The “Super Bowl” of the Specialty Coffee industry is around the corner. The conference, the trade show, and its main event – The United States Barista Championship (USBC), will be held in Charlotte, NC between April 7 ~ 10. My good friend Andy C., one of my most favorite baristi, Phuong Tran, two bigwigs from the portafilter.net, and the heavy hitters in the barista community will all be there.
I have been searching for a package deal for a few weeks now, but I am not able to scored a good deal successfully. The hotel and air for this 2-day weekend is about the same as a 4 ~ 5 day package in Europe with the hotel accommodations from the airlines (hmmm, it is not hard to see which is the better deal). So, the chance that I make this Charlotte trip is very slim.
I see the 2006 USBC will once again be dominated by the baristi from the Great Lakes Regional, the Intelly crew (Matt, Amber, and Ellie), and Steve Fritzen from Coffee Hound, whom all I admire and respect tremendously. They will be joined with and/or one perhaps 2 from PNW regional, 1 from Western Regional, and 1 from Midwest for the final 6.
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I made this blog entry on the same afternoon when I downloaded the latest podcast, # 26, from portafilter.net. I didn’t get to listen its entirety until Thursday night. Coincidently, Nick, one of the duo hosting the show had mentioned about making the odds on the 2006 USBC’s possible finalists near the end of the podcast. The same people I had mentioned in my blog.
Our timing and the assessment are pretty similar. Weird?
spinnaker knows what's going on...
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