shown before, but very well done.

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Gwilym Davies crowned 2009 World Barista Champion in Atlanta

April 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Events, world barista championship

ATLANTA (April 20, 2009) – Gwilym Davies of the United Kingdom has won the 2009 World Barista Championship in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. National barista champions from 51 countries converged in Atlanta to compete for the ranking of world’s top coffee maker in front of a live and online audience of thousands of viewers from around [...]

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