There’s a new video out from Intelligentsia, this time featuring cappuccinos. It is as good as the other two, but this one really got me jonesing for Pórtico to hurry up and get open! I have actually spent most of today arm wrestling vendors and equipment suppliers for the best prices. I do this for every customer, but with the extra knowledge of trying to be responsible about spending other people’s tithes and offerings, I am feeling a bit more pressure than normal.
Anyway, watching this video made me start to twitch a little bit seeing the tricked out La Marzocco and the Robur-E grinder along with some good milk and someone who knows what to do with it all (Kyle Glanville is a good egg). Pórtico’s tricked out Marzocco has been ordered, as has the Robur-E. Milk will come from the Heartland Creamery and if I do say so, I’m pretty sure I can figure out what to do next especially since I know that both Benetti’s Coffee Experience and Oddly Correct Roasters got my back.
Again, big props to Mike Philips of Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea for a successful USBC title defense. Hether Perry of Coffee Klatch has won twice, but this is the first back-to-back wins for any competitor in USBC history. In case you missed it, this both his semi-final and finals round.
SEMI-FINALISTS:
Jordan Barber (Cafe Grumpy)
Scott Lucey (Alterra Coffee)
Robin Seitz (PT’s Coffee Company)
Jesse Bladyka (Coal Creek Coffee Company)
Andrew Milstead (Urban Coffee Lounge)
Ryan Wilbur (Intelligentsia)
Joe Marrocco (Kaldi’s Coffee)
Jared Truby (Verve Coffee Roasters)
Laila Ghambari (BARISTA)
Nicholas Krankl (Taste Coffee)
Trevor Corlett (Madcap Coffee)
Charles Babinski (Intelligentsia Coffee)
Devin Pedde (Intelligentsia Coffee)
Ryan Knapp (Madcap Coffee)
Tyler Wells (Frank)
Sara Peterson (Verve Coffee Roasters)
Chris Baca (Verve Coffee Roasters)
They join your previously announced regional winners:
Lemuel Butler (Counter Culture Coffee)
Pete Licata (Honolulu Coffee Roasters)
Mike Marquard (Kaldi’s Coffee)
Danielle Glaksy (Stumptown)
Mike Phillips (Intelligentsia Coffee)
Greg Lefcourt (Ozo Coffee)
Lorenzo Perkins (Cafe Medici)
Jeremy Sterner (Peregrine)
