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Matt Milletto

Male

Portland

United States

Profile Information:

What is your position in the coffee industry?: coffee shop owner, barista trainer, coffee enthusiast, industry professional, consultant
Where are you located? ( City and Country ): Portland, OR
How many years have you been in the industry?: I started working as a barista in 1992.
If you are a barista or shop, are you interested in a barista exchange with another coffee shop/barista?: yes
What cities or countries are you interested in traveling to?: Croatia, South Pacific, Thailand, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, Greece, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Brazil, Ethiopia, Rwanda, South Africa, NYC, Vancouver B.C., Toronto ...
About Me:: I live in Portland Oregon where I am the director of training at the American Barista & Coffee School and Bellissimo Coffee Advisors. I am also a partner at Water Avenue Coffee. I spend most of my time training new and existing business owners how to open and operate successful retail coffee businesses. In my spare time you might find me having coffee or sipping a pint at one of Portlands great coffee shops or brew pubs. I spend lots of time also with my beautiful wife and little wiener dog.

Professionally I have been in this industry for almost 15 years and have worked as a barista, manager, trainer and consultant. I speak at Coffee Fest and SCAA Tradeshows and sit on the SCAA Training Committee as a lead espresso trainer and was on the USBC Committee 2007/08. I have been certified as a judge for the NWRBC/USBC and have placed 3rd in the MillRock Latte Art Competition. I have written articles for Barista Magazine, Fresh Cup Magazine, Specialty Coffee Retailer and the SCAA Chronicle and have been quoted in many magazines and newspapers in regards to specialty coffee and retail coffee business.
About My Company:: The American Barista & Coffee School [ABC's] is the first and only professional school in the U.S. devoted to domestic and international specialty coffee business education and hands-on barista training. No other coffee school can match the scope of ABC's educational and retail success-building curriculum.
What is your favorite thing about the coffee industry?: teaching people about how amazing coffee is, and seeing them fall in love.
Website:: http://www.coffeebusiness.com

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Marni Heilbrunn

Hey Matt,
THanks buddy.....such a great thing you did with this site! :) Will be checking in daily :) Have a great day.
Marni

Mar 24, 2008
Dennis Chua-Unsu

hey matt, miss portland alot! great work in doing this barista exchange website. you are a master! haha by the way, check this theme cafe website out that i was telling you in school: http://www.rmlicensing.com/ENG/snoopy/charlie_brown_cafe/html/shop.htm

Mar 24, 2008
Dennis Chua-Unsu

furthermore, determined to open up my own coffee shop within the year. can you help me re: sourcing out equipment? will email you. all the best!

Mar 24, 2008
Pablo Castaneda

Hello Matt:

how r u compadre, How is life?? I'm in Atlanta atteding a coffee tasting program. I was going to ask you , what did u think about the coffee tours I shared with you??? Let me know as I have many other options regarding coffee tours or so.

hope to hear from you Matt.

take care

Pablo

Mar 24, 2008
Alex McDaniel

What's up Matt! This site ROCKS! I'll be in Berkeley for the WRBC... just gotta gas up the van... heh

Mar 25, 2008
Alex McDaniel

by the way, thanks for the welcome...

Mar 25, 2008
Jennifer Miller

Hey Matt -- Thanks for the voice mail checking in. I'll give you a call Monday afternoon to chat...have a great weekend!

Mar 28, 2008
Gabrielle

thank you

Mar 28, 2008
Marko Pyhajarvi

Hi, I just joined the community and I'm trying to get connected with people. I sent you a friend-request.

Mar 31, 2008
Jason Dominy

You are so Fit. Nice tag!

Apr 1, 2008
Sonny Mayugba

Ahhhh, check that out!!! Thanks brotha! Good lovin'!
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Apr 1, 2008
Stephen Schulman

Thanks Matt. Place looks cool.

Apr 2, 2008
Chris Weaver

hmmm, I've tried coconut milk with the chili mocha, but it was completely overshadowed by the chocolate and the chilli. I also treid lime in an espresso to try and add a citrus edge, but it failed.... however in a black chemex pour on ice, lime in a Yirgacheffe makes it taste awesome!

Apr 5, 2008
Tim Hamilton

i will send a hello to him. i will get him on here.....or at leat try. he is...well yeah. i miss portland. ahhhhh

Apr 5, 2008
Tony Serrano

Matt... did you throw Ritual a keg for the party they threw last weekend? Cheers, man! much appreciated. Terry Z and I had to untap the floater at the end of the night while pushing the crowd out into the Mission. the WRBC was a solid good time.

Apr 7, 2008
Barry

You will be welcome and I would be happy to take you on an underwater tour. I can just see it, sipping some cognac, smoking some cubans and having a nice cappuccino.

Ayo, (Bonarian for goodbye)

Apr 14, 2008
Matt Milletto

Hey Tony,

Yes, bX kicked down a keg for the ritual party. Wish I could have been there. MN for sure. Glad you guys had fun!

Apr 15, 2008
David Fell

Matt, hope you're doing great these days. Our new location is a huge improvement but we are still struggling a bit. Check out this link to see my coffee shop 360 tour, let me know what you think.
http://tulsa.360ideas.com/preview/Restaurants/StonewoodCoffeeAndTeaCompany.html

Apr 16, 2008
Phil

Thanks Matt, good ol' Eugene, it hasn't changed much. The weather has been very interesting, snow and hale in the spring! Not too unusual for Oregon! I will be in your stomping grounds soon, I'm moving to Portland pretty quick.

