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Sam Purvis

Male

Portland, OR

Profile Information:

What is your position in the coffee industry?: barista, coffee enthusiast
Where are you located? ( City and Country ): Portland, Multnomah County
How many years have you been in the industry?: 1
If you are a barista or shop, are you interested in a barista exchange with another coffee shop/barista?: yes
Tell us more about your coffee shop or barista skills.: Coffee House 5 is a coffee bar in North Portland.
What cities or countries are you interested in traveling to?: Denmark, Iceland, Panama...lots more
About Me:: I enjoy making things. Furniture. coffee. food. The thing I love about making coffee is that while their is still a creative element to the whole thing, you really are stewarding the coffee more than anything. The stewarding part is comforting, knowing that their is a pathway to walk, some rules to follow, people to look up to.
What is your favorite thing about the coffee industry?: how much people look to improve and innovate.
Website:: http://www.baristaexchange.com

Comment Wall:

daniel

thanks for your advice, its really helped! especially with the training, i haven't begun to train my crew yet... mostly because they have yet to arrive... but trying to "teach" latte art was going to be a scary task for me, especially since I CAN'T DO IT! i'm getting there though... thanks again!

Jul 27, 2008
Rita Kaminsky

hi sam! so, it looks like a lot of fun people will be down at stumptown on thursday night august 7th at 6pm. 128 sw 3rd. i've got off that day- so let me know if you wanna meet up before. see ya soon

Aug 2, 2008
Rita Kaminsky

I forgot the most important part! the producers will be from panama esmeralda, duncan estate, and carman estate. GREAT COFFEES!!! very exciting!

Aug 2, 2008
Rita Kaminsky

hey dude- so i just had a huge schedule change. they switched up my shifts at a.p. and i no longer have any days at hawthorne :( looks like my days off are going to be monday, wednesday, and thursday starting next week. any way- just wanted to give you a shout out 'cause i don't wanna loose touch. -r

Aug 4, 2008
Rita Kaminsky

the stars are aligned: simonelli won the bid!

Aug 31, 2008
Stickman

Hey Sam.
My roaster is Sam Jones from 2% Jazz up here in VIctoria. He doesn't roast his SOs for espresso - I just pirate them and run them through the e-grionder and drink em up. He gets beans from a few buyers, as I understand it but predominantly from Origins in Vancouver (Hines Public Market Coffee). He offers me beans from every producing nation.

If you want to get some of his beans then I encourage you to look him up on BX, he's a member, and order something. He's a very good guy and one of the main reasons I'm in this industry. Let him know I recommended you.

David

Nov 17, 2008
Ray Welsh

Are you by chance a friend Zack Grey?

Jan 11, 2009
Ray Welsh

It a small (coffee) world after all!
He mentioned that he had a friend at the NW regional comp. We were going to head up there and watch yesterday, but ran to later to catch it.
Hope it went well.
I'm headed to Denver next week to judge the Mountain regional comp.
We'll all have to hang out sometime and talk shop.

Jan 11, 2009