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Unique & deliberately casual - that's what coffee potlucks feels like.  

 The last Coffee Potluck was an absolute success.  Record breaking number coffees came out to be tasted… Oh wait, sorry I can’t help but personify them.  For the first time ever, we had more coffees than people, so that was an good problem to have.  It’s been great to see the community grow and new faces testing the waters of what coffee has to offer. 

 Highlights of the day were the Mackenzie Room crew & their awesome home where they host amazing dinners and the brilliant 44th Element film who came out to do some video! I can’t wait to share that with you 😃 

 People who haven’t been to a coffee potluck often ask how we figure out the logistics of the coffee tasting - to be honest, it’s an exercise of flexibility.  This time we numbered coffees as they arrived and explored a theme. Is it well researched?-not always, but when's the last time you did something that scared you?- right, so.    

Because we were at one of my favourite restaurants in town, Mackenzie room, we wanted to start a discussion about coffee at food outlets and restaurants in Vancouver.  If you work in the restaurant industry or in wholesale to coffee, what are some challenges to serving and preparing consistently impressive coffees for customers?  

We had a wave of Portland roasters and coffees from Alberta. After the Alberta Party, I mean, National Aeropress Championships, we brought back loads of roasters including Transcend Coffee, Rosso Roasters, and Phil and Sebastian. 

The list of what we tasted is at the bottom of the post!

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Next Sunday coffee potluck is 31st of July! 

It’s summer and what do Vancouverites do in the summer? We go to the beach. 

I’ve noticed that we really like heading to the water in this city and cold brews have been the real buzz.  Even if you’re not as keen on coffee everyone, is talking about cold brews.   Just the other day a friend asked me how cold brew is made. 

If you’re into summer and you like the beach, we’ve asked a few local cold brew makers to offer up their product for us to dabble in.  What you will need, bring a cup, and as always your favourite cold brew to share with the group and come hang out on Spanish Banks with us. 

Who: friends who like a ‘beach’n cold brew'   

What: i just said, c-c-cccold brew. BRING a cold brew and maybe a frisbee.

Where: Spanish Banks, a link to the location will be listed here and on twitter once it’s scouted! 

When: SUNDAY, 31 July at 3:00 pm

  A photo posted by Vania Ling (@vanialing_) on Jul 20, 2016 at 9:30pm PDT

CONTEST ALERT: 

Our friends at Barista Magazine are lovely and so supportive of all things coffee community. Four lucky winners will take home the current issue. Here are the conditions, share a photo on instagram using the tag #beachnbrews & #coffeepotluckyvr anything coffee related will do. 

Winners will be announced at the event! 

If you missed our invite to Mackenzie Room: http://vanialing.com/coffee/june-5-coffee-potluck-embarks-on-official-post-pints

 COFFEES WE TASTED

Coco Espresso 

Panama Hartman

 Heart Coffee

Kenya Karii

 Coava 

 Stumptown

 Phil & Sebastian

Panama Hartman, Maragogype

 Sterling Coffee Roasters

Ethiopia Biftu Gudina

 Sterling Coffee Roasters

Esperanza Blend

 Small Batch roasters

Diana Patricia Falla

 COMPETITION COFFEE ALERT:

Transcend Coffee

Columbia

 Starbucks

Wherever your life may have started, and whatever its purpose, there is a place for you at BREW UNIVERSITY.  

Embrace your inner brewing abilities next Saturday at our pilot launch. 

We’re celebrating Aeropress Competition season with a pop-up coffee class that will elevate your home brewing skills and improve your morning routine in just 2.5 minutes!

You will be 'graded' on impeccable coffee habits and party your way through the class. 

This is why we start the term with chocolate and graduate with loot.

TAKE HOME: aeropress, coffee beans, brew gear & mad skills

Mad skills include aeropress & pour over

Class Limited to 6 people

Tuition includes an aeropress (already have an aeropress? Bring it and get a $25 discount)

Pilot program starts

Saturday, 23rd April - 10:00am - 12:00 pm

Wednesday, 27th April - 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Help us #killthekcup,

I am looking for performers to collaborate on a project that takes the form of a coffee training. Through improvisation, parody and making the right mistakes, the work tackles the looming spectre of being stuck in a job that is just not enough.

You would be cast in the role of a formidable figure of authority delivering a structured training session to an audience. You would start working from a script that can subsequently be altered and developed collaboratively. The piece is just gaining momentum and there is still ample space for improvement.

This project is about people who work with coffee, as well as those who coffee works for. I am focussing on coffee as a material, taking in its colonial past as well as the coffee shop culture of the present day. I am also planning to interview art school graduates whiling their life away at the dishwasher. After all, making coffee is all about the artistry.

For script and more information about the project, contact: