Barista Exchange
Mike Hite
Male
Grand Rapids, MI
United States
Profile Information:
- What is your position in the coffee industry?
- coffee roaster, coffee enthusiast, industry professional, consultant, supplier
- Where are you located? ( City and Country )
- Grand Rapids
- How many years have you been in the industry?
- one meelion years
- If you are a barista or shop, are you interested in a barista exchange with another coffee shop/barista?
- no
- About Me:
- I love great coffee.
- About My Company:
- We are a neighborhood coffee roaster. We roast only the top 10% of premium specialty beans found from the premier growing regions around the world. The beans are handpicked at the peak of ripness and are meticulously graded by bean size and density. We roast them in small batches with a drum style convection roaster to ensure an even roast throughout the bean. Our roaster is manually operated by only the owners of Grand Rapids Coffee Roasters to ensure a consistent roast. Upon roast completion, we hand pack the coffee in premium packaging and deliver it to our customers.
- What is your favorite thing about the coffee industry?
- You never know it all.
- Website:
- http://www.grandrapidscoffeeroasters.com
John Despres
Oct 17, 2008
John Despres
Oct 17, 2008
teresa pilarz
Just saw your comment on Coffee Enthusiasts and may be interested to come take you up on your offer to roast and "talk beans" for awhile. I'm in Metro Detroit area and am a home roaster. I've taken a craft roasting workshop at scaa, but would like more practice on a larger machine to see if i might like to make it part of my future coffee operation.
By the way, do you know what the rules are in MI for afterburners? I imagine after a certain size roaster, the EPA may require it, but I haven't run across that info anywhere yet.
Oct 26, 2008