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Fede Cabrera

Male

Buenos Aires

Argentina

Profile Information:

What is your position in the coffee industry?: barista, coffee enthusiast
Where are you located? ( City and Country ): Buenos Aires, Argentina
How many years have you been in the industry?: 4
If you are a barista or shop, are you interested in a barista exchange with another coffee shop/barista?: maybe
About Me:: I`m a Foreign Trade Consultant (and coffee lover), that was lucky enough to made it to the WBC2007. Unfortunately the airline lost my luggage, which arrived only a few minutes before my competition time. I was disqualified ... but I did learn a lot about coffee and the barista profession.

I`m working to promote the consumption of specialty coffee and the barista profession in Argentine ... and soon in Latin-America, too.
Website:: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=1576727150&ref...

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Chris Dickrell

Fede,
So you want to drive around Alaska like Che Guevara did on a motorcycle in South America? If you really want to drive an "ATV" or "RV" from Seattle to Prudhoe Bay via the Cassiar/AlCan/Dalton Highways, August would be the final month to do it. Personally, if I were going on an Alaskan trek, I would use a combination of Alaska Airlines, (AMHS) Alaska's ferry system, Alaska Railroad, car rental, airplane & helicopter charters.

Jan 8, 2008
insanemily

hello! exciting that you're planning to come to alaska and even on an ATV...sounds like you'd fit in perfectly here...august is definitely the last month you'd be able to do it as it gets fairly dark once the solstice happens as well as colder, especially up north. june/july would be your best bet when we have nearly 24 hours of light and the weather is comfortable. i camped along the pipeline on the dalton highway with a friend on the way to the arctic circle in october and it was definitely a little uncomfortable, but alaskans are pretty much used to that :D it really just depends on your comfort level i s'pose. let me know if you have any other questions, i'd love to help you out. being an ambassador for this crazy place kind of comes with the territory...we love sharing the natural beauty and lifestyle with folks!

--emily

Jan 8, 2008
Ingibjörg Jóna Sigurðardóttir

Really nice to meet you too. Are you competing again this year?

Jan 9, 2008
Ingibjörg Jóna Sigurðardóttir

It´s in April. We have alot of work to do befor then. Nothing has been planed for the competition, no work has been done. Sadly, we don´t get much time. But we´ll do fine =)

Jan 10, 2008
Bruce Milletto

Thanks for the email got it and will discuss your ideas with Matt soon - he will be out most of next week but we will get back to you soon...

ciao

Jan 11, 2008
Matias

fede soy matias de chile te acuerdas de mi??? agregame a tu cuenta y buena espero que me cuentes lo que aprendiste en el WBC

Jan 11, 2008
Jay Caragay

Federico - I did not receive your e-mail. Please re-send it to me: jaycaragay@gmail.com

Jan 12, 2008
Ingibjörg Jóna Sigurðardóttir

I hope they will, because it´s so nice to have 2 months to go befor the WBC to train and stuff.

Jan 13, 2008
Bruce Milletto

Fede
Could you resend your email
bruce@bellissimo.net
Want to review your idea with Matt soon - and somehow it got lost in the fray. Thanks Ciao B

Jan 24, 2008
Bruce Milletto

got it - thanks - Matt and I will talk about it and get back to you soon -

Jan 24, 2008
Matias

bien todo bien , veo que volviste de vacaciones, ahora estoy trabajando un cafe de especialidiad de ecuador muy muy bueno , con el campeonato no se que vaya a pasar pero avisame si cuando es alla para volver de todas maneras.

Jan 25, 2008
Matias

podriamos hacer algo interesante ?? que crees tu ?? cuales son tus planes...

Jan 25, 2008
Andi C. Trindle

Hola Fede,

I don't know Bob if I'll have any good opinions for you, but I'm happy to try. You can e-mail me at coffeetastingwoman@Gmail.com.

I'm traveling in El Salvador for the next couple of weeks, so my e-mail access might be a little more limited, FYI. I'm not sure yet.

