murkycoffee

2009-05-03T17:17:00.004-04:00

When we first started murky, I was under 30, married with no kids, had one employee, a little two-group La Marzocco Linea espresso machine, and the idea that if we were going to serve something to people to drink and eat, that it would need to be the best 'something' that we could make it... otherwise, we would dishonor those people and the love and care that every person deserves.

A few years later, I'm over 35, divorced, two kids, about 20 employees, and a pile of various coffee-making rigs and such, on the last day of murky coffee: May 3, 2009.

Looking back, murky coffee is a cacophony of memories, both good and bad. To try to list any specific ones here would do them injustice--some things should just never, ever, be summarized. That said, I'll choose to remember murky this way:

I always wanted murky to be like a funny little love song for each and every person who comes through our doors; both our staff, and our customers. A little song that was manifested in the ways that we served each other, but with all of the inevitable human frailties. Sometimes, the little love song was sung badly. Sometimes, the intended audience wasn't paying attention. Sometimes, things were misheard. Sometimes, the words and music didn't match up in the right way. Sometimes the timing wasn't right. Sometimes people weren't in the right mood or state of mind.

But sometimes, things would come together in that magical sort of way that little love songs can create.

I'll remember murky coffee for those moments.

Looking ahead, there's still much to overcome, and there's much to look forward to. I've been humbled to the point of weakened knees at the outpouring of love and support from our friends and our customers in the past few weeks. There are special people who made murky what it is, and they know who they are. I have to especially thank Ryan Jensen, Katie Carguilo, Aaron Ultimo, Katie Duris, Travis Edwards, Jennifer Mulchandani, Zachary Carlsen, Daniel Stearns, Liz Zamorski, Jenny Lawrence, Tommy Gallagher, and Marianne Hines, who were at murky as managers but mostly as my sisters and brothers. It's never been about the coffee, and it never will be. It's about the people.

As I've learned from past mistakes and will inevitably make new ones, I am blessed to be given the opportunity to experience more of what this walk has to offer. When training our staff, I've said, "From the moment someone thinks that they want to go to murky today, to the moment they actually forgot they ever came... that's the whole experience that we offer, and can choose to make better for them or not." There are many hands who have shaped my experience with murky coffee, and I am better for it. Thank you all, and please keep in touch.

Nick

Last day

2009-05-02T10:49:00.000-04:00

This Sunday, May 3, 2009, will be our last day. Come see us!

Letter to our customers

2009-04-01T01:08:00.005-04:00

April 1, 2009

Dear valued customer,

It's with great sadness that I announce that in a few weeks, murky coffee will be relocating from here in Clarendon to a new location in Washington DC.

The property here at 3211 Wilson Boulevard was sold last year, and market rent is simply more than we can afford.

In the coming months, I hope that you'll join us in welcoming a new coffee shop here, brought by the talented folks at the renown "Liberty Tavern" just up the street. They'll be bringing their years of experience, a full renovation of the building, and top-quality service. We are proud to call them our friends, and plan to support them in setting up their coffee program. That said, we ask that you'll join us in welcoming and supporting them.

Our new home (at 5th & H Streets NW, two blocks east of the Chinatown Gate) will be a brand-new shop (called "Wrecking Ball Coffee") in a new neighborhood. While we're excited at new possibilities, leaving Clarendon isn't going to be easy. We've made many friends here, and we're very sad to leave. All of us here at murky are heartbroken about this move, so please be sensitive to our feelings during the transition.

We've been honored to be a place for you to visit over the last four years--especially our regular customers, but also those who we see less frequently.

Thanks for your friendship, love, and patronage. In so many ways, our customers have inspired us to work harder at providing you the best coffee experience we can, and for that, we cannot than you enough.

We hope that you'll be sure to visit us at our upcoming location. Dates for this move are yet to be specifically determined, but renovations will begin soon, starting with the upstairs.
I welcome your questions or comments: nickcho@murkycoffee.com

Sincerely,
Nick

2009 US Barista Championship

2009-03-05T17:40:00.001-05:00

Cheer on Travis, Allie, and Katie as they present their coffee and skills at the 2009 US Barista Championship this weekend. Click on to: http://www.usbc2009.com for everything!!!

