Scott Baldwin

Male

Seattle

United States

Profile Information:

What is your position in the coffee industry?

barista, home barista, coffee enthusiast, industry professional, consultant, service tech/repair, supplier

Where are you located? ( City and Country )

Seattle Washington

How many years have you been in the industry?

5

If you are a barista or shop, are you interested in a barista exchange with another coffee shop/barista?

maybe

What cities or countries are you interested in traveling to?

I would love to travel to any country or city that helps me gain more knowledge about coffee and coffee culture.

About Me:

About Me: Well, I have done a little bit of everything in the coffee industry.

Lets take a stroll back a few years to 2002. I worked for Stirling Gourmet Flavorings, and was working as a warehouse manager/part time sales. While my stay there I would roll in every morning, barista for every one in the office that day, make my own drink and take the lonely walk to the warehouse to make sure that everyone in the entire world that ordered flavorings that day recieved their product in a timely fashion.

While working there and doing trade show after trade show.. I ran in to some Southern Folk by the name of Ambex Coffee Roasters.

Come to find out they were opening up a Wholesale side to their manufactoring of the roasters and putting one to use to make some coffee. Long story short, offered me a job.. I took it.. I moved two weeks later.. had my stuff shipped and it arrived a week later.

So while my stay at Cinnamon Bay Coffee Roaster in Clearwater Florida was short but eye opening. I not only inherated a great tan and some coffee knowlege to last me a life time. I also was the Sales Manager for their local accounts.

So after the first hurricane of the year and numerous emails and phone calls home. I decided that Florida wasnt for me. I needed to end up back at home where I belong. (they always say that you will never be able to leave washington for good)

So I moved home and went to work for Starbucks. Yes.. Ironic I know. From Small Batch roasting to Mass Quantities! But there I was just a push-button barista. But mainly took pride in my upselling skills in the drive thru where pastry sales went thru the roof! And the tips never showed for it.

So money there was a tough subject when it came to paying the bills so on to the next job where it had nothing to do with coffee what-so-ever but it made me some damn good money to help me afford to pay for my habbit of drinking the stuff.

So granite countertops installer.. not to interesting.

So that got old quick and my passion was starting to burn. My brother in law gave me an add in the paper telling me about a "Coffee Company" looking to hire a salesman. So what did I do? Did what I do best. Sold my self and started to work for Farmer Brothers Coffee Company. A company based out of Torrance Cali but had a branch in Redmond.

There I was in charge of filling in on routes of salesmen that went on vacation, got sick, or just needed carpool. So I did so while doing some barista training, cold calling, machine maintnence, and customer relations on the side.

Than after two months of that crap.. I decided to apply to the place that I love for coffee and love to make my third place.

So Finally after a year, I now work for Caffe Vita. And this is the best job in the world with the best people, coffee, atmosphere ohh and did i mention coffee?

If you havent tried it and call yourself a coffee enthusiast, you are only kidding yourself.

What is your favorite thing about the coffee industry?

This industry is so very welcoming and everybody is willing to help everyone else out. Everyone that I have meet in this industry is so kind and pationate about what they bring to the table. To me this industry is working so hard to educate the public about such a misunderstood agricultural product. And the more information we share and gain together the more we can inform the public that coffee isnt just your source of caffeine in the morning.

Website:

http://www.caffevita.com

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