Spit Cup

I just read on James Hoffmann’s site that he’s starting a trek of five-day-a-week video blogging to replace that boring text you see everywhere.  To kick that off on this Monday, here’s a video of James with co-host Stephen Morrissey that finds them essentially rambling at the WBC this year. I was going to trim the video down more, but there’s really nothing to cut. And there’s some good stuff in there. So James, if you become lazy as the week progresses, feel free to rip the video from this site and claim it as your own.

The ever-so-delightful Gwilym, the world’s newest champion.

Long overdue (but who really cares?) for me to post this. No disrespect to Sammy.

Mike (or is it Michael?). Talking about important things, like the weather.

Colin is such a delight. Even if nobody believes that “only making coffee for a year” thing.

Lee Jong Hoon for a brief interview. And an awesome suit.

Finally had a chance to get to these finalist videos. All of the interviews were minutes after the finalist announcements at the WBC. They were interviewed by Stephen Morrissey and James Hoffmann, but are surprisingly devoid of British humor. The rest are on their way.

Featuring an evaluation and analysis of beards present at the 2009 US Barista Championship from the most prominent members of the coffee beard community.

TNT. Washington, DC. Counter Culture Coffee Training Center (CCCTCDC).