2009 Mid Atlantic Regional Barista Competition Results

2009-02-09T00:27:00.005-05:00

Congrats to Katie and Allie, for taking 1st and 2nd at the 2009 Mid Atlantic Regional Barista Competition this weekend in Pittsburgh! Additional congrats to David Flynn and Jeremy Sterner (both from our B.F.F.'s at Peregrine Espresso) for taking 3rd and 4th. Way to go, DC!!!

Be sure to congratulate all of them!

New Year Week 2008-2009

2008-12-29T13:36:00.002-05:00

Special hours for a special week

NYE, Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 7:00am - 6:00pm

NYD, Thursday, January 1, 2009 - 9:00am - 9:00pm

All other times, are regular posted hours.

Kryst Muss Weak Ours

2008-12-23T16:18:00.006-05:00

Hours this week (other days are normally posted hours):

Wednesday 12/24 : 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Thursday 12/25 : CLOSED for bebbyjeejuss
Friday 12/26 : 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Happy 12/25!!!

Thanksgiving Day

2008-11-24T15:10:00.002-05:00

Go eat a turkey or a not-a-turkey (if that's more your fancy) on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day. If you'd like some of our coffee that day, you're gonna have to buy some whole-bean and brew it at home, cuz we won't be open. Just a friendly notice.

Follow up

2008-07-16T14:26:00.008-04:00

Dear internet peoples,

Thanks for the over 200 comments that folks have left here. Again, despite the "feedback" (to put it lightly) that I'm a [insert expletive here] for not posting the comments, I'd rather keep the death-threats and suggestions on how to fellate myself in the moderation queue, even though a significant proportion of the feedback has been very supportive. There are plenty of places for folks to rant and rave, without us having to provide that soapbox. Thanks though to those who have written with supportive words.

Like many of the bloggers out there, the fascinating thing to me is the story about the story. That is, the ways that folks have responded to this little internet tale, and the "coverage" that it's gotten online. David and I had a nice visit from a Washington Post reporter this morning, and expect to see something in the Metro section tomorrow [edit: here's the article].

While I don't want to prolong the attention to this thing, I did have a few thoughts on the subject. Read them at your peril.

If there are three main things that I've been ruminating on, they are about:
- coffee, and whether or not it's something that someone should try to do well
- the way people should or should not treat each other
- blogs, and communication in general, can get really weird when subjected to the Law of Unintended Consequences.

Coffee:
I can appreciate that a lot of folks think that it's ridiculous that anyone would take as much apparent effort (as we do) to do coffee. Before opening our first shop in Georgetown a few years ago, I certainly didn't think that there was any more to being a barista as there is to flipping burgers or being a Pez dispenser. The fact is, there's a lot more to coffee than people think, and there was a time that a career position like a "sommelier" was completely absurd (before wine became "fancy") too.

There's a craft to coffee, that most people haven't been exposed to. When we first opened our shop, nobody had ever seen "latte art" before, or was thinking about coffee bean varietals. Just as the average person understands at least that a "merlot" is different from a "chardonnay," maybe someday people will understand that a coffee brewed from bourbon varietal from a particular coffee farm in El Salvador is different from a particular lot of Yirgacheffe from Ethiopia. Right now, to most people, coffee is coffee, just like a Diet Coke is a Diet Coke.

We take pride in, and put a lot of effort in making great coffee... NOT because we're full of ourselves, or because coffee is our only obsession, but because we want our customers to have something good. Our standards are such that the average person-on-the-street, my own mother, a homeless guy, or the World Barista Champion (yes, there is such a thing) will get the same quality cappuccino from us, because people are worth it. Having the standards that we do are in support of that, although it may seem antithetical.

Coffee can be much more than what you've experienced before, whether you believe me or not.

The way people should or should not treat each other:
The fact is, I believe that people should treat each other with dignity and respect. When a homeless person asks me for money when I'm walking down the street, I look them in the eye and say, "Sorry, but no." rather than just walking by and ignoring them. When it comes to my shop, engaging in the transaction that makes us customer and barista, or customer and "server," means that we've engaged in a transaction, and we have an obligation: to give you the best product we can, with customer service that's equal to the respect and courtesy that any two people should (hopefully) expect from one another.

With road rage (and its milder iterations) being the norm, more communication tools disconnecting face-to-face interactions, and the growing expectation from people that their wants and needs being met are an inalienable right, people sometimes forget what common courtesy is. We're people, and we're going to do our best to treat you as we would a friend or guest.

