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The Barista Formerly Known As JavaJ

Male

San Francisco, CA

United States

Profile Information:

What is your position in the coffee industry?: barista, barista trainer, consultant
Where are you located? ( City and Country ): San Fran-effen-cisco. Yeah.
How many years have you been in the industry?: 7-11 depending on how you look at it.
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.: Former owner and lead barista at JavaJ Espresso Bar in Sacramento, CA. Moved back to The City....well, because it's The City!
What cities or countries are you interested in traveling to?: Give me a suggestion.
About Me:: I AM JavaJ.
Website:: http://www.javaj.net

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Clint Slagle

I gots me a purty looking shirt for comps! Its all fitted and teh seci.

Mar 11, 2008
Michelle Campbell

I will be calling all WRBC competitors this week to schedule competition times. P.S. I receive so many emails on a daily basis I am not always able to respond in a timely manner. In the future please call me if you need an immediate answer to a question. -Thank you.

Mar 16, 2008
Dominic

I hope to post some pics soon but I have been pretty busy. I am getting married so that takes a lot of planning. The pic that is "me" is of a coffee ceremony at Giday farm in Limmu.

Mar 18, 2008
Jake Elia

How do I go from pulling Rmiguel and Biloya, to making twenty ounce crapafroodles with 15 pumps of doody syrup topped with peeps and crap?

Apr 5, 2008
Clint Slagle

/agree. I frigin rule.

Apr 5, 2008
Lucas Elia

I guess ill be happy I am at least better than starbucks.

Apr 19, 2008
Benza Lance

uh....you know who youre talking to, right?

Apr 23, 2008
Mike Spence

Hi J,
Stop on by at SCAA! I'd welcome any comments or suggestions. I'll see you there.
Mike@SelbySoft

Apr 29, 2008
Sarah Dooley

very small chance. I would love to see you Jay, just have one heck of a busy spring so far. What's new in your world, what are you cupping, how is the cafe??

Apr 29, 2008
Lucas Elia

You are lame.....
Just go ahead and run off to go have great coffee and fun times....
We'll all just chill here...FREE CRAPAFRINOS AND FRAPADOODLES FOR ALL.....

Apr 29, 2008
Tony Serrano

No Minnesota for me. Andy and Monica are on their way and I get to hang out in San Diego and Camarillo for a couple of trainings. Are you planning on competing? Peace!

Apr 30, 2008
Lucas Elia

MMMMM....white mocha. Its so delicious.

Apr 30, 2008
Jake Elia

You better bring me back some kick ass coffee, or equipment, or knowledge, or something. If not......well...... frapadoodles for everyone on the house.

Ps. Your the house

May 1, 2008
Anya

Hey! We specialise in Belgian chocolate as well as espresso. There's a huge chocolate fountain at the front of the store, hundreds of quality chocolate to choose from, cakes, chocolate fondues, waffles. All the good stuff really. It's very hard to stop myself from eating my whole shift through.

May 6, 2008
Lindsay Parker

Hey J! Nice to meet you this past weekend, I hope you enjoyed the SCAA. Thanks for coming by our booth and tasting our coffees.
Cheers,
Lindsay

May 8, 2008
5.0 Reasons

thanks J...they were supposed to finish the whole thing though. You gotta get the full effect. Maybe I'll hook you up sometime. P.S. I owe you five bucks!

May 9, 2008
Rachel Peterson

Hi J, same here!

May 16, 2008
Chris Berola

J, it was a pleasure an honor talking to you in Minneapolis. I wanted to ask again what were those books that you were suggesting to me again?

May 23, 2008
Andrew Barnett

J!

Thanks for the message and update on your new blend . Very cool ! Hope all is well your way !

Cheers ,

A

Jun 9, 2008
Shari Coia Fulton

Hi J - great to find you on Bx...looking forward to reading your posts too! Thanks again for the tour of your shop and for sharing your wisdom. Looking forward to coming to one of your cuppings too! Ciao!

Jun 23, 2008
Shari Coia Fulton

Portland was AWESOME! Great town, and great folks at the ABC. I am really motivated to get into this crazy biz now. Would love to join you on Friday. Ok to bring a few friends?

Jun 23, 2008
Benza Lance

I'd be HELLA down to work on J jr.!

Jun 24, 2008
Shari Coia Fulton

CounterCulture Friday was awesome J - thanks for putting it on BX ! Have to agree - the Pele was awesome - amazing flavors that come out of it - so happy to see such a crowd there for the event too...congrats!

