by andrew | May 12, 2011 | events, hawaii, news, origin
As the Ka’u Coffee Festival is set to begin this weekend in Pahala on Hawaii’s Big Island, news has surfaced from the Hawaii Department of Agriculture that the dreaded coffee berry borer, alias CBB, alias Hypothenemus hampei or ‘douche-bug’ has...
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...
by andrew | Apr 11, 2011 | events, origin
Kaapi Royale Coffee just released a video of their January 2011 India origin tour, beautifully filmed and produced by Ralph Gastons of Isla Coffee. The only thing we’re missing is an organized Bollywood-style dance number. This does a wonderful job of capturing...
by andrew | Apr 7, 2011 | associations, events, origin |
Kaapi Royale Coffee today announced the introduction of a new line of coffee in conversion that will be debuted at SCAA in Houston this year — essentially a coffee that is along the way to become certified organic. Considering the track record for the company...
by andrew | Mar 18, 2011 | events
Thanks again to Chris Speirs for hosting the 2011 European Team Coffee Challenge in St. Petersburg Russia last week. You can read a complete summary of the event (a sort of coffee competition meets The Apprentice reality television show) on the SCAE blog. Check out...
by andrew | Feb 17, 2011 | associations, competitions, events
Two new events have been added to my schedule in March, the 2011 European Team Coffee Challenge in St. Petersburg and 2011 Swedish Barista Cup in Stockholm organized by the SCAE Russian and Swedish chapters. The ETCC and Northwest Russia Regional Barista Championship...
