The Technivorm KBT-741 Moccamaster was recently featured in the March issue of GQ Magazine. Donnie Madia, a famous Chicago restaurateur, lists the Technivorm as his brewing method of choice. Check out the Technivorm KBT-741 here!
We have put together a special United States Barista Championship Equipment Package that will give you the best of the best AND save you money! This package contains a 2 Group Nouva Simmonelli Aurelia Semi Auto Espresso Machine, an Anfim Super Caimano Espresso Grinder, a Nouva Simmonelli Gold Service Plan, 20 lbs of Award Winning La Bella Vita Espresso, and FREE SHIPPING! The price for this amazing package is only $7895! This price is barely more than the list price of the 2 Group Aurelia by itself. Do not miss out on this incredible money-saving offer. Pictured below is a 3 Group Aurelia and Anfim at work in the Midwest Barista Championship! Check out the details of this offer here!
MISSOULA, US - The Cup of Excellence wraps up another successful competition and auction year, giving the program sustained momentum to continue discovering and promoting the world¹s exemplary coffees as the program enters its 10th year.Nine countries: Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Rwanda, Colombia, Bolivia and Brazil, hosted extensive cupping competitions in 2008, and 236 distinct lots were recognized by national and international juries as exemplary and deserving to be considered Cup of Excellence award-winning coffees. The true honours, however, belong to the farmers who produced these superlative coffees. In a country like Rwanda, where many smallholders contribute to one washing station, success means a strengthened infrastructure to continue improving quality. For many individuals and families in coffee-producing countries, recognition through the Cup of Excellence program leads to long-term relationships in the specialty coffee market. Once selected and celebrated through the competitions, the 2008 award-winners attracted over $4.2 million from enthusiastic roasters on the online auctions.The average gross value from each auction was $472,523, up from an average of $422,114 in 2007, illustrating that even with global economic changes beginning in 2008, coffee lovers worldwide see extraordinary value in Cup of Excellence award-winners and want to reward farmers for their craft, care and diligence: 2008 price premiums rose to an average of $7.05 per pound compared to an average of $6.11 in 2007.As quality-minded roasters both large and small share the mission, stories and award-winning coffees with their customers, public enthusiasm and demand continue to grow. While 2008 Cup of Excellence coffees are being enjoyed at points all around the globe: from Japan and Taiwan to the US, from all over Europe to Australia, a new year of quality discovery and appreciation is at hand.Since its beginnings in 1999, the Cup of Excellence program has hosted almost 50 quality-focused programs in nine coffee-producing countries.
The Cup of Excellence program is managed by the non-profit Alliance for Coffee Excellence, Inc. The state-of-the-art Cup of Excellence auction platform has been managed in partnership with CommoditiesOne, a leading software development firm since 2002. For more information about the Cup of Excellence program, to participate as a juror or to become a member, log onto www.cupofexcellence.org <http://www.cupofexcellence
The long awaited arrival of the Baratza Vario grinder is finally here! It has created quite the buzz within the industry due to its incredible versatility. With this grinder, you can have GREAT espresso and GREAT drip and French Press coffee, all from the same grinder. This is the first grinder of its kind that we have seen in this price range. Check out our first look here! We are currently offering FREE UPS Ground shipping on Vario orders and a FREE pound of our signature espresso blend, La Bella Vita. We only have a couple in stock, so do not miss out on this great opportunity. Order here!
Roasting Schedule for PT’s Passport Coffees
Our exclusive Passport line of coffees offers you the opportunity to taste the best the world has to offer. For this line of coffees, we specifically seek out offerings that are rare, exceptional or have a limited offering. We roast them to the peak of perfection in small batches, on specific roast dates to ensure freshness and quality.
Below, you will find a calendar that will help you plan your ordering schedule accordingly. On the specific roast date, we will accept order until 9:00 am CST for that particular Passport coffee. Depending upon demand, we will roast these coffees weekly, biweekly or monthly. If you have Passport and non-Passport coffees on your order, we will wait to roast and ship your entire order on the roast date of the Passport coffee. If you would like to make different arrangements for shipping your order, please contact us at info@ptscoffee.com.
Check out this feature on Robin’s recent win of the Midwest Barista Competition. Great job Big Daddy!
First - Robin Seitz - PT’s Coffee Roasting Co. -
Second - Mike Marquard - Kaldi’s Coffee Roasting Co -
Third - Christopher Weber - PT’s Coffee Roasting Co. -
Competitors were required to make 12 beverages, including four espressos, four cappuccinos and four original signature drinks of their own creation within 15 minutes in front of a panel of accomplished industry judges. Competitors were judged on taste, beverage presentation, technical skills, station cleanliness and overall impression.
