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Latte Art Competition: Saturday Night Smackdown, Feb. 6
Where: FRANK - 407 Colorado, Austin, TX 78701 – (512-494-6916)
When: February 6th, 6pm-10pm
What: “Saturday Night Smackdown was inspired by our dear friends atOctane, those dedicated souls keepin coffee alive in the heart of the dirty south, Atlanta, GA. The idea is similar, to create an event for the surrounding coffee community to gather and share ideas, experiences, knowledge, and a whole lotta love.” – source
p.s. – “Instead of the one pour-three judges, winner is picked format SNS will now be done in a more fast paced and thrilling head to head style pour offs. Enter the Single Elimination Bracket System, a tournament style latte art throwdown wherein two baristas pour head to head and one winner is chosen to move to the next bracket unitl we reach the last top two baristas to see who walks away with the top honors.” – source
Who: This one is organized by Tyler Wells(FRANK) and Lorenzo Perkins(Caffe Medici). the blog(http://saturdaynightsmackdown.blogspot.com) is run by Lorenzo Perkins.
So, if you want to get down with some latte art love in th ATX, you know what to do! Be there.
The Dose: Podcast #1
I hope you enjoy it. We had a lot of fun making it.
It can be found on iTunes. -> Click
Seven New Wild Coffee Speceis Found in Madagascar
Kew Gardens finds seven wild species of coffee
The discovery, in Madagascar, is good news for coffee drinkers as climate change and habitat loss is threatening an estimated 70% of global crops.
These species of coffee are seven of 290 new plants discovered by these botanists this year. Apparently, they also “discovered” 200 species of yam that are known to cure cancer by locals in South Africa. (yes.. It was already known to cure cancer, yet they are a new species discovery.. and they haven’t been learning to grow them around the world, apparently. Why not!)
I wish there were more information about these coffee species. There is so much research performed in coffee farming every year in various parts of the world, and it would be interesting to see what could be learned, if much at all, from these species found on a remote island off the east coast of Africa.
All vanilla in the world originates in Madagascar. Cacao is a regular crop there. It is a tropical region, and if we have coffees coming from about every island in Indonesia, I suppose it would make sense that coffee could live there.
The Pearl Cup's Winter Coat Drive – Dallas
I saw this on Facebook, and decided it was worth sharing.
“The Pearl Cup is participating in a winter coat drive to gather clean, gently worn coats for ages kids through adults. Our neighborhood DISD schools have voiced a need and we would like to help. So, bring by one that you can live without, inform the staff at TPC and get $1.00 off of any drink we prepare. Thank you in advance for sharing this season.”
Donate a coat and get $1.00 off any drink in the house.
Edible Austin – Drink Local Night (Austin)
From: http://saturdaynightsmackdown.blogspot.com/
by Lorenzo Perkins
“Event Description:
Alright y’all, the Saturday Night Smackdown is up and running once again. Sunday December 6th from 11 AM to 2 PM at Owl Tree (click for directions) is the first part of Edible Austin’s Drink Local Day, part of the week long celebration known to us as Eat Local Week. (To those of you who caught it, yes, the SNS is now on a Sunday) Around a dozen roasters from in and around Austin will be there, set up with booths, tents, beans, and all sorts of crazy shit to show off to you and other onlookers exactly what it is they do.
David Allan is putting this together with Edible Austin, and he will be judging a cocktail contest later on that evening (we should all go to that too!). David is a cool guy and he makes yummy booze stuff, hi five him if you see him at the event.
The pour off will be back to a standard Smackdown pour off – you choose the cup, you choose the pour, ONE PITCHER ONE POUR!!!! $10 buy in, winner will take ALL. Now, this event is an open invite to anyone across our great state (Texas, you dolt!) HOWEVER, the top ten AUSTIN competitors will go on to represent our fair city in Texas’ first ever City VS City throwdown: ATX v. ATL. (Brainchild of Scott Lucey, actualized by yours truly) It’s gonna be awesome. So bring your game, bring your face, but most importantly, pour your face off!“
2010 South Central Regional Barista Competition
I am thrilled to finally be able to post with concrete details!
Once again, we will be kicking off the 2010 Barista Competition season with the SCRBC being the first to take place.
The South Central Regional Barista Competition, hosted by Cuvee Coffee, will take place on January 7-10th at the Downtown Austin Sheraton, 701 East 11th Street Austin, Texas.
Visit http://www.usbaristachampionship.org/southcentral/ for more information.
I will not be able to be there due to a schedule conflict, but I’d still like to know who is going to be there. Last year’s competition displayed considerable growth compared to the 2007 competition the year before, and I am hoping to see a similar trend for this year.
Random Picture Friday #19: Too Much Candy
With Halloween just around the corner, I thought this would be appropriate.
Have a Great (and safe) Halloween Weekend!
Clementine Coffee Bar re-named to Thunderbird: Austin
An email update informed me that Clementine Coffee Bar’s named has officially changed to Thunderbird Coffee. If you are at all familiar with Clementine, this probably didn’t come at much of a surprise. The same folks own both Thunderbird #1 and now-Thunderbird #2 (the retailer formerly known as Clementine).
According to Chris Cusack, the only things that one should expect to change/have changed are, “A sign, some T-shirts, and that’s about it. Me and Ryan still own and operate both businesses, there’s been no change in staff, and we still offer the same delicious coffee, comfortable atmosphere, and great hospitality that you’ve come to expect.”
And if you are on the Thunderbird Coffee mailing list, you probably already know all of this.
Since yesterday was “hump-day”, it’s all downhill from here looking to the weekend. Have a good one!
Random Picture Friday #17: Lock Cup
(Via – CoffeeChat.org)
Happy 4th of July!
Be safe. Have fun. Be free.
Here’s a shot of Lady Liberty to remind you all of what we are celebrating.
Have a happy 4th of July.
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