The 2010 South East Regional Barista Competition will be streamed live at usbaristachampionship.org all weekend!
The 2010 Southeast Regional Barista Competition will be held February 19-21, in Atlanta. The 2010 SERBC will be hosted once again by Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters and Everything Coffee & Tea, Inc!
Our Atlanta Regional Training Center is in the King Plow Arts Center, the same building as the main event, and we welcome attendees and competitors and coffee fans to stop by to practice or hang out and talk coffee.
Atlanta Regional Training Center
King Plow Arts Center
887 West Marietta Street NW
Suite m210
Atlanta, GA 30318
The following baristas will be using Counter Culture Coffee in competition. Wish them luck!
- Lem Butler – Counter Culture Coffee
- Scott Satterwhite – The Dripolator, Asheville, NC
- Karen Caffrey – 3 Cups, Chapel Hill, NC
- Chris McHale – Caviar & Bananas, Charleston, SC
- Erin Helland – Globehopper, Richmond
- Kimmy Certa – Globehopper, Richmond
- Marianne Tolosa - Northside Social, Arlington, VA
- Allie Turner (out of region) – Northside Social, Arlington, VA
- Simon Aceves - La Farm Bakery, Cary, NC
- Hilary Staff – Octane, Atlanta
- Jackie Walsh – Octane, Atlanta
- Dustin Mattson – Octane, Atlanta
- Shannon Hudgens – Coffee & Crema, Greenville, SC
- Alex Medina – Coffee & Crema, Greenville, SC
- Caleb – Coffee & Crema, Greenville, SC
- Marie Dennis– Park Grounds, Atlanta
- Brandon Malcom – Independent
Whether it’s because of the tryptophan or not, we’re going to be taking this Friday to enjoy a quite post-Thanksgiving rest at home, rather than a slurp-filled morning cupping at the Training Center.
from the Gallery of Regrettable Food
We’ll see you again at 10AM on Dec 4th! Class dismissed.
Michaele will be speaking at Octane [1009-b marietta street nw
atlanta, GA 30318 (404) 815-9886] on Sunday at 2PM on this Sunday (9/20/09). Take this opportunity to meet Michaele and hear her story.
On August 30th the parking lot at Le Cordon Bleu in Tucker will be turned in to a local market. Many a local organic food producer will be there. I will be there to Represent Counter Culture Coffee brewing Iced and Hot Coffee. For more information:
SlowFood - Le Cordon Bleu
When: Wednesday from 8am to 9am
Where: click here
Why: because its free, coffee is good for you, and NOON is awesome!
COFFEE TASTING: NOON|Midtown 8/5/09 from 8am to 9am
We host a public coffee cupping. It is a great coffee ritual that allows people to taste and compare some amazing coffees. There are regulars that come every Friday and people who come only once. Below are the tasting notes.
7/24/09 CCC cupping winner: Finca Nueva Armenia from Huehuetenango Guatemala
Hello! A few months ago there was a change in ownership at the Indie Coffee and Books. Now it is called Cafe Cliche and Brian and Jeff are doing a great job with the shop. They have added ice cream and kept the coffee as Counter Culture. The address is:
Cafe Cliche
340 W Ponce De Leon Ave
Decatur, GA 30030-2459
(404) 378-2722
Just a reminder to all coffee people who want to be in the know. The last Thursday of every month at 6pm is the Greenville Latte Art Hoedown at Coffee and Crema on Plesantburg Rd. Below are two pictures of the First Hoedown. Note the now famous Swan poured by Alex to beat out Ben Helfin.
The title says it all. People sometimes talk about how coffee builds relationships. It is fun to be part of this one. Counter Culture Coffee sells to Octane and 5 Seasons Brewery. All three of us are driven to tell the stories behind our products. Just like Octane sources milk from a local dairy (Sparkmans Dairy), 5 Seasons sources quality local produce for their daily changing menu.
Back to the beer. Every Thursday at 5:55pm 5 Seasons Brewery will tap a cask. At the Alpharetta location, people line up 3 and 4 deep to have some beer before they run out. It is quite an honor to be asked to tap a cask and even more of an honor to be asked to tap the first cask brewed in their Westside Brewery. So Tony Riffle (owner) from Octane was asked by Crawford Moran (brewer/owner) to tap the cask in part because the cask had Gerbicho Rogicha Espresso, but mainly because of the relationship that 5 Seasons and Octane have built. Hence the name of the cask, “Octane Espresso Stout”.
The Octane Espresso Stout was well received. 5 Seasons will offer a full time Espresso Stout on tap starting soon.
