575: Celebrating Barista Culture w/ Steve Moloney of The Barista League!

For the last 10 years The Barista League has been putting on competition/events that tap into the culture of the working barista and offers a fun environment that also showcases and celebrates the skills of the people who serve customers globally. In the current landscape where competition is increasingly isolated from reality and can easily be seen as a place to conform, perform TBL is a needed balance. Now they are taking the next step in their evolution and introducing a newer format and judging criterial born from their ten years of conversations with he baristas they hope to serve. and we are going to talk all about it with the founder, Steve Moloney! Steve is a long time coffee professional, barista, and 2x Swedish Barista Champion who for the last tan years has been leading the event and competition The Barista League. Criss crossing the globe every year Steve and the team get to see a wide variety and sampling of the various barista cultures that make coffee a wonderful and diverse landscape. 

Today we are going to talk with Steve about:

• The purpose and evolution of The Barista League
• Why it is important to recognize the real elements of bar work
• Team competition and what it does to enhance professional development
• The need for expression and fun in coffee
• New format and criteria
• Measuring the customer experience 
• What should we strive for in shops to push coffee forward

Links:

www.thebaristaleague.com

IG: @thebaristaleague

 

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