Monday, June 27, 2005

Portafilter Podcast Episode V - The Final Battle

Podcast Number Five. Right-click and select Save As (on PC) or Control-Click and select "Download Linked File" in MacOS to save it to your hard drive... OR click the "podcast" icon above for the RSS podcast feed.

Special guest, Mr. Aaron Ultimo, Head Trainer and Coffeeboy, and Mr. Ryan Jensen, General Retail Manager, both from murky coffee, Washington, DC.;

Show highlights:
- A couple of news bits (Starbucks, Intelly leveling-tool)
- Regional Barista Competition calendar
- Is winning a regional barista competition a disadvantage at the USBC?
- "Guest Espresso"
- Baristas vs. Coffeebar owners :-/
- What's up with the BGA?
- oh, and we do an impression of Mark Prince's lady-friend, Beata.

MP3 format, 12.6 MB, 1:13:08. 24 kbps bitrate, 11.025 kHz sample rate (low-quality audio)

Questions? Comments? Hate mail? Email us at podcast@portafilter.net, and we might read your email during the next show.

P.S. Yes, indeed, we've registered the Portafilter Podcast on iTunes. Download the new version 4.9 if you haven't yet, and you should be able to subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. If you're not a regular podcast junkie, check out some of the others out there... ours sounds pretty not-so-bad there, eh?

4 comments:

  1. Baristas vs owners? If this comes down to a battle, I think baristas would win. I mean, we got our hands on cool weapons like portafilters, and spatulas and cocoa shakers (to blind the owners with). What kinda weapons do the owners have? Ledgers?

    Adam D

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  2. Adam,

    The owner's weapon of choice is called a "Pink Slip"

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  3. I thought the 'pink slip' was just a legend. How is it wielded? Does an owner paper-cut the barista to death, and is it really a more formidable weapon than a piping-hot portafilter?

    stupid jokes of mine aside, I love my boss and I don't need a seperate forum to hide from him in. But I would seriously kick his ass if we battled.

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