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Category: On the Radar

  • Matt Riddle, Champion USBC 2006

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    I’ve looked everywhere but no one has said it yet.. Matt Riddle, Champion USBC 2006 Everyone had a great showing today but Matt takes home the title. The bar is really up there. It’d be neat if someone would take all the winners over the last few years from regionals and nationals to do a…

  • SCAA Day 3

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    Started off the morning with a bang seeing [Michael Teahan](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ciordia/126346391) & [Mark Crawford](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ciordia/126346024) run the gamut of machine principles and future thought. I’ve taken a lengthy session of notes that I’d love to write up once I have some cool down time of the “State of the Machine”. Least to say we (the west) are…

  • SCAA Day 2, quickie

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    I think these quickies will have to be it for now. Rising early and getting home late are a bane of a writer hehe. I don’t know how the press-core does it. On our way to a [Counter Culture Coffee](http://www.counterculturecoffee.com) party. Had a busy day of education classes that have imbued me with the knowledge…

  • SCAA Quickie

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    I’ve got to bolt in a few minutes to get back down to the convention center to start a day of classes so I’ll make this brief. It was a mad house yesterday. Yesterday being Friday for those not local. Friday at SCAA consisted of intensives and workshops. I was a porter in espresso beginner…

  • Cupping for the Masses, part 1

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    I’ve been a consistant [cupper](“Flickr: Cupping” http://www.flickr.com/photos/ciordia/search/tags:cupping/) at our local [Counter Culture Coffee](http://www.counterculturecoffee.com) training facility since its inception. Over the last year I’ve met all flavors of coffee drinkers, start-ups, enthusiasts, professionals, and the curious. I’ve also held informal cuppings in the home and been to [Earth Fare](http://www.earthfare.com) for their community tasting classes/gatherings. Over time…

  • 5th Roast, Ethiopian Ghimbi

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    Continuing on my pilgramage of heat gun roasting we decided to give the Ethiopian a try. Robin and I enjoy a lot of coffees but we’ve found a love for the fruitier blends and Ethiopian’s generally do not disappoint. My real concern is that if I am going to continue this I need to start…

  • Roaster Humor

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    Today I did my first 250g peaberry roast.  Working in a new bowl, with a lot larger volume, and a bean that I am unfamiliar with.  I’ll taste it in the morning, curious of the results.  I was probably 80-90% even in roast. It just had it’s first crack at a very slow pace which…