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10 Minutes With David “Skip” Colombo

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 […]

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10 Minutes With Ryan Willbur

Ryan Willbur Marketing, Education, & Coffee Coordinator La Marzocco USA Seattle, Washington What other coffee jobs have you had? My first job in coffee was as a barista for Lava Java in Ridgefield, Wash., and […]

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10 Minutes with Mike McKim

Mike McKim @mikemckim Founder & CEO Cuvee Coffee Austin, Texas What other coffee jobs have you had? Regional Sales Manager at Espresso Specialists, Inc., Seattle, Washington What’s your favorite part about working in coffee? When […]

Coffee Gear and Equipment

Refresher: Preventative Maintenance

As many of your are off work this week, we thought we’d take the opportunity to give you some reading material ”save it for later if you want. No matter how experienced you are, or […]

Coffee Gear and Equipment

Backflushing Refresher Course!

I got an email from a barista last night who was having trouble some issues with backflushing: I have a 5 group head La Marzocco and I daily backflush with water and detergent. I now […]