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Zechariah White

Male

Atlanta, GA

United States

Profile Information:

What is your position in the coffee industry?: barista trainer, coffee roaster, consultant
Where are you located? ( City and Country ): Atlanta, GA, USA
How many years have you been in the industry?: 7
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.: My interest in coffee is on a global scale. I love everything from being behind the bar, to checking the roaster's tryer to meeting farmers from around the world.

Bike Guy Coffee roasts directly traded, organic coffees from CoffeeShrub and delivers them to residences in and around Atlanta, GA.
What cities or countries are you interested in traveling to?: Yours. Hit me up.
About Me:: Catholic Coffee Guy on a Bike or Motorcycle. Tattoos, vynil, and midcentury art.
About My Company:: Simple Concept, Complex Coffee
What is your favorite thing about the coffee industry?: That if we really wanted to, we in this industry could save the planet from an impending ecological disaster. That's what I aim to do.
Website:: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bike-Guy-Coffee/116642458423977?sk=wall

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Dave Delchamps

Hey zech, thanks for the add man, its hard to find good coffee ppl in athens. we just opened up a new specialty shop in five points though, and i hear there's gonna be an all chemex counter culture shop opening up on prince pretty soon

Nov 1, 2008
Dave Delchamps

Yeah, i've tried the sidamo on my chemex at home and loved it but i haven't tried it out on french press yet. Yeah, i often find that the different profiles from different beans really come out well when you experiment with different brewing methods.

Actually I have to correct myself, its not a 1000faces shop that opened, but we supply them the coffee, and they hired me when I went to train their staff. It's a nice place, we're using the nuova simonelli aurelia, which I've never worked on before. Great place for community, but then again, most quality minded shops are. We're also doing all french press and melitta pour overs. We're across from earth fare on south lumpkin if you wanna come check it out. I'll actually be there tomorrow morning. It's called 2 story

Nov 2, 2008
Dave Delchamps

Hey man, we've actually discontinued the cuppings at Trax. Ben's working on putting a bar in at the roastery, we'll start them back up once that happens. Didn't see you at 2 story this morning.

Nov 5, 2008
Amanda

Hey thanks a lot for the add. I'm really looking forward to learning more about about the industry here in Athens. I really want to start learning about the roasting aspect of it all but it's proving harder for me to find a job than I thought it would!

Nov 8, 2008
Dave Delchamps

Absolutely man, i'm really looking forward to it.

Nov 12, 2008
Dave Delchamps

Hey man, I really enjoyed coming by redeye and seeing you do your thing. I'm looking forward to becoming a regular

Nov 15, 2008
Dave Delchamps

Haha, no, it totally did. Don't worry, I tip. thanks for the link

Nov 15, 2008
Dave Delchamps

Whoa 1000 bucks?? Yeah, I'm not planning on roasting for profit anytime soon, although that might be a cool idea for the future. Anyways man, I was just thinking about buying a cheap little single batch air roaster for home use. They have them from around $80- 150 on SM. If that's not what you're looking for its ok, I just don't think I have the funds to support any large purchases in the near future.

Nov 16, 2008
Treva

Hello Zech. Good to hear from you. I'm hanging out in Washington DC for the time being. It's a good time to be here. Still have my eye on returning to Guatemala. What about you? Any travels? Best wishes!

Dec 5, 2008
Steve MacDowall

hello Zech, greetings from Canada - Steve

Dec 13, 2008
OK Coffee Penguin

Yeah! I just got on! You really noticed my prescene quickly. How did you do that?

Technically, my appendages are called flippers. Not fins or wings. As for typing, let's just say that it's a good thing my species also evolved a decent size beak.

So, yeah- see ya at work tomorrow!

Dec 19, 2008
Jason Dominy

Hey Zech,
Headed to Athens Saturday. Where's the best coffee round there? I want to meet you and Dave sometime. Love to see RedEye. You can call me if you will be around there. (704)340-3005.

Jan 2, 2009
Jason Dominy

Nice to meet ya man! Love the shop, and hope you keep doing the stuff! Hope to see you up here in Cha-town sometime in the near future, and definitely in February!

Jan 4, 2009
Dave Delchamps

oh hey, that would actually be awesome, i'll let you know

Jan 5, 2009
Tyler

i work at a bistro called "Sweet Masterpiece" it is in Portland's Pearl District, we serve a fantastic local micro-roastery, by the name of Bad Beard, can't wait to pull you a shot!

