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One of the largest takeaways from the 2019 US Coffee Championship<\/a> season was the breakout success of Glitter Cat<\/a>. The barista bootcamp created by two-time US Barista Championship finalist T. Ben Fischer that focuses on providing training and resources to under-represented groups in coffee competition placed two competitors into the 2019 USBC Finals with a third, first-timer Anthony Ragler, just a whisper away from making the final six. The Glitter Cat baristas were northing short of a force to be reckoned with in 2019, and 2020 looks to be no different.<\/p>\n Now in its second year, the Glitter Cat Barista Bootcamp<\/a> has expanded beyond just the Barista Championship to include the Brewers Cup, Coffee in Good Spirits, and Roasters Competition. And applications are now open<\/a>!<\/p>\n Taking place throughout October and November of this year, each of the four disciplines will have a dedicated, all-expenses paid two-and-a-half day bootcamp, instructed by both last year\u2019s US champion and a Head Judge from that event. The schedule is as follows:<\/p>\n Roasters Bootcamp<\/strong> Barista Bootcamp<\/strong> Brewers Bootcamp<\/strong> Coffee In Good Spirits Bootcamp<\/strong> Fischer tells Sprudge:<\/p>\n I’m pretty dang excited for the 2020 season. 2019 was filled with ideas, growth, mistakes, and a development of a program that had a foggy yet fabulous future. After the glitter settled from last year, I got to sit down, journal, and truly think about where Glitter Cat was and where it could grow. We wanted to expand access but make sure that Glitter Cats were getting plenty of individual instruction and follow-up help. We also wanted to make sure that the positive impact was felt across the whole competition scene. The best way for us to do this was to expand to three other competitions and have four bootcamps with limited to ten participants each.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n As with the inaugural barista bootcamp, Glitter Cat is seeking coffee professionals with varying levels of experience \u201cwho identify as part of a marginalized community,\u201d including but not limited to \u201cLGBTQIA+, womxn, racial\/ethnic minorities, and persons with disabilities.\u201d Applications will be accepted through the 15th of August and can be made via the Glitter Cat website<\/a>.<\/p>\n For more information about Glitter Cat Bootcamp, the 2020 curriculum, or to apply, visit Glitter Cat\u2019s official website<\/a>. And make sure you have a Twitter account. When you\u2019re climbing the ranks through the First Round, then the Semis, and ultimately into the Finals, you\u2019re going to want to know every time Sprudge Live<\/a> live-tweets your name.<\/p>\n Zac Cadwalader<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas.\u00a0Read more Zac Cadwalader\u00a0on Sprudge<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n The post Applications For The 2020 Glitter Cat Barista Bootcamp Are Now Open<\/a> appeared first on Sprudge<\/a>.<\/p>\n Source: Coffee News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of the largest takeaways from the 2019 US Coffee Championship season was the breakout success of Glitter Cat. The barista bootcamp created by two-time US Barista Championship finalist T….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[63,45,65,47,61,49,59,55,57],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2321"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2331,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321\/revisions\/2331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nOctober 25-26th, 2019
\nMill City Roasters<\/a> in Minneapolis, MN
\n2019 United States Roasters Champion Shelby Williamson and 2019 United States Cup Tasters Champion Jen Apodaca instructing<\/em><\/p>\n
\nNovember 2-4, 2019
\nDillano\u2019s Coffee Roasters<\/a> in Sumner, Washington
\n2019 United States Barista Champion Samantha Spillman instructing<\/em><\/p>\n
\nNovember 16-18th, 2019
\nWork Bench Coffee Labs<\/a>\u00a0in Kansas City
\n2019 United States Brewers Cup Champion Kaley Gann instructing<\/em><\/p>\n
\nNovember 23-25th, 2019
\nKohi Coffee<\/a> in Provincetown, MA
\n2019 Coffee in Good Spirits Champion Matt Foster instructing<\/em><\/p>\n\n