Christopher Feran is a consultant, roaster, coffee buyer, and lapsed Q-grader with years of experience working with startups and established companies in the Midwest, Los Angeles and New York City. He is passionate about plants, food, beverages and spreadsheets. He currently resides in Cleveland, OH where he is a partner and Director of Coffee at Phoenix Coffee Company.
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Cosimo Libardo is currently the CEO of Toby's Estate Coffee based in Sydney Australia. He previously worked for Nuova Simonelli and was responsible for many innovative projects during his time there including T3 technology, Gravimetric technology, VA Black Eagle and Mythos One.
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James McCann is an organic farmer growing coffee and subtropical fruits, and consultant for Regenerative Agriculture systems. He roasts coffee at his family farm Tularosa in the De Luz wine region of northern San Diego County.
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Bilal Taha is one half of @sydneybrunchcrawler and an AMG Brand Manager @billyolss_
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Siri Simran is a barista, roaster and coffee trainer based in San Diego California.
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Elliot Reinecke did other "things" and is now the owner of Steady State Roasters in Carlsbad, California, with more "things" coming.
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Candice Madison Zachary has worked in specialty coffee for almost 10 years. Candice is currently the Director of Education at Irving Farm Coffee Roasters, Q Grader Instructor for the Coffee Quality Institute and a past WCE sensory judge.
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Elliot Reinecke did other "things" and is now the owner of Steady State Roasters in Carlsbad, California, with more "things" coming.
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Lucia Solis is a Microbiologist specializing in "microbial demucilagination working as an independent consultant working directly with coffee producers in origin countries to improve processing practices to increase quality.
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Jared Truby is a specialty coffee professional for 18 years and the co-owner of Cat and Cloud Coffee in Santa Cruz, CA.
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Matt Perger is the World Brewers Cup Champion for 2012, placed 2nd (2013) and 3rd (2011) in the World Barista Championships, and in 2014 was the Coffee in Good Spirits World Champion. He is a partner at Sensory Lab in Melbourne Australia and the owner of Barista Hustle.
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Scott Rao is a worldwide coffee consultant and the author of multiple coffee books including the highly acclaimed “The Coffee Roaster's Companion”, “Everything But Espresso” and “The Professional Barista’s Handbook".
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Lee Safar is the founder of MAP IT FORWARD and Elixir Specialty Coffee and the host of The MAP IT FORWARD podcast.
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