The first ever edition of the Berlin Coffee Festival will play host to the Barista Jam – an opportunity for 16 of the city’s top baristas to show off their skills. The Barista Jam competition will take place on day one of the festival, which runs from 2-4 September. Four-time Irish barista champion Colin Harmon will present a lecture on day two of the festival about the influence of the temperature in the phase of the grinding and new systems of control the extraction. And on Sunday 4 September the Victoria Arduino stand will host 2009 World Barista Champion, Gwilym Davies along with a host of other baristas and roasters for a day full of meetings and practical tests with their espresso coffee machines and grinders. For more information visit berlincoffeefestival.de
Rancilio Group publishes new educational video series
Espresso machine manufacturer Rancilio Group has produced two videos on coffee extraction technology for authorised technicians. Employing advanced 3D-animation techniques,...