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Trevor

Male

Washington, D.C.

United States

Profile Information:

What is your position in the coffee industry?: barista, coffee shop owner, coffee roaster, consultant
Where are you located? ( City and Country ): Grand Rapids, MI and Washington, D.C.
How many years have you been in the industry?: 11
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.: CEO/Founder, Barista, Executive Council Barista Guild of America, Editorial Advisory Board Barista Magazine, contributor to Fresh Cup Magazine, Lead Instructor for the SCAA, Subject Matter Expert in espresso for SCAA
What cities or countries are you interested in traveling to?: Any.
About Me:: Passionate about my family, coffee, music, coffee, good book, serving coffee, sleep, and coffee. I also have no doubt that my favorite employee is the (secret) shift leader.
Website:: http://www.madcapcoffee.com

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courtney marie

awesome, count us in !

Feb 18, 2009
JIm Saborio

Nice work! Congratulations!

Feb 22, 2009
Dex

Congrats you did a great job, way to go! It was really nice talking with you and we will for sure make a trip to check out the shop soon. Again WAY TO GO!

Feb 22, 2009
Stephen Curtis

Congratulations. Hopefully I can get up to check out the shop sometime soon - been meaning to. Hearing good things!

Feb 23, 2009
Miro

Great job reppin the mitten! HOLLA!

Feb 23, 2009
Terika

Random question: what music did you have playing while you were competing? I had a brain fart at the time and now I can't remember. I missed the finals, how did things go?

Feb 23, 2009
Joshua Longsdorf

congrats on the big#3. It was great meeting you, keep up the great work.

Feb 23, 2009
Gina Palandri

Hey congrats Trevor! Good job, it was fantastic watching you and chatting at the party!!

Feb 23, 2009
Chris DeMarse

Way to be! So proud of you man... it's high time the little guys got a little respect.

Feb 24, 2009
Jason Dominy

Man, I am freaking proud of you. You did an awesome job, and way to represent proud. Now, even more people know how good you really are! Keep it up man. Cheers to you, and Knapp, as well.

Feb 24, 2009
Alex Chojolan

Congratulations man. Never got the chance to see you compete but was really happy to hear, you were in the top 3. That is really good for you, madcap, and Michigan. Take care man!

Feb 25, 2009
Jason Dominy

Man, I wish. See you both in Atlanta in April? Rock it out in Portland!

Feb 25, 2009
Chris DeMarse

what's up barista champ

Feb 27, 2009
Terika

Hey Trevor! Did you already compete? How did it go?
I have a favor to ask of you. We have been experiencing some problems with our espresso at JP's and we are trying to figure out what it might be. Would it be possible sometime in the next couple weeks to bring some of our espresso to your place and have you pull some shots with it on your equipment to see if you experience the same same issues? If so, when would be a good day/time?
Hope you're doing well!

Mar 2, 2009
Terika

Yeah, that's fine. I'm going to be gone this upcoming weekend to Chicago and Wisconsin, but I'll be back on Tuesday, so after that will be great. The crema on our espresso is rather bubbly and the permanence is crap. We have tried numerous things ranging from trying the different equipment in our own shoppe to turning the water filter on and off to shutting down the soda water gun to see if CO2 was getting into the water to checking the different parts of our blend individually and combined in various ways and roasted at different levels to aging it longer, etc. etc. etc. We are pretty much considering ourselves the Bermuda Triangle with our espresso. So we thought it would be a good idea to get it out of our shoppe and see if it still acts up. :) Have fun in Portland!

Mar 2, 2009
Terika

Hey, watched you compete, nice job!

Mar 8, 2009
Michelle

Good talking with you this weekend! Hope you all made it back to your time zone safely. Glad you competed!

Mar 10, 2009
Terika

I am returning to the mitten tonight. Here are some general times that will work for me this week: Wednesday evening, Friday afternoon/evening, Saturday any time before 5, and all day Sunday. Take your pick. :) It shouldn't take long, I just need somebody there to pull some shots with our spro and see if any of the weird things still happen. Plus it's a good excuse to finally come and check out your shop, so there might be a couple people accompanying me as well to see your place. :)

Mar 10, 2009
Terika

Hi Trevor,
Would about 5pm on Sunday work?
Let me know! Thanks!

Mar 13, 2009
Terika

Hey Trevor! Thanks again for letting us come and play with our espresso on your bar, we really appreciate your willingness to do that. Hopefully we are on the road to better crema. :) Let me know if you have any revelations as you continue to play with our espresso. It was great to finally see your shop too! Thanks again!

Mar 16, 2009
Terika

http://throwdown.eventbrite.com/

Mar 16, 2009
Liz Clayton

Hey! I got around to accepting your friend request from January 2008.

Mar 16, 2009
Alex Chojolan

How are you doing Trevor? Do you have the order in of the Chemex?

Mar 31, 2009
Alex Chojolan

If you can set aside the bigger size of the two, I think you said it was $35. I will try to pick it up on Friday or Saturday.
Thank you!

