Coffee Barista Preps for National Competition

NPR | By Stuart Cohen

Published March 10, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

Washington D.C.'s champion barista, Ryan Jensen of Murky Coffee, is headed to the annual barista competition in Seattle. For Jensen and his fellow coffee-philes, pouring a "cup of joe" is art.

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