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FLOW Coffee Telemetry is revolutionizing how coffee professionals monitor and improve their drinks, empowering baristas and coffee shop owners with data-driven insights that enhance the coffee they serve.

The Latte Art Throwdown League 2016 Across the globe from EP Headquarters, tucked in Petaling Jaya Malaysia is a group of passionate barista’s known as The Latte Art Throwdown League organized by Kuala Lumpur Coffee Collective. On January 11th at 8pm at Mollydookers Coffee, the 2016 group began competition. The league hosts 16 contestants, 6 rounds […]

Thursday EspressoParts sent a team to Slate Coffee in Seattle for the monthly TNTNW. Slate is a great coffee bar with loads of talent and knowledge. Good people. We crowded the small cafe. It was hot. It was tight. It was awesome. Thursday afternoon the EspressoParts team hit the road, prizes in tow. It’s an hour’s drive from […]

Happy New Year. Here’s to new beginnings. Cheers! Salute! Sláinte! We often toast to the health of our family, friends, and neighbors during this time of year. Why not toast your espresso machine’s well being too? One of the most important preventive maintenance tasks you can perform on your espresso machine is […]

Publishing the new Flying Portafilter Demitasse post earlier reminded me that we hadn’t blogged our newest barista inspired shirt design.  Act now and you can be the first barista on your block to have one. They are moving fast so get yours now before this first batch is gone. These t-shirts are American made, printed […]

Designed by Canadian inventor and designer Tom Littledeer, this beautifully carved utensil has a fluid form inspired by canoe paddles. Each one is handcrafted from a single piece of North American maple and is shaped, polished and signed by hand. Maple Wood Coffee Paddle Specs: Specifically designed as a flexible stirrer that will not break […]

Last Friday we released versions of our Compressore and EP5 espresso tampers in natural bamboo wood. Not only is bamboo a sustainable renewable source of eco-friendly wood materials but these tamps just plain look and feel great. The handle surface is as smooth as can be and these bamboo handles are light weight and strong […]

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We added some photos of a custom La Marzocco GS2 build we are performing for The Grounds http://flic.kr/s/aHsjwTD5hE

While we were sleeping this morning Espresso Parts Korea was holding their first #TNT. It was really great working with our associates in Korea to plan this event! We also had to send them some amazing custom tamp trophies. By the looks of it they had a great time. Big props to Espresso Parts Korea for […]

Olympia, WA– We’re beyond stoked to announce, Espresso Parts Porcelain Collection has been selected as the official cup sponsor for the World Barista Championship and the World Brewers Cup! Competitors may throw down their drink with our stylish Tulip Cappuccino! Plus you might just spot our sturdy Diner Mug hanging about during the WBrC competition, […]

Have you ever considered customizing your espresso equipment but weren’t really sure where to begin? If so, you’re not alone. Over the last few years there has been an increased demand for custom modifications on espresso machines and grinders, so much so that customization projects have earned a permanent place in equipment budgets of most startup cafés and restaurants. A customized piece of equipment can become the focal point and theme setter for your entire business, not just a necessary bar tool.

We just published the product pages for a limited run printed demitasse cup project. We’ve had both our Brown/White and White Porcelain Demitasse Cups in both the traditional and tulip shape printed up with are famous EP Skull print. If you act soon you can piggy back a few of these bad boys onto an […]

This beauty is first in a series of machines we are customizing for Whole Foods! If you live in San Antonio hit up Whole foods at The Vineyard and pick up some organic matzo and a capp from their new La Marzocco Strada. We made custom wood and glass accents for this project and don’t it look […]

  If you follow our blog you already know that Espresso Parts and Streamer Coffee have teamed up to open a series of Barista Pro Shops in Japan. Well your in for a treat! Below you will find the first pictures of the custom Linea we did for the Pro Shop. Big props go to […]

Espresso Parts had the pleasure of working with Roast Magazine & Imbibe Magazine at Spirit of 77 in Portland, Oregon for the 2012 SCAA! Here’s our staff “working” the manual brew bar! Song: “The Shining Path” by RJD2.

Espresso Parts really wanted to throw a party to celebrate the anniversary and thank everyone that make the series a success…YOU! We mixed things up this time and held the event outdoors in our parking lot. How does one throw an outdoor latte art throwdown in a parking lot???? Well with help from Slate Coffee and […]

Top The Espresso Parts Rinser has been helping professionals save time, money, and water for nearly 5 years now! Our newest build represents everything we’ve learned and includes a number of key feature enhancements. Our Rinser is not just for steaming pitchers, it works with pitchers, glasses, bar wares, any vessel with a diameter of […]

I met Richard Sandlin a couple of years ago at Barista Camp. We hit it off and have stayed in contact. He’s a pretty rad dude making some great moves down in California. Richard hit me up a few months ago regarding a new competition series he wanted to start in the Bay Area. Of […]

Espresso Parts is proud to be a regional sponsor of the BGA #BCRBC. Supporting the barista community has always been important for us and we couldn’t be happier to be involved in this years round of competitions. Along with the regional sponsorship we have two team members attending the competitions in Minneapolis; Heather Ringwood will be […]

We may not exhibit at Coffee Fest but Espresso Parts definitely had a strong presence. Between our third annual #TNTNW Coffee Fest Kickoff at Neptune Coffee & The Nightcap event held at Liberty Bar we were pretty busy. We sent Panda our Community Coordinator up to Seattle to cover all the action at and away […]

Did you know that the SCAJ (Specialty Coffee Association of Japan) is holding their annual event this week? It’s true! We partnered with our very good friend Hiroshi Sawada of Streamer Coffee to celebrate with another #TNTJP. The event took place at Streamer’s Shibuya location and over 300 people showed up! Attendees we’re treated to […]

Espresso Parts Presents TNTNW at Spotted Cow Our November #TNTNW was held at Spotted Cow about twenty minutes out of Seattle. Spotted Cow is home to Maxwell Mooney who recently placed third in the NW region barista competition! He along with the wonderful crew have been elevating their local coffee scene and they’re doing an […]

Espresso Parts Presents #TNTNW at Christopher David Experience Last month we had the absolute pleasure of presenting #TNTNW at The Christopher David Experience (CDX) in Portland’s iconic Pearl District. CDX is an amazing space. This place is a cafe rolled into a high end interior design store wrapped in a floral shop. It’s all kinds […]

Brewing With Espresso Parts: Hermiston Brewer Espresso Parts is bringing affordable, metal-filtered pour over coffee to the masses!  The star of the show with the Yama Hermiston is the flat bottom stainless steel filter. On the inside of the filter you have a fine mesh that will keep sediment to a low and larger mesh on […]

Espresso Parts Presents #TNTNW @ Case Study Coffee Yo! Case Study Coffee hosted #TNTNW last week and we had the best time ever! Fun fact: this was their first event at the new Alberta location and they weren’t even technically open for service yet! You have to visit them the next time you’re in Portland. […]

Espresso Parts Presents #TNTNW @ Dillanos Coffee Roasters We had such a great #TNTNW at Dillanos last week! They really know how to throw a party. Did I mention it’s also their 22nd anniversary this year? The event took place at their newly jazzed up  HQ in Sumner, WA. Our judges for the evening were: Bryan […]

Espresso Parts Presents #TNTNW @ Batdorf & Bronson Olympia’s very own Batdorf & Bronson opened their doors for May’s #TNTNW. The house was packed and we had a couple of coffee stars in the house too! U.S. Barista Champion Laila Ghambari took time out of her hectic schedule to judge the night’s pours and Amanda Juris who […]