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music.: mixtape > a rose water rollercoaster, USBC 2017

Posted on April 23, 2017 by cde

it’s a mixtape, Seattle, United States Barista Competiton semi-finals

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USBC 2016, Carrying His Weight in Coffee, The USBC CHAMP and A Super Five

Posted on April 19, 2016April 25, 2016 by cde

We have a champ. The 2016 USBC Champion and a Super Five.

Posted in coffee Tagged barista, counter culture, everyman espresso, la colombe coffee, madcap coffee, olympia coffee roasting, onyx coffee lab, specialty coffee association, usbc Leave a comment

Culture Cooler.: One Sexy Foam, A Natural Paper and Monday Coffee, April 18

Posted on April 18, 2016April 18, 2016 by cde

Culture Cooler, a winning US Barista Champ, A Coffee Science paper, A Documentary Met Gala Film

Posted in current culture Tagged barista guild of america, bean, coffee science, colonna smalls dashwood, counter culture, lemuel butler, matt perger, scaa, united states barista championship, usbc Leave a comment

USBC 2015: The L.A. Engine That Could & a Fab Five

Posted on February 24, 2015February 24, 2015 by cde

music, US Barista Competition 2015, Set List

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music:. U.S. Barista Competitions, Round SemiFinals, 2015

Posted on February 22, 2015February 24, 2015 by cde

coffee, music, united states barista competitions, long beach.

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USBC 2014 Set List: The Hometown Girl and Five Guests

Posted on April 29, 2014April 29, 2014 by cde

music, usbc, barista, competition, coffee culture, coffee and music, seattle

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Culture Cooler: 3 Things [From the Weekend to] Still Talk About [4.28]

Posted on April 28, 2014July 10, 2014 by cde

coffee, culture, usbc, laila ghambari, herabot, gq, novel

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QUOTED:. BARISTAS “WHAT THEY SAID” USBC DAY 1 [SEMI-FINALS] 2014

Posted on April 27, 2014April 27, 2014 by cde

barista, championship, usbc, 2014, quotes

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QUOTED:. BARISTAS “WHAT THEY SAID” USBC DAY 2 [SEMI-FINALS] 2014

Posted on April 27, 2014April 27, 2014 by cde

barista, championship, usbc, 2014, quotes day 2

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USBC2013 set list: King. And, all the Kings Men.

Posted on April 15, 2013April 16, 2013 by cde

2013, setlist, USBC, barista, music, setlist, pete licata, parisi coffee

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I believe travel can restore our faith in humankin I believe travel can restore our faith in humankind as soon as it’s nearly stolen from us. just after one woman nearly ripped my camera from me, these two ‘sisters’ gave me back more than what I could have lost. 
new story on the zine. #coffeetographer
sweeter times? are we expounding on the memories sweeter times?

are we expounding on the memories of our recent times past? the places we liked to go. the dirty subways we rode. the dates we didn’t show up to, and still didn’t call? the letters we never wrote.

are we reminiscing on the moments that we were so consumed with documenting, that we didn’t live them? or, were we documenting them because we were besotted with living them?

are we remembering what was, simply because what was, may never be again? so then, what do we make now, what do we do now, what do we document now? will this time become what was, maybe what we wished we’d done? 
this was the first time I had an ube latte. the only other time I had something with ube in it, was previously in Manila in November of 2019. that time, I was given an ube ice cream by some friends, while on top of a grassy mountain. I can still smell the grass my heels sank into and I can still hear the buktots playing. 
when I met with the violet yam on the menu of this coffee shop, it brought me back to that memory which I didn’t photograph.

I remember this concrete slab and setting this drink on It, before I even sipped it. I remember all eyes looking at me, the girl putting her drink on the floor, to capture this first, regardless of what the drink tasted like. I wanted to preserve its formation before my lips disrupted it. 
now, life as we know it, is super warped. 
are we living only to have an epoch make us desiderate what was? disrupt what is, that lasts forever, so do first times. #coffeetographer
confinement is over in Paris and coffee shops are confinement is over in Paris and coffee shops are reopening, creating a new normal sending love to France and coffee speed to all the intimate spaces, talented baristas and cafe owners back on the coffee front lines.
where was I, when I became occupied with the hair where was I, when I became occupied with the hair combed behind his ears, his eyes, averted from facing me and yet fixated on the the liquid, rilling from a centuries old pot, ladling chai into a disposable mortar cup? 
today, the answer to this question exists in a current story on my webzine. moving forward, I’ll be posting less content here about what appears there and more content in a bi-weekly newsletter. 
to build community and more intimacy offline, these one page, monthly newsletters will be micro stories: on people, wellness, cultural fancies and of course, coffee that I’m head over cups into.

it will also provide a safer space to share images, foster things like a book club and launch special projects with you directly. 
i’ll still see you here, more in my newsletter and always at the coffeetographer dot com. 
drop your email in my dm to join me off app. i’ll see you there.
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