Apr 1, 2009
Terika

Thanks for coming out for the throwdown! Sorry, I thought I had already posted something on your page, but it looks like I forgot. Our next one will be on April 26th. If you don't want to compete, you are always welcome to be a judge. We might change the format a bit, there will probably be more prizes, and I will probably not be competing in this one. :)

Apr 10, 2009
Luis Zaman

Hey dude, I think I may be heading to GR today, so if I do I'm stopping by. You working today?

Apr 11, 2009
Luis Zaman

Good stuff, I'll be back shortly I'm sure.

Apr 12, 2009
Sam Granger

I'm doing a project on café language, so I was wondering if you'd wanna chat about coffee for a half-hour or so. If so, when are you free at the shop?

Thanks man,
Sam

Apr 20, 2009
Terika

Hey Trevor! Are we going to have any MadCap representation at the Throwdown on Sunday? You can pay at the door if you want. Also, we are changing the format a bit...tournament style. More pours, and more interaction since the crowd will serve as the judge. Hope to see you there!

Apr 22, 2009
Chris DeMarse

hey, did you hear from edwin about hario yet? I want to get a pourover kettle and was hoping you might be selling them soon.

Apr 28, 2009
Yara Thais Castanho

Thank you! I had a great time on my performance!
Fabi is a good friend, so her comments doesn count! Ha!

Apr 29, 2009
Alison Lane

Sweet! While it's far from bad, the cafe I work at is still definitely not the best coffee in A2. I'm kind of the only person really geeked out on coffee... I can't really vouch for anyone else's shots or milk.

However, I do suggest hitting up Comet Coffee in A2 and the Ugly Mug in Ypsilanti, if you haven't been there before. Comet is definitely the best coffee in the area and the Mug the best espresso (especially if Zak is at bar).

Apr 30, 2009
courtney marie

i just asked ryan, but how are you doing ? i miss my madcap kids.

May 4, 2009
courtney marie

yeah, we moved to milwaukee ! we both work at anodyne, but i work on bar & eric is a roasting assistant. it's awesome ! you kids should venture out here, & i'll pull you something fierce :}

May 9, 2009
Terika

Trevor! How have you been? Our next Barista Jam and Throwdown is posted on here now. I think it's July 10th and you guys should definitely come and hang out again...and give us a run for our money in the Throwdown...hope to see you guys there!

Jun 9, 2009
Alex Chojolan

Trevor my man, how are you doing? Yeah I have been in Kalamazoo for about 7 weeks now, decided to spread to coffee industry in western Michigan. How is Madcap going for you guys? Last time I was there I saw "third place of the Midwest barista competition" looks nice! When is Madcap having a Barista Jam? Well I'm going to have to give you a visit in GR or you guys should come down to Kalamazoo one of these days! Well nice hearing from you, hope everything is going well for you, take care!
Alex

Jun 17, 2009
courtney marie

hey, dude ! we're coming out august 20th, 21st, 22nd & 23rd ! we are totally planning a visit on one of those days, but we're not sure which, yet. but when we do, i'll give you a shout & we should grab some spro, & a brew :}

Jul 2, 2009
Dex

Hey long time no talk hope all is going well!

Jul 7, 2009
courtney marie

oh, fersher.

Jul 11, 2009
Dex

Yea Chi-town is pretty great right now learning some new bean trade and loving every min of it. Glad to hear things are well on your end. For sure keep me posted the sooner I know the more chances I have of heading down. See ya soon!

Jul 13, 2009
courtney marie

the 22nd ! we'll be dropping by the madcap earlier on. i hope to see you, & all the other kids !

Aug 16, 2009
Eric

Awesome time tonight with the jam, thanks for takin the time out to judge, I know i didnt get to throw down but had a great time hanging out with all the drunks at the ugly! Hopefully we will catch you tomorrow morning when we come out to Madcap!

Aug 20, 2009
Maggie Cook

Interested in what?

Aug 25, 2009
Maggie Cook

Hey Thanks! I'll definitely check it out

Aug 27, 2009
tif

i will be there.
for. sure.

Aug 28, 2009
Dex

Sad to say I will miss the jam, I will be in FL making preparations for my wedding next year. Bummer I hope you have a great event and we will drive down to visit the shop but I will give you a heads up so we know you are there too! Sorry man

Aug 31, 2009
Terika

Barista Jam...Latte Art Throwdown...Sept. 11th...you know you want to come...http://www.eventbrite.com/event/349377999

Sep 3, 2009
Stephen Curtis

Sorry I missed you yesterday! Was way under the weather. Planning on CT - was going to give you my reg but will send it in.

Sep 25, 2009
Bryan Wray

no i wasn't... which sucks because i really wanted to, but car didn't permit me to go. How was day 2?

Oct 5, 2009
brett felchner

Thank you so much Trevor for what was an absolutely incredible weekend! You guys showed hospitality beyond belief and when you're in Milwaukee we definitely have to hang. Take care bud!

Oct 6, 2009