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What is your position in the coffee industry?
barista, manager, barista trainer, coffee enthusiast
Where are you located? ( City and Country )
Cleveland,OH USA
How many years have you been in the industry?
2
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've never traveled the west coast and would love to inifltrate the coffee/geek/bike/nerd/music/dweeb culture of other hip cities in the states. I'd like to travel all of the states, really. I'd like to travel to origin, to other countries, anywhere. I just like to be culture shocked. Really, there's no place like Cleveland, so anywhere I go will be a hugely new experience.
About Me:
tamp tamp here, tamp tamp there, make a sandwich scrub the grill, everybody scrub scrub
About My Company:
Premier micro-roaster in Cleveland, We care about coffee like woah. We like to change the world, one cup of amazing coffee at a time. We care about Cleveland more than any politican tells you he cares (well no shit, I guess). We are a bunch of kids with big hearts and huge brains. We want to actualize something positive, and Phoenix is totally positive. That's my experience.
What is your favorite thing about the coffee industry?
Uniting people peacefully, positive change, delicious fucking drinks, making friends and contacts all over the world
Website:
http://phoenixcoffee.com

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Oh no, snow

Posted on March 8, 2008 at 12:00pm 1 Comment

Good afternoon, Cleveland winter....I'm snowed into my apartment with my boyfriend, who's tiny car is hidden underneath a snowdrift, thank you plow. We're expecting between 7 and 14 inches in the next couple of days. In a city where it's winter 9 months out of a year, you'd expect to get used to it. Never fails to depress the living hell out of me. The morning was spent playing a rousing game of scrabble (did you know 'sonsie' is a word? It means 'comely'. Which means.....?) in which I won by… Continue

Tamp this, son

Posted on February 27, 2008 at 3:27pm 0 Comments

Wow, this site makes the geek in me super stoked...I'm all geek, so thats a lot of good vibes. I'm really excited to meet everyone here, albeit virtually (for now)... So, my name is Theresa, otherwise known as The Rza, a name that makes me sound waaaay more hip than I am in all reality. I work for a local, rock and roll, amazing micro-roastery in Cleveland. There's a lot of steam and brown fluid in this town, but at The Phoenix you know it's not toxic runoff. I'm a barista, assistant manager… Continue

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At 8:12am on October 11, 2008, Marta Clare said…
sorry i ran rather abruptly yesterday. we can talk any time about where and when to make the transfer of equipment. i have no phone, but email me at martaclare@gmail.com or leave a message at the store or get to me through forrest or whatever. i'm around. it was good to see you X2 yesterday!
At 7:43pm on March 8, 2008, wiggles said…
so- i'm totally stuck here tonight, with no real idea about how to get to work tomorrow, short of an hour and half rta adventure, but thanks for the invite. to make up for it, let's fucking cup some coffee. for real. will find a scale and do it. besides our fine phoenix shits- i've got new harvest marika blend, chestnut hill spro blend, and an el salv peaberry from coffee labs. home cupping?
At 9:04am on February 29, 2008, Jay Lijewski (TacomaPenna) said…
Hello again,

Yes, you probable did wash some of my dishes at the SCAA workshop. And I thank you for it.

Jay
At 4:51pm on February 27, 2008, Caitlin said…
online barista samuri group formation time? :)
hey, i appreciate you!
 
 
 

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