Doug Zell Co-CEO, Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea Doug Zell’s involvement with coffee began in the early 1990’s. He had moved to California to begin a new business venture that ultimately failed and landed him in San Francisco where he drank his first cup of real Specialty Coffee at the now defunct Spinelli Coffee. It was […]
NBC2012: Peter Kimata – Agronomy of Kenyan Coffee
[download presentation slides] Peter Kimata Senior Agronomist, Central Kenya Coffee Mills Peter Kimata, a qualified agronomist, is responsible for overseeing dry milling at Central Kenya Coffee Mills (sister company to CMS). Over 30% of Kenya’s coffee is annually milled at this facility, which serves over 200,000 farmers – in which Peter works closely with. Originally Peter […]
NBC2012: Rene Redzepi – Coffee Is The Shit
René Redzepi Noma Restaurant The man responsible for the creative direction, and flawless execution at Noma, widely regarded as the best restaurant in the world, we are delighted to have chef Rene Redzepi come and speak to us this year. With a career that has seen him spend time in the kitchens of French Laundry, […]
NBC 2012 VIDEOS/BLOG
Stationed at the back of an auditorium in Copenhagen were a couple of particularly lucky chaps. Their responsibility of getting the content of this year’s Nordic Barista Cup Talks recorded, cut and posted online. All the videos are posted to our Vimeo site, under the album Nordic Barista Cup Talks, 2012. Find the 2012 blog/videos […]
NBC 2011 talks – Morten Münchow: Defining Milk Foam Quality
In this talk Morten explains his research project of defining milk foam quality.
NBC 2011 talks – Tim Wendelboe: Nordic Coffee Culture
Tim Wendelboe’s lecture on Nordic Coffee Culture talks of the coffee history of the Nordic countries. He talks about differences and similarities
NBC 2011 talks – Jannie Vestergaard: Nordic producers and ingredients
Jannie talks about her experiences in promoting Nordic food which takes us through the Nordic Kitchen Manifesto, Nordic Culinary Success factors and how products from Skåne have gotten increased attention. Nordic Barista Cup Talks – Jannie Vestergaard from Nordic Barista Cup on Vimeo.
NBC 2011 talks – Anders Selmer: Nordic Taste
In this lecture Anders takes you through the (poor) food traditions of the Nordic countries. Things started getting better in the 80’ies when French chefs came
NBC 2011 talks – M. Münchow / J. Tjelum: Biochemistry in Specialty Coffee
After the lecture on myth busting in sensory science Morten Münchow and Jakob Tjelum gave the attendees a crash course in Biochemistry in Coffee.
NBC2011 Talks – Pontus Dahlstrøm: The Nordic Approach
In this compelling and inspirational talk, Pontus Dahlstrøm of Olso’s Maaemo restaurant takes us back of house to understand the conceptualisation and execution of a beautiful idea.