The 1st Barista Jam in Taste history will be held on Friday, April 3rd from 5-8pm. I'll be inviting all of the notable coffee shops (distributing invitations this Friday) i.e., Hi Rise, Cafe Fixe, Simon's, Bloc 11, Diesel, 1369, Cafe Crema, and Lincoln Street. These are the biggest and baddest shops/baristas in Boston and I'm wrangling them into my shop for free food, free beer, yeah, FREE BEER (special thanks to BARISMO for co-sponsoring the event by providing us all with a keg, finger foods, and some other fun giveaways!!!), free coffee, live music, and, of course, a LATTE ART CONTEST! Cash and other prizes will be awarded to the winner, along with insane bragging rights within the local coffee community. Also, we are getting together some other cool prizes like tampers and shirts and other cool swag for the less serious contest that will take place... the LATTE CHUG CONTEST! May the fastest drinker win! This event is open to the public.

Again, thank you BARISMO for your generous contributions to make this event a smashing success!! You guys are the greatest.

My hope is to unite the local coffee community because after all don't we all want the same thing, a perfect cup? I know Jaime and Barnett hear me on this one. Baristas mark your calendars because this is a night you won't want to miss out on!