Comments on: Coming to Arizona: Southwest Regional Barista Jam

by: Keith Fitzgerald

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:33:51 +0000

Hmm..might have to make a trip back to my hometown for a visit. Hello from Ritual out in SF. See you guys soon.

by: Tara Rassas

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:36:58 +0000

We are interested in being involved. Keep us posted. Sound great!

by: Victor

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 18:14:54 +0000

Thanks for offers to volunteer. The official Southwest Barista Jam web site is coming alive very quickly (and looks great too!). Hopefully it’ll be up within a day or two.

by: AzBill

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 06:24:05 +0000

Jason–Thanks for getting in touch. You’re on my list of people to call. I was looking for your business card this week. A barista competition is in the developmental stage for the Southwest. Will definitely contact you.

by: Eddie

Sat, 28 Jul 2007 04:40:07 +0000

WoW! I can’t wait, please let me know if you need volunteers to help with the event.

by: Jason Silberschlag

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:57:00 +0000

hey bill, do you know if there will be a barista competiton? and if so, will it be sanctioned by the scaa? either way, let me know how i can help…
480.258.0300
jason silberschlag

by: AzBill

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:31:11 +0000

Speaking for Victor and I, we are very excited too. We’ve been working on this for ages. We are very happy to be giving something back to the coffee business.

by: Steve Kessler

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:35:48 +0000

This is very exciting! Great job guys.

by: Java Girl Jessie

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:54:10 +0000

Yeah!! I am so excited for this event. Thanks to Lost Dutchman, Red Rock, and everyone else involved for getting the ball rolling with this. Please let me know if I can help out in any way!

by: Chris Tingom

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:23:31 +0000

Thanks guys, I have updated the post to reflect the changes you mentioned. Great job guys.

by: Victor

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:34:12 +0000

Thnks for posting Chris. More information, including the official ‘Jam website will become available very soon. Also, the link for Southwest Specialty Coffee Institute is www.swsci.org.

by: AzBill

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:04:58 +0000

Chris, the organizations that you have listed as “sponsors” are really the “hosts”. So far, the only real sponsor is Espresso Specialists. We’ll end up with between 20 and 30 actual sponsors before we are done.