Jason Casale
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What is your position in the coffee industry?
barista, barista trainer, coffee roaster, coffee enthusiast, industry professional
Where are you located? ( City and Country )
Phoenix Arizona
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?
no
Tell us more about your coffee shop or barista skills.
I have learned quit abit as a home barista and will be taking those skills professionally to the next level.

I owned my own roasting business for a while and enjoy roasting.
I have diligently practices latte art and did some competitions and will continue to improve my skills.

I have also worked on espresso extraction for some time.
and various drinks as well.

I have made many contacts and met many peeps in the industry.
What cities or countries are you interested in traveling to?
Italy would be great I have never been out of the country.
About Me:
I have been on and off in the industry for the past 5 years.
I owned my own roasting business that shut down last year sadly.

I am currently unemployed.
I worked for apple and have been employed in IT on and off for the past year.

Looking for the right coffee opportunity for a Barista Lead with mad skills.
I started a web show called the coffee enthusiast.
About My Company:
The coffee enthusiast
http://thecoffeeenthusiast.tumblr.com/

My show is a video blog where we rate coffees from various micro roasters.
What is your favorite thing about the coffee industry?
The Rad People of Course
Website:
http://thecoffeeenthusiast.tumblr.com/

Jason Casale's Blog

Tragic Death of our cafe owner

Posted on May 7, 2008 at 1:19pm 8 Comments

All,

I have some tragic news.

The owner of RedRock foods and a cafe in queen creek arizona died in a very tragic way just a few days ago.

I worked as a barista at the cafe and roasted for another company in scottsdale not related.



All the Baristas are stunned and are very sad for the loss.

We could not believe it.

The Cafe was a very third wave concept.

We where excited to have a gb5 and fetco in a shop that has only been open 2 and half… Continue

How do you manage your Barista Stress.

Posted on February 29, 2008 at 9:15pm 1 Comment

Okay so i have been an official latte art shot pulling barista for about a month now.

I have quickly realized at times it is stressful.

You see peeps there is usually only 2 people in the morning to run the register make drinks and food.



So if we get a ton of food orders the customers at the register wait and the bar person usually gets stacked with drinks at the same time.

It does not help we offer every breakfast option known to man breakfast burritos made from… Continue

1st Bar Shift

Posted on January 23, 2008 at 10:50am 3 Comments

My 1st bar shift today.

Yikes it went okay a little stressful.

I am learning the menu and the drinks they offer.

hopefully the next shift will be better.

I had a good time.



It was cool I have alot of practical development as a home barista with professional equipment.

Working the bar is a totally different experience.

I did get some nice latte art on a couple of drinks.



Adjusted the grinder finer when no one was looking so the shots where not… Continue

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At 5:50am on October 10, 2010, angela said…
My name is miss angela desmond i saw your profile today and became interested in
you,i will also like to know you more,and i want you to send an email to my
email address so i can give you my picture, for you to know whom i am.
Here is my email address( angela5000desmond@yahoo.fr)
I believe we can move from here!
I am waiting for your mail to my email address above.
(Remeber the distance or colour does not matter but love matters alot in life)
( angela5000desmond@yahoo.fr)
At 2:23pm on September 5, 2008, Jason Calhoon said…
Hey Jason are you gonna be competing in Texas?
At 7:06pm on July 3, 2008, Jason Casale said…
thanks for the advice I hope they dont change the grinder rule after I just bought a grinder doooh
At 8:48am on May 15, 2008, brock said…
yeah scott mentioned to me about you & i hadn't been on this site for a while to really ck out. just been running back & forth at the shops. 2nd kinda slow but typical 1st yr. stuff. keep in touch!
At 6:53pm on May 8, 2008, Mitch Montgomery said…
Sad news about Bill and the Buzz. If I hear of anything you'll be the 1st to know.
At 12:25pm on May 8, 2008, Reid Hickman said…
So sorry to hear about Bill. He was a good guy. I can't believe it. I don't know many cafes in AZ but if any of the Daily Buzz baristas end up in Seattle, I can put in a good word at a few places I know.
At 6:54pm on May 7, 2008, Jason Calhoon said…
Hey man sorry to hear about bill... I will keep my ears open to anything I hear there was a shop in phx somewhere looking for someone I saw it in the job section on here.
At 5:16pm on May 6, 2008, Dave White said…
Thanks Jason! It was awesome to see you up here man. I hope to see you sometime soon at some event. Let me know guy
At 8:51pm on April 19, 2008, 5.0 Reasons said…
I'll probaboly be at Ritual every day till we leave for conference...puttin' in work!
At 9:47pm on April 14, 2008, Jason Casale said…
no I got my one kilo roaster back
It still does not work right
 
 
 

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