I have six years in specialty coffee including work as a barista and retail management, and currently as a roaster.
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.
The best thing I have to offer is some roasting and cupping experience, as well as the opportunity to see what a growing, one-man roasting operation looks like (sampling, cupping, buying, web-retail, shipping and marketing).
What cities or countries are you interested in traveling to?
Any.
About Me:
With six years of experience on both the retail and wholesale sides of the coffee industry, Aaron takes pride in exceptional customer service. He enjoys sourcing under the radar coffees that raise eyebrows and works hard to develop intricately nuanced flavor characteristics from each coffee in his lineup.
Outside of coffee, Aaron enjoys reading history, theology and geopolitical books and blogs. He has been married for ten years to the best wife in the world and has recently taken the mantle of home educator for his two amazing children. And every spring his eyes grow wide at the expectant wonder of another baseball season.
About My Company:
Dude, we just built our very own 20 lb roaster from spare parts!
If the tacos and margaritas really are better, I'll see you tomorrow! Either way, you should come to the WRBC at the end of March... It's in Berkley this year and will be worth checking out. Hope all is well for you!
Hey Phil. Yeah, but it may require you to take drastic actions. Go into the Starbucks in Lionville (Pottstown Pike, next to the Quiznos) and ask for Dan Ryan. That guy is passionate about learning more about coffee and he would be a great guy to work in a lab or roasterie.
Well hopefully we will get to take you up on the offer. We have almost too much going on around here these days, but its very good. We're cleaning up our act, and business is a little slow to grow, but we can just keep trying.
We're visiting a farm we've been working with in colombia at the end of july, I'll send a pound your way when we get it in. The coffee we tasted needs some work, but it looks like the farm has some real potential.
Put the Jacinto Espresso in the hopper this morning. Been playing with it for several hours and are now pulling some f*cking great shots (the best shots are pulling when we dose between 25-26grams). The Kenya dances on the palate with great citrus tones and the finish is long and sweet from the Guatemala. Thanks for letting us feature you this week.
Hey Aaron. Thanks. It is good to be getting back to normal and I'm glad we are still able to do the throwdown. We will go over what you need to know when you get here, just show up a little early. Mainly you just need to be ready to have a good time.
Aaron, I couldn't thank you enough for coming down and being a judge. I had such a good time and was so glad to have so many people out in attendance. I hope that we will have more events like this and an opportunity to get the industry together more often. I will post some pictures soon. Cheers.
No problem. I have been very busy trying to get my plans approved anyway. Today hopefully will be the day and building can begin. I am hoping to open within a month.
I would really love to go! I don't know if I can afford the time at this point though. Shoot me an email at tuscanycoffee@gmail.com
I would like to order a few pounds of both your espressos to sample!
Hello! I'm moving back to texas in a few weeks. Just wanted to say hi, and I like your shirt design! I'll have to grab some coffee from you at some point. :)
Got my commercial equipment finally put in. Sent you an email. Hope you got it. I wanted to try your cottonwood you mentioned some time ago you were going to send. :)
Theology? Hmm. Want to give some detail on that subject? :) I was a history major in college. I concentrated on the American Revolution period. What part of history do you like?
Well, when you get a chance visit my personal site albertsoto.com and my church site atruechurch.info and tell me what you think. We are pretty "radical" in our stance on the word of God. We don't pick and choose. You can also find some doctrinal videos we have done on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/user/nodeceit
Thanks Aaron. Been very busy. Running a coffee shop is a lot of work. Not officially opened yet, but because of our location people have been buying product. :)
Thanks. I liked it. I want to do a side by side comparison with the Ambergris from Doubleshot, but me and my employees liked it. Sorry it took so long to get back to you. Life has been crazy.
Hey Aaron. Good to hear from you. I am tired...........! Running a coffee shop is hard work. Business is slower than I want, but consistent. I just have to be patient and slowly build my customer base. How's it on your end?
I should've gotten you down at the shop yesterday around 12 cuz i was getting some pretty spectacular results from your espresso; nice brown and copper colors, steady flow, just awesome brotha, nice work!
i just picked up a couple pounds on his suggestion. it has a bold and smooth mouth feel and compliments a cappuccino nicely. With guest espressos i generally only offer espresso, macchiato, or cappuccinos.
aaron i am using your guatemala finca vista hermosa 40% mixed with max's brasil magiana sul de minas 60% and am getting good results! granted i only mixed up two pounds of the blend but its been well received as an espresso.
I have had a hard time getting a dependable barista. I have been working 10 hours a day because of it. Still trying to grow the business. We hit a wall for a few months, but now that summer hit we are starting to see an increase in business. Started cold brewing as well. My customers really like it because it has 70% acidity. I use it for ice coffees, lattes and frappés.
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I dig your new digs... look forward to what becomes.
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