Ginger Gerhart

Female

Profile Information:

What is your position in the coffee industry?
barista, manager, coffee shop owner, barista trainer, home barista, coffee enthusiast, industry professional, consultant
Where are you located? ( City and Country )
Portland, Oregon
How many years have you been in the industry?
10
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.
I have been in the industry for quite awhile and have pretty much done a little bit of most everything. I have a really great network of industry professional friends and co-workers and would love to particpate in and work with others on projects within the industry. Oh, did I mention I know a little about chocolate too?
What cities or countries are you interested in traveling to?
All. I already travel the states, particularly in the west and Alaska, but would love to travel abroad more often.
About Me:
I am currently a "gourmet food broker" working specifically within the specialty coffee industry and allied products for espresso bars. I rep and work closely with Ghirardelli Chocolate, Pixie Mate, and Sambazon Acai. I'm a Mom too.
About My Company:
Gourmet Source is a gourmet food broker specifically catering to the specialty coffee industry. We provide product sourcing and developement, menu and recipe developement, and industry consulting to wholesale specialty coffee roaster distributors, retail coffee shops, and food service distribution and end users. Gourmet Source currently represents Ghirardelli Chocolate, White Wave Silk Soy Milk, Pixie Mate, Maui Fruit Smoothies, Sambazon Acai, and United Brands (Miam Miam and Whip It).
What is your favorite thing about the coffee industry?
people! love my peeps! That and coffee touches the world.
Website:
http://www.gourmetsource.com

Comment Wall:

  • Matt Milletto

    Welcome to the site Ginger!

    Dec 27, 2007

  • Ginger Gerhart

    Thanks for being 'my friend' Matt!

    Dec 27, 2007

  • Anna Gutierrez

    Yay! Our friendship is "official!" ;0) So glad you found me on here!

    Dec 27, 2007

  • Heather

    Hi there! Its great to see you on here. :)

    Dec 28, 2007

  • Shiloh Nelson

    Thanks for the invite! This is great!

    Jan 1, 2008

  • Pablo Castaneda

    Hello Ginger, how are you??? I realized u r coffee broker or so and I'm looking for several distributors for Kafes Guatemala, perhaps we can do something together.
    Hope you can read my newest blog.

    Please let me know.

    Pablo
    www.kafesguatemala.com

    Jan 1, 2008

  • Gabrielle Parson

    Happy New Year Ginger! I look foward to talking coffee and chocolate with you!!

    Jan 2, 2008

  • Steve Lanphier

    Hi Ginger.
    Happy New year!!
    This is perfect...we need good chocolate with our coffee. I'm glad to see you on here!!

    Jan 2, 2008

  • Ginger Gerhart

    Hey Steve,
    Happy New Year to you too! Yes, we all need great chocolate and fantastic coffee :), it just makes life so much more fun! Fun to see you here as well. Ginger

    Jan 2, 2008

  • Pablo Castaneda

    hey Ginger, FELIZ AÑO 2008. Hope you had an awesome year. it looks like everybody somehow knows everybody else, that is so cool.

    best regards

    Pablo Castaneda

    Jan 2, 2008

  • Lisa Walker

    Hi Ginger,
    Happy new year! I'm looking forward to doing more chocolate with coffee in 2008!
    Cheers! Lisa

    Jan 2, 2008

  • Bruce Milletto

    Hey Ginger
    Welcome - Matt is a genius and so proud to call him my son! Hope u had a great holiday and a great 08 for us all!

    Jan 3, 2008

  • Nicole Michaud

    Hi Ginger! What a beautiful picture of you and Heather! We ran into each other in SLC, it really is a small coffee world...
    I hope you and yours are well and I will surely see you soon!

    Jan 3, 2008

  • Todd Plummer

    Thanks Ginger. I hope all is well with you and your family!

    Jan 9, 2008

  • comforteagle1965

    Great looking page! Good pic!

    Jan 9, 2008

  • Matthew Alston

    You sure have a great looking page Ginger!

    Jan 10, 2008

  • Matthew Alston

    I would love to continue being your friend! I'm almost always up for coffee, food, chocolate in particular, and really good wine.

    Jan 10, 2008

  • Matthew Alston

    They came up, but that was about it! Look forward to seeing you soon. Was is warm in Texas?