The customer in question, when told that it's our policy NOT to offer "espresso over ice," got angry right away. Regardless of how you feel about the merits of our policy, the fact that he got angry (in my opinion) is the crux of the matter. There are things in life to get angry about. There are matters that demand an elevated heart rate. This is not one of them.

The other thing that's worth mentioning is that David, the barista in question, contrary to what many seem to believe, was NOT voicing his objection to the espresso over ice per se. He was admonishing him for his poor behavior toward the barista at the register, and toward our policy. Many have written me saying, "Once it's in the customer's hands, it's out of your hands." That's absolutely true. David was telling the customer that it wasn't okay that he'd act-out to the staff the way he was. As in the guy's own blog-recounting of the incident, David was interrupted before he could finish, and Mr. Simmermon proceeded to mock David, then following it up with the infamous dollar-bill.

The guy admitted on his own blog that he "acted like a total dick here." He also writes, "But it's not like I didn't have probable cause." I'd hope that something like a coffeeshop policy about what we do or don't offer doesn't constitute "probable cause" for this sort of behavior.

Blogs, and communication in general, can get really weird when subjected to the Law of Unintended Consequences:

These days, blogs, online forums, and the like are their own form of recreation, with more in common with playing an online video game than with actual reality. Speaking for our murky coffee blog, it's a way to disseminate information, and to inject a little bit of our own personality. With the printed word, however, it's hard to really convey intention, mood, and subtlety. I'm sure that Mr. andiamnotlying.com didn't intend to have as many readers as he did when he wrote his blog post. I sure didn't for ours (15,000 on Tuesday, up from 250 site visits on an average day).

Being snarky, confrontational, parsing words, and personal attacks, are all common practice in the online world of blogs and forums. God knows, I've engaged in a healthy amount of online b.s., and I know for a fact that Mr. andiamnotlying.com has too. The hard part is dealing with what happens when the online world creeps into the real world, and being able to clearly differentiate between the two. Movies like "Enchanted" or "Cool World" aside, some things are supposed to be separate. Sometimes, it's not up to you though.

My now infamous "punch you in your dick" comment was absolutely meant as a retort to "the only way I'm ever coming back to Murky Coffee in Arlington is if I'm carrying matches and a can of kerosene." I was as serious as he was, no more, no less. When people email me saying, "I'll never visit the shop of someone who would threaten bodily harm," I sorta throw up my hands. "Don't they get it?" But that's the way the written word is.

For the sake of my own peace of mind and my own integrity, I'll unilaterally withdraw my written threat. It was indeed childish and dumb. In the future, when it comes to that sort of swagger or bravado, I'll do my best to keep it contained to the place where it's most appropriate: when I'm playing Street Fighter 2 Turbo online on my XBOX.

I'll reiterate my earlier advice to you, the reader: call your mom and tell her you love her. Then dream with me of a day when people will honor that love that people share between friends and family in the way we treat each other.

Happy brewing!
Nick
nick08@murkycoffee.com

Open Letter to Jeff Simmermon

2008-07-14T19:47:00.009-04:00

Dear Jeff Simmermon,

So as you've seen, there's a little blog-thing going around today on BoingBoing and Metafilter about some sort of incident at the shop this past weekend.

(Original blog post here. Also blogged here and here.)

I suppose some sort of two-cents is warranted here.

Okay, we don't do espresso over ice. Why? Number one, because we don't do it. Number two, because we don't do it. Mostly for quality reasons. Also, because more than half the time, it's abused (Google "ghetto latte").

We have some policies at murky coffee. No sleeping in the shop. If you're asleep, you'll be tapped on the shoulder and asked not to sleep in the shop. We've had to ban a customer because of his chronic napping.

No modifications to the Classic Cappuccino. No questions will be answered about the $5 Hot Chocolate (during the months we offer it). No espresso in a to-go cup. No espresso over ice. These are our policies. We have our reasons, and we're happy to share them.

To others reading this I will say that if you don't like the policies, I respectfully recommend that you find some other place that will give you what you want, or select something that we can offer you. David, the barista in question, is respectful, passionate, and cares about making good coffee, and he cares about murky's policies. Nobody's perfect, and maybe David could have chosen different words or a slightly different tack in responding to Jeff Simmermon's request. But that's life. At murky, we try to treat people with common courtesy, and expect the same from our customers. Not in response or in turn, but because that's how people are supposed to treat each other. We're not supposed to go through life looking for reasons to get pissed off. Life's too short for that sort of thing.

