In the Grinder - Our Daily Coffee Weblog

This past Thursday marked a momentus occasion for the Twin Cities coffee community.  The coffee community came together as a unified group and put on the first ever Twin Cities Thursday Night Throwdown!  It was an amazing night and a really awesome way to see a physical respresentation of the momentum our local coffee scene has behind it right now.  The event featured the extremely talented Twin Cities DJ Soviet Panda, and baristas in attendance took part in the Espresso Throwdown and Latte Art Throwdown.  Mariah from Kopplin's Coffee took first place in the Espresso Throw Down and Gordon from Quixotic Coffee took first place in the Latte Art Throwdown.  We managed to set up a HD camcorder and project the competitors on a big screen inside Quixotic.  We want to thank all the competitors and sponsors for making this such a memorable night!

Everyone in attendance had a great time drinking spectacular coffee and free beer.  I even saw one brave soul dive into the 2.5 liter latte remnants from the throwdown after the event.   I guess that's how you know it was a good time...when people start diving headfirst into buckets of latte.  

We want to thank Quixotic Coffee for hosting the event and we want to thank Sight Glass Coffee for donating the espresso.  Finally we want to give a big shout out to Paul W. Johnson for photographing the event.  Check out Paul's full Flickr stream of the event HERE