Jan 7, 2009
Caitlin Corcoran

thanks. i love sharpie mustachios.

via bicycle,eh? in this weather? you are a brave soul.
what's your eta?

i would love to pull some shots and show you some shops around town

Jan 10, 2009
Eli Kalen

I would like to hear more about your theory behind 1+1= doesn't always = 2.
What is your favorite espresso+milk= beverage.
E

Jan 23, 2009
Pedal Press

Sweet. Looking forward to a possible Sitka stop. I'd bet that I could raise some CK funds with your visit, perhaps do a cupping or something. Sitka is a progressive, generous town, likes its coffee (but hasn't experienced the peak of what's out there).

My business idea is coffee related. I'm teaching most months out of the year, with summers off. Summers are a huge draw for visitors here. The plan is to do coffee events from time to time with the new cafe during the off season, and a cart in the summer to pick up extra business.

I did a bike/mountaineering/fundraiser trip back in 2003. It was a blast, and raised a little bit of $$ for a local domestic violence shelter. Best of luck to you, count me in as a supporter.

Feb 19, 2009
Heath Henley

Absolutely! I'll PM you my contact info. I've also got an extra room if you need a hot meal and place to crash. Pretty sweet concept you've got - wish I could join you!

Feb 19, 2009
Pedal Press

A Bakfiet? That's the craziest thing I ever....actually, that's what I was planning! Too freakin' funny. You must have seen Cafe Velo then? I'm heading to Portland to meet with him and check things out in March, during USBC.

Feb 19, 2009
Pedal Press

Similar story for me. There is a mobile espresso cart for sale up here. They're asking too much for it, and I thought "it would be cool if I could get a mobile cart towed by a bike or something." I started searching for bike vending setups, found lots of ice cream style ones, and then velo. Bam!

I'm not sure how well it will work here. It rains all the time. I can say that other venders do very well in the summer. We get 250k visitors in huge chunks of ships. But how do I educate rushed tourists to stop and wait for a pour-over or press? One thing I think I'm going to do is feature Alaskan Roasters, of which a couple are quite good, and our local one is improving.

Are you on the ride? Where you at?

Feb 27, 2009
Pedal Press

Airport with the press is a great idea, and it avoids needing a typical brewer. I also thought perhaps the local roast would be the "quick and dirty" and then highlight quality roasters for the same reasons you suggest.

Getting onto the ships is near impossible. It's a racket and $$ to get on. My plan is that local cafe will sell me baked goods wholesale, bars and croissants likely, to pair with the coffee. I'll probably go with a pou-over and press, though chemex looks great too. But all the glass, and on a bike! Kind of scary.

I'm headed to portland next week (USBC) so I'll send an update. Depending on your timeline, I wonder if ordering two bikes saves on shipping and manufacturing, etc. The jury is still out on whether or not I'll be up this season or the next.

Feb 27, 2009
Chris Avirett

dude come on down, there's a few coffee nerds here too, I know it's short notice but I'm opening tomorrow, and I'll be here till 12 and then back again that night, we;re having a show

Feb 27, 2009
Gino

Unfortunately at this time, we are not...But quite possibly soon. I'll friend request you and let you know if the position opens up.

Mar 4, 2009
Chris Avirett

Zech, what's up dude insane great tattoo. I'm gonna be in Athens tonight. Where's your shop?

Mar 4, 2009
Chris Avirett

Sucks I couldn't make it to the shop up there last night, but I'll be back Athens way soon, no worries there. I really wanna check out that new spot up there as well. I think it's called Two Story Coffee (?).

Either way, just so you know, we weren't opening like for the first time, I was just working the opening shift at the shop and the show that night was in our downstairs. We have a venue spot that we call The Nest ( an obvious but perfect play on our name, Blackbird).

As far as web presence we have a website but it's heavily in need of work, I'm trying to motivate my bosses in that direction heavily, but it's got a picture of our roaster, Don, and our beautiful Ambex roaster (15 kilo). Otherwise we are on twitter under TheDarkFowl, and you can find us on facebook for updates on concerts and specials.

Do you guys have a website?
I love your cross country ride mission, good luck I plan to help out as much as possible.
peace, Chris

Mar 5, 2009
Bing

I have to admit, i'm a bit jealous. i would love to make a trek like that. i unfortunately do not have a bike. (hopefully by the beginning of the summer i should) however, you have my full support. i know the baristas at both my shops would love to meet you. they are way cool, and are always up for hanging out.

i am always up for talking coffee. i've only been at it for 3 years, but am loving every minute of it. i dream of starting my own shop one day. there is SO much i still need to learn, and compared to others i feel i know nothing. haha. but let me know when you are making it to nashville and we will definitely hang out!!

ps- other than this now being a really lonng comment. one shop that i work at (bongo java) is a full supporter of Coffee Kids. our owner is friends with one of the guys that started it. small world.

