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Lucy has barista skills! She was running a one-person bar; dialing-in a grinder, getting nice espresso extractions and pouring rosettas in an afternoon. Anyone looking for a new barista should hire her fast before she starts her next show! :) ...More importantly, Lucy cares about coffee, extending a willingness to pay attention to all the details which made her very coachable and makes her a good barista! Thanks Lucy! Great to have @lucyhale @ecm_espresso today brushing up on her barista skills from @cbaristaca for her upcoming show #LifeSentence #starstruck 🎬☕ #action 👍 A post shared by ECM- Espresso Coffee Machines...

Introduction I’m 3 years old, at my grandparent’s house. We lived with them until I was 6; a common practice to let grandma chase after me while my mom and dad worked taking care of the family grocery store. I was a hyper curious kid. They tell me I was always lurking and watching, two huge dark brown eyes, on an disproportionately huge head on my tiny chubby body, staring in silence. Observing.. Watching… learning..and plotting. Today’s target was the kitchen table. It was yellow formica, speckled with tiny black, sandy grains, and framed in silver chrome, accented lightly with...

Coffee Tides: The four waves of Coffee defined First wave of coffee The first wave of coffee describes the post war boom in the consumption of brewed/drip coffee. Coffee was part of breakfast, lunch and dinner and as such reached levels of consumption that are higher than per capita consumption even today. Second wave of coffee Second wave could be aptly described as the Starbucks era, when North America was formally introduced to Italian espressos and cappuccinos. Soon other espresso based drinks like lattes, mochas, americanos, and the infamous caramel Macchiato also became part of the North American consumer lexicon,...

Q: I am interested in learning the art of coffee roasting. Do you offer classes? Yes, we do! Use this discount code at the checkout: RoastingCurriculum25off Let's start by defining what makes a great coffee roaster: The ability to taste and make technical adjustments to correct errors. Learning to roast coffee successfully requires mentorship over a period of time, varying from a few months to a few years with lots of trials and errors. In spite of that fact, we can teach you the fundamentals of coffee roasting, safety procedures, simple maintenance and basics about coffee in a weekend. Anything beyond...

3 days before Ted. Friday, 6:32 pm. A long day but a good one. The first floor of the Vancouver Convention Center is a hive of activity. Our job today was relatively simple: Get two espresso stations running and test everything by making coffee. Mission accomplished! Tomorrow 3 more stations to set up, but first they have to be built as there are partnered with some significant corporate sponsors. It's a little scary as there isn't much time, and the espresso technicians are anxious to join the festivities of the SCA Expo in Seattle this week. Speaking of which, I...

By now I would be enroute to the SCA Expo, instead I find myself immersed in the inspiring whirlpool of the TED2017 conference. It is the week before the 2017 Ted talks begin at the Vancouver Convention Center and several Vancouver based coffee companies along with the Canadian Barista & Coffee Academy have banded together in a collective effort to fuel the intellectual synergy emanating at the shores of Burrard inlet. The lobby is being transformed into one giant coffee house. A Cafe Collective for the new Millennium so to speak, with some of the most insightful minds on the planet assembling...