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Nicole Michaud

Stillwater

Profile Information:

What is your position in the coffee industry?: barista, coffee enthusiast, industry professional, consultant
Where are you located? ( City and Country ): Minneapolis, MN
How many years have you been in the industry?: Lifelong passion, 7 years as a professional
If you are a barista or shop, are you interested in a barista exchange with another coffee shop/barista?: no
Tell us more about your coffee shop or barista skills.: My first real job in coffee was with a product/machine importer in Minneapolis as the office/sales assistant where I had the opportunity to do a little bit of everything from placing product and small wares orders to menu development and beverage training. I was able to help with every step of opening your own coffee shop under the mentorship of some amazing industry leaders.
I have also worked as a barista, manager, trainer and store opener with both indie and chain operations.
I currently work with roasters, importers, distributors, and chain accounts across North America.
I also serve on the SCAA which has been such an amazing and eye opening experience, I can not wait to learn more!!!!!
What cities or countries are you interested in traveling to?: Any
About Me:: I love coffee; the social issues it encompasses as a commodity, the personalities it attracts as an industry, the geographical scope of use, the history steeped in controversy and revolution, the exalting experience of a quality cup....
Oh, and long walks on the beach...
About My Company:: My company represents a range of specialty products to the beverage industry and helps manufacturers launch their concepts nationwide. We also consult on beverage solutions, industry trends, marketing and menu development.
Website:: http://www.allied-resources.net

Comment Wall:

Pablo Castaneda

Hello Nicole, I can tell coffee is ur passion and that is awesome. Hope you can read my article called the ART OF COFFEE; perhaps I can share more about my passion as well.

take care.

Pablo Castaneda

Jan 3, 2008
Ginger Gerhart

Hey Beautiful! Fun to hear from you.Ya gotta love this :)! Happy New Year to you! Will you be in DC?
Hope you had a great Christams, ggg

Jan 3, 2008
Pablo Castaneda

Hey Nicole: I'm so glad you liked the article, I enjoy even writing about it, in fact I'm in LA right now flying to Guatemala, I will be at the plantation on Saturday, I will have some coffee, sorry you are to far. Hey yeah sounds great, we can learn and share more about our passion for coffee. I was in MN a while ago, in August and that good, the weather was awesome, hey do you Skype???

Jan 3, 2008
scott conary

good to see you again! Was wondering if I would speak with you before convention....how are things?

Jan 4, 2008
Allied Resources

Cute pic nic

Jan 4, 2008
scott conary

Yep. Busy....but all good. Lotsa travelling and more in sight. Off to Honduras again in a couple of weeks....
Any plans on other trade shows before national?
Where have you been travelling ? Where was that pic taken?

Jan 5, 2008
Scott Baldwin

Hey Nicole.. just got a page started.. let me know what you think and what you think I should add/delete.
Thanks again.

Jan 5, 2008
Heather

Hey there- how are things? Where are you lately? Will I see you in San Diego?

Jan 7, 2008
Pablo Castaneda

Hope you re doing good, take care chiquita.

have an awesome week

Pablo

Jan 7, 2008
Bruce Milletto

Nicki
How are you? Hope you had a great holiday and are staying warm - what have you been doing besides using your snowblower>? smile . Guess we will see u in DC it is coming up sooon. Hi to your mom ciao B

Jan 7, 2008
Ben Gleeson

Hey Nicole, Thanks for the add.. Hope you're having one of those wonderful weeks, Cheers ; 0

Jan 9, 2008
Pablo Castaneda

Hola Nicole, so i was going to ask you how is your spanish??? espero que este muy bien. Any problem with it leet me know chiquita. How is cold MN??? I was there a whil ago in Aug, that was nice.

hope you are having an awesome week.

Pablo

Jan 9, 2008
Bruce Milletto

Nichole
I just emailed Morgan - he is one in a million what a great client he has been... so smart and it was (is) a joy to work with him and help him from day on on his bar. It is doing so great tooooo. So what a great place to be stuck. Are u still there? Were you skiing in CO.?

Jan 9, 2008
Ben Gleeson

Thanks for the kind words Nicole, The reason I added 'well relatively.." was because I have a good agenda.. which is to make my world better one coffee at a time! I would love to make it to MN, hopefully I can.. I'm in the process of setting up a new Roasting / training facility at the moment, so once thats up and running.. then I can focus on some overseas work. Keep in touch, Talk soon ; )

Jan 9, 2008
Bruce Milletto

sooo cool yes he really has done a great job - so glad u had a chance to meet and see the bar. we worked with morgan for over a year and still are working with him - will go up soon to tweak tho he came out of the shute running

Jan 9, 2008
Chuck Jones

miss you Nicole! not sure if i'll be there yet. us socal boyz fair poorly below 50 degrees.

