What is your position in the coffee industry?

industry professional

Where are you located? ( City and Country )

Bellevue - USA

How many years have you been in the industry?

25

If you are a barista or shop, are you interested in a barista exchange with another coffee shop/barista?

maybe

About Me:

BARATZA™ was started in 1999 by Kyle Anderson and Kyra Kennedy. Kyle Anderson, President of BARATZA™, is the well know inventor of the first commercial super-automatic latte/espresso machine and founder of Acorto. Anderson was awarded a number of US and foreign patents for the innovations incorporated in the Acorto machines.

About My Company:

BARATZA™ was started in 1999 by Kyle Anderson and Kyra Kennedy. Kyle Anderson, President of BARATZA™ , is the well know inventor of the first commercial super-automatic latte/espresso machine and founder of Acorto. Anderson was awarded a number of US and foreign patents for the innovations incorporated in the Acorto machines. Kyra Kennedy was Acorto’s Director of Sales and Marketing. After many years in the commercial coffee business, Kyle and Kyra wanted to use their knowledge and passion for coffee to bring superior quality coffee equipment to the home.

In 2005, BARATZA™ spun off their coffee/espresso machine business in order to focus solely on design, development, production and distribution of high-end gourmet coffee grinders. With over 16 years of experience in Gourmet coffee grinding and brewing equipment, the design team at BARATZA™ embarked on the goal of setting a higher standard for home grinders. The result of this project is the all new Virtuoso.

With the Virtuoso, BARATZA™ set out to blur the lines between “home” and “commercial” when applied to coffee grinders. The Virtuoso boasts an innovative burr calibration system that ensures that each grinder will accurate grind for espresso, drip, and coffee press. The Virtuoso also has commercial quality components such as a high torque DC motor, commercial quality conical burrs and uses a combination of gear and electronic speed reduction to control the rotation of the burr to 450 RPM. Because of the commercial quality components and the performance capability of the Virtuoso, it has earned a commercial UL listing to standard 763.

In 2007, BARATZA™ finished a project to upgrade the Maestro and Maestro Plus grinders with many of the innovative features of the Virtuoso. The upgraded Maestro and Maestro Plus have been introduced under the BARATZA™ brand name.

Website:

http://www.baratza.com