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Defining Third Wave Coffee Movement and Documen...
Coffee enthusiasts were unhappy. Baristas were unhappy. There was unrest in the air. It was the spark that helped ignite a coffee rebellion in the Pacific Northwest which was later...
Defining Third Wave Coffee Movement and Documen...
Coffee enthusiasts were unhappy. Baristas were unhappy. There was unrest in the air. It was the spark that helped ignite a coffee rebellion in the Pacific Northwest which was later...

Code of Conduct for the Specialty Coffee Business
Walking into any given cafe on any given day, you may encounter anything from a polite and professional well dressed barista, to a scruffily-dressed kid who neither smile’s nor seems...
Code of Conduct for the Specialty Coffee Business
Walking into any given cafe on any given day, you may encounter anything from a polite and professional well dressed barista, to a scruffily-dressed kid who neither smile’s nor seems...

How to Become a Barista
So you want to become a barista. That’s fantastic, because in Canada, 2/3rds of our population or about 24.5 million, drink coffee on a daily basis, making lots of opportunities...
How to Become a Barista
So you want to become a barista. That’s fantastic, because in Canada, 2/3rds of our population or about 24.5 million, drink coffee on a daily basis, making lots of opportunities...

Employee retention
Retraining staff incurs both financial and time costs. Each new staff member must be trained to work within the cafe - and even with prior experience, every cafe is different...
Employee retention
Retraining staff incurs both financial and time costs. Each new staff member must be trained to work within the cafe - and even with prior experience, every cafe is different...

Barista Guild
In the end, we opted out of forming a guild. Maybe that was the wrong choice for baristas in Canada, but at that time the obvious option was to pass...
Barista Guild
In the end, we opted out of forming a guild. Maybe that was the wrong choice for baristas in Canada, but at that time the obvious option was to pass...

First Coffee Experiences and the Third Wave
None of us connoisseurs started off drinking single malt whiskeys or extra hoppy IPA’s. We all had to cut our poison with pepsi or seven up, orange juice until we...
First Coffee Experiences and the Third Wave
None of us connoisseurs started off drinking single malt whiskeys or extra hoppy IPA’s. We all had to cut our poison with pepsi or seven up, orange juice until we...