What is your position in the coffee industry?

coffee roaster, home barista, coffee enthusiast

Where are you located? ( City and Country )

greenville, sc

How many years have you been in the industry?

6

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.

i watch the quality coffee movement from the outside, pressing my nose tightly against the glass until the schnoz runs out, but rarely coming in. i'm determined to find new ways to engage the innoculated masses, transcend insiderism and keep coffee connected to real life, like the way i recently had a fever dream about barista hair. i'm not a gearhead, and don't buy much equipment, choosing instead to work religiously on my barista skills. also, i'm destitute. i provide occasional espresso event catering, where i get to don the holy vestments of the trade, like a man-apron. and i bloviate endlessly about all of the above, throwing in chesterton quotes, random video jokes and spikenard for good measure.

What cities or countries are you interested in traveling to?

france
chad
ethiopia
guatemala
el salvador
zimbabwe

About Me:

i'm a political journalist, a scooter driver and a father of three. i'm the oldest of 12 children whose family mostly lives in the remote bush of chad, in central africa. i speak french. i read like a hound dog. i puff a pipe like a screaming banshee. and i eat french cheese like a clapper-clawed pumpion.

About My Company:

we write stuff. most days.

What is your favorite thing about the coffee industry?

community

Website:

http://chemicallyimbalanced.org