Seitz and Weber chose to feature PT’s La Bella Vita espresso blend in all of their courses. La Bella Vita has helped win 2nd place in the 2007 and 2008 United States Barista Competition and is used in all of PT’s retail stores.
PT’s Coffee Co. – Was founded in 1993 in
The SCAA is the world’s largest coffee trade association dedicated to creating a vibrant specialty coffee community. We recognize, develop and promote specialty coffee by setting and maintaining quality standards for the industry; conducting research on coffee, equipment and perfection of craft; and providing education, training, resources and business services for members. Celebrating 26 years of success, the strength of our organization is reflective of our members who represent more than 40 countries and
PT’s take 2 of top 3 at the Specialty Coffee Association of America’s 2009 Midwest Regional Barista Competition. On February 1st, 2009 Chris Weber took 3rd place and Robin Seitz took home the gold. The competition took place January 30th- February 1st at the Soulard Preservation Hall in St. Louis, MO.
Robin Seitz is our general manager of retail and has been with PT’s for about 6 years. Robin has been competing for the last three years and this is the second time that he has been given the title Midwest Regional Barista Champion (the first being in 2007). Last year he still managed to make the top 3 (3rd place overall) with some very solid technical skills gained through both working in his cafe, as well as hours of training with his team mates and coach Holly Bastin. Having recently returned from a trip to El Salvador, Robin was ripe with excitement and enthusiasm to put forth his very best. We are all very proud of him and his regional victory.
Chris Weber is our assistant roaster at our roasting facility in Topeka, KS. He has been with PT’s for about
2 years but has been a barista for the last five. His most recent position lent to him a wealth of knowledge based on roast profiles, bean sizes and so on. One of his earlier accomplishments was to place 2nd at the 2005 Millrock Latte Art Competition held in Chicago. Originally from Illinois, when Chris found out that he was to move to Topeka, his boss at the time contacted us and said that a great barista was moving to our area and we should snag him up if we can. We are so glad that we did! All of us at PT’s are extremely proud of Chris, not only making the finals on his first year, but for bringing home the third place trophy.
Both Seitz and Weber used PT’s La Bella Vita Espresso through out their performances. The both spent hours over the last 3 months training both with each other, as well as with coach Holly Bastin. She has been the team coach for the last 4 years. As of February 1, 2009 her resume includes 3 regional winners, 14 regional finalists (including winners), and two runner up finishes at the SCAA’s United States Barista Championship.
For more information about training, please visit this site.
For over a year now we’ve been working to reward the pickers at Finca Los Planes in El
Salvador for all their hard work. They’ve been very diligent in their harvest, picking only the ripest red cherries to ensure the coffee harvest from this small farm in El Salvador will be exceptional. We promised them early on that we would reward them for their hard work, and a couple of weeks ago, on my annual visit to Finca Los Planes, I was able to live up to my word. In cooperation with Sergio and Isabel Ticas, owner of Finca Los Planes, we acquired complete uniforms for the local soccer team to wear in games. The jersey’s were adorned
with the PTs Coffee logo on one side and Finca Los Planes logo on the other. The quickest way to a young person’s heart in Central America is to appreciate their soccer team. Well, we do indeed appreciate their team and all the hard work they do in the fields to harvest one of the most outstanding coffees from El Salvador. We look forward to a long partnership with Sergio, Isabel and the entire community of Finca Los Planes (small community located adjacent to the farm).In addition to the uniforms we provided medicine and small equipment for the local clinic to help keep the community safe. All of us at PT’s Coffee Roasting Co. are very proud to bring you this remarkable variety of coffee. We hope you enjoy the coffee and as a result the help we are able to provide the community. ~ Jeff in El Salvador
We are proud to announce that today is PT’s Coffee’s 16th Anniversary! The company began with a desire for a great cup of coffee in Topeka, KS. That desire for a great cup of coffee has stayed fundamental through the years and expanded. We worked our way up from being a small cafe in Topeka, KS to winning Roast Magazine’s 2009 Roaster of the Year Award, servicing over a hundred cafes across the country.
We are proud of our success, but we are even more excited about the relationships we have fostered in those 16 years. Our customers at our cafe in Topeka will always be near and dear to our heart, but our relationships with our wholesale customers and Direct Trade partners is becoming a defining part of our company. Thank you to all of our customers who have made these 16 years possible, and we look forward to sharing even more in the future!