To Mr. Simmermon, you overplayed your hand with your vulgar tip-schtick. While I certainly won't bemoan you your right to free-speech, I have to respond to you in your own dialect: F*@k you, Jeff Simmermon. Considering your public threat of arson, you'll understand when I say that if you ever show your face at my shop, I'll punch you in your dick.

Respectfully,
Nick
Owner, murky coffee

(update: some answers to frequently asked questions from emails and comments here)

[UPDATE July 16, 2008: A follow-up here]

updates

2008-05-09T17:18:00.002-04:00

Hey folks. Wanted to update everyone on murky coffee goings-ons.

Katie, Travis and I just returned from the Specialty Coffee Association of America's 20th Conference and Exhibition in Minneapolis. Katie competed at the US Barista Championship, where though she went too far over-time to qualify for semi-finals, gave a wonderful presentation!

If you're interested, you can see what the SCAA Conference is like by visiting the official SCAA Conference blog.

Also, we've received many inquiries about training classes resuming. We're waiting on some parts to repair our training machine, a 3-group Synesso Cyncra, so we'll have training info up as soon as we can get the machine fixed.

In the mean time, be sure to send Katie an email through cuppings@ (domain is murkycoffee.com), to get on the email list for our weekly cuppings. There are some lovely coffees on their way right now, and cupping continues to be known as the best tool to get to know all the nuances and flavors that coffee has to offer!

Finally, it's a bit late, but we wanted to wish Aaron and Elizabeth Ultimo happy trails, as they've moved to the Philadelphia area to start work on opening their own shop up there. If anyone's gonna figure out how to pair cheesesteaks with coffees, Aaron's the man. We'll miss you, Aaron, and we love you!

murky coffee capitol hill

2008-03-20T23:48:00.002-04:00

Link to today's Washington Post article

It is with great sadness, regret, and shame that I report that murky coffee capitol hill will not reopen.

The above article in today's Metro section of the Washington Post sums up our situation fairly well: due to my own financial mismanagement, and the DC Office of Tax and Revenue's inability to revise their figures to the actual liability in time to be able to re-open the shop, the shop has been shut down and will not reopen.

I again thank everyone who has sent emails and messages of well-wishing and support. There have been many questions, and I'd like to address a few of them here now:

Q: What about the staff that we've come to love and appreciate?
A: A few have already found new employment at other local independent coffee shops and elsewhere. A few are now working at our Arlington shop. The staff is grateful for the outpouring of support for them specifically.

Q: Will this DC issue effect the Arlington shop?
A: The two shops are separate LLC's and separate companies. As far as I know, having received expert advice on this, there won't be. I have contacted Arlington County, as well as Virginia's tax authorities, and we have no issues that threaten a similar occurrence.

Q: What happens to the tax liabilities, now that you can't reopen?
A: I am committed to resolving all outstanding issues to mutual satisfaction, and as soon as possible. I am not, and never have been, interested in not living up to our obligations. The problems in DC were due to mismanagement that spun out of control.

Q: Can I use my gift certificate at the Arlington shop?
A: Absolutely

Q: Will you open a new shop in DC? If so, when?
A: We are hoping that we will, though that would require that all outstanding issues with DC are resolved first.

Q: Have you engaged any DC Council members, or other people to engage the DC OTR?
A: We had spoken to a couple individuals involved in the DC Council, and may request support from Council members soon. However, and perhaps (at least in hindsight) foolishly, I chose to engage the DC OTR directly and being completely forthcoming.

Q: Why couldn't things get worked out and the store reopened?
A: The DC OTR Audit Division assessed (estimated) our taxes for specific months and years at amounts ten-times higher than the actual amounts, resulting in the $427K published figure. Until the actual amounts would be entered into their records, we could not negotiate terms that would allow us to reopen (we expected that successful revisions to those assessments would have led to our reopening within days of the original action). As engaging the DC OTR continued to drag on slowly, our landlords for the Capitol Hill store were understandably unwilling to wait forever as their property remained locked up. Therefore, they chose to evict us, according to their rights. Our landlords have always been reasonable and understanding with us, and there is absolutely no ill-will towards them. They clearly had no choice. It is unfortunate that the DC OTR could not work with us to allow us to reopen when we had a chance.