Jun 27, 2008
Jenny K

I know, right?! Not legal in the Oxbow, but plenty legal at Camp Fannyho. Next time.

Jul 7, 2008
Benza Lance

Just might be some "drunken" melon

Jul 7, 2008
Tony Serrano

aka SkidMarx.... mmm mmm good!

Jul 7, 2008
Tony Serrano

aka skidmarx.... mmm mmm good

Jul 7, 2008
Mike Spence

Hey J, If you get a chance, give me a buzz about our new SP-1 version!
Mike@SelbySoft

Jul 9, 2008
Joshua Longsdorf

some sundays, we don't really have set schedules. Anyways I'm gonna message you my number and you can call if you're ever headed there.

Jul 28, 2008
Steves

Nice reply on the working class thread.

Jul 28, 2008
Caitlin Corcoran

PT's at the warehouse. I occasionally even process your orders. How's the shop?

Jul 29, 2008
Joshua Longsdorf

hey dooder, so me and my roomie have been trying to build these brewers for our little garage project. Last night I totally started an electrical fire. We have pictures from the night unfortunately non from that but I assure you it was awesome.

Aug 8, 2008
Andy Newbom

hows the hotness in the coolness? (coffee in your cool shop)

Aug 10, 2008
Joshua Longsdorf

It's the men in green...shit I was hoping to sell out to them after coming up with a production model. Also I built a small home roaster and threw down my first roast this morning. It turned out pretty good but I now need to make some design mods. You guys will have to come over and play once the gargae is all hooked up.

Aug 10, 2008
Alex

Hi there!

We are not open just yet....I think 2 more weeks to go and still so much to do! :)

Aug 23, 2008
Lucas Elia

Im so upset you were not there to witness the chocolate incident today...brilliant.

Aug 29, 2008
Beth

Hey J:
I was checking out Paradise Roasters and they mentioned you as a reference. Could you tell me how you selected them and how they are to work with? I'm concerned with them being out of state, the timeliness/quality of their stuff on arrival. Since you're in California too, I thought talking to you would be helpful. I'm narrowing my selection down and liked what you said on the coffeeshop blog about using two roasters. Could you expand on that thought? Many thanks!

Sep 1, 2008
Shari Coia Fulton

Hey - doin' ok...slowly moving along...yes, this takes forever doesn't it! All my friends and co-workers keep asking - "Are you open yet?" grrrrrr
I'm sure you've been there! You don't just snap your fingers and make this all happen, do you?!? I'm working out details on a potential location, but its a 50/50 that it will go thru...are you going to CoffeeFest??

Sep 2, 2008
Beth

J: Thank you so much for responding back and your feedback on Paradise Roasters! What roasters do you work with? I was looking at Ecco in Sonoma...any California-based roasters you like?

Sep 3, 2008
Andy Newbom

good time slurping coffee at sfn

Sep 6, 2008
Benza Lance

I'll be missin ya when I'm in SEATTLE ALL NEXT WEEKEND!!

Sep 7, 2008
Jake Elia

In cupping alone right now. You suck. :(

Sep 9, 2008
Liz Clayton

Civilians, they were! Bernal Heights is too uphill for caffienated folks on bicycles, non? ;)

Sep 9, 2008
Joshua Longsdorf

God damn cool points always ruin my life.
FYI I started home brewing again dropped a batch of fresh hopped oktober fest. I'm probably gonna have a little get together when it drops.

Sep 10, 2008
Steves

The good people on high have, in that lovely piece of British parlance, made me redundant. Instead of callin' y'all, (some ho' named Justine gets the fun now) my dulcet tones get to be used proselytizing to the masses...aka sales and education. I've actually got some cirricula set up for sensory skills classes if you're interested in givin' em a gander...

Sep 10, 2008
Andy Newbom

Hows the city search? Any likely sweet spots?!

Sep 19, 2008
trish rothgeb

My mom lives in Sacramento and I keep seeing your articles in the food mags and newspapers there. Great job! Keep it up!!

Sep 22, 2008
Tony Serrano

thank you for coming by, J. I'll let you know when I'll be in the city next week. I hope you're around. peace

Sep 23, 2008
Joey Trujillo

Thanks for the feedback J. I'm through Roseville all the time, but it's always after hours... hope to stop by the shop as soon as I can though.

Sep 29, 2008
Andi C. Trindle

yes! I don't think I can leave San Francisco. Are you here now? I'm off on a vacation momentarily and we'll be back October 5. Maybe we can connect up after that.

Sep 29, 2008