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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Zambia's Champion Barista



Meet Francis Njobvu, one of the baristas at the Black Knight Café. He’s been supplying my “coffee fix” once or twice a week during my stay in Zambia. Francis is a world champion barista—and I mean that literally. He represents Zambia in the World Barista Championships, and won in 2007 (Tokyo, Japan) and 2008 (Copenhagen, Denmark). He was due to compete in this year’s Championship in Atlanta, Georgia, but could not secure the visa required to travel to the U.S. Francis uses coffee grown in Zambia.

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