Apr 19, 2008
Clark

Love the site Matt ... looking forward to first bX/Whynatte party!

Apr 21, 2008
Daniel Gruska

Nice to see you at Coffeehouse NW the other day. I'm a big fan of what they're doing there. Cheers!

Apr 22, 2008
m'lissa owens

uh-oh! We don't even have Jager!!!

Apr 24, 2008
Tyler

hey matt, how have you been? i still need to come down and check out the school sometime, we should meet up and chat coffee

Apr 24, 2008
Pálmar Þór Hlöðversson

Thanks, the site's awsome. Keep up the good work. ;)

Apr 29, 2008
Bruno Ferrer

Hello Matt!
I'm a barista here in Brazil for six years now, and I´d like to change some information and share some of my experience with people around the globe, so I discovered barista exchange, and i like it !
I'm add you in my friends list
My very best
Bruno

Apr 29, 2008
Philip Switzer

Its as good as new. How have you been? Love the site.

Apr 30, 2008
Diane Harris

Wow Matt, I didn't see Battle Ground on your list of city's you would like to travel to?? What's up with that! :-)

May 3, 2008
Jason Casale

Thanks for the support it was a tragic loss.
I hope to see you again soon Matt.
I hope you and Kylene had a great time and scaa.
Thanks for looking out for jobs for us as well.

May 7, 2008
Drew Woods

thanks for building this crazy thing, matt, and for the kind words about Floyd's. I started there a few months ago, and am really enjoying it. We're working on another shop in Old Town as well.

May 7, 2008
JeffreyScott

holla back thug!!! thanks for the comment, i heard you and your father on the Bellissimo podcast and knew i had to check it out.

May 8, 2008
Jason Prefontaine

Dude - I had a wicked time meeting and hanging with you too !! Seriously, start planning my Portland trip...I'm coming soon !!

Cheers mang - keep in touch !

May 8, 2008
Alexej

Hi Matt,
thanks - great to be here.
Just listened to the Belissimo podcast and found my way here through that.
looking forward to my time here :).
Alexej

May 9, 2008
Jason Calhoon

Seriously haven't had that much fun in a while thanks matt and you just keep doing what you do best........being matt

May 9, 2008
Nick Griffith

Thanks Matt. It was nice to see you as well. Sorry we didn't get to hang out much at this one.
You should come down to LA some time.

May 9, 2008
Alex T. Fernandez

Hi Matt! Thanks for making this rad site :)

May 9, 2008
nelly

somebody could help me to find some information about art-latte, i need like the history or staff like that, who is the creator and when was created? please!! and also some advices on how to make art.latte. thanks Delete Comment

May 11, 2008
Jason Calhoon

Yo matt got your email sounds good! have a good week of class talk to you soon.

May 12, 2008
ned c

matt.
good to hear from you. i just recently noticed your comment on letting you know if i will be swinging by portland in my very first NW tour extravaganza, and i will indeed be in portland. interestingly enough, i have been talking with ben king some who also suggested perhaps getting in touch with you and stopping by. i've been a barista for the last 5 years here in holland and i am excited to get to meet the people behind the specialty coffee scene in america, as i hope to be moving to denver in the near future and start something there.
i will be in portland tuesday, june 3rd and will head back to seattle at 2pm on thursday, june 5th. would there be a chance for me to get to stop by and say hi?
if so, could you please let me know what time would be good for you? i'll be free tuesday late afternoon/evening, wednesday late afternoon/evening and thursday morning/afternoon.
i'll be helping rick wilson out at his café velo stand on wednesday and would appreciate knowing what your address is to see if i can bike to your location. if you have another place in mind, let me know and i'll make plans for it.
by the way, would you know anyone in seattle who would be able to put me up for a few nights? rick wilson generously offered me his place for the time i am in portland.
looking forward to hearing from you,
ned

May 13, 2008
Brian

Cool site - Let me know if you need a spot on TV or a commercial or something! I Love Portland! Had my first latte there in 1992!

May 14, 2008
Kevin Brick

Thanks Matt. Good catching up with you ... KB

May 15, 2008
Brian Bergman

Hello from Amsterdam! Did you get my e-mail?

May 17, 2008
b smyth

I roasted some Colo Chimayoy you have to sip... Hey, you forgot to bring the Governor my list of demands / manifesto...

May 20, 2008
Alex Negranza

Hey Matt, I love the site and all it's coool features. Any chance of cool BX Merch?

May 21, 2008
rob

Oh, man I can't wait for next latte art class, I plan on destroying you and jared.

May 22, 2008
Justin Hartman

thanks, this is a great tool for all of us in the community of coffee.

May 22, 2008
rob

thank you for barista exchange

May 22, 2008
Sylvia Gutiérrez

Hi Matt

Thank you for adding our Mexican Competition!!!. Why Guadalupe Virgin?

May 23, 2008
Lily

Hi Matt. Yes, Finally.........Congrats for the barista exchange!!!!!! see U at Coppenhagen

May 23, 2008
Claudia Parker

Thanks for your welcome comment.
I meant to write you and Jared an email with some feedback for the class, but I have been really busy this week. In any case, the class was great!
Take care!

May 23, 2008
Lourdes B. Rivera

Hi Matt. Thanks for the welcome mat (no pun intended!). Great job on Barista Exchange!

May 25, 2008

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