The UK barista championships held in Birmingham last weekend welcomed competitors from all over the UK where each entrant demonstrated their ‘barista’ skills to a panel of judges.
Steve Pearson from Devon Coffee, in Exeter’s Queen Street, battled against some of the best speciality coffee shops in the country and scored 490 points, placing him 14th on the leader board.
The competition involves each entrant presenting 4 espresso drinks, 4 cappuccinos and 4 espresso based beverages where the barista creates into a ‘signature’ drink. A combination of technical and sensory...
Buckfastleigh-based independent coffee specialist, Coffee West Ltd, has been announced as winner of ‘Distributor of the year’ trade award at the Spring Ball in London last week.
The Award ceremony on 10 April, 2013 was sponsored by the Essential Café magazine and took place at St John’s Smith Square, in the heart of Westminster.
The awards observed the highest standards in terms of objectivity and impartiality and have been decided in closed session by an independent panel of judges.
Coffee West was recognised for providing the most outstanding all-round support to...
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