What is your position in the coffee industry?

barista trainer, industry professional

Where are you located? ( City and Country )

Milwaukee

How many years have you been in the industry?

8

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.

Stone Creek Coffee, like many coffee companies, was created in the early nineties. Since the beginning the owner has had one vision: social responsibility. Our company visits the land where our coffee is grown, meets the people who tend the fields and while visiting, stay in the homes of the farm owners and managers. Sustainability and social responsibility is not only about how coffee is grown- its about who grows it. My husband is the green coffee buyer for Stone Creek Coffee, and I know better than anyone, that he is at origin often.

Focused on the Greater Milwaukee Area, Stone Creek Coffee grew in to eight retail locations. In 2006, a wholesale division was added. As we come to work each day we make strides toward perfection. Its a long road.

My barista skills are my own. I am self taught and I teach everything I know to anyone who wants to learn.

About Me:

Aside from my family, espresso is why I get out of bed in into my car in the morning. I have been active in the coffee industry for eight years as a barista, a wholesale development manager, retail location manager, a college campus cafe general manager, barista trainer for a local coffee company's eight stores and various key wholesale accounts and now as Stone Creek Coffee of Milwaukee's Director of Retail Operations and Barista Education.

About My Company:

Stone Creek Coffee is a locally owned and operated retail, wholesale and web based business founded in 1993 by Eric Resch.

What is your favorite thing about the coffee industry?

Its a restless journey of coffee joy.

Website:

http://www.stonecreekcoffee.com