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Five top baristas find themselves pushing the limits of coffee perfection to win the National Barista Championship - a s | dG1fYmtraFNPQUVwYWM
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00:00A drink is being born.
00:05I think that coffee is one of the most wonderful things on the planet.
00:09It's not pushing buttons, it's a craft.
00:12Customers would ask me, what are you going to do next?
00:14And I'd be like, what do you mean, I'm a barista?
00:16Yeah, chosen profession.
00:19If you would have told me eight years ago that I was going to be a competitive barista,
00:22I would have laughed in your face.
00:24It's like best in show, but for coffee.
00:30You're in an arena preparing 12 drinks within 15 minutes.
00:34A barista must prepare three rounds of drinks.
00:36Espresso, cappuccino, and this signature drink.
00:39Serving it in any method they can dream up.
00:40I have huge ideas.
00:42I decided I would customize a jam.
00:44I had just a really simple visual metaphor.
00:46White chocolate, lime wedges, vanilla beans, keynuts, dried peppers, rocks.
00:50Gosh, it's so awesome.
00:53You run through an incredible amount of bad ideas.
00:55I've done bacon fat mochas.
00:57You're like, this is gross.
00:58This is gross.
00:59I have bacon fat in my mustache right now.
01:01I had this idea to distill coffee.
01:04The mad scientist on stage can go epically wrong.
01:07Are you able to continue Facebooking while I'm making ice cream?
01:10They're timing all of your espresso shots.
01:13If there's a drop of water on the grill, you lose a point for that.
01:16There's a lot of fresh air.
01:17Your adrenaline is so high that I kind of blacked out.
01:20I looked down and there was literally no foam in my pitcher.
01:23It was at that moment that I realized I was done.
01:28It's difficult to make a living at it.
01:30You walk away with the same paycheck as if you were slinging a McDouble.
01:34Winning changes your life as a barista.
01:36You do really well and you can get all kinds of investment opportunities from it.
01:40Competition is a sport.
01:42Your performance is a sport.
01:44I had nothing ready on the cart.
01:45We were running back and forth and we ran out of time.
01:47Once they say your practice time is done, you're done.
01:50When you're down there, you're all alone.
01:52And what you're capable of, even if you're the best, is somebody better than you.
01:55Make some noise for the winner of the USBC.
02:03If I sketched a Ghostbuster, it would be the silliest.
02:07I might sketch a Ghostbuster next year.
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