CoffeeGeek Podcast 030 - The News, and Feature Interview with USBC Champion, Phuong Tran.
Description
The News with Jeanette Chan (1:52 )
- Kenyan coffee farmers in debt (2:00 )
- New Orleans-based PJ’s coffee reopening locations closed by Katrina (2:38 )
- Coffee lowers risk of breast cancer in certain women (3:10 )
- Starbucks wins trademark infringement suit in China (4:32 )
- Lakewood, WA couple charged with forcing their niece to work as a slave at their espresso stand (5:25 )
- Culprit in string of espresso stand robberies in Washington state apprehended (8:24 )
Phuong Tran, 2005 US Barista Champion (9:29 )
- Phuong’s café: Lava Java, Ridgefield, Washington (10:05 )
- Phuong’s road to the USBC (10:43 )
- What the competition consists of (14:47 )
- What barista competitions are all about (19:21 )
- How to improve barista competitions (22:03 )
- Rumors of a competing body to the World Barista Championship (WBC) (26:59 )
- Phuong’s experience at the Nordic Cup: cow milking; triangle tests; milk tasting tests; signature drink team competition; coffee brewing test (27:32 )
- The 2005 WBC (34:50 ): Mark’s view on Phuong’s finish (36:02 ); the finalists (congrats to Sammy Piccolo on his new baby boy!) (37:31 ); a behind the scenes look (38:42 ); Phuong’s training (43:53 ); Phuong’s signature drink, the Crimson Sage (47:23 )
- Judging and the sensory skills test (54:38 )
- The Great Lakes Regional Barista Competition (58:39 )
- Vancouver café crawl: Caffe Artigiano, JJBean, Prado, Wicked Café, Elysian Room (59:31 )
- Mark and Phuong compare shots and discuss flair vs consistency (1:02:26 )
- Phuong’s thoughts on what could be done differently at the USBC (1:07:57 )
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