The Latte Art Throwdown
June 6, 2008 | By Adam Roberts | 6 Comments
What a night!
Lessons learned from last night’s latte art throwdown at Joe: The Art of Coffee, a fundraiser for Red Cross disaster relief in Myanmar and China:
(1) Baristas love a good throwdown;
(2) Baristas take a throwdown seriously–many of their hands were shaking as they poured!
(3) When MC-ing such an event, it is bad to interview a barista while she’s prepping her pour (sorry Emily from 9th Street Espresso);
(4) Being a barista grants access to a secret cult of baristas; I was surprised to see the baristas from some of my favorite New York coffee shops–Gorilla, 9th Street and, of course, Joe–all know each other and like each other;
(5) It’s good to have a giant screen so the crowd can see the lattes as they’re poured and hoot and holler for the good ones…
