155 : A Conversation w/ T. Ben Fischer of Glitter Cat Barista

Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders · May 28, 2019 · 1h 1m

Less Bitter, More Glitter. That is one of the mottos for Glitter Cat Barista, a new barista competition training program designed to give marginalized and underrepresented communities the resources to shine on the competition stage and address the problem of representation in the USBC.

In it's first year Glitter Cat has made substantial impact on the diversity seen in barista competitions with four of the ten participants advance from qualifiers to nationals where two first time competitors made it to semifinals and one third-year competitor made it to finals.

All of this is the brainchild of…