Announcing the Throwdown!
Good Morning! Happy Saturday! I’m listening to George Clanton’s “100% Electronica” and drinking some drip! Our Drip here at Tetherball is an 80% Brazil 20% Ethiopian Worka right now and it’s really nice! Mellow but fairly interesting. This mornings been a steady little stream of drip coffees and lattes, throwing out a lot of latte art! Speaking of which!
We announced our throwdown/grand opening for July 17th!
I originally planned to have the party a month after our opening, and it’s not too far off! Getting sponsors involved was easier than I expected, but it did take a little time. Our sprudge.com feature was actually hugely helpful for sending out emails and getting brands interested that we already worked with! I could say like “hey! We’ve got your product up on sprudge for our build” and they were happy to help. The sponsors are mainly for giveaways to help drive traction to a raffle, which we’re doing to get locals involed who aren’t pouring art, and give baristas who don’t win the comp something else to hang out for!
I want locals to show up and party, so we can meet the community!
I also want them to try some great coffee! Good latte art has a really unique and tasty texture, where the milk is velvety and a little sweet, it’s killer! I’m going to be buying pizzas and doing some cheap seltzer draft drinks too, so we’re not all dying of hunger or dehydration. But overall I think that anyone who shows will have a great time, the coffee community always blows these events up!
Why I want noobs to compete!
For one thing the Throwdown is a coffee tradition! And for the last couple years, new baristas haven’t gotten to compete or go to one! A couple years is significant in the lifespan of a typical barista, so that’s a serious gap! PLUS! It’s not about being “Good”, everyone is working on new equipment and is going to kind of suck, I promise. It takes a really special type of person to show up and rock brand new gear, and it’s unlikely there will be many at our event unless they’re traveling real far. I’m not offering cash prizes, just trophies, so I don’t thinkkkk we’ll get sniped by a pro, but we’ll see. I want all the coffee perople in the area to come down and have fun, I want everyone to try to pour that can!
What you should know
Please buy a ticket, show up early so you can practice, and maybe eat a little something first, if you’re competing. If not, same deal! Don’t be grumpy, a slice of pizza is not a meal. It’s fun to watch pours! It’s fun to pour! Come support your local baristas, come support your friends. By showing up for anyone you’re making the difference!
Okay i’m getting slammed at the shop here, gotta go!
Have a great weekend everyone! Come try some of our new boxes on drip, come get some coffee heralded as ”good” by the locals :^)
If you have today off, chill. if you don’t, have fun! Enjoy yourself, smile, you’re as happy as you want to be, and no one can stop you! not even you, because i’m making you? Idk : ]
There may be spelling mistakes, I can’t check this one, gtg !!!!
