June Jamboree recap!

Another month, another great night of coffee education and latte art bloodbathiness. We were especially excited to have many folks from outside the Coal Creek crew joining us at this event.

We got deep into the history of Mocha-Java, cupped its components, and had one of the better latte art jams we've hosted in a long while. Let's jump into the pics!

Mocha-Java: history's first coffee blend. Wonderful blend components = a wonderfully blended coffee!

A great Jamboree for the first-time cupper -- the contrast between fruit-funk Grainpro Sidama and big-earth Timor-Leste was easy to pick up on.

Big thanks to Jodi for taking these pics:

Lucas "LuLu" vs. Krina "doesn't have a nickname just yet" with Coulter "MC/photographer/3rd person typist" pulling shots.

Taylor "cofee sailor" vs. Autumn "auto-bot 9000"

After a few rounds of artery-clogging pours by a lot of baristas (which we have on video and will be trying to post up soon!), the final 8 emerged: Josh, Jesse B., Taylor, Krina, Jesse C., Larson, Lucas, and Coulter went head-to-head in a gushing flurry of pours no tourniquet could stifle. In the end Josh and Lucas had the most difficult round of the night: the single capp, single macch final round:

The atmosphere was as tense as a... bloodbank? I'm running out of blood references.

Lucas "Lincecum" on the left vs. Josh "amazing eyebrows" on the right. Rock on!

In the end, Lucas was given the narrow decision on account of his amazing double-stop macchiato. That's a double stop with 1oz of milk/foam to work with. How did he do that?

Lucas took home a cute little 3-cup Chemex while Josh went home to Ft. Collins with some amazing Yemen single origin, M0cha-Java blend, and wicked cool Coal Creek socks. Oh yea!

Next month's topic will be the GREAT CHEMEX SHOWDOWN! You've seen all the vids, now it's time to test the methods and find out how to make the best Chemex. The date will be announced soon!