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[bravecadet]

one of my fav remixes to be sure 💯

[englishgirlabroad]

#bulletcofffee is a blessing when sometimes you don’t sleep very well due to the#sideeffects of your medication. #insomnia #imonamission to #getfit and #helpmybody #recover from my #operation -#recovery Isn’t easy and each day has its challenges. Sometimes I can’t get out of bed, other days I have enough energy to have a go on the exercise bike and maybe go for a jog. However I can never predict how I feel and that’s one of the suckier things about an #autoimmunedise disease. It’s hard to plan the future but you have to if you’re going to survive. I believe in always having goals and being driven towards my future. I encourage anyone within an invisible illness like this to try and find some form of exercise that you can do daily and get those #endorphins pumping. If you haven’t experienced the rush and high exercise can give you then you haven’t found the right exercise for you yet. I don’t have a perfect body. I might never have a perfect body. But why don’t I choose what perfect means to me? How about it means that I am not overweight and that I can jog or run on a good day if I feel like it. How about I treat my body like a good friend? I feed it healthy things that help to heal and build it up. But occasionally I let it have a treat as long as it promises to do some exercise to counter that. Every time I do some exercise I feel so incredibly lucky. I’ve been in a situation where I’ve been #tooill to get out of bed and so every little bit is a #blessing. #nhs #nhssavedmylife #autoimmunedisease #livertransplant #livertransplantrecipient #livertransplantsurvivor #livertransplantlife #organtransplant #organdonation #organdonationawareness #organdonationsaveslives #organtransplantstory #organdonationsavedmylife #nhsorgandonation #idonate #scar #ilovemyscar #proudofmyscar www.wearenamesnotnumbers.co.uk

[cantrushgeatness]

Whether its overcast or sunny out she comes with the finesse #shootsum #portraits #exklusive_shot #goodvibes #nikon #canon #illgrammers #finesse #shooteverything #heatercentral #artofvisual #shoot2kill #cantrushgreatness #tooill #mkexplore #justgoshoot #agameoftones #visuals #stayhungry #visuallyinspired #photography #quality #fatalframes #thedallasvisual #dfwports #visualsoflife #portraits_ig #sensual_ladies #visualsgang #visualcreator (at Dallas, Texas)

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I'm still really not well, but at least I'm not being sick everytime I move now. So that"s good. • Here is one of the prettiest ARCs I own. Have you read City Of Circles yet? It's on my list to get too. Unfortunately, I was too ill to get it read before publication date. :( #bookstagram #instabook #thepufflehufflekittehreads #arcs #thecityofcircles #jessrichards #bookdragon #bookworm #paperback #beautifulcover #tooill #fedupofbeingill

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Elika Liftee Gets Personal for U.S. Brewers Cup-Winning Routine

A barista trainer at Onyx Coffee Lab, Elika combined his vision of sustainability and innovation with elements of his heritage to win the 2020 U.S. Brewers Cup.

BY CHRIS RYAN BARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE

Cover photo by The Pour courtesy of Pacific Foods.

Last month in Costa Mesa, Calif., making his first appearance in the U.S. Brewers Cup finals, Elika Liftee discussed the ideas of discipline and innovation. He wanted to honor the forward-thinking tactics that farms like La Palma y El Tucan (whose coffee he was using) employ to produce amazing-quality coffee, but he also wanted to make a little of that coffee go a long way, demonstrating that sustainability-minded efforts can still produce awards-caliber results.

Elika Liftee addressing the judges during his U.S. Brewers Cup-winning routine in Costa Mesa. Photo by Jenn Hall for the SCA.

Elika did just that in Costa Mesa, using a quick-extraction method of 10g doses on a Kalita Wave to capture the 2020 U.S. Brewers Cup title. The La Palma y El Tucan Gesha he used in the routine also allowed him to present an element of himself, with his Hawaiian roots reflected in the coffee’s tropical flavors.

Elika, an assistant barista trainer at Arkansas’ Onyx Coffee Lab, will now take his routine to the World Brewers Cup stage in Melbourne, Australia, in November. He’ll travel Down Under with his Onyx colleague Andrea Allen, who won the U.S. Barista Championship on the same day as Elika’s victory. We talked to Elika about his competition routine, preparing for the stage, and much more.

Chris Ryan: Can you describe your coffee background? How long have you been in coffee, how did you come to work in it, and what are some of your duties at Onyx?

