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Maxwell wins UKBC 2012
03-05-2012
Congratulations to Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood who is now officially, and proudly, the UK's best barista! Last week the pressure was on as 20 of the country's best baristas made their way to London to compete to win the coveted title of UKBC Champion 2012. The semis couldn't have been more tense from an Origin perspective. We had Origin trainer Dave competing, along with two other baristas (Maxwell and Dan Fellows) using coffee roasted for them by us. It was a tough competition. In the time that we've been involved in the UKBC the standard has made a massive leap every year and this year, Maxwell raised the bar again.
UPDATE: Where's Dave?
20-03-2012
To make it to the final of the UKBC, you have to be among the best 20 baristas in the country, fighting (or, rather, brewing) your way past the rest to gain a coveted semi-final place. After four heats, the competition has proved pretty tough and a number of names, old and new are moving up and down the leaderboard here there and everywhere. But where's our Dave? With only the Northern Ireland Heats left (taking place todat) the eyes of competitive baristas eveywhere are on the leaderboard so far. If you want to see what the top 20 baristas in the UK look like, in name at least, take a look here.
The Nicaraguan Coffee Season Begins
15-03-2012
As March gets in to full swing and signals the start of warmer climes for us in the UK, the Nicaraguan coffee season is coming to the end of its optimum harvesting period...
Where's Dave?
07-03-2012
To make it to the final of the UKBC, you have to be among the best 20 baristas in the country, fighting (or, rather, brewing) your way past the rest to gain a coveted final place. After four heats, the competition has proved pretty tough and a number of names, old and new are moving up and down the leaderboard here there and everywhere. But where's our Dave? With only the Glasgow and Northern Ireland Heats left (to take place during this month) the eyes of competitive baristas eveywhere are on the leaderboard so far. If you want to see what the top 20 baristas in the UK look like, in name at least, take a look here.
Where do you get a great coffee?
01-03-2012
Every Sunday we want you to find a great coffee and tell us where you found it! Cornwall to Scotland and everywhere in between, share your great coffee experiences with us.
Dave at the South West heats of the UKBC
09-02-2012
Barista Trainer Dave took on some of the best baristas in the UK yesterday. Armed with an exclusive espresso blend and a little bit of beautiful Sidamo he took to the stage to showcase his skills.
The rise of the pour over
02-01-2012
Welcome to the filter cone. We love this little, inexpensive, yet rather revolutionary device to brew coffee on, so we though we'd share with you just how we do it. Clean and crisp filter coffee....ahhh.
