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Manna Café Barista Competes in Great Lakes Regional Barista Competition

From February 20-22, Manna Café and Bakery Barista Trevor Gruehn competed in the Great Lakes Regional Barista Competition. Against some very tough competition, Trevor represented the café very well, just falling shy of making the 2nd round. His shots of Single Origin Natural Process Ethiopian Adado Espresso received rave reviews from the judges and his Cappuccinos, utilizing single origin Kenya AA Nyeri Tatu Espresso, also did very well. We look forward to the next competition and hope we'll have a winning barista representing Madison very soon. Stop into the Manna Café yourself and have their crew pull a shot of espresso to see for yourself how great competition level espresso can be.

Food and Coffee Pairings Continue to Draw Great Crowds and Great Reviews

Over the last couple months, Johnson Brothers Coffee Roasters has worked hand in hand with our cafés to provide a really unique educational experience for customers and café owners alike. Quarry Coffee in Lannon, WI and Birdy's Café (formerly Highland Park Pies and Café) in Milwaukee, WI have each hosted several coffee and food pairings. By utilizing the expertise of Head Chef Scott Mattfeld (Quarry Coffee) and Sarah Buzzell (Owner and culinary adventurer at Highland Park); we've come up with unique menus that deliberately choose coffees that will compliment certain foods. From risotto with medium roasted Fair Trade and Organic Ethiopian Sidamo to quiches with medium roasted Fair Trade and Organic Guatemala we've tried a little bit of everything. While enjoying fantastic coffee and food, we also hold lively discussions on coffee history, processing and the future of coffee to have a truly unique and enjoyable evening. For more details, contact Alex or stop into one of these cafés yourself to share the experience first hand.

Johnson Brothers Featured in
Milwaukee Food Blog about Coffee

In mid-March, Alex Butler sat down with Stacey Abillie of Milwaukee. Stacey owns a flower shop and is a regular patron at Birdy's Café (formerly Highland Park Pies and Café). He writes a blog about terrific foods and items of interest for those of us who can't get enough quality, local food. Stacey approached me after a recent food/coffee pairing event at Birdy's and said he really wanted to write an article about specialty coffee. I was happy to oblige and so we sat down for two hours and talked about all things coffee. I think we covered many important points relating to coffee and I think we both realized, once started, you can easily talk about coffee for as long as your local café owner will let you. The result of our talk was a great article that really captures the essence of what makes specialty coffee so good. Please visit Stacey's Blog and read the article for yourself:

www.staceyshotdish.blogspot.com

John Harbors Crew Visits Roasteria

In early March we were honored to have Jeremy, Anjuli and Lindsay from John Harbor's Main Street Café in Menomonee Falls, WI. come and visit our roasteria. We wanted to make sure we were all on the same page about proper brewing and extracting methods and also have those guys meet our family here in Madison. It was a great morning spent discussing the finer points of light vs. dark roasted coffee and all the unique challenges facing the Specialty Coffee Industry. I think we all walked away adequately caffeinated and with a finer appreciation of our respective visions for coffee. It was a great opportunity to just hang out and have our friends from Menomonee Falls see our operation, meet Mike and see the roaster all fired up. To get a sense of what Jeremy's feelings were please visit the link below and see Jeremy's Blog about the day. We appreciated their visit and hope to see them all again very soon.

http://news.johnharbors.com/



Manna Café Barista Competes in Great Lakes Regional Barista Competition From February 20-22, Manna Café and Bakery Barista Trevor Gruehn competed in the Great Lakes Regional Barista Competition. Against some very tough competition, Trevor represented the café very well, just falling shy of making the 2nd round. His shots of Single Origin Natural Process Ethiopian Adado Espresso received rave reviews from the judges and his Cappuccinos, utilizing single origin Kenya AA Nyeri Tatu Espresso, also did very well. We look forward to the next competition and hope we'll have a winning barista representing Madison very soon. Stop into the Manna Café yourself and have their crew pull a shot of espresso to see for yourself how great competition level espresso can be. Food and Coffee Pairings Continue to Draw Great Crowds and Great Reviews Over the last couple months, Johnson Brothers Coffee Roasters has worked hand in hand with our cafés to provide a really unique educational experience for customers and café owners alike. Quarry Coffee in Lannon, WI and Birdy's Café (formerly Highland Park Pies and Café) in Milwaukee, WI have each hosted several coffee and food pairings. By utilizing the expertise of Head Chef Scott Mattfeld (Quarry Coffee) and Sarah Buzzell (Owner and culinary adventurer at Highland Park); we've come up with unique menus that deliberately choose coffees that will compliment certain foods. From risotto with medium roasted Fair Trade and Organic Ethiopian Sidamo to quiches with medium roasted Fair Trade and Organic Guatemala we've tried a little bit of everything. While enjoying fantastic coffee and food, we also hold lively discussions on coffee history, processing and the future of coffee to have a truly unique and enjoyable evening. For more details, contact Alex or stop into one of these cafés yourself to share the experience first hand. Johnson Brothers Featured in Milwaukee Food Blog about Coffee In mid-March, Alex Butler sat down with Stacey Abillie of Milwaukee. Stacey owns a flower shop and is a regular patron at Birdy's Café (formerly Highland Park Pies and Café). He writes a blog about terrific foods and items of interest for those of us who can't get enough quality, local food. Stacey approached me after a recent food/coffee pairing event at Birdy's and said he really wanted to write an article about specialty coffee. I was happy to oblige and so we sat down for two hours and talked about all things coffee. I think we covered many important points relating to coffee and I think we both realized, once started, you can easily talk about coffee for as long as your local café owner will let you. The result of our talk was a great article that really captures the essence of what makes specialty coffee so good. Please visit Stacey's Blog and read the article for yourself: www.staceyshotdish.blogspot.com John Harbors Crew Visits Roasteria In early March we were honored to have Jeremy, Anjuli and Lindsay from John Harbor's Main Street Café in Menomonee Falls, WI. come and visit our roasteria. We wanted to make sure we were all on the same page about proper brewing and extracting methods and also have those guys meet our family here in Madison. It was a great morning spent discussing the finer points of light vs. dark roasted coffee and all the unique challenges facing the Specialty Coffee Industry. I think we all walked away adequately caffeinated and with a finer appreciation of our respective visions for coffee. It was a great opportunity to just hang out and have our friends from Menomonee Falls see our operation, meet Mike and see the roaster all fired up. To get a sense of what Jeremy's feelings were please visit the link below and see Jeremy's Blog about the day. We appreciated their visit and hope to see them all again very soon. http://news.johnharbors.com/	Please enjoy and thanks for deciding to drink JUST THE BEST COFFEE! Upcoming Events/Calendar Farmer's Market Begins! -Saturday, April 18 marks the beginning of another colorful year at the Dane County Farmer's Market. We are excited to get the cart all set up for another season brewing our fantastic coffee and café drinks. We encourage everyone to come visit us and see us put our collective coffee passion to work with our own two hands. It's always a fun day and we love waking up at 3 a.m. to serve coffee! Upcoming Food and Coffee Pairings -Friday, April 3, 6:00 pm at Birdy's Café (formerly Highland Park Pies and Café) in Milwaukee, WI; We'll be taking a tour of the world inspired by a prior cupping event and visiting coffee growing regions the world over and foods native to those areas as well. Come for a fun night of education, food, and coffee and hopefully witty banter.

Upcoming Events/Calendar