Elika Liftee: Like many people, I got interested in coffee while in college. I attended John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Ark., and made my first visit to Onyx Coffee Lab in 2012. I tried a black coffee on pourover and was amazed that they didn’t add any flavoring to the cup. That got me hooked. I applied to work there during school and unfortunately didn’t make it past the interview.

A few years later I was looking to move back to the area and Onyx hired me for their new café. So, for four and a half years I’ve worked for Onyx in some capacity—first as a barista, then as the director of events, a manager, and for the past three years I’ve been the assistant trainer. Dylan Siemens (head of education) and I split barista training in our cafés. We train a lot of our wholesale partners in our lab or on-site at their locations. We handle quality control of the coffees in our shops, as well. I’m also responsible for writing the brewing recipes that we put up on our website for each coffee.

Elika (left) and his Onyx colleague Lance Hedrick react to the announcement that Elika has won the 2020 U.S. Brewers Cup. Photo by The Pour courtesy of Pacific Foods.

How many years have you competed? What do you like about Brewers Cup as a coffee competition?

This was my third year competing in the Brewers Cup. I made an attempt at Cup Tasters a while back, but to little success. I always wanted to compete in Brewers. I’m a pretty competitive person and made coffee at home for a while before working for Onyx. Brewers Cup seems both elevated and approachable. People have been doing some wild things onstage, but you could probably replicate most recipes at home or at the café. I think it can be engaging for audiences in that way. Also, I just like drip coffee more than I like espresso.

How did you settle on the “discipline and innovation” theme of your routine?

My theme didn’t solidify until a couple weeks before Nashville qualifiers. I wanted to bring a weightier message to the Brewers stage, like we see in Barista, but I wanted to relate it to the entire performance. I was inspired by La Palma’s example of sustainability. They are known for producing excellent quality and experimental processing, but their discipline stood out to me. Similarly, Onyx’s motto of “Never Settle for Good Enough” can sometimes be taken out of context. We aren’t reckless.

My theme of discipline and innovation was important to me because it represents not only my own approach, but also how I think our industry will truly thrive. Innovation is important because it’s how we raise the ceiling. This pushes farmers to produce better cup quality and baristas to serve better drinks. Discipline is just as important to make sure we don’t drop the floor out from underneath ourselves. The specialty industry is expected to increase 43% in the next five years, yet in the next 25 years we are expected to lose 50% of current coffee-growing lands due to climate change. I wanted to do a small part by showing that I could make a small dose of coffee taste great. Turned out I could also extract that coffee more efficiently and quickly than our normal recipes—10g of coffee extracted to 23% in under 2 minutes. La Palma fit perfectly into that theme because that’s what they do. If you look at their recent Instagram posts, you can see how they removed large amounts of their profitable Estates & Varietals trees to reintroduce native plants. Their effort to improve their own sustainability hasn’t sacrificed cup quality, and I was happy to showcase their efforts.

Using 10g of coffee in each cup he brewed for the judges, Elika sought to make a small amount of coffee taste great in his U.S. Brewers Cup routine. Photo by Jenn Hall for the SCA.

You mentioned in your routine that many of the notes of tropical fruits in your coffee were reminiscent of your Hawaiian upbringing. Was it important to you to represent that part of yourself with your coffee, or did that end up being a happy accident?

Yes! My parents were in the Air Force. My Mom was from Oklahoma and my Dad was Native Hawaiian, but I was actually born in Japan. I didn’t actually grow up in Hawaii where my dad is from; instead I grew up in Oklahoma around my mom’s family. So, not only do I not look very Hawaiian, but also I didn’t grow up with a lot of the traditional culture, I grew up like an Okie. One of the things that I feel very connected with, though, is food. Growing up, my dad had lots of tropical fruit nectars in the fridge, he taught me how to core pineapple, eat papaya, guava, as well as Hawaiian staples like Spam and eggs! I love Oklahoma, fishing, and football, but growing up I felt like an outsider. I love tropical coffees, and La Palma’s Gesha almost fell right into my lap. I wanted tropical, I wanted floral, and I wanted lots of sweetness. I can’t say I would have been as willing to serve a Spam coffee, but I’m open to the collaboration.

What was your experience like of competing in the finals?

