Welcome to the inaugural event of the 2014 United States Barista Championship season. We’re in Minneapolis, Minnesota for the 2014 Big Central Regional Barista Competition, hosted by Cafe Imports and Wilbur Curtis Co. Your livestream for the weekend is here, and please follow @SprudgeLive on Twitter for up-to-the-second live coverage of the event. It is our pleasure to serve you as official media partners of the Specialty Coffee Association of America.
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Day One – Friday, October 25, 2013 – 20 Competitors
1. 10:45AM Amy Nelson, Spyhouse Coffee, MPLS @SpyhouseCoffee @touchof_flair
2. 11:04AM Bud Patterson, Kaldi’s Coffee, St. Louis @Kaldis_Coffee @BudPatterson86
3. 11:23AM Jackson O’Brien, Peace Coffee, MPLS @sprobeforebros @Peace_Coffee
4. 11:42AM Andrea Allen, Onyx Coffee Lab, Springdale, Arkansas @OnyxCoffeeLab
5. 12:01PM Jordan Hubred, Parka, MPLS @parkampls @jmhubred
6. 12:20PM Lorenzo Perkins, Cuvee Coffee, Austin @cuveecoffee @LorenzoPerkins
7. 12:39PM Benjamin Merrick, Sump Coffee, St. Louis @sumpcoffee
8. 12:58PM Simeon Bricker, The Roasterie, KCMO @TheRoasterie @SimBricks
9. 1:17PM Lindsay Bailey, HalfWit Coffee, CHI @HalfWitCoffee
10. 1:36PM Brenna Kail, Intelligentsia Coffee, CHI @Intelligentsia
11. 1:55PM Josh Wismans, Colectivo Coffee, Milwaukee @ColectivoCoffee
12. 2:14PM Blair Bachman, Victory 44, MPLS @Victory_44
13. 2:33PM Talya Strader, Bow Truss Coffee, CHI @BowTruss @TalyaStrader
14. 2:52PM Laura Clark, Latteland Espresso & Tea, KCMO @LattelandKC @azn_barista
15. 3:11PM Sam Brown, Stone Creek Coffee, Milwaukee @stonecreekcoffe
16. 3:30PM Andrew Grassmick, MADCAP Coffee, Grand Rapids @angentpilgrim @madcapcoffee
17. 3:49PM Joshua Longsdorf, Anthology Coffee, Detroit @anthologycoffee @JoshuaLongsdorf
18. 4:08PM Eric Faust, Duluth Coffee, Duluth, MN @duluthcoffee @duluthcoffeeguy
19. 4:27PM Helena Shanks, River Rock Coffee, St. Peter, MN @riverrockcoffee @HelenaShanks
20. 4:46PM Shannon Steele-Knuckles, Passion House Coffee, CHI @passionhousecr @steeleknuckles
Day Two – Saturday, October 26, 2013 – 18 Competitors
21. 11:45AM Andrew McCaslin, Palace Coffee, Canyon, TX @palacecoffee
22. 12:04PM David Buehrer, Blacksmith, Houston @Bl4cksmith @greenwaybarista
23. 12:23PM Nora Brady, Blueprint Coffee, St. Louis @BlueprintCoffee @snackpackbrady
24. 12:42PM T. Ben Fischer, Stone Creek Coffee, Milwaukee @stonecreekcoffe @TBenFischer
25. 1:01PM Daniel Schornagel, Kaldi’s Coffee, St. Louis @Kaldis_Coffee
26. 1:20PM Brian Ensminger, Bow Truss Coffee, CHI @BowTruss @ensmingerbrianm
27. 1:39PM Keith Mrotek, Dogwood Coffee Bar, MPLS @DogwoodCoffee
28. 1:58PM Bryan Kegley,  Coffea Roasterie, Sioux Falls, SD @coffea
29. 2:17PM Tyler Rovenstine, Oddly Correct Coffee, KCMO @oddlycorrect @TRovenstine
30. 2:36PM Steve Replogle, Coffee Hound, Bloomington @CoffeeHoundIL
31. 2:55PM Jonathan Miller, MADCAP Coffee, Grand Rapids @madcapcoffee
32. 3:14PM Jesse Raub, Intelligentsia Coffee, CHI @Intelligentsia @jesseraub
33. 3:33PM Lucas Becken, Latteland Espresso & Tea, KCMO @LattelandKC
34. 3:52PM Michael Comerford III, Colectivo Coffee, Milwaukee @ColectivoCoffee
35. 4:11PM Matthew Piva, Sump Coffee, St. Louis @sumpcoffee
36. 4:30PM Esther Versteeg, Coffea Roasterie, Sioux Falls @coffea
37. 4:49PM Matthew Scott, Lemonjello’s Coffee, Holland, MI @lemonjellos
38. 5:08PM Mike Marquard, Blueprint Coffee, St. Louis @BlueprintCoffee @mikenorth
Day Three – Sunday, October 27, 2013 – 4 Competitors
39. 11:45AM Josh Taves, Dogwood Coffee, MPLS @DogwoodCoffee
40. 12:04PM David Fasman, Kaldi’s Coffee, St. Louis @Kaldis_Coffee @DavidFasman
41. 12:23PM Patrick Burns, Palace Coffee, Canyon, TX @palacecoffee
42. 12:42PM Trevor Gruehn, Kickapoo Coffee, Madison, WI @kickapoocoffee @thuglife4000
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