Counter Culture Coffee Cuppers Challenge!
Tomorrow night I’ll be competing in the Counter Culture Coffee Cuppers Challenge – or, as I’m referring to it, “C5″ – at the Chicago CCC Training Center on Lake and Ada at 7pm. From their website: In the next few weeks, Counter Culture will roll out our 2013 Cup Tasters Challenge with events at Training...
New Video from Coffee Circle Berlin
I recently got this email from Coffee Circle Berlin, an online coffee service: Coffee Circle produced its first professional commercial—a high definition movie, which shows all the beauty and aesthetics of coffee preparation in slow motion, in 90 seconds. With Aero Press, Chemex, Hario, Mahlkönig, Walküre, La Marzocco, Reg Barber, Bodum… Goose flesh for every coffee...
Friday Feature: Counter Culture Coffee Launches “Save Our Soil” Campaign
Today is Earth Day – a celebration of this beautiful, magnificent rock, hurtling itself around the sun year after year, that we call home. It’s also a day to pause and recognize that the human race has been raping and pillaging the planet for centuries, leading to overpopulation, over-industrialization, loss of plant and animal life,...
Big Central Barista Championship This Weekend!
These fine folks prepare your coffee for you everyday, they grind your beans, they teach you everything you should know about coffee. This weekend, though, in Chicago’s Ravenswood neighborhood, you can watch them duke it out for the crown of the Big Central Barista Championship. The event, which is being jointly sponsored by Intelligentsia Coffee,...
2012 United States Barista Championship Registration
The United States Barista Championship (USBC) is a regional and national competition designed to highlight the craft of the barista and espresso-based beverage production. The annual competition cycle consists of 6 regional events that lead up to the US Barista Championship. The winner of each competition will have proven their professionalism, passion and skill through...
Northeast Regional Aeropress Championship
Put your Aeropress skills to the test. You don’t have to be a pro to compete – if you think you can make a tasty cup of coffee with an Aeropress, you’re in. Free to register, and the winner gets a spot in the US Championship in Portland. There are tons of great prizes. You...
CoffeeCON 2012
Warrenville, IL (PRWEB) February 09, 2012 Consumer coffee authority Kevin Sinnott is creating the first-ever international consumer coffee conference to be held, perhaps ironically, in the sleepy Chicago suburb of Warrenville, Illinois. He unveils CoffeeCON 2012, a special day-long happening on Saturday, February 25, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the IBEW building, 28600...
Counter Intelligence: Innovating Coffee Quality with Timothy Hill
As Coffee Buyer and Quality Manager for Counter Culture Coffee, Timothy Hill has the unique responsibility of managing coffee quality from, literally, the ground up. Please join us at 6 p.m., Thursday, October 13, at the Counter Culture Coffee Chicago Training Center (177 North Ada, Unit 106) for a discussion of Counter Culture’s groundbreaking approach...
A Tale of Two Cities: Latte Art Throwdown, part 2 — The Results
Yesterday, Counter Culture Chicago and Blue Ox Coffee Company of Minneapolis hosted “A Tale of Two Cities”—a latte art throwdown that pitted Chicago and Twin Cities baristas against each other to determine which city had the best latte artists around. Your’s truly was one of three judges in Chicago. I was pretty disappointed by the...
Bridgeport Coffee Company Bean Bonanza!
Bridgeport Coffee Company just announced that they have extended their “bean bonanza.” Now, through October 31, their Facebook “likers” can get their bulk roasted coffee at the insanely low price of $11 per pound. There are a few catches, but the biggest thing is that this deal is only for those who “like” them on...
