JCunningham Senior Member Joined: 7 Dec 2004 Posts: 148 Location: Chicago Expertise: Professional
Espresso: black cat Grinder: robur or whatever works Vac Pot: cory Drip: yesplease Roaster: GotHot(s)
Posted Tue May 20, 2008, 9:49am Subject: usa, usa! (WBC Training and the Black Cat Project)
Hey Folks, My West Coast brethren have started a cool blog/site documenting Kyle Glanville's training for the WBC and the forthcoming Black Cat Project. Checkit!
Posted Sun Jun 22, 2008, 6:11pm Subject: Re: usa, usa! (WBC Training and the Black Cat Project)
I watched Kyle's performance and I thought he did a great job. It's a huge accomplishment just to make it to the WBC, and the issue with the grinder (they glued the burr assembly in after cross-threading it???) sounded like a nightmare. That Black Cat Project grinder looked so awesome before being violated. Congratulations to Kyle for a great effort!
MarkPrince Moderator Joined: 19 Dec 2001 Posts: 4,653 Location: Vancouver Expertise: Professional
Espresso: Frankenstein'ed LM Linea Grinder: Anfim Super Caimano Vac Pot: 1922 Silex Drip: Krups Moka Brew Roaster: Hottop
Posted Sun Jun 22, 2008, 11:33pm Subject: Re: usa, usa! (WBC Training and the Black Cat Project)
I thought Kyle was definitely top six material in his first round, and was shocked that he didn't make the finals - absolutely shocked. He did an awesome job, and he represented extremely well. He's a good ambassador for quality coffee.
I also liked his recent videos on BoingBoing - quite enlightening. It's too bad Mark over at BB didn't totally listen to the advice Kyle was doling out (making ref to the bullet points at the end of the second vid... agitate the coffee? :))
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