Welcome to the second event of the 2014 United States Barista Championship season. We’re in Durham, North Carolina for the 2014 Big Eastern Regional Barista Competition, hosted by Counter Culture Coffee and Dallis Bros. Coffee. 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, January 17th – 20 Competitors
1. 10:45 Dawn Shanks, Independent, DC @DawnShanks
2. 11:04 Nick Oddo, Commonplace Coffee, Pittsburgh @thecommonplace
3. 11:23 Steph Caronna, La Farm Bakery, Cary NC @LaFarmCary @CoffeeSteph8876
4. 11:42 Andrew Cash, Jubala Village Coffee, Raleigh @JubalaCoffee
5. 12:01 Dave Planer, Kaffe 1668, NYC @kaffe1668
6. 12:20 Couper Cox, 5&10, Athens GA @coupercox
7. 12:39 Jennifer Hall, Sola Coffee Cafe, Raeligh @solacoffee @jennforgivn
8. 12:58 Vasilios Dimitriadis, Intelligentsia Coffee, NYC @intelligentsia @billy_brogan
9. 1:17 Michael Sammartino, Baked And Wired, DC @bakedandwiredDC
10. 1:36 Jonathen Liu, Gimme! Coffee, Brooklyn @gimmecoffee @jonathenlewd
11. 1:55 Tery Honeyghan, Peregrine Espresso, DC @peregrineDC
12. 2:14 Seth Cook, Northside Social, Arlington VA @northsidesocial
13. 2:33 Dylan McFatrich, The Morning Times, Raleigh @TheMorningTimes @DylanMcFatrich
14. 2:52 Wade Reed, Joe Bean Coffee Roasters, Rochester NY @JoeBeanRoasters
15. 3:11 Jesus Gomez, J. Rene Coffee Roasters, West Hartford, CT @jrenecoffee
16. 3:30 Alison Maitland, Swing’s Coffee Roasters, Alexandria VA @SwingsCoffee
17. 3:49 Jonathan Moehlig, Land Of A Thousand Hills, Roswell GA @1000hillscoffee
18. 4:08 Jenna Gotthelf, Northampton Coffee, Northampton MA @NohoCoffee @this_is_jennaG
19. 4:27 Erika Vonie, Ultimo Coffee, Philadelphia @ultimocoffee @OkAn_EerieEvil
20. 4:46 Josip Drazenovich, La Colombe, NYC @jdrazenovich @lacolombecoffee
Day Two – Saturday, January 18th – 19 Competitors
21. 11:45 Everett Cox, Gather, Brooklyn NY @GatherNY
22. 12:04 Josh Bonanno, Buddy Brew Coffee, Tampa, FL @BuddyBrewCoffee @josh_bonanno
23. 12:23 Michael Corrigan, Voltage Coffee and Art, Cambridge, MA @VoltageArt
24. 12:42 Camila Ramos, Panther Coffee, Miami FL @panthercoffee @milamos
25. 1:01 Hadassah Wilson, Square One Coffee, Lancaster, PA @squareonecoffee @hadassahedith
26. 1:20 Brian Gelletly, Reanimator Coffee, Philadelphia, PA @ReAnimatorPhila @bpgel
27. 1:39 J. Park Brannen, Counter Culture Coffee, New York, NY @counter_culture @jparkbrannen
28. 1:58 Justin Enis, Equal Exchange, Providence, RI @EqExCoop
29. 2:17 Nathan Nerswick, 5 & 10, Athens, GA @fiveandten @nateners
30. 2:36 Luis Colon, Fuego Coffee Roasters, Rochester, NY
31. 2:55 Michael Butterworth, Quills Coffee, Louisville, KY @QuillsCoffee @mjbutterworth
32. 3:14 Joshua Littlefield, Intelligentsia Coffee, New York, NY @Intelligentsia @IntelliNYC @littlejfield
33. 3:33 Trevor Corlett, Madcap Coffee Co., Washington, DC @MadcapCoffee @tjorlet
34. 3:52 Matthew Bryce, Peregrine Espresso, Washington, DC @peregrinedc @Matt_Bryce
35. 4:11 Patricia Bruce, Pavement Coffeehouse, Boston, MA @pavementcoffee @pahbru
36. 4:30 Andrew von Arx, Commonplace Coffee Co., Pittsburgh, PA @thecommonplace @baronvonossum
37. 4:49 Philip Search, La Colombe, Philadelphia, PA @LaColombeCoffee @phineas984
38. 5:08 Maurice Moulton, Catalina Café, Tallahassee, FL @CatalinaCafe @mwm_411
39, 5:27 Katie Rant, Sola Coffee Café, Raleigh, NC @SolaCoffee
Day Three – Sunday, January 19th – 7 Competitors
40. 11:45 David Ward, Buddy Brew Coffee, Tampa, FL @buddybrewcoffee
41. 12:04 Bobbi Jo Vandal, Pavement Coffeehouse, Boston, MA @pavementcoffee @BobbiJoVandal
42. 12:23 Corey Reilly, Everyman Espresso, Rochelle Park, NJ @everymanny @Cor_Rei
43. 12:42 Mark Hundley, Seven Stars Bakery, Providence, RI @7starsbakery @marcushundley
44. 1:01 Tamara Vigil, Irving Farm Coffee Roasters, New York, NY @IrvingFarm
45. 1:20 Kelsie Stewart, Volta Coffee, Tea & Chocolate, Gainesville, FL @true_volta
46. 1:39 Tim Jones, Jubala Coffee, Raleigh, NC @JubalaCoffee @TimmJones