Barista Camp - Summer 2013!

The Barista Guild of America is excited to announce the next BGA Barista Camp will be taking place at Lake Lawn Resort in Delavan, Wisconsin during June 2-5, 2013! Register Now!

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Barista Guild Members to Provide Coffee Experience at TED2013

We would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to our barista teams that have been selected to serve coffee at TED and TEDActive on February 25 - March 1, 2013. Follow along right here on the BGA Blog and on Twitter at #TEDcoffee.

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BGA Launches Handbook for Level 1 & 2 Certificate

We're excited to launch our BGA Certification Handbook for Levels 1 & 2! This handbook outlines in detail everything you need to know about the BGA Certificate Program for these levels. You can download the full handbook here.

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the barista throwdown. Fri. Sept. 16th, San Francisco!

Posted by jason dominy On 12:38 PM
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When: Friday, September 16th – 6:00-8:45 pm

Espresso, Booze, & Beats: Chop it up with reps from our event sponsors from Fair Trade, Mr. Espresso, The Barista Guild, and Straus to learn about everything from micro-climate to micro-foam.

Free Admission to Public – $5 Registration to compete. Crowd favorite wins all registration fees and a free vendor tasting.

Guest Pops Ups by: by Copper Top Ovens, Winners of the 2011 Nomadic Pizza Throwdown. Halal Halal, NYC style street fare, and Frozen Khusterd, featuring tastings of single origin coffee flavored custards.

Register to compete: Email two latte art photos to barista@coffeebar-usa.com by September 9th to qualify.

And…..on the SAME night (and Saturday too), we’re partnering with Z space on:

Z Space Presents: The People: San Francisco

Grand Scale Live Performance Art by the Big Art Group at Z Space. 100 FT Wide building projection with full block closure. http://www.ybca.org/big-art-group.

Doors Open at 7:30 pm, show at Sunset. $10 admission.

Check the video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwA3wFaSxGM