Hello All!
Just a quick post about one adventure a small portion of Rev is having. I am currently en route (and have been since 5:30am this morning) to Portland, OR to serve as a technical judge for the United States Barista Championship (USBC), which just so happens to be in conjunction with the SCAA 2012 Event (pretty much the largest coffee event of the year). Needless to say, there is a whole lot of exciting events planned for this week.
I am currently in my 5th hour of an 8 hour layover in Denver. Did you know they have birds flying around inside? And if that's not weird enough, there is a worker here---one of the passenger cart drivers---who whistles like a bird to let people know he's behind them. It has been an interesting 5 hours, with $2.50 bottles of water and $3.50 boxes of popcorn. I get it now, the movie theaters want people to think they're in an airport... or maybe vice versa. Ponder that.
I guess I should give you a little bit of info about what being a tech judge for the USBC means:
Tomorrow I will sit through a day long session of written & visual tests, calibrations, mock runs, and (of course) lunch. We have to pass with flying colors in order to be certified to judge, high scores than were necessary to judge the regionals. Thursday-Sunday, we tech judges spend hour after hour watching the every move of competitors, standing on our feet, alert, focused, and watchful for 15 minutes at a time, for probably 5 hours with 15 minutes between each to calibrate on what we saw during the performance. If you'd like to read more on what happens, or how you can watch live streaming video of the competition Thursday-Sunday, visit www.usbaristachampionship.com or you can catch the live tweets from @sprudge.
Well, maybe I'll post a little bit about what I'm up to throughout the week. Just know that coffee professionals know how to party and we can stay up late, so I'm not promising anything.
Aajay
Just a quick post about one adventure a small portion of Rev is having. I am currently en route (and have been since 5:30am this morning) to Portland, OR to serve as a technical judge for the United States Barista Championship (USBC), which just so happens to be in conjunction with the SCAA 2012 Event (pretty much the largest coffee event of the year). Needless to say, there is a whole lot of exciting events planned for this week.
I am currently in my 5th hour of an 8 hour layover in Denver. Did you know they have birds flying around inside? And if that's not weird enough, there is a worker here---one of the passenger cart drivers---who whistles like a bird to let people know he's behind them. It has been an interesting 5 hours, with $2.50 bottles of water and $3.50 boxes of popcorn. I get it now, the movie theaters want people to think they're in an airport... or maybe vice versa. Ponder that.
I guess I should give you a little bit of info about what being a tech judge for the USBC means:
Tomorrow I will sit through a day long session of written & visual tests, calibrations, mock runs, and (of course) lunch. We have to pass with flying colors in order to be certified to judge, high scores than were necessary to judge the regionals. Thursday-Sunday, we tech judges spend hour after hour watching the every move of competitors, standing on our feet, alert, focused, and watchful for 15 minutes at a time, for probably 5 hours with 15 minutes between each to calibrate on what we saw during the performance. If you'd like to read more on what happens, or how you can watch live streaming video of the competition Thursday-Sunday, visit www.usbaristachampionship.com or you can catch the live tweets from @sprudge.
Well, maybe I'll post a little bit about what I'm up to throughout the week. Just know that coffee professionals know how to party and we can stay up late, so I'm not promising anything.
Aajay
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