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Editor Talk

Last May, at the Expo Milano 2015, there held an A bi-monthly magazine serving the coffee society
impressive event that has never been done in the world of in Asia
coffee. Illycafé was the event organizer of different clusters
which introduces coffee in the most amazing way. It pre- Managing Editor
sented the world about coffee from a “seed to cup” manner. Sam Tanadej Kamonchan
The expo not only educated the people but also bring us sam@blueskybooks.net
to the great heritage of Illycafé through all its facilities and
photography. Find out more about this article in the Report Editor
Section. Aran Kamonchan
We hoped that everyone who are the coffee en- aran@blueskybooks.net
thusiasts were as excited as us with the World Coffee Event
2015. Organized by the SCAE, Specialty Coffee Association Blue Sky Books Team
of Europe, the WCE2015 was held in Gothenburg, Sweden. Bodin Amornpattanakul
Our CTI team also flew a long way to the Nordic world to Thitiwat Deeyuadying
bring our readers up to date with the breathtaking stories Sutdrip
of the World’s competition. The report on the competition Jenny Wang
and the World of Nordic Coffee will be in the next issue. Vachapon Thisadeeruk
Prior to the World Coffee Event, there was a World Barista Pocharawan Sukmuen
Championship in April 2015.
In this issue, we take you to the World Barista Graphic designer
Championship 2015, Seattle. Not only we went to the Suda Runnok
coffee event, we also went for café tour in the West Coast
of United States of America. The cities we covered were: Contributor
Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. There Ed Arvidson: www.cascadecoffeeschool.com
is so much to tell and explore that we split the article into Switchaya Yingseree: switchaya.y@gmail.com
two! In this issue, it is all about café hopping in the first two Maja Wallengren: mwallengren@hotmail.com
cities, which are Portland and Seattle. We hope that after Melody Kemp: musi@ecoasia.biz
finishing the article, you will enjoyed the tour as much as
we did and continued on to read the next issue of café tour Publisher
in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Not only we are covering coffee t&i (Thailand)
stories on the events from the west side of the world, have 65/4-6 Soi Chokchai Ruammit,
you heard about the revolution of coffee scenes in Malaysia? Wipawadee Rangsit Road, Jatujak, Bangkok 10900,
Malaysia’s coffee scene is one of the countries in Thailand
Asia with a very rapid growth. With its long history from Tel: +66 2691 5891
Kopi Tiam which started around Asia, Malaysia has now fax: +66 2691 5892
developed their coffee culture to having national competi- Email: info@blueskybooks.net
tion and finally made it professionally to the World Barista
Championship. The coffee industry in Malaysia may be Malaysia Distributor
newer compared to other countries in the world. We have Dankoff Coffee Academy Sdn Bhd
also been on a tour to the famous cafés in Malaysia and it is M6, Jalan ML16, ML16 Industrial Park, 43300 Seri
in the cover story in this issue. Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia
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