Well, I had a great day today. The little league team that I manage had finally won our first game! (They really played their hearts out.) Afterwards, my nieces came over and we (Me, my two kids and my two nieces.) saw another ball game. A great fun filled day was had at the ball field. Afterwards, we all went out to dinner, my wife, myself, my two sons, my two nieces and my parents. It was a great dinning experience, a pleasurable time was had by one and all. We patronized an authentic Italian…
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Added by Pacificocoffee on January 8, 2008 at 11:10pm —
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Gearing up for the Mid Atlantic Northeast Barista Jam in Easton PA. March 5th-7th.
Shaping up to be an incredible event with some great presenters, lots of open jam sessions...
If you want to be added to the contact list or want more information let me or the man above with the fists of filters know.
Added by Gerra Harrigan on January 5, 2008 at 12:03pm —
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Here I sit at Panther City Coffee and I am experiencing a real good time and really good coffee.
With their LaMarzocco Linea, LM Swift (of which I am skeptical), 5 kilo roaster and tons of coffee loving geeks!
Claude and Zachary are now good friends and we are surrounded by good coffee. Claude has actually enjoyed some D. Shomer coffee in Seattle, having the master personally pulling…
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Added by Wilson Hines on January 5, 2008 at 7:58am —
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Posted by: Mary Dally-Muenzmaier
If you haven't yet heard, Double Punch Days began January 1 and, boy howdy, what a start it's been! We've already given out oodles of Stone Creek Coffee drink cards to those retail store customers who know that for every coffee or tea drink purchase they make during January they'll get two hole punches on their card. These clever and industrious patrons (a.k.a. Smarties) also know that getting two hole… Continue
Added by Stone Creek Coffee Roasters on January 4, 2008 at 11:30am —
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The Art of…
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Added by Pablo Castaneda on January 3, 2008 at 2:28pm —
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I am finally visiting one of my best friends in Madison for Spring Break this March. And because I am so much closer to New York while in Madison I have decided to hop over to New York as well. I would love to visit as many new shops as possible and hopefully start making connections for my big plan of a project for school my junior year, which is two years away. I don't really have a plan for New York other than to eat well, visit shops, make connections and knit.
Added by Sasha King on January 2, 2008 at 3:06am —
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Late December in 2007 you see. To be exact it twas New year's Eve!
So.. here's the skinny on the sitcheation...BAM!
There I was at the New Year's party at a few of my buddies' house. The home of Murph Cat, Kyle G., Wolfgang Von Govang, and Steak Moose (AKA Shades) to be exact. Though I must point out that Steak was moreso being his humane self (Jake Roose) for the most part, I just used the name of Steak due to the fact this is who he becomes as more alcoholic beverages pour…
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Added by Jordan Krutsch on January 1, 2008 at 6:49pm —
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Added by Steve Lanphier on December 31, 2007 at 9:44pm —
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Just like it should be. Who am I? What am I?
My name is James Spano. Born and raised in Auburn, Al I also attended school there and graduated Spring '06 with a degree in music education. I got interested in coffee around my second sophomore year. I don't mean my second year of school, I mean my second year as a sophomore. I'm a slow learner. Anyway, some friends of mine from church who recently moved here from Ecuador had just opened a coffee shop and I went over with some friends to try…
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Added by James Spano on December 31, 2007 at 4:30pm —
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I have no idea why but i cant seem to figure out how to add friends amongst current members or figure out why i cannot seem to apply any editing to my page.. can anyone help me?
Added by Jordan Krutsch on December 30, 2007 at 9:19pm —
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I would like to thank Matt and the folks at the ABC School for starting the Barista Exchange networking site, but more importantly I would like to thank Matt for allowing "Enthusiast" such as myself to participate in a
real and
meaningful way.
I know some of the professionals out there probably think that the site potentially could be "hijacked," for a lack of better words, by the enthusiast. With sites like the Barista Guild or…
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Added by Wilson Hines on December 29, 2007 at 9:04pm —
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So I'm working at this little organic cafe as the assistant manager, when the cafe manager decides to talk about starting up an espresso bar with some untouched equipment sitting at another one of the stores. The cafe manager left a few weeks ago, and as the asst. I jumped in to try and take over the project, which thus far has little in the way of any organization that I'm aware of beyond the construction. So I've been researching, pricing out items, finding all of the items that we're going…
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Added by PunkAngel on December 29, 2007 at 8:15pm —
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So there I was on Christmas night...an avid Dallas cowboys fan, forced to drink Folger's coffee out of a Philadelphia Eagles mug at my brother-in-laws...the things we do for peace on Christmas.
Added by Troy Reynard on December 29, 2007 at 5:29am —
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I will be in Cleveland for the workshop on Jan 18 and I will be staying around town until the 22nd. Drop me a line if you plan on attending.
It would be cool to meet up before or after...
Jay
Added by Jay Lijewski (TacomaPenna) on December 27, 2007 at 9:32am —
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Posted by: Mary Dally-Muenzmaier
Since our all java knowing Roast Master Stephen is on a well deserved vacation, there will be NO cupping event at the Factory tomorrow. That being the case, our next and first of the New Year cupping will be held on Friday January 11 at the usual time, 9 sharp in the AM.
We know you're more than a little heartbroken by this news, and to be honest so are…
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Added by Stone Creek Coffee Roasters on December 27, 2007 at 9:00am —
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Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone. I am really excited about the interest this site has created in the last two weeks and thank all of you for being part of it.
- Matt
Added by Matt Milletto on December 25, 2007 at 12:22pm —
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DOPE!
Added by Gabe on December 21, 2007 at 8:33am —
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Folks,
I need to purchase a POS system in the next few months and I can use some advice. My former employer Intuit has a system that interfaces with QuickBooks however I am concerned that it may not support my coffee shop very well. I…
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Added by James "Cosmo" Cramer on December 20, 2007 at 10:01pm —
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Hey Everyone,
The Mid-Atlantic/Northeast Barista Jam is going on in lil' ol' Easton, PA March 5-7, 2008. Latte Art throwdowns, a 'Spro-down, money to go to Bikes to Rwanda, oh, and great educational sessions by the big names in coffee...it will be too much fun to miss!!!!!
Added by Troy Reynard on December 20, 2007 at 8:46pm —
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Anybody recommend a good-looking and good-working hot water tower or something for americanos? I'm currently using a small boiler plumbed into a tap on the counter but it doesn't hold enough volume. I need something plumbed-in that can almost boil and that can hold 4 litres (1 gallon) minimum. It has to be good-looking enough to be on the counter! At least as beautiful as thick, caramelly crema!
Thanks for your ideas.
Added by Stickman on December 19, 2007 at 7:32pm —
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