Barista Exchange
Michelle Week
Female
Portland, OR
United States
Profile Information:
- What is your position in the coffee industry?
- barista
- Where are you located? ( City and Country )
- Portland Oregon
- How many years have you been in the industry?
- 4ish
- 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.
- Well I started at Starbucks when I was 18. It was a good introduction, but soon I found that I wanted to do more than push buttons all day and listen to people try to speak Italian. So from there I went to a coffee shop that served Portland Roasting Co. I loved Portland roast, I got many good training sessions there from Shea. Unfortantly business got slow so I moved on to Mon Ami, a crepe and Stump Town server in Downtown Vancouver. Now that I had a taste from my trainings at Portland Roasting Co. I wanted to get started again, but this never came through because I left to Pullman Washington for College. There I work at Cafe Moro, pretty routine. I moved out to attend Evergreen when I missed the green coast. In Olympia Wa I got hired at a little place called Artisans who later went under. Then I came back to Portland for the summer ad got hired at K&F coffee, another local roaster. I still work there, and I also did some work this fall at Mud Bay Coffee, a small roaster in Olympia. M
- What cities or countries are you interested in traveling to?
- Many. Time will tell.
- About Me:
- I love coffee, I love the community. I'm also a big sustainability freak!
- About My Company:
- At the shop we currently serve all Organic, mostly fair trade, one all female farmer co-op and a bird friendly coffee. We use a three exposed head M..something, I can't spell that!
- What is your favorite thing about the coffee industry?
- The Community
- Website:
- http://kandfcoffee.com/
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