Oh my goodness, that was exciting and nerve-racking. There were so many great competitors this season. It was my first finals, but I’d learned a lot from my judges the past two years. Still, until I heard my name, it wasn’t real. My routine hadn’t changed much from Nashville, so I was familiar and comfortable with it. Onyx’s team is supportive and I never had to worry about the little things. At that point it’s all up to your preparation, and I worked really hard this season to be up there. I worked hard on the recipe and poured water over and over, I worked hard tasting that coffee, I worked hard watching Dakota roast my coffee (thanks Dakota), I worked hard on my script and movements onstage (thanks Dylan). Honestly, I was more nervous for Andrea in finals because for a long time I’ve believed she’s the best. I just wanted to do my best and I believed I’d put in the work to be successful.

Elika with James Tooill of Ally Coffee; by winning the U.S. Brewers Cup, Elika will be part of the next Ally Coffee Champions Origin Trip. Photo by The Pour courtesy of Pacific Foods.

What did it mean to you to win this competition, and to represent Onyx?

It means a lot. I don’t express myself very openly, but it was an emotional experience. As someone who has traditionally worked behind the scenes in different roles, it’s great to see my ideas resonate and succeed. I wanted to win for Onyx and Northwest Arkansas. Our specialty-coffee community is small and the market is nowhere near saturated. I want our community to recognize that some of the best coffee in the world is served in their neighborhood and I’m proud that Onyx is a big part of that. It’s exciting to me that Northwest Arkansas, and Onyx, has become a coffee tourism destination.

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Unpretty Song Lyrics – Tlc

Unpretty Song Lyrics

Unpretty Song Lyrics From Popular Hollywood Artist Tlc from Album.

This song is sung by singer ” Tlc ” in Year 1999.

Lyrics of Unpretty :

i wish could tie you up in my shoes make you feel unpretty too i was told i was beautiful but what does that mean to you look into the mirror whos inside there the one with the long hair same old me again today yeahmy outsides look cool my insides are blue every time i think im through its because of you ive tried different ways but its all the same at the end of the day i have myself to blame im just trippinyou can buy your hair if it wont grow you can fix your nose if he says so you can buy all the make up that mac can make but if you cant look inside you find out who am i too be in the position to make me feel so damn unpretty yeah ill make you feel unpretty toonever insecure until i met you now im bein stupid i used to be so cute to me just a little bit skinny why do i look to all these things to keep you happy maybe get rid of you and then ill get back to me heymy outsides look cool my insides are blue every time i think im through its because of you ive tried different ways but its all the same at the end of the day i have myself to blame believe im just trippin yeahyou can buy your hair if it wont grow you can fix your nose if he says so you can buy all the make up that mac can make but if you cant look inside you find out who am i too be in the position to make me feel so damn unpretty ill make you feel unpretty tooill make you feel unprettyyou can buy your hair if it wont grow you can fix your nose if he says so you can buy all the make up that mac can make but if you cant look inside you find out who am i too be in the position to make me feel so damn unprettyyou can buy your hair if it wont grow you can buy all the make up that mac can make

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The 2018 US Coffee Championships Prelims: Weekend Three

Over one action-packed weekend in Greenville, Denver, and Washington, DC, brewers and baristas preliminarily competed in competitions, the third such weekend this season. These competitors are on the journey to the much-anticipated US Coffee Championship Qualifiers rounds, happening either this year or early next. From there, the national competition, where only two will be crowned US Brewers Cup and US Barista Champion. We had folks on the ground taking glorious photos of the three events and here they are in full color.

Washington, DC Photographer: Farrah Skeiky

Participants in Washington, DC crowded Dolcezza Gelato. Absolutely *crowded* it—with over 2,400 tickets registered on EventBrite, this was by far the most attended preliminary in its short history. The coffee community in DC and surrounding areas poured in to witness this spectacle, made possible by the folks at Coffee District. Alexander Gable of Coffee District told Sprudge “[they] just to love to host people and throw parties. When Victor [Vasquez] and I first discovered that the SCA was taking applications from members to host the preliminaries, we signed up immediately because we knew it was going to be rad getting to do this in our hometown. D.C. often gets stigmatized by its obvious political conundrum, gentrification, and downtown tourist attractions, but this place can be magical if you stay out of the way of all that sour milk.”

Sponsors of the event also included Stumptown, Dolcezza, Small Planes, Vigilante, La Marzocco, Modbar, Five Acres Farms, Swiss Water Decaf, Pacific Foods, Curtis Wilbur, and Dim Sum DC Media (who took photos for us during the event!) The preliminary took place during Coffee District’s Coffee Fest, with events across the city. A post-competition feast was provided by Madeline Lewsen of The Dabney and the folks at Tail Up Goat, providing BBQ for the participants, with a case of Susucaru natural wine to wash it all down.

