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badbeard hits the big time

by Charles Noble on January 5, 2010

Photo: Oregonian/Jamie Francis

Justin “Badbeard” Kagan, the Portland cellist neé coffee roaster and foodie extraordinaire, has been featured in today’s Oregonian courtesy of the O’s classical music critic David Stabler.  It’s a nice write up, and you can find it here.  Justin does a great job of explaining his coffee ethos, and that is worth sharing once more:
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close ties

by Charles Noble on December 1, 2009 · 1 comment

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Oregon Symphony cellists Ken Finch and Justin Kagan sported the exact same tie for our Salem Pops concert last night – what were the odds??

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quid pro joe?

by Charles Noble on November 17, 2009 · 2 comments

Portland’s own Badbeard’s Microroastery will be offering a new signature blend called Symphony – for every one pound bag of freshly roasted coffee that you purchase direct from Badbeard himself (in fact local cellist and coffee geek extraordinaire Justin Kagan, a frequent performer with the Oregon Symphony, Portland Cello Project, Red Sneakers, and more) two [...]

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coffee from the inside

by Charles Noble on April 9, 2009

Today I took a trip to my good friend Justin Kagan’s coffee roasterie off Johnson Creek Blvd in SE Portland, where both he and business partner Andrea Spella roast their exquisite lots of super premium coffees.  It was such a great experience – sensory overload was always a possibility – and it was great to [...]

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more 24/7 photos

by Charles Noble on March 24, 2009

Cellist Gregory Dubay plays the Brahms e-minor Sonata with pianist Bill Crane just after dawn.

Pianist and organist Tamara Still plays selections from Bach’s Goldberg Variations at 8 a.m.

Soprano Lisa Mooyman, pianist Bill Crane and cellist Justin Kagan.

Cellist Justin Kagan.

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portland perks

by Charles Noble on October 20, 2008

Which include having a friend who is a coffee roaster (opens in a new window) par excellence!

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a new phase

by Charles Noble on September 20, 2008

Performing is interesting.  I’ve found that I’m more analytical of what’s happening during my performances now than before.  I’m not sure if that’s because I’m now able to devote a small portion of my overworked brain to something other than trying to execute the piece, or not, but I’m finding that I’ve reached a new, [...]

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