World Barista Championship 2009 - G'luck ch2008!

RE*AC*TOR · 18-04-2009 11:57PM

Hey guys. What a crazy day. Colin's performance was great today.
We're all thrilled to be on again tomorrow. Sorry the stream is crap.

Will catch up in more depth at a later point.

Mr Magnolia · 19-04-2009 08:12AM

Great stuff, very well done Colin. Has anyone got the schedule for today?

Mr Magnolia · 19-04-2009 09:28AM

alastair wrote: »

I'm sure someone meant to mention it, but Has Bean are flogging the beans Colin is competing with at a special price this weekend.

https://www.hasbean.co.uk/products/Why-Is-Has-Bean-Green.html

edit: gotta laugh at Has Bean's turnaround - ordered some of the above beans, both green and roasted, and a blank basket. Time taken from hitting submit button to flagged as shipped? 30 minutes. Steve's not even there to crack the whip!

link borked :-(

Wonder is it all gone?

RE*AC*TOR · 19-04-2009 09:59AM

Colin is on 6th of 6. Not 100% sure of the times, I think the first competitor is on around 12 Atlanta time - so 5 GMT?

Need to double check.

Mr Magnolia · 19-04-2009 10:00AM

I'll check myself too, thanks RE*AC*TOR, have fun & good luck!

SeaSide · 19-04-2009 10:02AM

unborked link

http://www.hasbean.co.uk/products/Why-Is-Has-Bean-Green%3F.html

arabica69 · 19-04-2009 10:08AM

Proceedings should start at 1700 GMT -

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/2009-world-barista-championship.

Let hope the audio & video feeds are well sorted for the finale!

Good luck Colin et al!!!!

hshortt · 19-04-2009 12:49PM

Excellent stuff!!! Well done Colin, go on ya good thing!

Mr Magnolia · 19-04-2009 05:56PM

The stream seems ok at the minute. Michael Phillips the USA champ is up at the minute.

Lee Jong Hoon (RoKorea) is next, then the UK Champ Gwilym Davies followed by our own Colin Harmon at 19:55.

alastair · 19-04-2009 05:59PM

If the ustream video is freezing, there's a lower bandwidth stream on justin.tv that's much better - at the expense of image quality.

Dero · 19-04-2009 06:09PM

Good luck Colin!

Mr Magnolia · 19-04-2009 06:26PM

ustream is ok for me at the moment.

/crosses fingers

Slaphead07 · 19-04-2009 06:29PM

Minutes from Colin's moment! In fairness he has nothing to lose, getting this far is an amazing achievement. Of course I wouldn't tell him that just yet!

Mr Magnolia · 19-04-2009 06:35PM

SeaSide wrote: »

unborked link

http://www.hasbean.co.uk/products/Why-Is-Has-Bean-Green%3F.html

Thanks for that. When the lads said they were going to talk to Steve from hasbean about the WBC I suggested they consider this Machacamarca, it was one of my favourite coffees from last year, they ended up running with it.

I wonder is this the same roast profile as the one Colin's using as I believe they may have used a lighter roast for the WBC than the standard HB roast with this bean, I'll wait for this to be confirmed.

Mr Magnolia · 19-04-2009 06:38PM

Starting to break up for me with Gwilym on. His microphone is too loud for a start.

eclectichoney · 19-04-2009 06:47PM

Mine is the same Mr Magnolia - breaking up a lot

Mr Magnolia · 19-04-2009 06:52PM

Juston tv is down, the ustream link is not too bad..

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/2009-world-barista-championship

Mr Magnolia · 19-04-2009 07:05PM

FFS, lost my connection and can't get back up, is he up yet? Anyone got an alternate link please?

Mr Magnolia · 19-04-2009 07:08PM

Got it back very flakey at the minute though.

SeaSide · 19-04-2009 07:17PM

got a good feed on Justin

Mr Magnolia · 19-04-2009 07:20PM

Can you link that directly please. Utter crap stream here.

SeaSide · 19-04-2009 07:22PM

its the no 2 stream directly off the WBC page

http://www.worldbaristachampionship.com/justin.html

Mr Magnolia · 19-04-2009 07:25PM

Thanks a million, big big improvement.

Mr Magnolia · 19-04-2009 07:29PM

I can see RE*AC*TOR and Steve in the background.

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SeaSide · 19-04-2009 07:31PM

and steve l just in front

Mr Magnolia · 19-04-2009 07:32PM

LOL, at the text messaging!

Slaphead07 · 19-04-2009 07:35PM

he did well, a bit nervous but very impressive. Fingers crossed!

Mr Magnolia · 19-04-2009 07:40PM

He certainly impressed. Missed the first half due to a bad stream. He was so natural talking afterwards pulling shots.

Hope they all enjoyed it, I'm sure they did :-)

Whatever the outcome, great display, he's done us proud!

Slaphead07 · 19-04-2009 07:43PM

Mr Magnolia wrote: »

He certainly impressed. Missed the first half due to a bad stream. He was so natural talking afterwards pulling shots.

Hope they all enjoyed it, I'm sure they did :-)

Whatever the outcome, great display, he's done us proud!

He has done us proud (never doubted he would) but he maybe should have talked more? The gift of the gab and all that! Once he started talking he was fine but there long moments of silence. It's no biggie (I hope!)

the judges did seem impressed with the originiality.

eclectichoney · 19-04-2009 07:45PM

Mr Magnolia wrote: »

He certainly impressed. Missed the first half due to a bad stream. He was so natural talking afterwards pulling shots.

Hope they all enjoyed it, I'm sure they did :-)

Whatever the outcome, great display, he's done us proud!

+1 and great choice of tunes Colin!

World Barista Championship 2009 - G'luck ch2008!

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