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How My First Coffee Cupping Experience Humbled Me
With my two barista buddies and coffee provided by Guddina and Moustache, my first coffee cupping experience was a success.
Experiment and Explore Coffee: The Start
One of the joys of manual coffee brewing is the freedom to adapt different variables to your will. It’s that freedom that drives us to test, manipulate, and explore.
Experiment and Explore Coffee: The Depths
It seems my ability to write and publish here once a week has come to a halt. Recently it's been more like once every two or three weeks. This is due to an odd feeling I only recently identified, a feeling that is the opposite of what I expected. The more I learn...
5 Mistakes I Made As A New Barista
I've committed my share of barista sins. Though most were fairly innocent and understandable for a half-trained barista, some of them were just downright stupid. For your enjoyment and future reference, I've told some stories of this summer's barista sins. An Apology...
My First Week As A Barista At Yellow House Coffee
As many of you saw on Twitter (follow me!), I recently was given a job at a local coffee shop, Yellow House Coffee. The shop isn't grand in size, but the quality of the coffee and the community make up for that in a heartbeat. Yellow House opened almost a year ago in...
Garrett Oden
Coffee Industry Writer
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How My First Coffee Cupping Experience Humbled Me
With my two barista buddies and coffee provided by Guddina and Moustache, my first coffee cupping experience was a success.
Experiment and Explore Coffee: The Start
One of the joys of manual coffee brewing is the freedom to adapt different variables to your will. It’s that freedom that drives us to test, manipulate, and explore.
Experiment and Explore Coffee: The Depths
It seems my ability to write and publish here once a week has come to a halt. Recently it's been more like once every two or three weeks. This is due to an...
