Latte Art Throwdown – Sept. 27th, Catalina Coffee: Houston, TX

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Latte Art Throwdown @ Catalina Coffee
$20 to enter – winner takes all.
Baristas will have 7 minutes to make up to three lattes, choose one to present to three judges. Judging will be based on symmetry, contrast, and technical difficulty and complexity of the art. Free-pour only, no etching.

New Book…Looks Like Fun

Killing trees with coffee, I think, is an acceptable trade-off.  Especially if you use recycled trees or fake plastic trees, and if you recycle your used coffee grounds into your compost bin.

Now comes this from, fittingly, a Berkeley publisher:  What appears to be a fun new book in the super-macro-food-pics mold that is all the rage today, complete with a delectable line-up of deliciously done drinks.

The book is entitled, Coffee Drinks, by one Michael Turback, and, at 112 colorful caffeinated pages, is a bargain at under $15.