thx man. i would ask you something aaron about wbc...about jugdes..wh't do you think that them look for in to competitors? wht make them very impressive ...? thx man

heey aaron.! nice to get comment from you : ) , The coffe scene in israel todys more better than 3 year befor, their many people realize the value of coffe.., and many people promoting the coffe and aware of the notion of a professional barista..,wht about you Aaron?

Aaron, I think that I spoke to you a couple of years ago when I first started roasting from home. I am interested in knowing what it would cost to start a coffee store. My business plan is more based on a store than a shop. The main difference being that I would like to gear it to the home roaster by offering green coffee and roasting equipment. The additional idea is to roast in house for customers and or give them the ability to choose their own blends. I am interested in offering drinks, but want to keep it simplistic to start. Any help would be appreciated. I'd love to sit down and talk over a cup of coffee too.

Brandon Gott
www.baristadecasa.com

Hey are you still in KC? Good luck on the new company. I am the KC guy you met growing coffee and now also exporting exclusive beans out of Costa Rica. The description of your tobacco infused coffee drink has still got me curious and have a coffee question I thought you could help with. Thanks TimO

Happy Birthday ~Aaron~

Happy Birthday, Aaron!
It was good to chat & catch up with you during the Canadian barista comp. Sammy & I hope to see you soon...

Happy Birthday my good sir. Need to hear what went down in Israel sometime. Hope thingss are well. Cheers!

Ten years dude... That's practically ancient in Coffee Industry years. Rock and roll to that. Whacha been doin with your time lately?

Hey Duck! How have you been?

Things here are good, a little slow. Not alot of coffeehouse startups going on. A little training here and there, and a lot of trying to sell some coffee. Hey, I need to call you this week. Can you PM me your number and best time? Tanks Duck.

Yeah. He's moving here at the end of the month to work with us developing a coffee school and a gourmet coffee shop called Vecino's coffee gallery. It should be an awesome time this summer.

Yo Duck. How's life?

Aaron,
funny story. I work in a shop in a blue collar town in Indiana and ran into someone yesterday who said he was a "stand in" barista when you owned your shop while he was a part time pastor in KC. I also happen to be a part time pastor and barista that competed at USBC this year. Small world

good to see you in the MPLS. you coming this way for RG? i'll try to be a better host this time around.

Hey, Kris Davidson can not tell a lie. We were both hopped up on espresso and I says to Kris,"We want to have a barista jam in the Ville". He says, "the Duck is your man". And I says, "No! No! Duck is not man, nor man, duck." However, after further consideration and f-pressin of some PNG yum yum delicious, I realized...DUCK IS MAN. And in all seriousness, I would love to get your input. We are looking to do something small at first, a couple of hours. But I have never hosted one before. And I assume it will just be for the ville? But could be bigger? These are questions that don't belong in comments. Will be in touch to pick your brain. You know...if you're cool like dat...Also would love to meet up at SCAA, maybe we can talk then? Although I will be busy volunteering? Are you volunteering as a judge? Gosh, I wish I could volunteer at the hotel for some discount action...SCENARIO...Every morning I can throw in their crappy hotel coffee at the continental breakfast 6 foot slab and line up the sanka wrappers for half off my nightly stay? Conciergista

Duck, contact a guy named Jesse on my friends list. He works for a shop in Louisville and used to work with Deferio at Carriage House. Anyways, I stopped by their shop and we talked about how he wants to put on a jam. Figured you would be able to give him some advice about how to go about it. Ok, Bye

You're online!! I'm trying to work on a paper right now,... having a hard time focusing!! I'm planning on giving you a call later the week. I'm slammed with school right now. I want to have plenty of time. Talk to you later man!

maybe if you tell them you're not going, more people would sign up???

just a thought.

Bella is doing very well. She is way too smart. She wants to know everything and thinks she already does. (Kind of like her dad sometimes.) I would still love to make a trip out to KC sometime. Are you still available to hang out? Also, my family and I may be moving to STL in the summer. I'd love to show you the coffee scene there, if you're ever interested.