tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486674.post9123259669064827469..comments2024-03-07T02:31:23.791-05:00Comments on Jay's Strange Blog: Reading The Soulonocoffeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11781160488678845826noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486674.post-9277802579087410222009-07-02T23:53:44.371-04:002009-07-02T23:53:44.371-04:00Chris-
I don't know if it really is that we si...Chris-<br />I don't know if it really is that we simply have short attention spans or if it is more a problem of our own community coming up short in delivering excellence. And I agree with you that I would prefer to follow the path of someone like Keller who is respected rather than that of the last Top Chef winner.<br /><br />If we correlate our barista world to that of the chef world thenonocoffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11781160488678845826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486674.post-22388782319652855792009-07-02T10:17:15.428-04:002009-07-02T10:17:15.428-04:00Jay,
As I am on my 3rd time through -Soul- I ha...Jay,<br /> As I am on my 3rd time through -Soul- I have to agree with you in the parallels between the CMC and the USBC...heck...certification in general. Tests of a persons skills are all well and good...but life is the true test. <br />We have seemed to develop such a short attention span that we can only recognize achievement, quality, and skill in 15 minute increments. <br />Maybe we need Deferiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202375039800138803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486674.post-29142929974975806752009-06-30T01:19:14.415-04:002009-06-30T01:19:14.415-04:00Hey Anonymous person-
I'm posting my response ...Hey Anonymous person-<br />I'm posting my response to you here in case you don't see the post I wrote above.<br />----------------------------<br /><br />Oh come on, <em>REALLY???</em>. I'm game for being called "lame" or an "asshole" or whatever descriptive you might want to hurl my way (it's probably true anyway), but you want to act <em>macho</em> and hide onocoffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11781160488678845826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486674.post-8282448079019843432009-06-28T22:19:49.905-04:002009-06-28T22:19:49.905-04:00James-
I challenge your assertion that you benefi...James-<br /><br />I challenge your assertion that you benefitted "massively" before you had won anything. <br /><br />From what I've seen and in my experiences, the desire to pursue a craft to its' fullest extent goes beyond any mere standard set by an institution. Perhaps I'm wrong but I don't think that it was the World Barista Championship (and by extension the SCAAonocoffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11781160488678845826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486674.post-37192807287770932882009-06-28T14:47:51.811-04:002009-06-28T14:47:51.811-04:00Every time I leave a comment somewhere about baris...Every time I leave a comment somewhere about barista competition I always have a nagging feeling that it looks like I am just defending an institution because I have benefited so much because of it.<br /><br />But then I had benefited massively from it before I had won anything.<br /><br />What draws you to compete each time?<br /><br />I loved the Soul of a Chef. It made me feel like we set theJames Hoffmannhttp://www.jimseven.comnoreply@blogger.com