We've assembled a team for an unprecedented SCAA pilot project: live blogging the SCAA Conference in Minneapolis.

Team members:
Nick Cho, loser podcaster and coffeeshop owner
Zachary and Katie from zacharyzachary.com
Travis, a video-production specialist who made the murky training videos
Erin Meister, of Joe the Art of Coffee, as well as BIYNYC, Time Out NY and BUST Magazine... and Meet The Press Pot blog
and a certain barista from the UK

Highlights:
- LIVE ONLINE VIDEO of the USBC, in addition to backstage videos, and ongoing blog coverage
- Video highlights of Coffee of the Year competition
- video highlights from the show floor, skill-building workshops, seminars, etc.
- blog-coverage from ALL OVER Conference
- full-video of keynote address
- interviews galore
- and more!

Gotta throw in a quick acknowledgement to Zachary and Katie for their pioneering work last year at the WBC, and Mark Prince of CoffeeGeek.com for having provided the best coverage of the SCAA Conference each year. We hope this new SCAA project will build on that work and provide more than a taste of the SCAA Conference experience to everyone who logs in.

Stay tuned for more info! URL coming soon!

That's great news, I look forward to reading/listening/watching the live blog.

Hello folks - just thought people might like to know a team of us are going to be liveblogging the whole SCAA show and USBC (with video streaming to boot!)

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http://www.scaa.wordpress.com

Comments and feedback very welcome!

Here's the USBC live video feed.

Allow me to mention http://wbconespressobar.com/ which will cover the World Barista Championship at the SCAE Wonderful Coffee exhibition in Copenhagen. There is a forum on the site which needs some input from national championships from all over the world.

These people made a nice job covering the danish championships

Here are excerpts from the routines of the Finalists from the 2008 United States Barista Championship Live Feed.

Note: If the video sticks, press the "circle arrow" refresh button next to the play button.

Chris Baca, Ritual Coffee Roasters


Drew Catlin, Ritual Coffee Roasters


Kyle Glanville, Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea


Nick Griffith, Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea


Pete Licata, PT's Coffee Roasting Company


Heather Perry, Coffee Klatch

HB wrote:Here's the USBC live video feed.

Nice! Five out of six from California.

Only 132 viewers for the finals

Loved Billy Wilson's cut the crap presentation yesterday

Videos from today's finals.

Note: If the video sticks, press the "circle arrow" refresh button next to the play button.

Drew Cattlin, Ritual Coffee Roasters


Nick Griffith, Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea


Heather Perry, Coffee Klatch


Chris Baca, Ritual Coffee Roasters


Pete Licata, PT's Coffee Company


Kyle Glanville, Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea

Winners are:

1. Kyle Glanville
2. Pete Licata
3. Heather Perry
4. Chris Baca
5. Nick Griffith
6. Drew Cattlin