The barista community has gotten a bad rap over the years - they're seen as pretentious, coffee know-it-alls and oblivious to their customers needs. Why has this happened? And what can the specialty coffee community do to reverse this perception and reach ordinary coffee drinkers?
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Kaldi's Coffee has been a mainstay in St. Louis for nearly 25 years. But the specialty coffee company didn't get there without some major changes, or without a fierce commitment to its baristas, its equipment and the quality of its coffee.
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Sonja Björk Grant has led a storied career in specialty coffee: she is a founder of the World Barista Championship, Vice Chair of the Coffee Roasters Guild, and founder of Iceland's first third-wave café. But her real passion lies in teaching. We feature Sonja in the Urnex Industry Icons series.
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We're all familiar with different varieties of wine, but different varieties of coffee are another story. From Typica to Bourbon, Caturra to Catuai, we break down the different traits, origins and tastes of the world's most popular coffee varieties.
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Agnieszka Rojewska of Poland became the first woman in the competition's 19-year history to win the World Barista Championship.
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Ten world-class baristas from ten different countries came to the coffee-producing paradise of Huila, Colombia to participate in Barista & Farmer, the first talent show dedicated entirely to the world of specialty coffee, where the baristas experienced the life of a coffee farmer first-hand.
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Attending the 2018 World Barista Championship or World of Coffee in Amsterdam? We've created the Barista Champions' Guide to Amsterdam! Every café, restaurant and bar in the guide has been recommended by Merijn Gijsbers and Lex Wenneker, the previous two Barista Champions of the Netherlands.
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What's it like to compete against, train with, and marry a coffee champion? Meet the two coffee power couples of Ireland, who have collectively won the 2017 and 2018 Barista Championship, 2018 Brewers Cup, and 2018 Latte Art Championship of Ireland.
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We explore the creation of the redesigned Coffee Taster's Flavor Wheel that was created in collaboration by the Specialty Coffee Association of America and World Coffee Research.
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Can you taste the difference between clean and dirty espresso? We asked that question as part of the Urnex Challenge at the 2018 Specialty Coffee Expo. We partnered with barista champion Ben Put and espresso machine manufacturer Rancilio to demonstrate the importance of clean coffee equipment.