What a great night the first heat was. 16 baristas, three world class judges, probably the best espresso machine in the world, £840 in cash to win plus prizes from Square Mile, Coffee Hit, Minor Figures and Victoria Arduino as well as the simple, stunning glory that comes with winning. The pressure was on, and […]
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So the London Latte Art Smackdown for 2015 enters it’s first week and we have amazing news in that the interest has been so high that we have been able to increase the entrants to 16 per heat, or 64 of London’s best (or most courageous) baristas. This of course means tat the total prize
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It is back, for the third year now and it is even more popular than before. The London Latte Art Smackdown, sponsored by Square Mile, Coffee Hit and Kaffeine, runs over five weeks starting with four rounds of heats from Tuesday the 8th of September and finishing on Tuesday the 6th October at our new
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It is a Dad joke that goes back at least a year, perhaps more. I will say to my daughter at any given time of day “Layla, can I ask you a question?” She replies, “Yes Daddy” I sing, “DO YOU WANNA BUILD A SNOWMAN!??” She looks at me with a ‘you’re so sad Daddy
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Even I was slightly nervous as I dropped off the children in Walthamstow to my wife and caught the train back in into town (East London) to get to Square Mile coffee roasters. Not sure why. I wasn’t competing as one of the top 12 latte art baristas in London for a share of £480 cash money,
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Four weeks is a long time in competition, and here we are at the end of it. Yes, on Tuesday the 18th we will have made it to the finals of the London Latte Art Smackdown which will see 12 London baristas competing in front of a packed house for glory and prizes. The final
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We actually ran out of beer even faster than expected as over 30 people came to see Heat Three at Kaffeine on Tuesday night. Luckily we had loads of coffee and also milk on hand for the twelve baristas who were competing. The standards were very, very high and the pressure was on the judges,
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It appears we have made a fairly serious miscalculation. We did not get enough beer in. Two heats down and we have to go off to get some more just to be sure we can get through this coming week and Heat Three. Heat Two was another great success with coffee legends Ben Townsend from
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There is already a waiting list. Forty- eight baristas have entered and we already have a waiting list of about five people. What are we going to do next year? Think we will worry about that when we get to it. In the meantime, we had a fabulous night on Tuesday as about 35 people
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So here we are, the first week is upon us already and the amazing news is that at this time (10 pm Friday night), there are only five spaces left on the final heat night, November 11th *Updated Saturday 4 pm – One Space left* . Yes, we already have 47 of London and beyond’s baristas competing
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