by andrew | Aug 8, 2012 | associations, industry, news, quality |
Congratulations to David Roche has he transitions into the role of Coffee Quality Institute Executive Director, as was initially announced at the SCAA CQI luncheon in Portland earlier this year and confirmed by the statement below released earlier today. The press...
by andrew | Mar 31, 2012 | associations, competitions, events, hawaii, quality
Three Ka’u coffee farms were recognized this past week by the Roasters Guild of the Specialty Coffee Association of America in its annual Coffee of the Year competition, they are: The Rising Sun / Will and Grace Farms, farmers Will and Grace Tabios;...
by andrew | Mar 28, 2012 | associations, competitions, hawaii, industry, quality
250 Coffee samples from 26 different countries were evaluated for this year’s Roasters’ Guild Coffee of the Year Award, the top 10 of which were awarded Coffee of the Year. The 2012 winning farms are: 88.41 – Oromia Cooperative, Oromia Region,...
by andrew | Dec 29, 2011 | associations, industry, retail, roasting
Some will look back at 2011 as the year of sweeping political change in the Middle East and Egypt, or as the year that a 9.0 earthquake killed at least 16,000 people and triggered a dangerous nuclear reactor meltdown in Fukushima, Japan, or even as the year that the...
by andrew | Sep 14, 2011 | associations, competitions, events
Breathtaking is the only word that comes to mind when describing the 2011 World Barista Championship held this past June in Bogota, Colombia. No, I am not referring to Bogota’s 2,625 m (8,612′) elevation that had many of us looking for commemorative oxygen...
by andrew | May 3, 2011 | associations, competitions, events, hawaii, news, origin
In two coffee industry firsts this weekend in Houston, Pete Licata of Honolulu Coffee Co. became the first competitor from Hawaii to win the United States Barista Championship and also the first-ever to prevail at any national barista championship using 100% Hawaiian...