Jan 10, 2008
Kevin Selig

Good day Nichole,

So glad to see you on this Barista Exchange site. This is so cool! Thanks also for joining the Twin Cities group. Please feel free to submit topics that will relate to our area. I have had on time to focus on such due to recovering from the holidays. Stop on by when you get a chance. Would love to chat!!!!!!!

Jan 11, 2008
Kylene Milletto

Hey Nicole,
Great to see you on the site :) so much more travelling to come for matt and i..but so far it has been so great! See ya in DC.

Jan 11, 2008
Billy Rosewarne

Hey Nicole! Happy New Year~

See you in DC?

Jan 11, 2008
Bruce Milletto

yes this espresso was so bad it made my hair grow on my head!! a wig i borrowed on the trade show floor.... smile

do not know if our next visit will be matt or myself - really up to Morgan - But thanks for the tip re: the hot springs had no idea there were springs there. See u in DC....

Jan 12, 2008
Alden Oakleigh Gerhart Kelley

Haha, that was a good time. Email me the picture
MrAldenKelley@gmail.com.

How are you?

Jan 15, 2008
Pat Thomas

Nicole, you're real cool!!

Jan 22, 2008
Pablo Castaneda

Hey Nicole , how r u???

how is life, I had been enjoying the coffee harvest time. it has been great weather as well. Hope to hear from you. ciao ciao

Pablo

Jan 25, 2008
Scott Baldwin

Nicole! How the heck are ya? Keeping busy im sure. How are all the new products coming along?

Feb 1, 2008
Pablo Castaneda

hey Nicole, no problem let me know when do you want to come to Guatemala, we are at 75 degrees now, I mean you can get a tan if you want. Im sorry to hear about the cold weather. Hope to hear from you soooooooooon ,

ciao ciao

Pablo

Feb 1, 2008
Adam S. Palmer

I suppose it helps that the plate is sitting on a bag of Esmeralda, but I don't know...your photo is...is something else.
The Kopplin photos turned out decent enough. Definitely some usable stuff there. The steaming puck, however, will have to be attempted another day. The lighting was all wrong.

Feb 5, 2008
Fede Cabrera

Hi Nicole, I`m working on a new venture (to promote the consumption of specialty coffe and the barista profession), and I would be very grateful if you could give me your opinion about it (I just sent an email to your AR`s address). Regards, Federico

Feb 6, 2008
Scott Baldwin

Good to hear that your still kickin.. ha ha.. keepin busy is what you do best. You have me hooked on Hemp Milk by the way. Its the best thing ever. And very healthy for you. A lil spendy.. but its like paying top dollar for a good coffee.. ya know! ha ha.. Keep in touch!

Feb 10, 2008
Nick Guidry

those mints were tasty.

Feb 18, 2008
Nick Guidry

ah, yes, those eyes are damaging...

actually, i gave them to jeff...he gave them back ;)

Feb 18, 2008
Eric Faust

Hey Nicole,
I live in Duluth, but I am from Stillwater and am wondering what cafe you work at?

Feb 19, 2008
scott conary

Hey Chica....good to see you, if only briefly. Perhaps you can work your way down to running 1-2 booths rather that the 5-6 or whatever the ridiculous number was, and we can hang out some in MN....

Feb 19, 2008
Pablo Castaneda

Hey Nicole good to see you here, how are you??? How is MN? let me guess.................................cold?
did u get to go to COFFEE FEST DC??? I wasn't able to do so, busy but im heading to the US this friday. ciao ciao bela

Pablo

Feb 19, 2008
scott conary

Yeah....good luck with that! Thanks for the invite...I am there! And it's legit, cause I sell the fix-mints, so its all good!

Feb 19, 2008
Pablo Castaneda

Wow sounds cold to me, I dont mind cold days but let's say in UTAH or CO where I can ski. I was in MN but it was spring, beautiful place , I was in leech lake ( I cant remember the name) and went all the way to Duluth. Nice State .
Pablo

Feb 19, 2008
Rob Tuttle

I am loving the new pic!

Feb 20, 2008