"Hey Jacob!
Join us next week (September 23-27) for for another incredible workshop with the experts at Bellissimo Coffee Advisors. Enjoy our world-class business and barista workshops at a huge discount! Take 50% off all of our workshop…"
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Jacob Grier
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Introducing “The Bartender’s Library”
I’m delighted to finally share details about my next book, The Bartender’s Library: A Guide to Curating Spirits and Creating Cocktails from the Multnomah Whiskey Library. This is another collaboration with my friend Brett Adams, my co-author on Raising the Bar, and also published by Chronicle. This time we got to work with photographer Nicola […]Recent writing
Catching up on some recent writing… In my first piece for MS NOW, I covered the UK’s new generational tobacco ban: Specifically, the law makes it an offense to sell cigarettes, cigars, pipe or chewing tobacco, as well as various other forms of tobacco leaf, to anyone born after Jan. 1, 2009. This, its proponents […]Diagnosis: TDS
New from me in The UnPopulist on the occasion of making it through one full year of the second Trump presidency.Recommended reading: the best books I read in 2025
A positive for my reading life this year is that I’ve been reading more non-fiction than ever, though concentrated online thanks to running the link-sharing platform Seabird and curating our weekly Tidings newsletter of recommended stories. The downside of this is that I read fewer non-fiction books this year than at any time in memory, […]Catching up on recent writing
I’ve been remiss in updating the blog! But for The Unpopulist, I wrote about joining the Portland anti-ICE protests: This was very much not my typical Wednesday night. Though I live in Portland, where protesting is one of the city’s favorite pastimes, my preferred mode of political activism is sitting in a coffeeshop typing words […]Gifts Received
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Profile Information
- What is your position in the coffee industry?
- coffee enthusiast
- Where are you located? ( City and Country )
- Portland, OR
- How many years have you been in the industry?
- 4
- If you are a barista or shop, are you interested in a barista exchange with another coffee shop/barista?
- yes
- Tell us more about your coffee shop or barista skills.
- Former barista or barista trainer for Murky Coffee, Open City, Baked and Wired, and Grape and Bean.
- About Me:
- Former think tanker, sometime barista and bartender, recently moved to Portland from DC and looking to get back into the business.
- Website:
- http://jacobgrier.com
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Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 1:23pm on September 16, 2019,
Justin Borge said…
Hey Jacob!
Join us next week (September 23-27) for for another incredible workshop with the experts at Bellissimo Coffee Advisors. Enjoy our world-class business and barista workshops at a huge discount! Take 50% off all of our workshop options for this upcoming week only! Give us a call at (503) 232-2222 or use the code "septembersale" to get signed up for one of the most exciting weeks of your coffee journey!
View Event Here:
https://www.baristaexchange.com/events/upcoming-american-barista-coffee-workshop
Contact me if you have any more questions!
- At 11:08am on August 8, 2008,
David Fritzler said…
- How's the move going? Having any good Joe?
- At 5:08am on August 5, 2008,
Cory said…
- Don't you want to be friends with me, Mr. Grier?
- At 1:16pm on August 4, 2008,
Matt Milletto said…
- Welcome to bX Jacob!
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