On January 17-19, the best baristas on the entire East Coast descended on Durham, NC for the 2014 Big Eastern Barista Competition. Official online media sponsors Sprudge had the coverage locked do
Author: Darren
Darren Jennings is co-founder of the Coffee Compass. He lives in San Francisco with his wife Brittany and their son Beren.
Interview: Brian Jones of Dear Coffee I Love You
Like James Hoffmann recently wrote, we’re going to assume you follow Dear Coffee, I Love You. If you don’t, you’re seriously missing out. Behind the groundbreaking blog is Bria
Bradley Mountain Coffee Tennyson Notebook
Some might say that design, aesthetics, and creativity typify the specialty coffee industry. This caffeinated cultural zeitgeist has pushed creatives and craftsman in similar niches to partner with
Cafe Review: Madcap Coffee in Grand Rapids, MI
Coffee City USA Grand Rapids, Michigan is home to some of the greatest brews in the country. “Beer City USA” may be its reigning title, but Madcap Coffee gives the city another brew to
Cafe Review: Quills Coffee New Albany, IN
Nostalgia in a Cup The coffee shop holds a nostalgic piece of my heart as the place where I first experienced many cultural aspects of the city of Louisville. Like so many college students, I disco
5 Reasons To Own a Coffee Scale
Lugging a myriad of coffee apparatuses with me to work raises quite a few eyebrows. Generally my coworkers find it all rather customary for brewing until they see my coffee scale. Introduce a scale
Cafe Review: Boxcar Coffee in Boulder, CO
If you ask my wife about traveling with me, she’ll tell you that while I enjoy seeing new places, my ultimate motive during road trips becomes the search for a great coffee shop. When you fin
Where to Get Coffee Near Churchill Downs for Derby
The Coffee Compass exists to help you navigate the world of craft coffee. It just so happens that we live in Louisville, the home of the Kentucky Derby. If you’re in town for the Run for the
DIY Homebrew: The VChemSexy
The diversity of coffee gear is vast and entices a certain discontentment among coffee aficionados. This pining for the latest brew device begins as a peaked interest in a friend’s home coffe
Barista Interview: Cabell Tice, 2013 CoffeeFest NYC Latte Art Champion
Cabell Tice shocked the competitive latte art world when he won the Latte Art World Championship Open at CoffeeFest, NYC as a first time competitor. We sat down (digitally) with the reigning champ