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AWAY TAKE Continued on page 20 Chillin' at the 1st International Cold-Brew Coffee Throwdown Latte art, shmatte art: Sometimes baristas want to mix things up a little, right? Barista Mag was stoked to host the 1 st International Cold-Brew Throwdown during the SCAA Expo in April with Stumptown Coffee and Rogue Ales at the uber- rad Atlanta coffeehouse Chrome Yellow. Fifteen competitors from around the world served judges as well as more than 1,000 party-goers straight cold brews and sig bevs, Top Chef–style. Blake Nail of Sunergos won the grand prize, with Ben Cram of Fernwood taking People's Choice. And the party rocked on the rocks, all night long. Barista Magazine, Anywhere, Anytime Barista Magazine is now in your pocket! Now you can download full issues of Barista Magazine for free from the Apple App Store, Google Play, and Amazon directly to your phone. Thanks to the support of our friends at Pacific Barista Series, you'll be able to store full issues of Barista Mag in any portable digital device with or without wireless, absolutely free. PHOTOS BY STERLING GRAVES International Cold-Brew Throwdown winner Blake Nail (le ), and People's Choice Award winner Ben Cram. Competitors served samples of their straight cold brew and cold-brew signature drinks to hundreds of a endees during the Stumptown–Rogue Ales–Barista Magazine party at Chrome Yellow in Atlanta. Urnex Welcomes 2016 Global Barista Ambassadors After great success in its first year, Urnex Brands Inc.'s Ambassador Program—which offered select National Barista Champions support, recognition, and endorsement in 2015 during and after the World Barista Championship—is back and bigger for 2016. Returning Barista Champion Ambassadors include Canada's Ben Put; Taiwan's Berg Wu; France's Charlotte Malaval; Mexico's Julieta Vazquez Rivera; Netherlands' Lex Wenneker; and Japan's Yoshi Iwase; as well as newcomers Agnieszka Rojewska of Poland; Léo Moco of Brazil; Steven Moloney of Sweden; Mathieu Theis of Switzerland; Nisan Ağca of Turkey; and Lem Butler of the United States. www.urnex.com 18 barista magazine