    Jan 11, 2008

  • Pablo Castaneda

    Hey Ginger,, how are you, I havet seen you in a while, hope u are doing great-

    take care, best regards. How is Portland, cold or good weather????

    ciao ciao

    Pablo

    Feb 10, 2008

  • Pablo Castaneda

    I know, a loooooot of people keep telling me about it. Our weather down here is awesome, 75 degrees or so. You are more than welcome to come and visit. I guess I'm not that happy to go way up north. Hope we can keep in touch, take care chiquita.

    Pablo

    Feb 10, 2008

  • Pablo Castaneda

    Hey Ginger would you like to chat on here???

    ciao ciao
    Pablo

    Feb 10, 2008

  • Mike

    Hey Ginger, nice meeting you tonight!
    it was a pleasure! :)

    -Mike

    Feb 23, 2008

  • Mike

    yeah any help at all finding a job would be great.. the only thing is I'm really interested in making sure its a true specialty coffee shop. hopefully with a LaMarzocco machine of any sort.

    I have a two page resume as well if that will help?

    thanks for everything Ginger, you've been great!

    -Mike

    Feb 27, 2008

  • comforteagle1965

    miss your smiling face, hope to seeya around. Things are going well. opening 2 new locations, 2 new products on GTG, kids are growing like weeds. You know how that is! :)

    Mar 24, 2008

  • comforteagle1965

    Enjoyed catching up with you and the Todd. Always fun, let's do it again.

    Apr 7, 2008

  • Jen Vance

    I heard a little somethin somethin about that! Lookin forward to it!

    Apr 15, 2008

  • Greg Ingram

    Hey Ginger,

    I do recall you guys making me look a lot better than I deserved to for a photo! I tried to Google Minn magazines and could not find anything that made sense. I think will have to wait and see if that lady gets back to us.

    I'll let you know if I hear anything... Bowling was awesome too!

    Take Care!

    May 12, 2008

  • Holly Josey

    Small world indeed! We like to say that we are related to Jack and Lenore but are not in the will. :) We all go back to a pair of brothers that came from England. The Texas brother has clans in both Houston and Dallas. Next time you plan to be in town, let me know. I am in the Memorial neighborhood. Would like to hear more about what you do. Your Barista Ex page is great.

    Jul 2, 2008

  • Ginger Gerhart

    Well, hey...how do you like that? Jack lived in the house I grew up in on Kirby, very small world. My parents were Isabell and Norwin Gerhart. I will be in Houston the week of July 16 to visit my 90+yr old aunt at the Post Oak towers and will be staying in Hunter's Creek. Let's grab a cup of coffee and hear all about how you are bringing great coffee to Texas! Who roasts for you?

    Jul 2, 2008

  • Shiloh Nelson

    Ginger, Thank you for stopping by our Pearl store! It was great to connect with you before Coffee Fest! We are very interested in all that you brought by! See you soon!

    Jul 30, 2008

  • ColinO

    Hi Ginger,
    I see that you work with a bunch of chocolate people which is awesome and makes me more than a little jealous. I was wondering if you know anything about cocoa roasting? Just curious, have a good one.

    Colin

    Aug 29, 2008

  • Holly Josey

    Ginger, will you be in Seattle?

    Sep 2, 2008

  • espressoitaliano

    Hi Ginger, hope to see you in Seattle at Coffeefest. I see you've been in the industry for a while, that's great, I'm just starting out in the biz. see ya.

    Sep 4, 2008

  • Holly Josey

    I look forward to meeting you.

    Sep 7, 2008

  • Holly Josey

    Also, sorry to have missed you back in July. We were traveling - checked out for the summer.:) You asked who I use for roasting...would like to chat with you this weekend. Thanks.

    Sep 7, 2008

  • Kyle

    Ginger, How is life treating you these days? I hope all is well!

    Oct 17, 2008

  • Heather

    well hey there! ;)

    Oct 17, 2008

  • Ginger Gerhart

    Hiiiiiiiiiii!!! xoxo

    Oct 17, 2008

  • Anna Gutierrez

    So, I know this is a bit of an early request, but I just realized that the USBC is going to be held in Portland in March and I thought I should invite myself to stay at your place and we can have some super fun times. :0) What do you think?

    Oct 18, 2008

  • Heather

    I wanna come!! I dont even know what USBC is, but still...

    Oct 20, 2008