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Sixth Time’s the Charm for 2025 U.S. Barista Champ Kay Cheon
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Sixth Time’s the Charm for 2025 U.S. Barista Champ Kay Cheon

In his sixth year competing and fourth time in the finals, Kay Cheon broke through to become the newest U.S. Barista Champion. BY CHRIS RYANBARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE Featured photo courtesy of Onyx Coffee Lab In the first section of this two-part interview, we learned how Kay Cheon—who works as head of wholesale and education at California’s Dune Coffee Roasters—won the […]

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Sixth Time’s the Charm for 2025 U.S. Barista Champ Kay Cheon
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Sixth Time’s the Charm for 2025 U.S. Barista Champ Kay Cheon

In his sixth year competing and fourth time in the finals, Kay Cheon broke through to become the newest U.S. Barista Champion. BY CHRIS RYANBARISTA MAGAZINE ONLINE Featured photo courtesy of Onyx Coffee Lab In 2018, as a young coffee professional working at Santa Barbara, Calif.’s Dune Coffee Roasters, Kay Cheon surprised himself. Taking part in

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