19 March, 2015

Coffee Fest Atlanta: America’s Best Espresso Competition

Comments : 2 Posted in : Coffee Shops, Events on March 19, 2015 by : The Gourmez

Tags: america's best espresso, atlanta, barista maniac, best espresso competition, bold bean, bonlife coffee, buddy brew, coffee fest, coffeefest, copper horse coffee roasting, cortney kern, espresso, john letoto, judge, lamplighter, perc coffee, rev coffee, seeds coffee, third wave

The America’s Best Espresso Competition at the Atlanta Coffee Fest One of the fastest-moving events at a Coffee Fest is the Best Espresso Competition. I’m not just saying that because an integral part of the espresso-making process is using intense water pressure to extract a shot of espresso in around 30 seconds, give or take
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9 March, 2015

Best New Products at the 2015 Atlanta Coffee Fest

Posted in : Coffee Shops, Events on March 9, 2015 by : The Gourmez

Tags: 2015, airflow cooling lid, akiva shapiro, atlanta, best products, bikos coffee bags, blowing, coffee cherry, coffee fest, earnest eats, expo, extract, grab & go, green coffee bean, hot coffee, lids, macademia milk, milkadamia, orange, products, rush hot cereal, stevia, traci gross shuster, trade show, tropics refreshers

You can find fast-paced, ongoing barista competitions in any corner of a Coffee Fest show, but at their heart, these events are trade shows. And I had far more fun than expected discovering up-and-coming products among the many established brands. This isn’t a list featuring my favorite coffee beans from the weekend—that would be expected.
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25 February, 2015

Coffee Fest Atlanta 2015: Best Coffee Shop Competition

Comments : 1 Posted in : Coffee Shops, Events on February 25, 2015 by : The Gourmez

Tags: 2015, allison bouley, america's best coffeehouse, atlanta, black water loft, britt calder, cg pops, coffee fest, competition, cool beans coffee roaster, crystal gembala, finalists, jeff huey, joseph stout, kali malham, kaylan english, old-fashioned revision, peregrine espresso, photographs, seeds coffee, southeastern, strong beard, winners

Last month, I had the pleasure of covering the 2015 Southeastern Regional Coffee Fest, which took place in Atlanta. The Coffee Fest is a trade show and coffee education opportunity held in four different regions each year—upcoming ones for 2015 will be held in Tokyo, Chicago, and Portland. I’m writing a post on my favorite products
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