World Barista Championship 2009 - G'luck ch2008!

Slaphead07 · 19-04-2009 07:49PM

lifted from Twitter

Just tasted Collin's espresso. Delicious, juicy, cocoa finish. Here's a pic of Raul/Guat tasting Collin's coffee. http://twitpic.com/3m1xa 14 mins ago

alastair · 19-04-2009 07:49PM

Well done Colin, but I'm guessing it's a win for the USA this year - that guy was fast, silly calm, and seemingly flawless.

Slaphead07 · 19-04-2009 07:51PM

eclectichoney wrote: »

+1 and great choice of tunes Colin!

I was sure there'd be Pogues

IsThatSo? · 19-04-2009 07:55PM

darn it, missed the comp (cranky baby)

just waiting for the awards now..............:)

Mr Magnolia · 19-04-2009 08:40PM

OOOooooh the nerves!

davej · 19-04-2009 08:41PM

4th best barista in the world, not bad at all

davej

Slaphead07 · 19-04-2009 08:41PM

4th and a little unlucky.

UK won.

IsThatSo? · 19-04-2009 08:41PM

4th place:)

Dero · 19-04-2009 08:41PM

Yay! Congratulations Colin. 4th place in the whole world ain't half bad.

Mr Magnolia · 19-04-2009 08:41PM

4th spot. A sincere congratulations Colin. A great, great accomplishment.

Well done all.

alastair · 19-04-2009 08:48PM

Winner seems like a good choice, nice guy, and suits the venue next year.

Well done Colin!

Slaphead07 · 19-04-2009 08:50PM

where is it next year?

eclectichoney · 19-04-2009 08:52PM

Well done Colin!

alastair · 19-04-2009 08:54PM

Slaphead07 wrote: »

where is it next year?

London

Slaphead07 · 19-04-2009 08:59PM

alastair wrote: »

London

Cool. Are we all goin'?:D

alastair · 19-04-2009 09:00PM

It's easy to be cynical about these things, but I'm sure a home-town, articulate, english-speaking winner who carries bags of likeable personality is a bankable choice for the competition body and sponsors. There's a theme emerging in the winning personality types.

Slaphead07 · 19-04-2009 09:08PM

It's true. The coffee industry want to be associated with a particular personality type. That's ok.

RE*AC*TOR · 19-04-2009 11:20PM

I'd have absolutely zero sour grapes about the results. I wouldn't associate any politics with the results.

Colin did fantastically well, and if you asked us when we started this project whether we would be happy finishing just behind Gwilym, Sammy Piccolo and Mike Philips, we would have probably laughed our asses off.

I'd also like to point out, that Colin and I met through a group buy here on boards, I believe it was the second Intelli one. So I'm sure it wouldn't be too tenuous to suggest that this forum played its part.

Thanks for all the support guys, means a lot to us out here.

Over and out, for now...

David

hshortt · 20-04-2009 07:24AM

Caught the result last night, congratulations Colin. Imagine putting that on your CV! Super stuff. There's a great deal of support for you here, and fair play to RE*AC*TOR too.

Looking forward to hearing from you guys soon,
Cheerio
Howard

IsThatSo? · 20-04-2009 08:18AM

Did anyone notice that when they were calling the finalists up before announcing the placings they played "God Save the Queen" when Gwilym was called......................I think that was a bit of a mix up lol, it gave away the fact that he was going win!!

Well done Colin, its a great achievement.

Hope the group enjoys the rest of their stay in Atlanta

alastair · 20-04-2009 09:13AM

RE*AC*TOR wrote: »

I'd have absolutely zero sour grapes about the results. I wouldn't associate any politics with the results.

I don't think any shenanigans were at play, but I can see a definite bias towards a particular kind of winner (which Colin might well have fitted).

Thanks for an exciting distraction from work over the weekend - if nothing else you lads provided great cheap (to me) entertainment. The investment in the Aurelia paid off in spades

I'm selling the notion to a bunch of graphic designers that Colin's espresso mojo is highly sharpened now, so they need to get down to Coffee Angel pronto.

When does the prep for London '10 begin then?

Papillon87 · 20-04-2009 10:39AM

Bit of a forum stalker and just wanted to offer hearty congratulations, Colin! As someone above said, what an accolade to have for your CV!

I'm dying to try your coffee now, haha!

Gran Hermano · 20-04-2009 12:27PM

Congrats on a great result.

alastair · 21-04-2009 06:57PM

Mr Magnolia wrote: »

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'm sure Steve shifted a lot of it on the back of Colin's performance. I've an unopened bag of last year's green, and bought a bag of this year's green and a couple bags of roasted on Friday. Still hasn't showed up tho - expected it yesterday

Will have to see if there's any noticable difference between the cup winning crop and this year's.

Oh and welcome back the conquering heros! That jet lag's a bitch eh?

Gran Hermano · 21-04-2009 07:01PM

I'm also waiting on a delivery of Machacamarca, both roasted and green,
true to form I ran amok and ended up ordering a fair few kilos of other
beans so UPS was my only option for delivery.

RE*AC*TOR · 22-04-2009 01:35PM

http://colinharmon.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/taste-of-my-luggage/

ch2008 · 22-04-2009 06:26PM

Hey all, taste of My Luggage changed to next saturday May 2

hshortt · 22-04-2009 11:21PM

haha, thoughts of smelly socks for some reason.

Khannie · 23-04-2009 11:15AM

Ok....I basically missed this whole thread until yesterday. I blame being away on holidays.

Congrats to all involved. 4th place is a savage achievement IMO.

Kannon · 23-04-2009 06:58PM

i;m the same Khannie, away from boards for a couple of weeks and it all kicks off! Well done Colin, 4th sounds like a fantastic achievement. i enjoyed this thread...

World Barista Championship 2009 - G'luck ch2008!

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