If there are any questions or comments, feel free to email me at nick@ (and then murkycoffee.com). Thanks again to all, for your comments both positive and critical. I completely deserve what angry commentary that I have received, and I can only hope that I will be able to re-earn your trust.

Sincerely,
Nick Cho

murky capitol hill updates

2008-03-17T14:58:00.004-04:00

As varying reports about the state of the Capitol Hill shop pop up in different places, I wanted to take a moment to clarify a few points.

- I'm still hopeful that the DC Office of Tax and Revenue will be able to work with us to get murky capitol hill reopened. That office continues to play hot-potato with us, and we're stuck in a now almost month-long holding-pattern, with a new "you need to talk to so-and-so" every few days.
- The $427,395 figure mentioned in the Voice of the Hill and elsewhere is our current "in the system" liability to DC, with the majority of that amount based on assessments from their audit office: from 2 particular months in 2006 for sales tax, and two filings for "unincorporated franchise tax" (which is like income tax on the business profits). Those assessments were for over $200,000 more than the actual submitted returns. All four of those returns WERE previously submitted to the DC tax office (they have the "true" filings for months before and after the months in question), but they were apparently lost by the DC office. ("assessments" are estimates by the tax office)
- Part of the "holding pattern" right now is that we need to correct that $427,395 figure down to the accurate figures. Copies of those previously submitted returns had been sent to the DC Office of Tax and Revenue immediately after the shop was shut down, but the Audit department there has played hot-potato (so to speak) with them ever since.
- FYI, more than half of the amounts owed to DC are "penalties and interest." The actual tax amounts are a good amount under $100K.
- I have never denied my responsibility to pay these taxes. There were mistakes made due to financial mismanagement in more than one way. That said, I have complied 100% with the DC OTR since this issue came up, and have dialed 202-442-____ phone numbers no less than 500 times (with 490 of those times resulting in nobody picking up), trying and pleading with the DC OTR to work with us to resolve the issues. To this date, we have made little to no apparent progress with them.

Thank you for all of the support and emails. I offer my sincerest apologies to everyone, particularly to folks who have left comments or sent emails that express some level of displeasure, for this whole debacle.

Stay tuned.
Nick

This weekend at murky capitol hill

2008-02-29T17:57:00.002-05:00

We submitted the requested information on Thursday morning, and our "case" has been sitting on someone's desk at the DC Office of Tax and Revenue since then. Today came and went without any apparent progress at that office.

We were hoping that we could resolve the immediate issues by today, but there was no such luck. Therefore, murky coffee capitol hill will remain closed through the weekend.

We're now hoping for a Monday or Tuesday reopening, but it's hard to be too optimistic about any sort of prediction right now.

Thanks for the flood of emails of support. Again, I'm sorry about all of this, and the supportive emails have meant a lot.

Nick

murky capitol hill

2008-02-26T12:53:00.002-05:00

Just an FYI,

We've had a hiccup with the DC Government, and were shut-down for a couple of non-compliance issues. We're in communication with them, and expect to be back up-and-running in a couple of days.

Sorry for the inconvenience. Feel free to email me with any particular questions or concerns. nick@ (you know the domain).

-Nick Cho

A little thing on CBS News

2008-02-18T21:54:00.000-05:00

Mid Atlantic Finalists

2008-02-17T08:51:00.003-05:00

Congrats to Mid Atlantic Regional finalists, especially Anne (of the blurry face) and Randy!

Live-blogging of the event to take place on www.coffeerevelation.com, courtesy our friends M'lissa and Ben, from Octane Coffee in Atlanta.

Finals begin at 10:30am today (Sunday 2/27)! Cheer em on virtual-style!

Mid Atlantic Regional Barista Competition 2008

2008-02-08T10:56:00.000-05:00

The 3rd annual Mid Atlantic Regional Barista Competition
Hosted by murky coffee
February 15-17, 2008
Held in conjunction with Coffeefest DC
Washington Convention Center
FREE and open to the public!

murky will have four baristas in the throwdown (Marianne, Allie, Anne, and Randy). Come cheer em on! Anyone can come to watch the competition free of charge. It is happening right next to the entrance to the Coffeefest trade show floor. The trade show itself is for trade only and requires paid admission... so if you've ever thought of opening a coffeeshop (or could fathom such a thought)... I guess you'd be trade! ;-)

New classes!

2008-01-10T03:01:00.000-05:00

Two new dates for our "murky coffee home barista training" classes!

