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USBC Semifinals (where are they?) and The Finalists Are Announced

I realize I didn’t post a run-down or primer for the semi-finals round. Apologies!

Unfortunately(or fortunately?) It’s one of those times in which tangible life beckoned.

Anyway, without further ado, here are the finalists. The final six. The elite. The worthy. And so on.

Nick Griffith, Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea

Pete Licata, PT’s Coffee Roasting Company

Chris Baca, Ritual Coffee Roasters

Heather Perry, Coffee Klatch

Kyle Glanville, Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea

Drew Catlin, Ritual Coffee Roasters

I couldn’t help but notice that all but one of these competitors is from California.

I also couldn’t help but notice that there are two representing Intelligentsia, and two representing Ritual.

Pete Licata took second last year, and Heather, as we all know, took gold (and went on to take silver at the WBC).

This will be a good round to watch! (and at only 2.5 hrs long, it should be managable, I think).

They are scheduled to begin at 12:00pm CST. You can watch it LIVE by following this link.-> http://www.ustream.tv/channel/2008-united-states-barista-championship-live-feed

NOTE!: You can also watch the recorded semi-finals round. Just click the feed above, and click on the recorded video links under the viewing window.

If you want to keep up with photos from the event, there is a group for the SCAA show on flickr which can be found here: http://flickr.com/groups/scaa2008/

Enjoy!

USBC Round 1 Day 1 is History: Round 1 Day 2 Primer

Today two of our Texas Trio ran in the first round.

Clancy Rose was the 6th competitor of the day. I missed seeing his performance, but I heard from others that he did really well. Go Clancy!

I did happen to catch the end of Ashlind’s performance, however, and she’s been practicing! She’s had a rougher run at this than almost everyone else in the running, but she’s been putting in the time and definitely has the spirit to persevere.

I really enjoyed Scott Lucey’s performance, personally, and Chris Deferio rocked my socks.

Tomorrow is the second day of the first round. Patrick Pierce got a by-in to the semi-finals round as the reigning champion of the South Central region.

To see the official SCAA Conference and Exhibition update blog, click here->http://scaa.wordpress.com/

In case you haven’t discovered it yet (and assuming you care), there is a live-feed being broadcast straight from the competition floor. To view it, click here!->http://www.ustream.tv/channel/2008-united-states-barista-championship-live-feed

To see the schedule of competitors for Day 2 (that’s Saturday, for you folks), click here (PDF)->http://scaa.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/usbc2.pdf

If you only want to catch the prime cut, Sunday is the day to watch.

I don’t know about you, but I am absolutely loving the ability to watch the competition LIVE. I wish I could be there, but since I can’t, this is a GREAT next best alternative.

Ex-USBC Champ Bronwen Serna will be competing 3rd tomorrow. (scheduled to go on at 10:00am)

Reigning USBC Champ Heather Perry (and second place in the WBC, with the title of “Best Espresso”) will go on 10th tomorrow (scheduled for ~12:40pm).

Ex-USBC Champ Phuong Tran is slated to go on at ~3:00pm.

The famous foodie/shaved ice junkie/Barista extraordinaire/PF.net Podcast partner Jay Caragay is the last competitor of the day scheduled to go on at 6:27pm.

If today’s schedule was any indication, things are going to be running a bit quick, so plan to begin watching earlier than the competitor you want to watch is scheduled to go on.

Tomorrow should show some excellent footage for those interested in maybe competing in the future.

Enjoy!

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