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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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Charles Weber

Funny isn't it !
You would think it was me till you look closer.
The tats give it away :-)

Feb 12, 2009
shei

It has all been our pleasure Matt. It meant to be that we meet you and Bruce in Hong Kong Coffee feast. Moreover, we never regret in flying a thousand miles just to attend the class coz it is all worth it. Keep up all the good work.:)

Shei

Feb 12, 2009
joaquin eduardo

Hi, thank you for the welcome, I´m about to attend my basic Barista course here in El Salvador, you can count with your fingers the people that talk this lenguage over here its like virgin land or maybe I havent meet them but I want to go as far as it gets in this Coffee enthusiast path.

Feb 16, 2009
Barrie Cullinan

Hi Matt, I miss you guys (ya'll) and Portland. Thank you for a great experience, and I can't wait to come back! Barrie

Feb 17, 2009
Yazmin Redondo

Hi Matt: how are you? how is everything with you? are you going to Chicago Coffee Fest? Im going... so if u are going see you there... take care yaz

Feb 17, 2009
Notblueatall

Hey Matt!
Yeah, I had a blast last week! I can't wait to be a part of the industry.

Feb 18, 2009
Mason Crews

it was great to meet you well. I am excited for you to see what's going on. Actually nothings going on for me except a little prospecting here in atlanta.
Mason

Feb 19, 2009
william kevin emmons

hay mat i just made it to chi town. do you have a booth at coffee fest? any word on a bx meet up? see you at the show.

Feb 19, 2009
Jonathan Meadows

Hey Matt, it was nice to meet you at your booth this weekend!

Feb 22, 2009
Tyler

how is everything going matt? i was wondering, are there invites we need to pick up to get into the barista prom or is it just people can come on in? also, you should stop by sweet masterpiece some evening soon and let me pull ya a shot!

Feb 24, 2009
Chris DeMarse

thanks for your kind words... and congrats on an uber successful bx 5000 members... i know that this site has been huge in keeping me connected to good folks in the industry... i'll see you in Stumptown

Feb 24, 2009
Jason Dominy

Good to see you in Chicago. See ya in Atlanta, yo.

Feb 24, 2009
Zak Rye

You as well! I don't think we'll be making it out to PDX, but we'll definitely see you in Atlanta!

Feb 24, 2009
M

that new profile picture is the jazz.

Feb 26, 2009
Joseph Robertson

Matt,
Thanks for your time. Big thanks for all your local,regional world wide support for people of coffee. PDX is becoming or already is the World Java meca. What I love most about this business is watching rate at which it is evolving. Not just within itself but how it changes the way we look at and treat the people of the world who bring us this wonderful bean.
Best Regards,
Joe

Feb 27, 2009
nik orosi

hey man, great picture of you...btw, im so happy for billy and his kid...now we wait for you...then ill come for shore to the states!!!!

Mar 2, 2009
Ben Lanoha

Yo Matt! What's up dude. We're OPEN! Opened the 27th. I worked about 120 hours this week. Craziness. But we're doing pretty well. Been pretty busy. I hope you're doing awesome bro.

Mar 9, 2009
Vincent Iatesta

Matt - Great to see you this weekend at the USBC. The ABC school is a great setup - really glad I got to see it. Thanks for the party and for helping to make the Portland trip so much fun.

Mar 10, 2009
greg

Matt...what's good? I've been great..thanks for checking in! How are things with you? See you in Atlanta!

Mar 12, 2009
Tony Serrano

Mr. Milletto. If I do not see, speak or make any more contact by next week. May the luck of the Irish look upon thee and may all the snakes be chased from your path. Cheers!

Mar 12, 2009
Leo Li

Thanks for your website t o give the chance to meet so much barista!
Nice to meet you here as well.
I am from Chicago, feel free to stop by my spot at 1813 dempster, evanston, IL
It called Pick A Cup Cafe

Yang

PS:I am really interested in Barista exchange, i love to work in anywhere in US.
How this works?

Thanks

Mar 14, 2009
Mike Sala

Oh, I will. Nice seeing you, too. Hope to see you in Atlanta, or maybe our nation's capital sometime soon.

Mar 17, 2009
John Cunningham

No problem friend. Kind words come easy in responce to great results.

Mar 24, 2009
Tyler Cox

thank you thank you for the welcome

Mar 27, 2009
Chris Tellez

Matt.
Chris here.
There's an idea I have that I would love to talk to you about... Do you have an email address that I could send a more complete message to?

Your help in what I'm trying to do would be invaluable to me..

Thank you, Chris

Mar 28, 2009
Chris Tellez

Hey Matt,
My name is Chris Tellez, I work at Espresso Post in Collingwood, Canada.

I have an idea I'm working towards and if you could give me a few minutes of your time I'd love to get your email, and let you in on what I'm trying to do.

As a young barista it can be difficult to get out into the coffee world and any help you could give would be invaluable.

Thank you so much!