Jan 26, 2008
nik orosi

man, i was training on my own, you seat in front of your machine and start testing, more coffee, less coffee, corser grinding, finer one, forget grams ,they dont count, the cup is counting, in 20-30sec some 20-35ml, find glass testing cups if you dont have them, train and train, when finding your perfect espresso, find the time for splashing period even it can be tricky but dont worry. then milk, tons of milk, micro foam, forget latte art and train to make perfect milk, or at least the one close to.then go back again, clean grinder and just train dosing, leveling, tamping with as less ground and thrown coffee. its the hardest way but it sounds like is your and mine, we dont have friends as others to help us, but we have passion and will. just go on with the show! i was lucky to visit norway just before tokyo and those 3 days made me 31st,some were laughing, me, i was smiling and happy in tokyo bcos of all of you. if i was longer and somewhere else with training, ill be maybe first. i dont care, iv seen so many better ones how were shaking hands more then i was. so dont worry

Jan 27, 2008
Spencer

Hello -
You may coantact me at Spencert@mitsuifoods.com

Thanks for reaching out.

Jan 28, 2008
Guillermo Ordenana

Hola Fede. Estamos en los preparativos para el evento. El mismo comienza el dia 8,9,10 de febrero y estamos listos para competir. En estos momentos estamos con la visita de los nordic barista champs.

Deberias de visitarnos para el evento, tres de los nordic barista se quedan en Nicaragua por un rato trabajando con Cafe Don Paco, ayudandome a desarrollar el mercado aca.
Saludes,

Jan 28, 2008
Miguel

Hola muy bien, uds que tal por alla?

Jan 28, 2008
Simon James

I watched you in Tokyo and admired your performance. It took a lot of courage to get up and perform in those circumstances. Well done!

Jan 28, 2008
Manu

Hola Fede un saludo desde aca. ahora estoy como loco con la preparacion para la competencia que es el 1 de marzo. Saludos y estamos en contacto!

Jan 28, 2008
Joe Hsu

Hi, Fede nice to hear from you^^

Jan 28, 2008
Bel Townsend

Hola! gracias por tus mesajes... mi espanol este un poco lente ahora..
en ingles... thanks for the messages on the blog! My Phd is in the very early stages at the moment, so there isn't much to show you! I'll post things on the blog when I actually write them.
cuidate!
bel

Jan 29, 2008
Peter Tam

Hi,

The coffee market in China is growing very fast, but the quality is still poor as any other part of the world.

About the Chinese coffee beans, we have two main regions for it. One is in Yunnan, where they have very good arabica beans, and another one is Hainan, where they have mainly the robusta beans. The production volume is not big, comparing with vietnam but increasing.

If anything else I can do, please let me know.

Jan 29, 2008
Barista of Mexico

mucho gusto Fede, gracias por agregarme, mi especialidad es capacitar baristas y reparacion de maquinas de espresso (soy ingeniero), asi que cualquier cosa que te pueda ayudar no dudes en contatctarme.

Julio Aguilar.
Espresso Lab (asi se llama mi empresa)

Jan 30, 2008
Jay Caragay

Fede-
Did you send me another email on the 24th? I've been out of the country in Russia and France and won't be back until Feb 5th.

Jan 30, 2008
Mauricio Escalon

Hola como estas, mucho gusto, como va todo por argentina. Escelente trabajo el que haces, la promocion de buenos cafes hara que este negocio sea sostenible y que bien que la gente empiece a difernciar el buen cafe. Que tan dificil es entrar en el mercado argentino con este tipo de producto nsosotros exportamos mucho a europa, Estados Unidos, Japon pero no hemos podido abrir mercados en America del sur, cuentame un poco, Saludos

Jan 31, 2008
Peter Tam

Hi Fede,

I had been to Buenos Aires in 1996 and learnt that the living cost was very high there. How is it now? It is a very beautiful country and hope to visit it again.

Jan 31, 2008
Peter Tam

Hi Fede,
Chinese coffee is very good, and many people like it. But, it is not easy to send it to you.

Feb 1, 2008
Beata Siwinski

Hola Fede!

Glad you like CoffeeGeek :) I hope to visit Argentina sometime. I think Mark told me about you after the competition and that he was very impressed with your performance under the circumstances!

Feb 1, 2008
christos manousidis

hi man, greetings from Greece!

Feb 1, 2008
Instaurator

Hey Fede you can check out Bondi anytime on this webcam:http://www.coastalwatch.com/camera/cameras_large.aspx?cam=3800&state=NSW&t=8:31:19%20AM&camName=Bondi

I prefer the Avoca webcam cause its closer to home. I hope your board is waxed...

