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Jose E. Rodriguez

Profile Information:

What is your position in the coffee industry?: barista, manager, home barista, coffee enthusiast
Where are you located? ( City and Country ): Topeka, KS, US
How many years have you been in the industry?: 2 (THAT'S 2 IN SANDY HON YEARS)
If you are a barista or shop, are you interested in a barista exchange with another coffee shop/barista?: maybe
Tell us more about your coffee shop or barista skills.: We are opening the first Caribou Coffee in Topeka. Previous to that I had the fortune to work under Sandy Hon who introduced me to the ways of through-and-through serious espresso.
What cities or countries are you interested in traveling to?: Everywhere and anywhere I am able to!
About Me:: I am originally form Honduras and have been living in the Kansas City area for most of the past 11 years. I originally went into Hotel and Food and Beverage Management and worked for Marriott (aka: the man) for four years. Then I acknowledged it was fun yet largely unfulfilling. That's how I came back to KC in '06 on a self-prescribed academic soul-searching mission. Later that summer I found my answer, not in any of my textbooks --but in what stained their pages: Coffee.
About My Company:: We are gonna be located inside the first Hy-Vee in town. This is the product of a nascent partnership between Caribou and Hy-Vee. I am looking forward to building and shaping a quality and service-focused team that will do right by our craft and make the industry proud.
What is your favorite thing about the coffee industry?: It has soul!!! Much like a whole fried catfish, followed by a steaming peach cobler and live jazz!
Website:: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&am...

Comment Wall:

Sandy Hon

You make me proud!

but you really do need more friends.....

Feb 28, 2008
Fede Cabrera

Hola Jose,

Bienvenido a Barista Exchange!

Saludos,
Federico

Feb 29, 2008
Briseida Olivas

Haha, yeah I know, I'm shaving today ....
I heard the news!!!! Congrats on the job!

Feb 29, 2008
Sandy Hon

hey! Your brother is here.

L:J

Mar 21, 2008
Sandy Hon

yeah. the couch kids. i couldn't control them so i started hiring them.

see what happens when you leave??

Apr 7, 2008
Sandy Hon

black gold. yeah, jccc has it, but only staff and faculty can check it out. maybe, if you could invite me to a training session and let me be a fly on the wall, i could bring the movie with me...... but it'd have to be before or after conference which is the first week of may.

Apr 7, 2008
Sandy Hon

oh, i see. now you're trying to snatch my crew.
i know where you work you know. i have power.

oh yeah, i forgot to tell you! Pat came in. She's moving to Topeka. I told her to stop by and say hey!!!

Apr 7, 2008
Lukas

Haha, good to know about Caribou...but Java Jazz is working ok for now--Chris is going to work while I finish school then we are gonna switch. But it is good to here things are going well!! Do you have the W/D for the hook-ups? Then you would be living like P. Diddy.

Apr 7, 2008
Sandy Hon

Sasquatch sends her love!

hint: she likes the caribou creatures......they make noises.

Apr 10, 2008
Sandy Hon

you know hosay, i shed a single tear just last week as i was reminiscing with Briseida your odd sense of humor. i told her how much she sort of reminded me of you. only more conservative not AS funny and a WHOLE LOT smarter.

Apr 12, 2008
Sandy Hon

i'm planning to come out to your neck of the woods prolly over the next couple of Saturdays. Are you going to be 'working' at that time? maybe i could stop by and check out your new digs.

Apr 12, 2008
Sandy Hon

I'm a big boy now!!

Apr 21, 2008
Sandy Hon

opening soon!!

Apr 21, 2008
Briseida Olivas

I like how Sandy talk about me here...
It's kind of nice, she told me today that I should stuck up to her more, I don't know about that. I think it might be a trick.

Apr 23, 2008
Sandy Hon

Jose'!!! how are things going in Caribou Country??

Jun 23, 2008