Podcast Number 24: Coffee Fest DC and the MARBC 2006 Pick your link below and 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 (AAC format).(Someone's been drinking perhaps? A super-sized show for a super-sized show.)
Discussion topics and special guests:
Sarah Allen, Barista Magazine
Matt Milletto, Bellissimo Infogroup and the ABC.
Kevin Dupree, "The Cup," Bel Air, MD
Heather Perry, Coffee Klatch, San Dimas, CA
Bombay Sapphire Tonics,
Kate LaPoint (To the Point Business Imaging) and Eric Bass, Stirling Gourmet Flavors talk about the place for syrups in specialty coffee
Elizabeth Charrow, murky coffee
Mandy Catron, murky coffee
Marcus Boni, Intelligentsia Coffee
Amber Sather, Intelligentsia Coffee talks about "Espresso L'ARANJA."
Chris Deferio, Carriage House Coffee, Ithaca, NY, talks about the superficiality of latte art, and career moves
Spencer Turer, Kerry Food and Beverage,
Ryan Jensen, murky coffee,
Holger? From Germany?
Michelle Campbell, Director of Community and Events, SCAA,
Alison Trowbridge, Espresso Supply,
Sandy Hon, Java Jazz, Overland Park, KS,
Ken Olsen, Barista Magazine,
Peter Giuliano, Counter Culture Coffee, on cupping at Coffee Fest, and SCAA stuff,
Jesse Cooper, Tryst Coffeehouse, Bar and Lounge.
More Heather Perry on underwear,
and much, much more.
(as always) TWO DIFFERENT FILES, but the same show... your choice (the AAC version sounds better and includes "bookmarking" for iTunes and iPods: if you stop midway, you can come back to where you left off) both: 2 hours 24 minutes and 38 seconds, 48 kbps VBR bitrate , 44.1 kHz sample rate (36 kbps VBR/44.1 kHz for MP3).
MP3 format, 38.2 MB,
AAC format, 57.3 MB
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While changing judging teams in between alternating barista competitors would speed up the competition and perhaps make things more entertaining for the audience, it wouldn't be fair for the competitors. When accurately judging a competition, especially one as subjective as a barista competition, it is important to control as many variables as possible. When the same set of judges observe the competitors, the individual judge’s scores are weighted evenly and cancel out the individual variations between judges.
ReplyDeleteFor example, if “Judge B” normally gives higher scores across the board as compared to the other judges, it won’t matter since every competitor was judged equally. If “Judge B” only judges every other competitor, those competitors will have an advantage, since every competitor is scored on the same overall point total.
Maybe there is a way to speed up the transitions by streamlining the evaluation process.
One argument AGAINST having two sets of judges, is that it changes the committment of the judges time from 2 hour judging shift, to maybe a 4 hour shift. Because judges are volunteers, its a lot to ask. However, I can see some advantages, and it would be interesting to see what it does to the time frame, and what judges might be able to do with that much time to complete their score sheets & have that much calibration time. Something for the committee to discuss (I hope).
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