Feb 1, 2008
christos manousidis

It is a great thought. You must be with the only few that make this trip possible. I will like to follow you if i have the time to spare (probably not). Wish you all the luck, you gone to need it.
Please let me be the first who buy this DVD.

Feb 2, 2008
Roberto

en Méxiko esta bien la kosa jejje!!
y ARGENTINA??
me gustaria mucho estar en ese pais
y ver como elaboran un kafé see en mi opinion
creo que estaria interesante !!
solo por ser de argentina !!
ese lugar es genial para ver alos baristas y aparte estar en la cancha de boca para tokar junto kon la murga !!
jeje suerte hermano kuidate !!

Feb 2, 2008
Ben Gleeson

hey Fede,
Not much of a surfer.. but I'm sure I could figure something out!

Feb 3, 2008
Katie Carguilo

Hey Fede,

New York is amazing. But not as amazing as Argentina. I am hoping to get back to Buenos Aires sometime this summer. Where do you live in Argentina?

Your new project sounds exciting!! It actually sounds exactly like what I wanted to do a year ago. Has anyone signed up? When is it scheduled to happen?

It was really good to hear from you! Ojala que nos veamos pronto!

Ciao, gracias, muy amable.
Katie

Feb 3, 2008
Lene Hyldahl

Nice to see you also.
Are you doing good?

Feb 4, 2008
scott@herkimercoffee.com

Argentina is calling big time. Land of the Malbecs and now great coffee! Good luck on your endeavor.

Feb 5, 2008
scott@herkimercoffee.com

that's what i meant. the wine from argentina took awhile but now ranks quite high in the malbec scene. it'll happen. checking out your idea now. i'll get back to you soon...
cheers,
scott

Feb 6, 2008
Sarah Allen

hey federico -- thanks for the kind words about barista mag! nicaragua was great -- for details, check out our blog: baristamagazine.com/blog.

talk soon!
sarah

Feb 6, 2008
scott conary

Hey Fede! It's funny you should mention that....I just got back from Honduras doing that very thing...training Baristi (among other activities).

I would be very interested, so send me info and keep me updated. You can email me directly at : scott@caffedriade.com .

Feb 9, 2008
chiara nicolini jiskra

por supuesto que cuentas conmigo!!!! avisame lo que necesites y encantada voy hacer training paralos baristas! un beso!

Feb 9, 2008
MANUEL

hola fede gracias por la bienvenida, espero hacer muchos amigos y aprender mucho de ustedes, apenas comienzo en este oficio y me entusiasma mucho el mundo del cafe y la alimentacion en general. espero seguir en contacto see you later...

Feb 9, 2008
Ingibjörg Jóna Sigurðardóttir

Hey Fede. Thank you for a good invitation. I just got back from Nicaragua, I was on the NBC trip. We did some training and I trained outside the NBC-trip. So count me in.
You can send me more info at ingibjorgs@kaffitar.is

Feb 9, 2008
Jónína Tryggvadóttir

Hi Fede, I am very intersted in that, and I would like to stay longer than a couple of days, if that is possible! I am in Nicaragua now for two months and I am already thinking about where to next, or when to come back. I love it here:)
Best regards
Jónína

Feb 9, 2008
Kerry Laird

Hi Freddie,
I'll help in your research if I can! kerrylaird@pacificbaycoffee.com
Kerry

Feb 10, 2008
Stefanos Domatiotis

hello !!! my friend Fede i hope t be perfect Thank you for a nice invitation itis perfect if you can send me more info about stefanespresso123@hotmail.com tnx!!! man
make espressssssssooooooooo do art !!

Feb 10, 2008
Emily

Fede - sounds wonderful, please, keep me informed.

Emily

Feb 10, 2008
HENRY HUECK

she came the first day and did not come back...don't know why ...will find out

Feb 11, 2008
nik orosi

yes, your music from wbc, thanks man!!!!

Feb 11, 2008
Karen.V.Manfut

Muchas Gracias Federico!.

Feb 12, 2008
Karen.V.Manfut

Si Don Henry ya me estuvo explicando sobre tu proyecto pero no estaria mal que igual me lo enviaras a mi correo ramacafe2008@gmail.com, no se sobre el chat group, poneme al tanto por favor estoy super interesada.

Feb 12, 2008