Barista Exchange
Chris Avirett
Male
Milledgeville, GA
United States
Profile Information:
- What is your position in the coffee industry?
- barista, manager, barista trainer, coffee roaster, home barista, coffee enthusiast, service tech/repair
- Where are you located? ( City and Country )
- Milledgeville, U.S.A.
- How many years have you been in the industry?
- 3 years and counting
- 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 skills are above the average but I would not say I'm near the best just yet. I have been through a couple of courses now: one was a quick tutorial on milk steaming, with Jason Dominy, and the other was an Espresso 101 class with Rob Tuttle. Both of these guys are a wealth of knowledge, if you get the chance to hang out with them do it! For now I am working on what I have learned from these guys and perfecting that and then I plan on taking further courses in roasting and barista-ing. One can never attain to much knowledge concerning coffee :)
- What cities or countries are you interested in traveling to?
- Italy, Spain, Portland/ Oregon, San Francisco/ California, anywhere there are coffee farms specifically Mexico, Costa Rica, and some sites in Africa
- About Me:
- Barista for 3.5 years, musician for roughly 11 years, a couch surfer for roughly 1 month, so if you want to come check out the shop/ town I work in.....well then have I got the couch for you! Seriously I love coffee, and I love preparing it, drinking it, teaching it, and inspiring passion for it! I want to learn all that I can about coffee, and then at the same time I know that it keeps changing as it develops so i may never know it all, but what I do learn I want to share with the rest of those may know less than me.
- About My Company:
- I am currently the manager of Blackbird Coffee. We roast, brew, and sling daily, to meet the needs of our little community, AND we're down for an exchange :)
Also during the schol year we do 'Spro Slings and we are about to start doing public cuppings of our coffee, as we are trying to extract the best flavors! - What is your favorite thing about the coffee industry?
- the passion of each true barista to learn constantly; the artisan-esque space we still have as an industry due to our youth; and the friendly and inspiring atmospheres that we have the opportunity to produce as long as we are willing to keep getting over ourselves :)
- Website:
- http://coffeed.com go to this website and learn!
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