Snorting signature drinks? Tom Stafford, the owner of the Twisted Pepper in Dublin, Ireland, competed at the Irish Barista Championship earlier today. A short video from his routine was captured by 3FE owner (and Stafford’s former colleague) Colin Harmon, who posted this Instagram a few hours ago:
Comments suggest that the mysterious substance being snorted is caffeine.
In January, Tom Stafford took control of operations at Twisted Pepper. More info via Colin Harmon’s blog:
Tom Stafford has effectively been running the place [Twisted Pepper] for the last 18 months for us and has always harboured ambitions of opening his own place some day. It made a lot of sense for us then to pass the business on to him and give him a leg up the same way that Bodytonic did for us way back in 2009. Since the first day he started with us Tom has shown a huge dedication to the 3FE cause and has worked tirelessly to ensure that the Twisted Pepper shop maintained and even improved its standards over the years.
Could this be a new trend? Will we see this pop up on menus in cafes? Is this the grossest thing a barista competition judge has ever been asked to do?
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