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What is your position in the coffee industry?: coffee roaster, industry professional, consultant

Where are you located? ( City and Country ): seattle, wa

How many years have you been in the industry?: 20

If you are a barista or shop, are you interested in a barista exchange with another coffee shop/barista?: maybe

What cities or countries are you interested in traveling to?: any and all

About Me:: I've been in the coffee business for more than 20 years now...began as a barista.
In 1990, I learned how to roast on a L12 Probat shop roaster. The boss just showed me how to turn it on and which beans he wanted roasted French (all coffee was French Roast). I told him to go golfing and leave me to it. That was the best job ever!
I went to Norway in 1998 and learned more than I could have imagined.
I have been a roaster, green buyer, sales rep, product consultant, and trainer in coffee.
I'm very active in with committee work for the SCAA.
To make a living, I teach people things about coffee.

About My Company:: TDR and the String Ball Project is a concept based on the idea that all work that I do in coffee contributes to a larger plan. The plan is to work towards better coffees and better coffee experiences.
Let me know if you want the longer explanation.

Website:: http://www.stringball.net

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I wish....

I wish Don Holly was on bX.

Posted on April 9th, 2008 at 8:37am — 8 Comments (Add)

Just flew in from Kona, and jeez are my arms tired!!

Tasted coffee with the Kona Pacific Farmer's Cooperative...and ANDREW HETZEL came to play as well! Can you believe he was actually in Hawaii? He's never in Hawaii!
Mostly we tasted coffees other than Kona. The producers tasted Colombia, Ethiopia (natural), Guatemala, Sulawesi, and Brazil Cerrado. These guys were blown away! Think about it- if you thought your coffee was THE best in the world and then found out all these oth… Continue

Posted on January 31st, 2008 at 9:51am — 1 Comment (Add)

DAILY LIST: 17JAN08

Let me start by saying that I'm having a very good hair day today, and I'm just sorry you're not all able to see it.
Made my way down to the old roastery (ZOKA) this morning to make a nuisance of myself and see if I could score a pound of the freshly roasted stuff.
Had a bitchen conversation with some great minds about whether a certain coffee was fermented or fruity. I walked the fence by saying it was "fruity" and that I am not too fond of the fruity coffees. Got myself some nice KENY… Continue

Posted on January 17th, 2008 at 2:54pm — No Comments (Add)

DAILY LIST: (1st installment) 13Jan08

Today, I made a double macchiato for Heather Perry and she said it was good! Then Bronwen Serna said, "Yeah, she knows how to do it." and I was over the moon!

Posted on January 13th, 2008 at 12:34pm — 2 Comments (Add)

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At 10:11am on July 11th, 2008, Chris Y. Gaoiran said…: I want to learn more about The String Ball Project! I have a couple of guesses--but if it has anything to do with making killer coffee more accessible to people, with a hint of altruism in there, I'd be totally in.

At 12:36pm on July 3rd, 2008, Brett said…: my number is the same, i called you

most likely be there on monday

At 11:05am on June 9th, 2008, Brett said…: hey friend

thanks for dinner a couple weeks ago

it was fantastic, really tasty

see you soon for beer and or coffee, right - ? -

At 2:01pm on May 29th, 2008, Mike White said…: Thanks Trish! Amazing how hours and hours of conversation and endless email exchanges boil down to two sentences. But at least they were good ones!

At 4:11pm on May 6th, 2008, J. Valenta (JavaJ, foo') said…: Hey Trish! Want some chocolate?

At 9:22pm on May 1st, 2008, Gabe said…: I can't wait to see you at the SCAA.

At 9:04am on April 18th, 2008, DaBom <aNdYnEwBoM> said…: Trish is SOOOO hot right now!

At 9:31am on April 14th, 2008, Kim Cross said…: um. hello!? Are you in Seattle now? Can we hit some cups somewhere? And then maybe some pints?

At 10:16pm on April 13th, 2008, Robbie Britt said…: It was great to meet you at Brett's. What's your favorite espresso-based drink so I can start practicing? Just in case you find your way to Sno-Z.

At 10:36am on April 6th, 2008, Keith Hamrick said…: Miss too Ms Trish! Yeah---wtf indeed? Nope not up and running...hope by summer 2008! What you doing now?

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