WBC 2012 : Vienna (DAY 1)

ALL INFORMATION TAKEN FROM Sprudge.com and SCAE


WILL YOU BE AWAKE:!? 
All times are Central European Summer Times (aka... times in Vienna, Austria)

Livestream is available here.
Tuesday, June 12th  – 28 Competitors beginning at 8:15 AM CEST.

1. 8:15AM Aymon McQuade, Bell Tea & Coffee, New Zealand @coffee_loco
2. 8:34AM 유연주 (Youn Joo Yu), Coffee LEC, Korea @CoffeeLEC @BaristaRyu
3. 8:53AM Wissanupong Liwprakon, Black Canyon (Thailand) Co., Ltd, Thailand @blackcanyonthai
4. 9:12AM Olga Melik-Karakozova, Koffein, Russia @koffein_ru
5. 9:31AM Coman Cristian, Barista School – Cafepedia, Romania @cafenea
6. 9:50AM Merlin Jeba Raj, Café Coffee Day, India @cafecoffeeday
7. 10:09AM Rhoda Kamau, Nairobi Serena Hotel, Kenya
8. 10:28AM Hong Jie, Jess (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd, China
9. 10:47AM Andrey Veitsman, Aroma Espresso Bar, Israel
10. 11:06AM Mindaugas Ryškus, King Coffee Service, Lithuania @KaraliskaKafija
11. 11:25AM Elisa Molle, Independent, Italy
12. 11:44AM Per Nordell, Åre Kafferoster, Sweden
13. 12:03PM Katarzyna Zyzalo, Coffee Proficiency, Poland
14. 12:22PM Finnbogi Fannar Kjeld, Kaffitár, Iceland @Kaffitar @finnbogifannar
15. 12:41PM Matija Hrkac, Good Food, Croatia @kavica_org
16. 1:00PM Torfi Þór Torfason, The Coffee Collective, Denmark @coffeecollectif
17. 1:19PM Ludovic Loizon, Barista Bartender Solutions, France

18. 1:38PM Monika Palova, 3FE (Third Floor Espresso), Solvakia @coffeequirk
19. 1:57PM Adam Neubuauer, Café Lounge, Czech Republic
20. 2:16PM Rafael Godoy, Suplicy Cafés Especiais, Brazil @suplicycafes
21. 2:35PM Daniel Rivera, Hacienda San Pedro Coffee Shop, Puerto Rico
22. 2:54PM Attila Molnar, Doggee, Hungary - @doggeebarista
23. 3:13PM Ever Bernal Echavarria, Amor Perfecto Café, Colombia
24. 3:32PM Fabrizio Sención Ramírez, Sublime, Mexico
25. 3:51PM Katie Carguilo, Counter Culture Coffee, United States – @counter_culture @katiecarguilo
26. 4:10PM Rasmus Helgebostad, Stockfleths, Norway @recaf
27. 4:29PM Raul Rodas, Paradigma Coffee Roasters, Guatemala @raultigre
28. 4:48PM Joshua Hockin, Transcend Coffee, Canada @joshhockin @transcendcoffee


YUP!!! that means at 10:48am EDT  I'll be watching JOSH represent Canada.

ICE v.Te Aro

Thanks Te-Aro.


I've been waiting for your growlers for a while! 

Iced Te Aro Coffee (Americano)
1 part Te Aro Cold Brew concentrate
2 part filtered water and Ice
Mix, serve and enjoy.

Iced Te Aro Coffee (Lattle)
1 part Te Aro Cold Brew concentrate
2 part filtered Milk (substitute with soy, etc) and Ice
Mix, serve and enjoy.

Hot Te Aro Coffee
1 part Te Aro Cold Brew concentrate
2 part just off boiling water
Add milk, sugar to your desire.

NOW to test!!!

http://tearocoffee.wordpress.com/2012/06/09/cold-brew-recipes/

Western regional Barista championship

This past weekend the western regional championship were hosted at EAT Vancouver.

2012 Western Regional Barista Championship
**Top 4 Advance to nationals**

1.	Kyle Straw 49th Parallel Coffee Roasters, Vancouver	606.5
2.	Grahame Bouvier, Fernwood Coffee, Victoria	595.5
3.	Alan Vuong, Caffe Artigiano, Vancouver	528.0
4.	James St. Clark, Kafka's Coffee and Tea, Vancouver	516.0
5.	Tristan Mapstone, Discovery Coffee, Victoria	508
6.	Daniel Houghton, Cafe Motivo, Kamloops	429.5

Congratulations to Kyle Straw!

His signature drink comprised of extracts from three different stages of roasting. The way he described it was to bring out the best flavors from green, mid roast and higher roast.

I'm going to try and find the video clip.

ICE report: Iced coffee vs cold brew

If you've been following the debate... Oliver strand summarizes it here in his article for The New York times:

http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/ristretto-i-dont-know-what-you-did-last-summer/

WRBC 2012

Western Regional Barista Competition:


live stream (here)


Sat 10AM - Prelims
8 competitors
6 move onto the finals

Sun -FinalsKyle, James, Alan, Tristan, Graham, and Daniel 

I'm trying to live tweet; but can't stay for the whole stream - so keep it locked it on the link

Canadian Regional Barista Competitions.

REGIONAL COMPETITIONS ARE HAPPENING:


Canadian Regional Barista Championships Schedule:

Western Canadian Regional Barista Championship
June 1-3, 2012

EAT! Vancouver
BC Place Stadium,
777 Pacific Boulevard,
Vancouver, BC
V6B 4Y8
http://www.eat-vancouver.com/area_barista.html  

Central Canadian Regional Barista Championship
July 24-25, 2012
Hart House, University of Toronto7 Hart House Circle
Toronto, ON
M5S 3H3
http://harthouse.ca/

Prairie Canadian Regional Barista Championship
July 13-16, 2012

Fratello Coffee Roasters
4021 9 St SE
Calgary, AB
T2G 3C7
http://www.fratellocoffee.com

Eastern Canadian Regional Barista Championship
August 10 & 11, 2012

Café Méridien
505 Boul. Jutras Est.,
Victoriaville, QC
G6P 7H4
http://www.egf-entreprises.com

#WBC is happening in less than 2 weeks!!!

ICE 1: (Iced Coffee Experience)

First report.

McDonald is have a really economical deal on everything but what I forced myself to do, I was not prepared for what was to come.

Summary: medium iced coffee
Experience: I thought it was going to be black coffee, but instead they automatically place cream and sugar which I had a slight inkling this would occur.....

I should have just drank milk and sugar.
My stomach was upset right away.

repeat: no thank you. Even if it was only 1.00