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10 Minutes With Luigi Di Ruocco

Luigi Di Ruocco Vice President Mr. Espresso Oakland, California What other coffee jobs have you had? [Before taking a position with Mr. Espresso, Luigi was the founder and president of Coffee Bar in San Francisco] […]

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10 Minutes With Justin DeWaard

Justin DeWaard General Manager/Director of Coffee Rowster Coffee Grand Rapids, Michigan What other coffee jobs have you had? I started working in 2005 at JP’s Coffee & Espresso in Holland, Mich., as a barista ”though […]

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10 Minutes With Matt Vassau

Matt Vassau Founder and CEO Driven Coffee Minneapolis, Minnesota What other coffee jobs have you had? My first coffee job was VP of field operations for Espresso Partners in Minneapolis, Minnesota. We serviced and sold […]

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10 Minutes With Yiannis Taloumis

Yiannis Taloumis Founder, CEO, Quality Control Manager (research for quality coffee & controlling roasting process) Taf Coffee Athens, Greece What other coffee jobs have you had? I did not have any other jobs, my whole […]

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10 Minutes With Husein and Carly Noorani

Husein and Carly Noorani Roaster (Husein), Co-founders Between Friends Roasting Company Ardmore, Pennsylvania  What other coffee jobs have you had? Husein, better known as Hus, was a barista at Cafe en la Esquina in Sayulita, […]

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10 Minutes With Troy Reynard

Troy Reynard Owner/Barista Cosmic Cup Coffee Company Easton, Pennsylvania   What other coffee jobs have you had? First and only. What’s your favorite part about working in coffee? Interacting with customers. To me, working bar […]

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10 Minutes With Tony Tan

Tony Tan Owner Tony Coffee Workshop Singapore & Roasting and barista trainer in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, China, & Singapore.   What other coffee jobs have you had? Roaster at Highlander Coffee Singapore, Head Barista for […]

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10 Minutes With Terika Raak

Terika Raak Manager Caffe Ladro, Capitol Hill location Seattle, Washington What other coffee jobs have you had? I first started in coffee about 10 years ago as a barista at the Nordstrom Espresso Bar in […]

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10 Minutes With Yannis Apostolopoulos

Yannis Apostolopoulos Business and Sales Development Director W.S. Karoulias S.A. Athens, Greece & Member of the Board Speciality Coffee Association of Europe (SCAE) Chelmsford UK   What other coffee jobs have you had? Surprisingly enough, […]