What is your position in the coffee industry?

barista, home barista, coffee enthusiast

Where are you located? ( City and Country )

Seattle, USA

How many years have you been in the industry?

1

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.

I was trained at the Stumptown Roasterie in Seattle WA, cut my teeth at Neptune Coffee in Greenwood, and am continuing my coffee education at Trabant Coffee and Chai in Seattle. While relatively new to the coffee industry, I love the constant learning that goes into a day of work. I also lived in Florence, Italy for a year and speak Italian with a high level of fluency. Trabant is full of awesome folk dedicated to making kick ass coffee and spreading the love to other people in our immediate community and the coffee world at large. We like making new friends.

What cities or countries are you interested in traveling to?

Anywhere, but particularly London, Chiapas, Italy, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Papua New Guinea, India, Columbia.

About Me:

I love:

Avocados
Craft beer
Arts and Crafts
Punk
Folk
Writing
Tattoos
Philosophy
Maps and Atlases
Thunderstorms
Michigan
The Clash
Smith College
Coffee
and playing my ukulele.

Not in that order.

About My Company:

Trabant is a small family of circus-freaks, musicians, lovers of life, and hooligans constantly asking each other for macchiatos and geeking out.

We rule.

What is your favorite thing about the coffee industry?

The close-knit community.

Website:

http://www.trabantcoffee.com