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- What is your position in the coffee industry?
- manager, coffee roaster, industry professional
- Where are you located? ( City and Country )
- Rhode Island
- How many years have you been in the industry?
- Since 1991
- If you are a barista or shop, are you interested in a barista exchange with another coffee shop/barista?
- maybe
- Tell us more about your coffee shop or barista skills.
- We mostly roast for wholesale, but I'd love to host guest cuppers & experience other cupping practices.
- What cities or countries are you interested in traveling to?
- Peru, Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Rwanda
- About Me:
- I started working at the Coffee Exchange in Providence in '91, washed out of grad school shortly thereafter. Then I learned how to roast coffee, but mostly spent 10 years schlepping capps & lattes. Started New Harvest in 2000 in a desperate attempt to get off the counter.
- About My Company:
- New Harvest is a wholesale and mail order roaster, with a sharp focus on barista training, professional development, and pinatas.
- Website:
- http://www.newharvestcoffee.com
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Colombia & Honduras, January 2009
Posted on February 2, 2009 at 6:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Day 1 Wednesday Jan 14
Newark to Mesa de los Santos
It’s a long row to hoe. Providence to Newark to Miami to Bogata to Bucaramanga to Los Santos. Troy and Jaime join me in Newark. We’re greeted by a dose of fresh, thin air in Bogata. Troy immediately sets out on a quest for aguardiente, the legendarily potent anise liqueur, while I frustrate the woman behind the glass at the money exchange with my long-degraded Spanish. It’s really bad. After I finally acquire some pesos, I find a… Continue
Newark to Mesa de los Santos
It’s a long row to hoe. Providence to Newark to Miami to Bogata to Bucaramanga to Los Santos. Troy and Jaime join me in Newark. We’re greeted by a dose of fresh, thin air in Bogata. Troy immediately sets out on a quest for aguardiente, the legendarily potent anise liqueur, while I frustrate the woman behind the glass at the money exchange with my long-degraded Spanish. It’s really bad. After I finally acquire some pesos, I find a… Continue
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