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Jack Kuo Male Seattle, United States: 2m7qysgiy18pr; Share

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My other machine is a bicycle. (91 members)
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Seattle's Independent Coffee Group (29 members)
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Roasters Guild - Roasters' Choice Competition Results

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Roasters Guild - Roasters' Choice Competition Results
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Timmateo Dominck May 12.

Bean to cup... Farm to restaurant?

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Scott Guglielmino left a comment for Jack Kuo Jul 22

Jack Kuo left a comment for Scott Guglielmino Jul 22

Jack Kuo started a discussion called Coffee + Cycling in My other machine is a bicycle. Jul 14

Jack Kuo joined the group My other machine is a bicycle. Jul 14

Jack Kuo added the blog post 'The Last Day of Espresso Vivace' Jul 14

Jeff Taylor and Jack Kuo are now friends

Jul 14

Jack Kuo added the blog post 'Metropolis Coffee (Chicago)' Jul 13

Jack Kuo added an album: Chicago Coffee Crawl

Jul 13

Profile

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

Where are you located? ( City and Country ): Seattle, WA

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

What cities or countries are you interested in traveling to?: SF Bay Area/Oakland

About Me:: Currently I'm the Assistant to the President (kind of like a project or assistant manager) at Franke/ESI. Love to geek out about coffee.

I also organize a local coffee group for coffee enthusiasts/consumers to learn more about specialty coffee via meetup.com at http://coffee.meetup.com/207

About My Company:: Franke Coffee Systems (a.k.a. ESI)
ex Caffe Vita

What is your favorite thing about the coffee industry?: The passion for coffee

Website:: http://www.esiespresso.com

Jack Kuo's Blog

The Last Day of Espresso Vivace

Yes, it was quite sad....

Schomer's second (first was actually the cart/stand) Espresso Vivace cafe on 901 E. Denny opened for the last day of business on Sunday, July 13. People, like myself, flocked there for their last cup of espresso from this historic place of interest in the coff… Continue

Posted on July 14th, 2008 at 1:00pm — 3 Comments (Add)

Metropolis Coffee (Chicago)

Nice looking Mirage in Metropolis' front bar:

Went back to Chicago to visit the fam and go to my friend's wedding on the week of the 4th. Decided to go on a "coffee crawl" with my friend Irene. Stops included The Coffee Studio, Metropolis, Intelligentsia, a cafe I cannot remember the… Continue

Posted on July 13th, 2008 at 12:30pm — No Comments (Add)

Grillin!

Now that's how you grill in style! Can we PID that?

Posted on July 2nd, 2008 at 11:31am — 5 Comments (Add)

Coffee Berry Juice!

Found this quite by accident at Whole Foods last night. Decided to pay a king's ransom for it and try it out. Very fermented/musty fruitiness with a bright kick to it. There's not much of actual green or roasted coffee flavors in it as it is mixed with other juices and sugar. Ingredients: Acerola puree, strawberry puree, whole coffee bean, natural… Continue

Posted on May 28th, 2008 at 10:55am — 2 Comments (Add)

GS/3 temptation

Stopped by Visions Espresso Service today and finally bought a Virtuoso for myself. Also picked up a GS/3 prototype that they had on display before the production model came out. Boy, was I ever so tempted to just flee the city so I can have my own "special edition" GS/3. Must.... exercise.... con..trol....

Posted on March 7th, 2008 at 5:03pm — 2 Comments (Add)

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At 11:52am on July 22nd, 2008, Scott Guglielmino said…: Yea, couple weeks ago I made the switch. Life in Santa Cruz is kinda amazing. I'm pretty sure I will be up in Seattle for Coffeefest, if your not already booked up let's grab a beer at some point then.

At 5:56pm on July 12th, 2008, Scott Guglielmino said…: Hey,
Hows Seattle going? its been forever!

At 2:26pm on May 21st, 2008, mikelanz said…: thanx jak, u no spelin s not meye strong suit

At 11:33pm on May 13th, 2008, Gina Palandri said…: It was not a ghetto bar>>

At 3:10pm on May 12th, 2008, Mike McKim said…: lanz says...no really...it was this big...great photos, bro!

At 2:32pm on May 9th, 2008, 5.0 Reasons said…: Thanks boss! The only thing that's scary about that is that they were supposed to drink the whole thing...oh well. Good seeing you man!

At 8:47pm on May 7th, 2008, J. Valenta (JavaJ, foo') said…: Thanks for the link Jack! Hit me up next time your in SF or Sacto!

-JavaJ

At 10:46am on May 7th, 2008, Coffey Girl said…: Thanks for the welcome, Jack! Looking forward to learning more at BX.

Cheers!
Lynanne

P.S. Had a coffee this a.m. from Victrola...they do cuppings ever Weds. at 11am - but you probably already knew this.

At 4:41pm on May 6th, 2008, Nicole Spinelli said…: hey you!! thanks so much for the chocolate and tee, and yes, the chocolate was addictive! it was great to see you again and we will for sure have to hang out in Seattle in Sept! Have a great week!

At 1:38am on May 2nd, 2008, Vanilla Gorilla said…: Hey Jack thanks for the advice. And unfortunately I won't be attending the SCAA. I will be going to the Coffee Fest in Seattle this year though. You'll have to post some pics of the event when you get back.

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