Posts Tagged ‘barista’

 
March
21st
2011

NYC Coffee Friends Party


Join our community of NYC coffee shops & roasters for a party to welcome the NERBC to town! There will be a latte art throw-down (with incredible prizes including a trip to Brazil), DJ, dancing and more.
 
The event will be held on Saturday, April 9th from 8pm-12am at the Highline Loft at 508 West 26th Street, 5th Floor.
 
Co-Sponsored by Café Grumpy, Gimme!, Joe, Third Rail & Dallis Bros. Coffee.
Beer has been lovingly provided by Brooklyn Brewery.
 
See you there!

February
18th
2011

Cool Beans!

“The staff is really knowledgeable. They really care about what they’re doing,” Love says. “Since they’ve opened, they’ve always been cutting-edge on their brewing methodology and progressive with how they treat coffee, how they promote it and how they brew it. They really take the time and care about what they do.”
 
Check out the picture of Amber, Phil and Jesse in the NYPost here.

January
13th
2011

Crowns for Kings and Queens of Coffee Bars

“Now most New York baristas wear hats. “I’m not a hat person, so this has been difficult to embrace,” said Kira Birney, who works at Café Grumpy on West 20th Street. “I had to respect my boss’s wishes. Then I had to find my hat identity.””
 
See the slide-show & read the article in The New York Times here.

March
25th
2010

NERBC

Jordan at NERBC 2010This past weekend, some of us had the opportunity to head up to Boston (Somerville to be precise) to watch the North East Regional Barista Competition.
 
For those of you curious as to what this entailed, there is a great video piece by Abbey Niezgoda that you can watch here (which includes a small interview with Jordan).
 
Congratulations to the winners: Danielle, Nik and our very own Jordan who placed third.

March
1st
2010

Coffee wars: New cult-hit java joints are brewing a big city rivalry

“The newcomers may be getting all the attention, but small New York coffee producers like Cafe Grumpy are sanguine about the out-of-towners. Grumpy opened its first cafe in Greenpoint in November 2005 and has since opened two more, in Chelsea and Park Slope, and also started a roasting facility in the back of the Greenpoint cafe last September.”
 
Check out the rest of the article in the NY Daily News.

March
1st
2009

Best Bets for Coffee on The Road

“While chatting with some of the nation’s top baristas at a recent coffee competition in Chicago, I had a chance to soak up their collective knowledge about where to find the best coffee in some of the top cities in North America.”

Read the article in the Chicago Tribune here.