Michael Phillips (barista)

Michael Phillips is a barista who won the United States Barista Championship in Portland, Oregon, in March 2009, while working at Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea in Chicago, IL.[1] He also won the 2010 United States Barista Championship, becoming the second of three repeat U.S. champions to date. He has since become the first US Barista to win the World Barista Championship in London, England, in 2010.[2]

At the March 2011 TED conferences (standing for Technology, Entertainment, Design)[3] in California, Phillips was present at Coffee Common, a new organization with what was called "the unapologetically idealistic purpose to create a community with shared values."[4]

In April 2011, Phillips resigned from his position as director of coffee education at Intelligentsia[5] to help found the Handsome Coffee Roasters[6] in Los Angeles, California, with Tyler Wells and Chris Owens.[7] In 2014, Blue Bottle Coffee Company purchased Handsome Coffee Roasters.[8]

Philips was born in the United States and spent his early life in Royal Oak, Michigan.[1]

References
  1. Oliver Schwaner-Albright, "Like Mike," New York Times, March 13, 2009
  2. Championship website Archived 2011-09-17 at the Wayback Machine
  3. TED website
  4. Oliver Strand, New York Times, March 3, 2011
  5. "Shock: World Barista Champion, Top Staff Resign From Intelligentsia," Sprudge.com, April 11, 2011
  6. Erin Meister, "5 Small-But-Mighty Coffee Roasters to Seek Out," Drinks SeriousEats.comMay 9, 2011
  7. Handsome Coffee Roasters website Archived 2013-05-11 at the Wayback Machine
  8. "Blue Bottle Coffee Buys Handsome and Tonx - Sprudge". 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
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