Saturday, January 12, 2008, 1:00-4:00pm

&

Wednesday, January 23, 2008, 6:00-9:00pm

Click on "Training" at the menu bar on the left for more info!

New wi-fi at murky capitol hill

2007-12-23T10:26:00.000-05:00

OUT= Covad
IN= Comcast

The first straight two years (as in consecutive... not a reference to orientation), our wi-fi at the Capitol Hill shop was rock-solid. We had to reset our router an entire 3 times in three years. Then, all of a sudden, all H-E-double-toothpicks broke loose.

We'd have to reset the router and/or DSL modem literally 20 times or more a day. Even then, it wouldn't always work. Less reliable than an early-90's Packard Bell.

At the Arlington shop, we got to the bottom of the problem--the electricity was wonky, and a power-conditioner made for a much happier wi-fi router. Things have been pretty solid ever since.

At Cap Hill however, every piece of everything had been replaced multiple times. New wi-fi routers (literally more than 10), new DSL modems, new cables, etc. Nothing helped. To get more nerdy, we changed-up the channels on the 802.11x, we changed-up the router from 802.11B/G to pre-N. Belkin, Netgear, Apple Airports, etc. Nothing helped. Thought maybe the wi-fi was getting interference from other stuff around, but not much we can do about that beyond changing up channels.

So the only thing left to do was to boot the DSL out altogether.

Comcast is universally hated to levels once only known by such pillars of consumer contempt
as CVS or (if you're a guy with a wife or girlfriend with an eye for "chabby chic,") Anthropologie. However, we're gonna give them a go, only because it's literally the last resort.

If this doesn't work, we're going back to dial-up folks. Seriously. That's the only other solution.

Haven't used the word "baud" in over a decade.

murky t-shirts are on the way!

2007-12-03T16:50:00.000-05:00

Our new crop of murky coffee t-shirts are on the way!

A ladies'-cut yellow on black version of our popular 2005 design, an argyle pattern t-shirt with a twist on our logo, and the obligatory DC non-state flag design on a baseball raglan.

Coming soon... very limited quantities and sizes, so get them while they're hot!

The Five Dollar Hot Chocolate Update

2007-10-25T19:22:00.000-04:00

Just so y'all know, we dodged a major bullet this past week.

We called our secret Oompa-Loompa Chocolate Supplier (O.L.C.S.) for our first order of Five Dollar Hot Chocolate of the year last week. You can imagine my shock and disappointment when I was told that they ceased wholesale operations entirely.

I cried. I begged. I plead. I pledged my future offspring.

Apparently they felt that they needed to re-establish quality standards for their beautiful chocolates, and they were seeing less-than-ideal handling practices by many of their resellers.

So the bad news is, our O.L.C.S. has indeed ceased all wholesale distribution.

The good news is, they've decided to make an exception, but only for us.

The moral of the story is: The Five Dollar Hot Chocolate is BACK! The deal is the same as it's always been: 12 ounces, FIVE dollars, no modifications, NO QUESTIONS ASKED.

If I ever have more children, y'all owe me big time.

Goodrow by Edwards

2007-10-24T02:07:00.001-04:00

The art of the barista is not limited to the cup...

...thanks Travis!

By the way folks... Katie Duris was awarded 4th place at the 2007 South East Regional Barista Competition! A great first-time placement!!! We're SO proud!

The 2007 South East Regional Barista Competition

2007-10-21T00:18:00.000-04:00

We're at the end of Day 2 of the 2007 SERBC, and our lone murky representative, Ms. Katie Duris, is putting her head down on her pillow before competing in the Finals Round tomorrow. She rocked the house down here in Clearwater FL, and made it from the Round-of-20 to the Round-of-6.

She competes at about 11:15am tomorrow (Sunday) morning. Send some positive vibes down to Katie for tomorrow morning!!!

murky coffee barista training dates

2007-09-10T03:33:00.000-04:00

Join Aaron Ultimo, murky's Director of Coffee Quality, for an upcoming "murky coffee home barista training" class!

We have two upcoming dates: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 (6-9pm) and Saturday, September 29, 2007 (1-4pm), where Aaron and an assistant instructor will teach the class of six coffee enthusiasts all about coffee, and how to grind, dose, level, tamp, and pull espresso on our world-class equipment.

We've had some very happy graduates from the "home barista class," so sign up now and improve your barista skills now!

Click on the "Training" button at the left menu bar for more information.