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Sasha King 24, Female Olympia, United States: 1jd10xde7p8; Share

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What is your position in the coffee industry?: barista, coffee enthusiast

Where are you located? ( City and Country ): Harlem, NYC

How many years have you been in the industry?: 3-4

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 and what you can offer in regards to an exchange.: I love team work. I love times when it's crazy busy and I am making magic behind the bar with my co-worker and I also love lulls for some serious smack downs. I love learning. I am flexible and I think easily to communicate with. I feel comfortable sharing what I know and what I think. My cafe is pretty busy most of the time. I am a shift lead and really love working with different people and trying to balence where people want to be for a shift.

What cities or countries are you interested in traveling to?: Everywhere. A country of origin is seriously over due but financially and time wise right now I think that visiting cafes and roasterys here in the states is more likely. I am doing a Midwest and East coast tour for spring break. I would love to spend some more time in Portland, Seattle and San Fran but anywhere as long as I have time to save for a ticket.

About Me:: Right now I am a full time student at The Evergreen State College taking a year long program on American History and Economics and absolutely love it. I am making a name for myself I think with all of the new people that I am meeting and would love to open a cafe eventually. I think that I would like to actually open a couple different kinds of cafes but I plan on finishing school first and continuing to meet rad people, make and drink coffee and cup as often as possible. I want to continue to expand my vocabulary and experiences. I love working in this industry. I am so moved by passion and can't wait to meet more passionate coffee dorks and professionals.

What is your favorite thing about the coffee industry?: the passion, the geeking out, the connections.

Website:: http://cafegrumpy.com

Sasha King's Blog

I don't know if I mentioned it yet but I too started a blog. You can find it at anothercoffee.wordpress.com. It's mostly about coffee but other seemingly unrelated subjects as well. You can look there for more up to date updates for this up coming trip!!!!

Posted on February 25th, 2008 at 11:26pm — No Comments (Add)

An Update of the Spring Break Trip.

Fly from Seattle to Milwaukee. i have a lay over in Minneapolis and unfortunately not long enough to check any cafe out. Milwaukee: Alterra Coffee - Working with Scott Lucey Madison: Ancora Coffee - visiting with Ryan Baughn Not sure yet, I imagine I can hang out at my friend's cafe at EVP. I still am getting to know about EVP, my friend that I am visiting has been working with them for several years. They roast their own coffee and have some pretty nice equipment. If anything I have an opportu… Continue

Posted on January 26th, 2008 at 1:48pm — 2 Comments (Add)

Madison, WI and New York in March

I am finally visiting one of my best friends in Madison for Spring Break this March. And because I am so much closer to New York while in Madison I have decided to hop over to New York as well. I would love to visit as many new shops as possible and hopefully start making connections for my big plan of a project for school my junior year, which is two years away. I don't really have a plan for New York other than to eat well, visit shops, make connections and knit.

Posted on January 2nd, 2008 at 3:06am — 4 Comments (Add)

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At 1:09pm on June 24th, 2008, Chris Weber said…: Hey stranger, hope NY is going well. I just had a chance to skim your blog, hopefully later I'll get to peruse a bit more. Might be out your way this Fall. Keep in touch.

At 8:49pm on June 16th, 2008, Adam said…: heyo! just thought I'd update you on the condition of my condition: I'm now working exclusively at the Goats. yay.

how's grumptown?

At 1:36pm on June 9th, 2008, Oliver said…: What way more drinking next time, I did even get a sip.

At 3:57pm on June 6th, 2008, Katie Medred said…: Next time: No drinking before Competing!

HUGS!

At 12:03pm on June 6th, 2008, Schroaster said…: Thanks for hosting the throw down was a ton of fun.

At 11:06am on June 2nd, 2008, Oliver said…: Sasha have you posted the latte art throwdown on bx I can't find it. I'm going to a lecture at Evergreen Thursday night.

At 5:03pm on May 24th, 2008, pandaman73 said…: and that is?

At 9:11am on May 24th, 2008, pandaman73 said…: So latte smackdown this week! You better not have anyone cover your shifts so we can actually work together! By the way what was with the weird energy in the coffee house yesterday?

At 6:41am on May 16th, 2008, Jenni said…: heard you're are heading east soon!
woooohooooo

At 1:58pm on May 10th, 2008, Erin McCarthy said…: How soon are you going?

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