Hey Lady - it was awesome to talk to you Saturday! I am so glad to see the Austin Coffee community coming together frequently to share their passion! The book I was telling you about is "The Female Brain: by Louann Brizendine.com. I look forward to seeing you again - hopefully before next month!

I'm doing well Kristen, how about you? I'm sending one of my customers in to see you, she's going to be in Austin next week!

thank you so,so, much!!! beautiful info i really appreciate it. a 1bdrm in my town gets no cheaper than $1100! isnt that insane! especially considering that its almost completely void of cultre. austin sounds great, ill at least have to take a road trip and check it out, ill definately hit you up for the cafe tour ! thanks again

very nice to meet you aswell!!! thanks for the heads up! is there a cool coffee culture in austin? whats the cost of living like? i feel like if i dont get out af la soon errepairable damage will have been done to my soul!

Thanks for your kind words. Lorenzo did a great job getting this whole thing set up. I'm glad so many folks thought it was worth their while to attend and PARTICIPATE! Here's to many more...

hey Kristen,

hope the Austin Coffee scene is treating well, I will look forward to meeting you at the Saturday Night Smackdown!!


or you are always welcome to come visit our roasting facility in Spicewood.

Are you in Austin yet?

Hey Kristen! What time do you think you'll be there? I'll make sure I'm around.

Shazam!
Good to have another inked barista among us!

Hey Kristen. It is always good to come back to Texas. Let me know when you want to stop by for some training. We are going to have to train at the cafe if it is going to be in November. I wont have the espresso machine hooked up at the roastery until December. Enthusiasm is one of the best tools you can have, so I am looking forward to having you here for some technique critique.

Hi Kristen.

Thanks for your kind note. Come on by when you get back and we'll set up a cupping session or some such.

Keep in touch - let's meet up when you move here and drink some delicious coffee. What part of town will you be residing in?

Thanks! And very cool,.... we'll be glad to have another barista back in these parts. You should try to make it to the SCRBC in Austin, it's gunna be sweet!

Hey Kristen. The throwdown was awesome. Great turnout and a grand prize of $220 that went to Dan Streetman of Cuvee Coffee. He poured some really top notch art. Second went to Lorenzo Perkins of Cafe Medici in Austin. All around a good time and something that needed to happen and needs to happen more often for Houston coffee. Hope you can make the next event.

Im offended! Yer coming to Texas but not to Dallas?!?! I should have known, in your profile under places you would like to visit, you put Houston and Austin... but not Dallas!?!? What's wrong with with Dallas? Sure there's no coffee scene here, and the women have drive huge SUVs and buy huge boob jobs, and it's hotter than hell for 5 months of the year... but it's a nice place :)

Anywho,, I don't know yet about the Cafes in The Land of Aus but Im on the case, I will try to find out for you and let you know.

Coffees of the Day: Organic Peru and Decaf House Blend(Sumatra,Kenya, Guatemala)

Have a good Day later

Gimme! is the Jimmy Jamz!

actually I just got fired on thursday for standing up to Chris...

but blossom and I have already been working on a business plan for a place in kingwood, in the King's Harbor development on the lake.

So, life goes on...

Howdy lady,
It's Sunday, and I have to do some maintenance on the roaster. I just got back from Central Market to do a Coffee sampling up there.

Im the same as you, Im also more of a Latte/Espresso guy. I like making lattes and perfecting espresso blends. I have to drink just brewed coffee for tasting purposes, but I don't like it. What's it like up in Hagerstown? Im here in Dallas, Ive lived here for 18 years, and been in the Coffee industry for about 10 years here and not much has changed.
Hope the Mexican blend that you got in was good. We have coffees from Chiapas and Oaxaca. I like Mexican coffees, they are soft and have a slightly nutty and sweet taste and aroma.
Im nutty actually!
and about the music Im all over the map too. I've got everything on my mp3 player from Bjork to Kanye West and some Indian Bolywood stuff in the middle somewhere, with some reggae. Yeh Mon! luv da reggae

Hey Kristen, our Guest Espresso program is something we do once a month. We bring in 50lbs of espresso from roasters from around the country and elsewhere and pull shots for 4-5 days. This gives us and our customers an opportunity to try great blends from great roasters that they otherwise may never experience. We have had some pretty phenomenal stuff come through: 49th Parallel, Coffee Labs Roasters, Barefoot Coffee, etc........
As far as training, I would be more than happy to help you out, just remind me when the date gets closer.