http://www.kaffelykke.com an espresso lover's blog Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:25:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I keep thinking that Oslo is a great city if you're a coffee geek. We have some superb coffee bars, great microroasters and a very friendly and active coffee community. Here's another example of that: Free short seminars/tastings offered each saturday at 2pm in the Kaffa store at Briskeby. They are part ... http://www.kaffelykke.com/?p=431 I was attending the Webdagene 2009 conference last week, and while there I was pleasantly suprised to meet Eirik Sand Johnsen who was making spro at the Espresso Mobile bar. It was definitely the most popular spot and the lines were endless. Great coffee to be had. They made 600+ ... http://www.kaffelykke.com/?p=424 5+ years ago, lots of baristas in Norway were entering competitions using the "half & half" blend from Solberg & Hansen. It was a kind of default blend. Nowadays it's common to compete with a custom blend, sometimes even roasted by the barista himself/herself. The barista typically knows a lot ... http://www.kaffelykke.com/?p=414 Tim Wendelboe just posted a report about the 2009 World Aeropress Championships. I thought this was going to be a totally informal competition, but seems like it has become a bit more serious with several judges, presentation and sig drink and all, but doesn't seem that it made it less ... http://www.kaffelykke.com/?p=409 Check out this http://www.kaffelykke.com/?p=396 Congrats to Gwilym Davies from the UK who won the 10th World barista championship yesterday! Three in a row for the UK. Wow! [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Gwilym Davies in Atlanta during the 2009 WBC. (photo by Barista Magazine)"][/caption] I didn't get to see the finals (via live video feed), but I ... http://www.kaffelykke.com/?p=389 http://www.kaffelykke.com/?p=339 http://www.kaffelykke.com/?p=333 Lovely article about the Oslo based roaster Supreme Roastworks in dn.no a couple of days ago. A video can be found there as well. I really like the pictures in the article. Haven't been able to visit them yet myself, but I hear their coffees are really nice. The espresso from ... http://www.kaffelykke.com/?p=323 It only took me two years ;). The previous post is from december 2006 and is about an espresso trek I did with Audun Sørbotten. Mental note: need to repeat that soon. I've been working a lot (as an interaction designer/information architect) and not been thinking  that much about coffee. New ... http://www.kaffelykke.com/?p=316