Canadian Barista Championship: 2009 Results

1. Kyle Straw, Caffè Artigiano, Vancouver, BC (663 points)
2. Anthony Benda, Café Myriade, Montreal, Qc (627 points)
3. Chad Moss, Transcend Coffee, Edmonton, AB (610 points)
4. Robert Kettner, Fernwood Coffee Roasting, Victoria, BC (601 points)
5. Spencer Viehweger, JJ Bean Coffee Roasters, Vancouver, BC (592.5 points)
6. Joel May, Fratello Coffee Roasters, Calgary, AB (576.5 points)

Barista’s Choice (Reggie Award)

Anthony Benda, Café Myriade, Montreal, Qc

Coffee at CBC

Went to @cbchomerun to talk about coffee. If you got here because of my short intervention, welcome!

Here are some of my coffee-related blogposts

https://enkerli.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/montreal-coffee-renaissance/
(thoughts on a new phase for Montreal’s coffee scene)
https://enkerli.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/cafe-a-la-montrealaise/ (Long,
in French)
https://enkerli.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/eastern-canadian-espresso/
(about the Eastern Regional Canadian Barista Championships, last year)
https://enkerli.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/first-myriade-session/ (when
Myriade opened)
https://enkerli.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/more-notes-on-myriade/
https://enkerli.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/cafe-myriade-linkfest/
https://enkerli.wordpress.com/2006/02/16/glocal-craftiness-coffee-beer-music/
(musings on global/local issues about coffee, beer, music)
https://enkerli.wordpress.com/2006/03/04/caffe-artjava-real-espresso-in-montreal/
(when the Third Wave first came to Mtl)
https://enkerli.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/beer-eye-for-the-coffee-guy-or-gal/
(musings on coffee-focused communities)

Also, my “mega-thread” on CoffeeGeek about Brikka and other stovetop moka pots (in my mind, ideal for homemade coffee):

http://www.coffeegeek.com/forums/coffee/machines/220503

Feel free to contact me if you want to talk coffee, espresso, cafés, geekness…