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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TNT lands in the fly-over states

Posted by Mike On 8:18 AM

St. Louis is starting to glow with coffee excitement. We're hosting our debut TNT on February 11. Join the event on Facebook.

THURSDAY NIGHT THROWDOWN - NYC - RETURNS!

Posted by Anne Nylander On 4:10 PM
TNT NYC Returns January 14th!


Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 9:00pm
Joe
141 Waverly PL
New York, NY

NERBC Competitors Meeting TONIGHT!

Posted by Benjamin Wilkinson On 8:36 AM














There's a last minute competitors meeting hosted by New Harvest Coffee and Blue State Coffee at the New Harvest Training Facility in Pawtucket, RI tonight!

6 pm
New Harvest Coffee Roasters
1005 Main Street Suite #704
Pawtucket, RI



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Quick cleaning tips - make it shine!

Posted by sLucey On 2:21 PM


The cleanliness of one's portafilter somewhat serves as an example of how detail-oriented a barisa is. Think about keeping your equipment cleaner, longer. Above are three degrees of cleanliness. The middle picture shows best as an example of a quick, but lackluster cleaning.
Many may know the power of a clean portafilter comes from the green scrubby - but it might be surprising to know it works best unadulturated. I'd even go as far as to say the scrubby works worse, when wet. A fresh, dry scour pad does the best job and produces the brightest shine, in the quickest amount of time. Cut your scour pads up into one inch squares for maximum effectiveness. Bringing a portafilter to shine as does the portafilter on the far left, should take no more than 60 seconds assuming you've scrubbed within the last 12 hours. Fight the nasty, let it shine!