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Hotwire Out in Force at Hi-Yu, Celebrate Shoreline
Parades
(posted 8/9/2006)
What have those crazy Hotwire folks been
up to this summer? Traipsing around in pink, that's
what! For the third year running, Hotwire has participated in
the flamingo flocking fundraiser to support the Furry Faces
Foundation, a non-profit animal rescue. You can "flock" your
friends' yards with a large array of tacky pink plastic
flamingos. Good-bye TP, hello flamingos! Here is a link
to some photos from the Hi-Yu Parade: http://www.digitaledgemedia.net/events/2006westseattle/.
The Hotwire crew will next be making an appearance at the Celebrate
Shoreline Parade on August 19. See you
there!
Karl
and Jeremy to Represent Hotwire in the US Barista
Championship
(posted
3/27/2006)
Our own baristas, Karl and
Jeremy, accompanied by their coach and former North American Barista
Champ, Dismas Smith, will be heading to Charlotte, North Carolina,
next week to compete in this year's annual national barista
competition. The United States Barista Championship (USBC) is
an event designed to encourage and recognize professional
achievement in the art of espresso beverage preparation and service.
Competitors will prepare and serve 12 coffee beverages - one
espresso, one cappuccino, and one signature drink of their own
creation, for four judges in a space of 15 minutes. The winner of
the USBC goes on to represent the United States at the World Barista
Championship, in Berne, Switzerland on May 19-21.
The USBC will commence April
7-10. Join us in wishing Jeremy and Karl well as they
represent Hotwire before the rest of the coffee world. Good
luck, gentlemen! Click here to read on about the results of the
competition...
Hotwire Makes Good Showing at Northwest Regional
Barista Competition
(posted
11/10/2005)
Three of Hotwire's Baristas competed in
the Northwest Regional Barista Competition, held the last weekend of
October in Seattle: Jeremy, Sean, and Karl. They all competed
beautifully and did us proud! Karl was one of the top six
competitors in the preliminary round and went on to the final
round. Not bad, for his first competition! Way to go,
Karl! Click here to view
footage of Karl competing - scroll down until you see his
name.
Meet Tim McCormack
(posted 7/15/2005)
Tim McCormack has recently joined the Hotwire team, to
head up our newly formed roasting division. We are excited to have him
on board and would like to welcome him to the Hotwire family!
Tim has more
than twenty-five years of experience in the specialty coffee
industry. After ten
summer seasons of digging on archaeological sites around the world –
earning a degree in Anthropology, Tim went to work at the Starbucks
Coffee roasting plant in 1979.
This was back in the era when Starbucks was a local Seattle
business with five retail stores. Read
on...
Ground Breaking in North City
Finally
the much awaited ground-breaking ceremony took place near Hotwire
North on May 21. It heralds some changes to the neighborhood's
infrastructure that will take place over the next year.
Look forward to better sidewalks, more on-street parking, and
fewer over-head wires. Read about it in an article published by the Shoreline
Enterprise.
Best Baristas in the World
Come to Seattle
The 17th Annual
SCAA (Specialty Coffee Association of America) Conference &
Exhibition was held April 15 - 18 here in
Seattle! It was a huge event, with around 700 vendors.
Coinciding with this event was the World Barista Championship
competition. About 40 nations were represented by their top
baristas. It was amazing! This year's top six baristas
were as follows: 1st place: Troels Overdal Poulsen
of Denmark; 2nd place: Hiroyuki Kadowaki of Japan; 3rd place:
Salvatore Piccolo of Canada; 4th place: Carl Sara of New Zealand;
5th place: Jonina S. Tryggvadottir of Iceland; 6th place: Gunnhilde
Seljenes of Norway. (Read more here) For those who arrived early to Seattle,
Hotwire hosted an early-arrivers' Shin-dig at our North
location. It was a great time to hang out with old
and new friends... before the real action began! (Photos to
come...)
Hotwire Loves
Animals
Hotwire West is currently supporting two
different charities for animals: Puget Sound Greyhound Adoption and
Friends of the Animals Foundation. Pugest Sound Greyhound
Adoption is an organization that rescues greyhounds and finds
them new homes. Check out their website for photos of the
current hounds up for adoption: http://www.psgreyhounds.org.
Silent Auction for
Hang-Time raised over $2000
Hotwire
co-hosted a Silent Auction on Saturday, March 26, 2005 from 7:00 -
8:30 PM. Funds raised through the auction are to be
used to support the Shoreline YMCA Hang-time Program, which provides
safe, drug-free activities for local middle school
students.
Indie Film Fest a
Grand Success
Hotwire's Indie Film
Fest has been well-attended and greatly enjoyed. Local talent
have submitted a variety of interesting and entertaining
films. Watch the Event Schedule for the next Film Fest
date. For info on how to submit a film, click here.
Hotwire
Baristas Competed in USBC
Four of our Hotwire
baristas competed for the first time in this year's annual US Barista
Championship, which was held in Seattle this year,
March 10-13. It was free to the public!!! If you missed
it, be sure to watch for it next year! You will
be wowed by the best baristas in the nation. All of our
baristas who competed did a great job. Representing
Hotwire were Molly, Billie, Eli, and Sean. Come in and try their signature
drinks! Yummy!
A Fresh Take on
the Daily Drip
Hotwire North is now serving drip
coffee "by the cup." Most coffee shops brew drip coffee in
large batches periodically throughout the day, as needed. It
may have just brewed, or it may be a little old. Brewing it by
the cup allows for the absolute freshest drip coffee. When you
order Coffee by the Cup, your barista will grind fresh beans - beans
of your choice, I might add - then pour water through directly into
your cup via a gold cone filter. The whole process takes a
minute or two, but it is SO worth it! Give it a
try!
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