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DFW (Dallas/Ft. Worth) Jam Time.. the Planning Stages

There has been some talk of planning a DFW Jam on the tx-coffee.com forums. It seems there is enough interest to actually get something going.



Dallas is WAY past due, and if you'll be in the area sometime around early July, you might want to join in on the discussions.



If you won't be, but are interested in giving suggestions, opinions, or just want to see what's going on, you can get in on it too.…



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Added by Jason Haeger on May 21, 2008 at 10:00am — 4 Comments

Are You a "Coffee Ephemerist?"

One of my hobbies adjunct to coffee is collecting coffee-related ephemera. While on staff at SCAA I acquired on behalf of the association a decent little collection of approximately 50 pieces, which includes two hand-written invoices from James Folgers that are over 125 years old. One of my favorite pieces is an 80 year old sales brochure--in fine condition--for roasting equipment.



We had planned to create a small coffee ephemera collection that depicted the history of 19th and 20th… Continue

Added by Mike Ferguson on May 20, 2008 at 3:50pm — No Comments

My First Application about Mr. Le Bon's Theory!

From the very start of my study about Le Bon's Theory, I thought what we can do even if we learn and know such a situation.



Today, I recognized one application for it.



In China, in most of authority of industries and societies, there are always related "Expert Groups" for making the necessary policies. Such as medical and hospitals, tele-communications, and so on, the member experts of those groups can be intelligent individually but within the groups, even if they are… Continue

Added by Peter Tam on May 20, 2008 at 11:46am — 2 Comments

Version 7.50 of SP-1 For Coffee

As existing customres of SP-1 For Coffee by SelbySoft know, we have been spending some serious time upgrading the look and feel of our POS software. While we realize that this is nowhere near as exciting as one of the latte art competitions, WE still get jazzed about showing it off.

Version 7.50 represents a significant re-skinning of our software. Over the last 15 years we have added hundreds of features and listened to our customers by… Continue

Added by Mike Spence on May 20, 2008 at 8:30am — No Comments

Lunch with the Governor

Because of our friendship with our attorney, Robert Stolle, my Dad and I were invited to a private luncheon last week with Ted Kulongoski, the Governor of Oregon.



About 12 other people attended and we all participated in about two… Continue

Added by Matt Milletto on May 19, 2008 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

May's Informal Barista Jam with pics!

Check it out here:
http://www.baristaexchange.com/group/southeastcoffeefamilyus/forum/topic/show?id=1688216%3ATopic%3A87378

Added by Jason Dominy on May 18, 2008 at 7:18pm — No Comments

Barista Jam & 3rd Latteart Competition in Tokyo



We'll have next Barista Jam & LatteArtCompetition at our shop.

This is the local barista event in Japan.


and....


this is SCAJ 2008 web site http://www.scaj2008.jp/index_eng.html

check it !!

Added by Masa Onishi on May 15, 2008 at 8:30am — No Comments

First unOfficial Attempt at Coffee Cupping

Disclaimers:

I know how cupping should be done; I know that I am supposed to use very small samples of single origin green coffee beans, roasted to order to a light Vienna or half-City roast. I should then grind these to French Press level - not too coarse, not too fine. Then I have to smell it. Then I add boiled water straight on top of the beans, and allow it to cool and for the grinds to settle. After that I break the 'crust' - that is, all the grinds still forming a skin on the surface… Continue

Added by Bel Townsend on May 15, 2008 at 3:57am — 7 Comments

Check Out SCAA 2008-Coffee Kids Photos on Flickr

We had a great time at the 2008 Specialty Coffee Association of America's Conference and Exhibition in Minneapolis, Minn. Check out our Flickr page for images from the weekend. The 20th Anniversary Celebration Dinner went well with almost 300 new and old supporters and members joining us to celebrate 20 years… Continue

Added by Coffee Kids on May 13, 2008 at 3:55pm — No Comments

No Cupping Friday the 16th

Headed to Denver, Colorado to pull a guest barista shift and attend a Q and A session at Metropolis Coffee. 300 W 11th Ave, Denver CO 80204. 303-534-1744. We'll be cupping S.O. coffees from Sumatra, Brazil and Ethiopia, comparing roast degrees and profiles, and geeking on whatever.
Cheers,
Scott

Added by scott@herkimercoffee.com on May 13, 2008 at 10:30am — 2 Comments

Go Here

I will eventually resurrect my dead blog.
When I do...
It'll be here

Added by Nick Griffith on May 13, 2008 at 8:57am — No Comments

2nd Argentinean Barista Championship.

The 2° Argentinean Barista Championship will be held at the Colon Hotel (Carlos Pellegrini 507, Buenos Aires) between the 19th and the 22nd of May (from 14 to 19:30hrs).

If anyone is visiting Buenos Aires, it will be a pleasure to meet you there!

Best regards,
Federico

Added by Fede Cabrera on May 12, 2008 at 5:00am — 9 Comments

Kaffa Cafe, is ready to go!

After years of development of Coffee and Espresso Theorey and their brewing skills, Kaffa Cafe is ready to go for its commercial business.



Where can we go? Many!



Trianing of baristas, cafes, supply of machines and distribution of coffee beans, and so on, as usual. And, we also have something else to do, which are mainly related to coffee.



While it is organized, we have time left, at least for myself to do something else.





What can I do for this… Continue

Added by Peter Tam on May 11, 2008 at 10:43am — No Comments

Starbucks' Slutty Mermaid Making Waves

Looks like the change by Starbucks to revisit their old logo is making some waves, I remember this same issue being a big part of why they changed in the first place. Crazy to me that anyone would find the logo offensive. Link to article on Motherjones ...

Added by Matt Milletto on May 9, 2008 at 3:00pm — 2 Comments

USBC & WBC... where did everyone go?

I just returned from the SCAA meeting in Minneapolis and learned that most of the Europeans have resigned from the WBC Committee and there have been multiple, key resignations from the USBC Committee...

what's happening?

Any help here folks?

best,
Chuck

Added by Chuck Jones on May 9, 2008 at 2:01pm — 7 Comments

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