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While recreating a complete log of my 2006 travel schedule for my friends and yours at the Internal Revenue Service, I thought to myself, “hey, this would be kind of fun, if not for the looming deadline and possible monetary penalties if I make a mistake.” So, in the quiet last days of 2008, I’ve [...]

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So, as you may have imagined, I’ve been pretty busy these last couple of weeks. Joe Bush of CSP Magazine chronicles the recent Hot Beverage trends symposium that I moderated following the SCAA conference in Minneapolis. It was a productive, fun-filled and yet exhausting weekend. Joe has all of the details: MINNEAPOLIS – Convenience store [...]

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MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The nation’s top espresso-makers battled it out Monday to be called best-of-the-best, but it was Kyle Glanville of Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea who took home top honors. Glanville won the Specialty Coffee Association of America’s (SCAA) highly competitive 2008 United States Barista Championship (USBC), hosted by Krups. The heated competition took place at SCAA’s [...]

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Couldn’t make it to Minneapolis this year? Check out the live SCAA 2008 conference blog.

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Calling all experienced baristas and barista trainers! We need 6 station instructors for the Saturday, May 3 “Intro to Espresso” lab that will be held in Minneapolis at the SCAA conference from 8:00 AM to 12:30. Volunteers receive credit to offset the cost of conference attendance fees. If interested, please contact me (Andrew Hetzel) by [...]

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