Who are you and what do you do in coffee? I’m Andy Sprenger, the owner of Sweet Bloom Coffee Roasters in Lakewood, CO. Right now I’m working on building out the space for the roastery/cafe, and everything else that opening a business involves. Soon we’ll be roasting and brewing beautiful coffee for the good people …
Who are you and what do you do in coffee? Robert Fulmer, co-founder and current President of Royal Coffee, Inc. How and when did you get started in the coffee business? In 1976, I was offered a summer job cleaning damaged coffee in San Francisco for $50 a day. I felt like a millionaire and …
Who are you and what do you do in coffee? My name is Karen Cebreros. I am a green coffee trader, a pioneer in organic coffee, co-founder of Women In Coffee, a co-founder of the Sustainability Committee, and the Founder of CoffeeCares. How and when did you get started in the coffee business? I took …
By Emma Sage, Coffee Science Manager, SCAA Coffee scientists all over the globe are examining important issues in coffee. There are research groups investigating everything from volatile aroma components, pest and disease biology and resistance, environment and agricultural impacts, flavor formation and precursors, health impacts, environmental influence, processing technology and practices improvement, microorganism biology, taste …
Who are you and what do you do in coffee? I’m Rick Peyser, Director of Social Advocacy and Supply Chain Community Outreach for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR). In my current role, I lead a team that works to improve the quality of life for producers and their families in our supply chain communities. …
Who are you and what do you do in coffee? My name is David Griswold and I’m the CEO of Sustainable Harvest Coffee Importers. We sell green coffee to roasters in the US and Canada, and source certified (Fair Trade, Rainforest, etc.), organic, high-quality coffee from countries around the world. We pioneered the Relationship Coffee …
An Interview by Lily Kubota How did you end up working in coffee? I started pushing the big wooden forks for turning over the thin coffee layer on the patio at the coffee mill by the family house in Coban ever since I can remember, maybe being three years old. I always spent most of …
Who are you and what do you do in coffee? My name is Oscar Chacon. My wife Francisca and I have spent our entire lives producing coffee, and we have recently built and installed a small plant at our farm in order to process coffee ourselves. We must confess that at the beginning we believed …
Who are you and what do you do in coffee? I’m Lindsey Bolger, Senior Director of coffee for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters–Specialty Coffee Business Unit. I enjoy my role because of its broad scope, including leading green coffee sourcing, relationship management and purchasing activities, leading green and roasted coffee sensory quality, partnering with our marketing …
Who are you and what do you do in coffee? I’m Dan Cox, president of Coffee Enterprises and its affiliates: Coffee Analysts and Coffee Extracts and Ingredients. My job includes: setting the corporate culture; keeping the company profitable; sales and marketing; and functioning as a senior member of the sensory team. How and when did …