Getting the farts pounded out of you.

Hey yall.
We had a great Sacramento Barista event on Saturday. It included an awesome cupping flight of Barefoot, Ritual, Old Soul, Verve, and Ecco. All was tasty, with the Guat Finca El Injerto from the Padre standing out in my mind. This month's event was all of the representing cafes (Temple, Old Soul, Chocolate Fish, Bloom) pulling espresso and generally just fucking around.

And yes, I've been hella fuckin busy (270 hours within the past 4 weeks), so thats why the updates have been few and far between, but here are some pictures from this past weeks event.

Holla
-bza

The same damn Lewinsky jokes over and over

HEY!
This week, I threw Papua New Guinea on bar. The Tribal Aromas is a goddamn amazing coffee on its own, with a heavy yet mellow body, sweet notes of papaya, banana, and other tropical fruit, and slight spice in the finish. As an espresso, its more of the same, and pairs well with milk.
As far as our party on Saturday goes, it was off the hook! Two kegs, 13 bottles of wine, lots of whiskey, and lots of pizza. Thanks for everybody that showed up and chilled with us.
Also, the big boss and I finalized the training schedule for the next 6 weeks. Almost every single day until Sept 3rd, there will be training of some sorts. We will have 10 staff members with less than two months experience out of a total staff of 20... damn.
Finally, I've added some links to some people you should check out. Local shit, coffee folks, and just randomness as well.
One love
benza

ps. plus a smokey pic from the training bar.

Diarrhea Mustache

So,
In case you haven't noticed, I've been pretty damn BUSY since we opened the doors on the new Temple. The response thus far has been great... considering we did a soft open in the middle of a Sacramento Summer. Soon, new baristas will be trained, the hours will expand from 6-6 to 6-11, and we'll start roasting.
Before I forget, we bought a car last night! 97 Subaru Outback Sport. Pretty low miles, some cosmetic damage, but hey, it works like a fuckin dream. 2900 out THE DOOR!
Anywho, there has been some awesome Sacramento coffee community shit happening the past few months: Old Soul and Chocolate Fish have been holding cuppings. Everything considered (new location, new house, etc), I haven't been able to go... UNTIL THIS LAST SATURDAY. And lemme tell you, I think the wait was worth it.
Not only was Andy and Edie (chocolate fish) there (along with several staff members whose names I unfortunately forgot already), but Andrew Barnett and Drew Cattlin from Ecco came up to represent, Sarah and Lucas from Bloom also partook... along with 15+ other Sacramentans that just love coffee!!!
The cupping also included four brewing demonstrations: Lucky on the Mellitta Pour Over, Drew on the Siphon, Lucas on the Eva Solo, and yours truly on (what else) the French Press.

It was a huge fuckin blast, but damn it, my camera ran out after I took all of THREE FUCKIN PICTURES.

Stay tuned for Temple Classes, new training, and possibly me going to LA to do shit with the SCAA/BGA.
Wacky

First Day

Word.
Finally opened the doors on this beast, and have gotten non-stop people since 6am. Here's some pics.

Woo Hoo! I feel heavy metal

Hey kids
Yup.
Its official.
June 29th is going to be the first day we open that front door and go "Pull up those adult Huggies", and start slingin sweet spro all down S Street. Its going to be fuckin awesome (just got the GB/5 up 10 minutes ago).
July 18th is going to be our Grand Opening party. Beer, pizza, dj's, you know, typical Sactown shit.
Ya heard?!


Plus, we might be doin another "Ride On!"

Some updates

Hopefully within three weeks time, we will be opening the second location for Temple. Its going to be pretty sick: Just within the past few days the cafe is completely changed, with concrete being poured and everything (as soon as tomorrow) being painted, we're waiting on me finishing my barista training overhaul (3 months? Gimme 2 weeks, son) and then we're throwing the, tentatively titled, "T2 Amazing Grand Opening Blowout Extravaganza!" Featuring beer (Rubicon), pizza (Original Pete's), music (my homebody Cory starring as DJ Ginga), and maybe some darts.
Yes.
Darts.
Anyway, I'll post some pics when I get some (camera died!), and my cell phone camera doesn't do our hard work justice.
Well, fine. To tide you over, here's our Probatino.

Squirt

Ya know.
Like the soda!
Anyway, this next month is craziness. Listen to this shit, brotha:
1. T2
2. New house
3. MAYBE A NEW DOG?!
either way, the first two are kickin my ass.