Jonathan Alan Withers

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Tell Eveeerrryyonee!

In Abroad, Industry on March 2, 2011 at 3:12 pm


My good friend and associate Ian Levine will be competing second in the Southwest Regional Barista Competition this Friday at 11:30am. His coffee is delicious and his presentation is smooth as a baby’s bottom. Please cheer him on in person or via the live feed!

For more information on Team Verve, teams from our wholesale accounts Bellano, Bloom, and The French Press (fb), and their adorably ferocious competition, check out the USBC bios page!

About This Book I Found

In Industry on February 20, 2011 at 7:51 pm

MURDER!!

Self-made espresso bar owner Maggy Thorsen would rather be whipping up steam with her sexy sheriff boyfriend than organizing a barista competition. But the big Java Ho convention, the coffee industry’s seasonal trade show, has come to Milwaukee. And this year it’s not only insane, it’s murder…when Maggy finds the body of Marvin LaRoche, proprietor of the HotWired coffee chain, under a banquet table.

LaRoche was powerful, mean and nasty–or maybe he just drank too much of his own coffee. Either way, somebody bludgeoned him with Maggy’s first-place barista trophy. Hoping to clear her name, Maggy watches the man’s too-cheerful widow and an angry activist accusing LaRoche of exploiting Third World coffee growers. With a killer to catch and coffee to brew, Maggy is working overtime to save her own beans.

Apparently this is part of a larger series. So…go out and get them!

And yes, I actually bought it and read it. More choices quotes:
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I’m Thinking About…

In Bar, Industry, Roastery on April 7, 2010 at 5:12 pm

I’m going to steal this idea and make it my own.

Starting…soon, I’ll be sitting down with our baristas, reg-ops, packagers, roasters, wholesalers, owners etc and asking them what they’re thinking about in coffee (or whatever else they want to share). I’ll do this as often as I can with their cooperation.

It should also sync up nicely with a pact Ian and I are beginning, to meet up once a week and work on our damn blogs together. That’s if he finishes his laundry soon and gets over to the cafe.

WRBC Competition Service

In Bar, Industry on March 17, 2010 at 5:01 pm

Rather late notice, but if you have the ability to be in Santa Cruz this Sunday (March 21st) afternoon, consider it well worth your time:

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