Pete Licata of PT’s is the Prince of Coffee

By Owen Morris

Pete Licata is a world class barista who practices his art at PT’s Coffee on the KU Edwards Campus in Overland Park. In May, he placed second at this year’s United States Barista Championship, a national competition amongst serious baristas in Minneapolis. We caught up with him at PT’s, where we heard about how coffee competitions turned Licata from a mohawked, crappy-clothes-wearing slacker into a champion.