2008 US Barista Champion
I am fully chagrined and completely aware that this is no longer news (sorry for the delay! more posts to come about the final day of the conference; stay tuned), but congratulations to Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea’s Kyle Glanville, your new U.S. Barista Champion.
2008 United States Barista Champion:
Kyle Glanville, Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, Los Angeles, CA
2nd Place: Pete Licata, PT’s Coffee, Topeka, KS
3rd Place: Heather Perry, Coffee Klatch, San Dimas, CA
4th Place: Chris Baca, Ritual Coffee Roasters, San Francisco, CA
5th Place: Nick Griffith, Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, Los Angeles, CA
6th Place: Drew Cattlin, Ritual Coffee Roasters, San Francisco, CA
Don’t forget to obsessively watch and rewatch his performances this weekend, and check out about a zillion photos from the whole competition.
Congratulations to everybody for an outstanding day of intense, incredible performances, and way to totally kill it, Kyle! The blog team and everybody else in the whole entire world is proud of you guys, 100%.
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