Julie Mayer was lost in a daydream thinking about coffee. “Sorry I just spaced out there. I was thinking about seasonal espresso.” This is not the daydream of an average Joe, but coming from Mayer, it is no surprise. “I love coffee. I love making it. I love talking about it,” she says. Mayer, owner of The French Press coffee shop in Santa Barbara, was a contestant in the Western Regional Barista Competition that ran last weekend from Feb.26 –… Read more