When we asked what made this event special, Alexander Gable said, “I think the space and the people involved made it special. We made a ton of amazing new friends, and all comments about how the event went were geared towards everyone having an exceptionally good time and it being very inclusive, and I think that’s all we could have asked for.”

Cara Nakagawa of Toby’s Estate competes in the Barista Competition.

Jenna Gothelf of Everyman Espresso, the top ranking barista reacts to the announcement in Washington, DC.

Washington, DC Preliminary Barista Competition Results:

Washington, DC Preliminary Brewers Cup Results:

Greenville, South Carolina Photographer: Lem Butler

Ally Coffee hosted the Greenville “Southern” Preliminaries. A wedding venue was converted into a full-fledged competition arena. Nearly 140 people showed up with over seventy participants. “We chose to host this event because we believe in the power of competitions to advance the coffee industry,” said Ally Coffee US Sales Manager James Tooill. Ally’s support of the competitions goes further than hosting, as they sponsor origin travel prizes at the US Nationals and World level, sponsor green coffee for the US Roasters Competition and World Cup Tasters. When the opportunity to organize a preliminary event presented itself, “it made perfect sense for us to host because we have already been doing so much to support competitions globally that we also wanted to support locally!”

“We had originally planned to host this event as a grand opening party for our new office which is going to be 7,000 sq ft of coffee lab awesomeness,” Tooill explained, “Unfortunately, permitting delays prevented this. It was a lot of work for our team to host this offsite and I’m very proud of Team Ally for pulling it off. Of course, what really made it special was every single person that took the time and energy to build coffee community!”

You can’t host a preliminary on your own, and sponsors Ancap, Mahlkonig, Nuova Simonelli, Due South Coffee, Counter Culture Coffee, 1000 Faces, and Spirit Tea all helped make this event an action-packed, coffee/tea-fueled professional development rager.

Here are the Southern Prelim rankings:

Greenville Preliminary Barista Competition Results:

Greenville Preliminary Brewers Cup Results:

Denver, Colorado Photographer: Daniel Mendoza

Participants from California, Utah, Arizona, Texas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Kansas took part in the preliminary programming in Denver, Colorado. The Rocky Mountain Craft Coffee Alliance threw the shindig, with the support of Novo Coffee and about twenty coffee companies across the country.

When asked why the RMCCA decided to host, Josh Taves (RMCCA Vice Chair and Quality Control and Business Development Manager at Novo Coffee) told us, “The Rocky Mountain Craft Coffee Alliance’s mission statement is that we are a group focused on developing community among coffee enthusiasts, both consumer and professional, through education, collaboration events, and networking all along the Rocky Mountain region. We felt like we had the ideal vision and reach to be able to host a great event through collaboration with the Rocky Mountain Craft Coffee community and that the USCC Preliminaries would be a great way to showcase the hard work and community spirit of our members.

It wasn’t just competitions—oh, no—beverages were flowing for all with a pour-over booth from Spur Coffee, Nitro Cold Brew from Novo Coffee, and a tea service from Spirit Tea. “Fleet Coffee sponsored a cool party also at a board game bar,” Taves added.

Hosts teamed up with Toddy, Novo Coffee, Huckleberry Coffee Roasters, and Sweetbloom Coffee, Logan House Coffee, Moru Coffee, Loyal Coffee, Morning Fresh Farms. Prizes were furnished by Synesso, Rhino Coffee Gear, AeroPress, Amethyst Coffee, Cherry Roast, Middlestate Coffee, La Marzocco, and Corvus Coffee. Rocky Mountain Craft Coffee Alliance.

For Josh Taves, “the comradery and teamwork spirit of the event brought together a huge array of people, companies, and ideas under one roof for a united purpose and it was so cool to be a part of that.”

Denver Preliminary Barista Competition Results:

Denver Preliminary Brewers Cup Results:

The fourth and last weekend of preliminary events take place this weekend in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Louisville, Kentucky. Follow us on Instagram for the latest from these events!

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[jayrocxx-blog]

“Remember that night we all took shots of hen and said whatever happens happens ? Well...... I’m pregnant” #tooiLL @htxreg #Meme #MemeChallenge #TooiLLMemeChallenge