For the love of coffee: a journey to the barista world championship | USA TODAY

[@ilhamyazid7743]

I’m a Barista, and my goal is to be like her, explaining Coffee with a genuine smile, pouring her heart out at every cup. “One cup at a time”

[@selaherees]

Sam is an amazing friend and an incredible barista. She brings a lot of light to this world!

[@lauraclark819]

She killed it. It's so hard to compete, but so happy she represented the US so beautifully on the world stage.

[@_tographer]

Coffee is everywhere but great coffee is hard to find. One cup of perfect espresso will change your whole coffee perspective.

[@oussamalacopole]

she has a beautiful soul

[@hoodwinkedDaDon]

Amazing, inspirational, a true artist

[@parkercushingable]

I was just trying to dial in my Breville. Now I'm planning for WBC 2022!

[@TripleCresentCrafts]

I had the opportunity to meet and learn a bit from Sam and she was so down to earth and really just made you fall in love with the process. I wish I would have learned more from her

[@chasebly]

im sorry are we just gona act like she didnt spend the first 10 seconds of the video with her eyes closed???

[@TJSPARKLE]

I thought she was blind

[@tarajadez225]

I was looking for this comment so thank u😂

[@junpeitaguchi6089]

Which espresso machine is that at her home? @1:26

[@julkempe3291]

I think it's a Marzocco Linea Mini

[@christopherreily1895]

LOL - USA Today misspelled Massachusetts. Just call it Boston, MA :)

[@Startingparenthood]

Let’s go Sam!

[@wakkowarner9522]

wow, what am amazing story! truly inspirational 😊👏💯☕

[@JulianneFreytag]

why am i crying... i don't even drink coffee but she tried so hard😭

[@anonymous-hr6yb]

❤️❤️❤️

[@juanalfaro8816]

I like orange juice in the morning

[@عابرسبيل-و5ي1س]

And some ppl buy Starbucks sad . That what the media do .

[@TheSololobo]

These competitions are incredibly corny and absurd with all this fluff and pomp, just serve the damn thing, drink, jot down what you think, and be gone.

[@dr.z3426]

This guy isn't as good as the latest champ and Sam isn't in Seattle he is in sumner lol

[@erikbarrett85]

I love Espresso....but listening to them slurrrrp off the spoon is so awful. We don't need the sound y'all

[@soyboyhan2780]

That sound is mostly for street cred.

[@MarcoNoPolo]

Hi... my name is Sam and my eyes are closed because it makes you think that I'm so serious and espresso is really difficult to make unless you're like me. A young kid that has been a Barista for like 13 months. So I know what I'm doing. GTFO. Yeah... I'm a kid and will explain espresso to you like I invented it. Not like the Italians that invented it. I have an "American" take on it that's waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy more important. It's ESPRESSO. I've been making it for almost 40 years now. It's not THAT serious. It's just knowing how to make a good espresso. The milk is the easy part. This is beyond pretentious. It's Italian and that's it. Nothing more.

[@pieRana]

All the coffee in shops I've tried were always too bland or too acidic to my liking, and I've bought so much coffee x.x I'm tired of it. it's not worth it's price. I think I want to experiment with decaf, at least i can avoid the caffeine bs.