Romebuddy.com explains Italian coffee bars, cafes,…

Romebuddy.com explains Italian coffee bars, cafes, fountains, eating and drinking in Rome

Judge Evaluation Manual for Boston 2003 (WBC)

Judge Evaluation Manual for Boston 2003 (WBC)

Dairy Research Reveals Key to Milk Frothing in Hot…

Dairy Research Reveals Key to Milk Frothing in Hot Beverages
Technology Fact Sheet – Start Cold Stay Cold: The Facts on Building Better Milk Foam (PDF)

Eirik just sent me a link to a new (norwegian) art…

Eirik just sent me a link to a new (norwegian) article about a cool coffee bar called Kaffefuglen in downtown Oslo (Pilestredet). I’ve been there a couple of times and I liked both the atmosphere and the espresso. Check out their nice homepage.

I got to cup coffee the other day with Eirik Johns…

I got to cup coffee the other day with Eirik Johnsen and some other employees (Jonas, Stine? and the ever smiling Emily) of the Stockfleth’s coffee bar in Lille Grensen, Oslo.
Eirik had just returned from a stay in Mexico and had brought with him an assortment of coffee samples. All was preroasted and packed in [...]

Alexander von der Lippe just e-mailed me photos of…

Alexander von der Lippe just e-mailed me photos of the 2004 finnish barista champ Petri Parviainen from Robert’s Coffee.
Finnish barista champ:
Photo 1, Photo 2, Photo 3.
(Check out the Rancilio Classe 10 in the background, and the siliva)

I’ve been really focused on my photography the las…

I’ve been really focused on my photography the last week, taking a lot of pictures and spending hours in Adobe Photoshop. My employeer has given me funds to access an online training resource called lynda.com online learning library. It contains lots of high quality (video) instruction on all kinds of graphic software tools, like photoshop, [...]

Dutch Barista Championship 2004

Dutch Barista Championship 2004

I spent last weekend in Sweden visiting some frien…

I spent last weekend in Sweden visiting some friends in Helsingborg. While there I picked up a Mini Santos. The mini model of the santos is not available in shops in Norway. The big brother eSantos however is everywhere. I met a Bodum tech guy in a shop once and asked him why I’ve never [...]

Just an update concerning the "Forbrukerinspektøre…

Just an update concerning the “Forbrukerinspektørene” video clip with Tim Wendelboe. When you open the previous link you have to click “Se FBI på Nett-TV”. Then a window opens with a list of programs on the left hand side. Click “Sendinger FBI” and then “FBI 05.05.04″. The feature about espresso machines coffee is in the [...]