David “Skip” Colombo Senior Account MGR Stumptown Coffee Roasters Portland, Oregon What other coffee jobs have you had? 1990-1994 Espresso Royale Cafe, East Lansing, Michigan: barista, shift supervisor 1994-1995 Coffee Exchange, West Bloomfield, Birmingham, and […]
Y’all sure are serious about getting your edu-ma-cation ”you really want to win this awesome coffee varietal graphic poster from Café Imports. And heck, I don’t blame ya! It’s amazing! We have it hanging in […]
Marty Roe Co-owner Service Call LLC & About The Coffee Kansas City, Missouri What other coffee jobs have you had? In April of 2003, after spending 20 years with the KC Royals Baseball, I decided […]
Happy Humpday, everyone! We are officially at the mid-way mark in this week. That means a lot of things, including that we’re even closer to the start of the Big Western Barista Competition happening in […]
Lindsay Lee ¨ Customer Support and Wholesale Trainer ¨ Counter Culture Coffee ¨ Asheville, North Carolina (header photo by Sarajane Case) What other coffee jobs have you had? These are vast and varied. When […]
I was excited when our friend and Barista Magazine contributor and copy editor Erin Meister introduced me to Sam Saverance recently because Sam is up to some really incredible coffee things. He’s bringing Ethiopia to […]
Gerra Harrigan Trader InterAmerican Coffee Boston, Massachusetts What other coffee jobs have you had? When I was 15, I got a job at a coffee shop about four miles from my house. It was the […]
I heard about the company, Big Island Coffee Roasters, recently, and thought their story was so interesting, I wanted to share it with you readers. Owned by Kelleigh Stewart and Brandon von Damitz, the company […]
It’s been a wild week in coffee, let me tell you! Maybe it feels that way in part because Portland, Ore. ”where Barista Magazine’s HQ are based ”is undergoing snopocalypse 2014. But so is a […]
James Tooill Roaster, Profile Developer, QC, Barista Trainer Argo Sons Coffee Louisville, Kentucky What other coffee jobs have you had? I started as a barista at the Dripolator Coffeehouse in Black Mountain. North Carolina. I […]
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