Barista Competition Preparation

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• Unknown

  December 2003

  Mimmo,     practice on the exact type of espresso machine that will be used in the comp with your own grinder. Take your own coffee and grinder to the comp as you can preset the grinder so only slight adjustment is needed and you are comfortable with your own equipment. You will need to do 4 espresso's, 4 caps and 4 signature drinks in 15 min. Personal & professional presentation must be excellent and being able to talk to the judges and audience is a big must as all baristi should have a personality. That is just a few. good luck Brian

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• Labinator

  January 2004

  wheres the competition located?

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• john

  January 2004

  Hi there Who is running the gig what are the quidelines and what are the prizes

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• Unknown

  January 2004

  its sun by a local coffee company and very amatuerish. They won't say who all the judges are and the ones they told us about have no business judging anything, you have to use their coffee and its not open to the public

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• Gonzo

  January 2004

  There is more to your comment than meets the eye. On first look it appears you dont think there is much "value" to be gained in the barista comp you've described however try looking at it from another perspective....there is absolutely nothing wrong with a supplier wishing to run a closed comp for its own cafe customers and their staff. There is no doubt it will boost morale among them, do something positive for and lift the profile of the "industry" (as well as the supplier / and there is nothing wrong with this),  and by injecting a bit of competition between the participants improve the level of coffee making within their system. It's also a way for the supplier to "give back" to his own clients. The level of coffee making attained will be relative to the participants and of course the standard of the judges. If the judges are only "token" judges, they will learn something from the participants. This is still a good thing... I would call all these things positives, something from which all should benefit, and dont worry about the possibility / probablilty about it only being a publicity stunt...all "barista" comps are. Ultimately someone will win something, and all the participants will go away with a resolve to improve their performance in the job. The coffee supplier will go away with ideas on how to improve its comp for next time, and hopefully will improve the standard of the judges. Everybody wins, no? G.

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