New Barista in Town

Katrien is our newest Barista at Caffenation. A real diamond in the rough.
It didn't take more than one week of intervals on the Faema to pull nice shots and draw real rosetta's. She's gifted, willing to learn and hard working.
Say no more.

Second pic is a Finding Nemo Latte (foam could be better and usually is, but i thought it was a funny drawing).












Third one a nice dripper. All signed by Misses K.

Supermarket Iced Coffee

U c them all over the these days. Those big company pre made iced coffee's.
Everytime is see a new brand entering the market i buy me one to taste.
And everytime it tastes the same as the previous one ; a chocolate drink with a touch of instant coffee.

The same for this Aldi Iced Caffè Grandiose Latte Cappuccino. Not my cup of ..... euh, coffee.

Portafilter Tattoo

As promised Bird's portafilter tattoo. Strong and bold. :-)

We were thinking about these rosetta tattoo's and i guess the reason it doesn't come out well is because rosetta leaves normally are white and in those tattoo's they were black. Ai.

Someone somewhere saw another cool espresso related tattoo?

Latte Art Tattoo

M'lissa is the cover girl of the latest Barista Mag. Here she is on her blog with Ben, who won the Millrock latte art championship, and Tony. I didn't know she had so many t's. Hm, i guess Bird's portafilter tattoo is much cooler. I'll send in a pic soon.

UK Barista Champ

Thursday, 4.40pm

The new UK Barista Champion is Hugo Hercod of Relish, a deli in Wadebridge, who won the title this afternoon at the Hotelympia show.. He was closely followed by Neli Petkova of Cafe Krem in Belfast, and then Subi Tweed of Ground, again Northern Ireland. This is a remarkable success also for Steve Leighton of the roaster Has Bean in Stafford - he had his coffees used by three of the top six, including Neli in second place.

(Info from Boughton's Coffee House)

Barista Jam Alert

CAFFENATION BARISTA JAM – NON PROFESSIONALS

Zondag 24 FEBRUARI

START 18U45 STOP 21U

WORDEN VERWACHT

LICH
NATHALIE
KRIS
YVES
ANDRIES
LARISSA
JAN
ANNELIES
SON
LORIN
VIOLA
HERMAN
RUUD L.
MARCELLUS
RICK
BEN
JULIA
MATHIAS
KRIS
JESSICA

AGENDA :
1) ESPRESSO EN ZIJN GESCHIEDENIS
2) KOFFIEREGIO’S VAN DE WERELD
3) CUPPING
4) ESPRESSO ZETTECHNIEKEN
5) ESPRESSO EXTRACTION
6) BLEND BUILDING
7) MILK TEXTURING
8) LATTE ART FREE FLOW
9) LATTE ART ETCHING
Q & A EN PROBEREN ….?

A 9th Street Espresso Saturday

Watched this vid a couple of times and decided it's about time to share it with you.
This is how a 3rd wave bar can or should be. A bit grungy, speciality coffee, latte art, chambord
press pots, the ticking and clicking, funky music, grrr grrr grinders, italians words floating through the air, .... yeah baby.