Chris

Mar 28, 2009
Stephanie Hogan

Hi Matt! So yeah, for me it's back to reality now, but I very much enjoyed going to Portland and came back more knowledgeable about the coffee industry than I was when I had first arrived there. I've been trying to taste all the coffee I brought back from class and I really enjoyed the Monsoon Indian Malabar, as well as the many other individuals I shared it with. In addition to my morning intake of coffee, I drank 5 cups of it the other day after work and boy was I wired! Good stuff... Thanks again, and for creating such an awesome site :)

Mar 31, 2009
Wilson Hines

Hey Matt! It was good to finally meet you. I hope I can be at the USBC this year with you folks!

Apr 20, 2009
Pablo Castaneda

Hola Matt, greeting from Guatemala, are you attending Coffee fest Las Vegas??? let me know mate.-

Pablo

May 1, 2009
Pablo Castaneda

Hola Matt, I'm planning to go to Vegas Coffee fest indeed.-

Hope to see you there, are you planning a BX party or so?

May 3, 2009
nik orosi

yo bro, hos life, any news? nay trips to europe? cant wait till london...

May 4, 2009
J.P. Oughtred

nice pic.

May 6, 2009
espressoitaliano

matt, when are you coming this way down to florida to check the shop out?

May 8, 2009
Stickman

Hiya Matt.
I remember hearing talk of a roasting program at The School...What's become of that idea? Time for us to roast is approaching.

May 11, 2009
Ed Ishida

Hey Matt.. when you come to Brazil just let me know.. It'll be a great pleasure to meet you...

May 13, 2009
Kelsy Bennett

Hi Matt! I currently live in the middle of WA state, but I come down to Portland as often as I can. Do you offer workshops at your coffee school? I am interested in learning more about cupping procedures (I've only done a couple) and latte art, but don't have enough time, nor I suspect, funds, for a longer program... If you don't, could you suggest some places that might offer such day-long workshops? Thank you!

May 14, 2009
Pablo Castaneda

Hey Matt getting ready to travel to Vegas for coffee fest, are you guys going to have a booth or so??? I hope to see you there indeed.-

Pablo

May 28, 2009
Gery Bastiani

Hey Matt, Don't know if you handle the tech side of this site. But when ever some one posts a reply to a posting I've made it never shows up on my page. Thanks

May 29, 2009
Alun Evans

Gidday Matt, just thought I would say hi! Saw that in the 80's you popped down into the South Pacific with your folks. Did you ever visit NZ? I am here at the moment getting a small place set up in Auckland. Would recommend a visit if you could ever squeeze some time into what i imagine is a very hectic schedule.

May 30, 2009
Michael Anthony Lopez

Thank you for the cards!! I just received them.

Jun 8, 2009
Nathan Lyle Black

Matt, it was really great to meet you. I'm glad we got to talk a bit during the course of the weekend. Thanks for starting this website. Hope I can make it to Seattle. Keep up the great work!

Jun 15, 2009
Anodyne Coffee Roasting Co.

Thanks for becoming a friend of Anodyne!

Aug 17, 2009
mike cubbage

hello matt, i'm sure your set for coffeefest, seattle. set and excited i hope. i was just wondering if you are offering up any tickets this year? i'm not greedy. could use one or two.
aloha mike

Aug 25, 2009
Annette Zapolis

hey there- check out the news paper article in the rock island Argus about our opening if you get some time!
Here is the link!

http://www.qconline.com/archives/qco/display.php?id=454533

everything is SOOO great! We're slammed every day and really haven't started advertisements yet! I haven't even put up our "now open" sign because if we get anyone else we would explode! I will save it for our next location- hope all is well on your side of the country and am still gunning to get to Coffeefest in Seatle!

See you soon and thanks for helping make all of this possible- I have posted pictures on my page if you get some time to peek at those too!

Aug 29, 2009
Ben Cram

Hey Matt,
Good to meet you and your wife the other day. Sorry I had to duck out early but I'm sure we'll meet again. I thought you might like an update since they did the wildcard draw. Robs name did not get pulled which kind of stings since he will end up with a better score than over half the field in the Canadians. Oh well. Try again next year.

Cheers,
Ben

Sep 12, 2009
nik orosi

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/09/06/travel/0906-zagreb_index.html

TO SHARE WITH MY FRIENDS...NEW YORK TIMES WAS WRITING ABOUT ME...

Sep 14, 2009
Ben Cram

Well, it must be fate... because a finalist from our region dropped out, (as opposed to another wildcard,) they go to the next highest score. Rob will be competing at the Canadians! Any chance you can make it to Van for the show?

Sep 16, 2009
Ben Cram

I don't know why but it's mid week on October 14 and 15. It is held in conjunction with the Canadian Coffee and Tea show.

Sep 18, 2009
Adam

Hey just got hired on by a friend of yours out here in SLC, Parker, for evening Barista. Way excited for LA Tart to open!

Hope all is well with you!

Cheers!!!

Sep 22, 2009
Adam

Finishing touches going up in shop now, within the month construction on the street in front should be done, then we will be in business.

Sep 22, 2009

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