Mar 6, 2009
Hunt Slade

we'll do everything we can to make a good Safehouse showing at the... uh, showing - see you soon! ~ H

Mar 26, 2009
Jacob Orr

I know we all want to attend. Name a good spot close to their where three or four of us could set up some tents for the night.

Mar 26, 2009
Sara Travis

Ha Ha SO! Do it man. Just make the gears more stylized to match your tat already. Are u thinking sleeve? My design will be my first arm tat and the beginnings of a sleeve. Unfortunately I vowed to wait till I signed the papers to get my own cafe, and the way things are going, I'll be waiting around till I'm 35 to start my sleeve. Oh well

Mar 29, 2009
Jacob Orr

Its not looking good for us... We are closing our shoppe for SCAA meaning that we need to be here in the days leading up.

Mar 30, 2009
Harry

Yep, Lorrie @ Goats is still interviewing... position is still open! Later Zech, have a good weekend!

Apr 4, 2009
Harry

Hey Zech! That's awesome about the fundraiser, I wish you the best for it! Right now I'm helping cover those shift hours @ Dancing Goats. So out of the last 17 days, I've had one of those days off from work. We are holding out for the best person to fill the job position... so I'm a little bit tied up right now. lol...
Would love to come and visit Athens another time, I really haven't had a "quality" visit there as of yet. It's been only quick and focused visits. Keep me posted on things! PLEASE! Sincerely, harry

Apr 5, 2009
Lorrie

Hey Zech,
Harry let me know you were interested in the position @ goats. Would love if you got in touch with me ASAP!! My e-mail: lorrieb@batdorf.com. Look forward to hearing from you!!

Thanks, Lorrie

Apr 5, 2009
Coffee Kids

Hey Zech,
How'd the fundraiser go? How's the ride so far?

Take care,
Kyle @ Coffee Kids

Apr 21, 2009
Jacob Orr

And my name shall rise to the top. The steam wand is great but we just purchased a 4 group linea! So we won't be needing it anymore.

Apr 21, 2009
Hunt Slade

Just as long as they TASTE like snozberries!! Yeah, that bean has befuddled me at ever roast - GRRRR!! Hope we see you soon - come jam with us this friday night if you can - DJ and all on the mezzanine. Lots of fantastic beans we picked up at the show - let's pull 'em all!

Apr 21, 2009
Jacob Orr

I think it will take up residence in the downstairs break room. But dropping that thing off the room doesn't sound too bad.

Apr 21, 2009
Coffee Kids

Thanks for the update! What are your plans now? On the bike? Travel safe.

Apr 23, 2009
Hunt Slade

Yeah - wish I had more of those beans to play with. One day it won't matter what a bean costs for us, but for now we will continue procuring the best greens within our reach - with a few stashed on the side, of course ~ H

Apr 23, 2009
Harry

Sweet! Should be there Weds. 12:30pm - close.

Apr 27, 2009
Lorrie

Hey Zech,
Unfortunatley we don't work that quickly!! There is paperwork to fill out etc. I will give you a call Wednesday and we will set that stuff up. Tomorrow is my first day off in 15 days so I will not be doing anything that has to do with Goats. Talk to you on Wednesday. Thanks for your patience!! ~Lorrie

Apr 27, 2009
Hunt Slade

How's it going over at Dancing Goats?

May 5, 2009
Hunt Slade

Word, brother! let is know when a good time is for us to come up there and bother you at work!! And Jacob and Daze will be hitting TNT very soon ~ H (I mean, I'll be there, toom but Jacob finally unseated me as head barista. Then he abruptly left for Love Willows tour, so he's gone for another week, but Dozier may knock him off the hotseat when he gets back - very exciting to see them getting in there and killing it!!)

May 7, 2009
Chris Avirett

hey bro, it was good to meet you at Octane.

May 16, 2009
Brandon Malcolm

yeah I found a job for the time being...indeed I will see you at throwdown

Jun 9, 2009
Brandon Malcolm

It went well, good sir. I am coming back for round 2 on friday. Lorrie said there's another guy who is also interviewing so talk me up and make me look awesome haha.

Aug 4, 2009
Jacob Orr

Dude anytime, We need to get some special guest appearances.

Aug 9, 2009
Park Brannen

ah, its going really well. we're about to make the move to french press and perhaps some chemex. got a premium tea builder in that lives down the street...things are looking wonderful. basically getting to test stuff for the rest of the company. very nice...how is your shop? I'm coming by next week and want to check out everything. Want me to bring anything down from new york? lots of coffee to choose from.

Oct 12, 2009
will frith

hello way over there!
olympia loves you.

Dec 10, 2009