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Are you ready to Crush the Rush<\/a>? No, I\u2019m not talking about beating your YYZ high score on Guitar Hero, I\u2019m talking about the new fast-paced espresso drink making competition by La Marzocco<\/a>. Pitting teams of three in a head-to-head, bracket-style competition, Crush the Rush\u00a0is making 10 stops on a US tour, and it is rolling through Portland June 26th. Sprudge Media Network is the official media sponsor of Crush the Rush, and along with national sponsor Oatly<\/a>, we’ll be there every step of the way to gush about the rush crush.<\/p>\n The game is simple: you and two of your efficiency beast barista friends (Beastristas? Rabeastas? You get where I\u2019m going with this) will go head-to-head against another team of three to see who can make eight randomly generated espresso-based drinks the fastest. But it\u2019s not just speed, it\u2019s quality. Each drink will be judged by both a technical and a visual judge to ensure all shots falls within competition parameters and to assess drinks based on cleanliness, microfoam quality, and fills level, respectively. If both judges vote \u201cpass\u201d, this the drink counts. If not, well then consider yourself wrapped up in the remake-it blanket. The last team standing will be crowned the winners and receive the $300 cash prize.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Both teams will be working on La Marzocco\u2019s Strada AV<\/a> (with scale technology) and a Mazzer E<\/a> grinder to create their drinks. Teams are to bring five pounds of coffee to be used in the competition, but beyond that, nothing additional is required (other than the entry fee); in fact, teams are expressly prohibited from bringing anything else.<\/p>\n Crush the Rush will be visiting the following cities: Entry fee for Crush the Rush is $30 per team. Teams can sign up for their preferred city by following the links above. For more information and the full list of rules, visit La Marzocco\u2019s official site<\/a>. So grab your friends\u2014the good ones, not the ones texting during the lunch rush\u2014and prove your workflow dominance.<\/p>\n Zac Cadwalader<\/a>\u00a0is the news editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas.\u00a0Read more Zac Cadwalader\u00a0on Sprudge<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n *all media via La Marzocco<\/em><\/p>\n The post Crush The Rush: A Ferociously Fast Barista Battle From La Marzocco<\/a> appeared first on Sprudge<\/a>.<\/p>\n Source: Coffee News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Are you ready to Crush the Rush? No, I\u2019m not talking about beating your YYZ high score on Guitar Hero, I\u2019m talking about the new fast-paced espresso drink making competition…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39,41],"tags":[63,45,65,47,61,49,59,67,55,57],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749"}],"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=749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":784,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749\/revisions\/784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecurbkaimuki.com\/rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPortland, OR<\/a>: June 26
\nSan Francisco, CA<\/a>: July 2
\nLos Angeles, CA<\/a>: July 6
\nHouston, TX<\/a>: July 17
\nAtlanta, GA<\/a>: July 24
\nWashington, DC<\/a>: July 30
\nChicago, IL<\/a>: August 7
\nKansas City, MO<\/a>: August 10
\nDenver, CO<\/a>: August 14<\/p>\n