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Flatlanders 2012 Final Thoughts
Baristas from all around the US came to Topeka to compete in this event. Each barista was randomly placed on a team that competed in three separate scored events, each...
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Our Barista Champion Judges at the Inaugural Flatlanders Barista Cup
I recently visited Topeka to attend the inaugural Flatlanders Barista Cup, which is a weekend where baristas around the Midwest US (and beyond) come to have a friendly team competition...
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Canadian Barista Champions
Jeremy Ho and Ben Put, both longtime baristas at Phil & Sebastian, took first and second place respectively at the 2012 Canadian Barista Championships, held this past weekend in Toronto at...
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Cheering On Our Baristas at Nationals
In this year’s Regional Prairie Barista Competition, our top baristas placed first and second giving them the opportunity to represent the prairies in the 2012 Canadian National Barista Competition held...
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2012 Tastings Series
Here in our cafès, we are very excited to re-launch our coffee tasting series this year. We are incredibly passionate about our coffee and cannot wait to be share the...
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5 Years Old!
March 30th, 2007 marked our first day at the Calgary Farmers’ Market. It’s been an incredible five years of learning, sharing, drinking lots of coffee and enjoying meeting a world...
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Coffee Common Reflections
Discover& Harvest& Roast& Grind& Brew& Sip& Wonder. As part of Coffee Common’s slogan and mantra, it also is a simplified description of the steps of coffee from seed to cup....
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Coffee Common at TED2012
This week, Chris and I have been given the incredible opportunity to be a part of an amazing coffee service at the TED2012 conference in Long Beach, California, arranged by...
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Prairie Coffee Project and Regional Competition
The weekend of August 6th marked the first event put together by the Prairie Coffee Project (@prairiecoffee). This organization is directed by Transcend Coffee, Fratello Coffee and Phil & Sebastian...
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Prairie Regional Barista Competition — August 6th
It’s fast approaching this year’s Regional Barista Competition hosted at Fratello Coffee Roasters on Saturday. Our competitors, Chris Tellez and Jeremy Ho are in the final stages of preparing...
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Reflections on Coffee in Colombia
I find myself with some extra time in Bogota, so I thought I would try to articulate some of my present observations on coffee production here in Colombia. While I...
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Roasting
We’re so excited to be launch a new video series featuring what goes on behind the scenes here at Phil & Sebastian. For more information on our Roasterie, come by...