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Five top baristas find themselves pushing the limits of coffee perfection to win the National Barista Championship - a s | dG1fYWlfMlJJY3NfeWs
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00:00a drink is being born I think the coffee is one of the most wonderful things on the planet
00:11it's not pushing buttons it's a craft customers would ask me what are you gonna do next I'd be
00:18like what do you mean I'm a barista yeah chosen profession if you would have told me eight years
00:24ago that I was going to be a competitive barista out of last in your face like best in show but for
00:32coffee you're in an arena preparing 12 drinks within 15 minutes a barista must prepare three
00:39rounds of drinks espresso cappuccino and the signature drink serving it in any method they
00:43can dream up I have huge ideas I decided I would customize a jam I had just a really simple visual
00:49metaphor white chocolate lime wedges vanilla beans peanuts dried peppers rocks gosh it's so awesome
00:56you run through incredible amount of bad ideas I've done bacon fat mochas you're like this is gross
01:01this is gross I have bacon fat in my mustache right now I had this idea to distill coffee the mad
01:08scientist on stage can go epically rock are you able to continue Facebooking while I'm making ice
01:13cream they're timing all of your espresso shots there's a drop of water on the grill you lose a
01:18point for that there's a lot of pressure adrenaline is so high that I kind of blacked out I looked
01:24down and there was literally no foam in my pitcher it was at that moment that I realized I was done
01:29it's difficult to make a living at it you walk away with the same paycheck as if you were slinging a
01:36mcdouble winning changes your life as a barista you do really well and you can get all kinds of
01:42investment opportunities from it competition is sport your performance is a sport I had nothing ready on
01:48the cart we were running back and forth and we ran out of time once they say your practice time is
01:52done you're done down there you're all alone and what you're capable of even if you're the best is
01:58somebody better than you make some noise for the winner of the USBC if I sketched a Ghostbuster it
02:08would be the silliest I might sketch a Ghostbuster next year

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