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The Espresso Lounge

About Me

Thanks for taking the time to visit my site. I've been in love with coffee for about 13 years. It's always been a part of my life. Recently I've been fortunate enough to share with others that passion and assist them in their growth of Specialty Coffee.
Coffee's rad when it's not bad! Dorky line but point proven. You'll always find video's here of latte art, espresso extraction, and other techniques. Very soon I'll have my own video's posted. I'll also post articles that will focus on Barista training.
According to The National Coffee Association over 30 million American adults drink coffees every day. This includes gourmet coffees, mochas, lattes, espressos, cappuccinos, and frozen or iced coffee drinks.
With that said, you want your customer to have that experience of a "holy crap this is great" moment in your shop. Customers are loyal to quality as well. Give them quality and passion and they'll be back.
So please browse the rest of our site. More importantly though leave a comment with your thoughts, questions, or pics of your shop or latte art. Thanks for your interest and we'll talk to you soon. The Espresso Lounge.

My Blog

New Blog Home

When you get the chance, please check out my new blog home at www.theespressolounge.netIt's a work in progress and I'm always interested in feedback from fellow coffee buds. While your there, drop me...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:25:00 GMT

Roasters Guild

As of 9/17/07 I am a proud member of the Roasters Guild!  I'm excited to be able to network out with my peers and be able to learn more.  Roasting has been going great and I definetly have a...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:32:00 GMT

Roasters Apprentice!!!!!!!!!

Small blog this time.  I just wanted to let everyone know that I just excepted a position as a Roasters Apprentice for a local roastery in town.  I'm excited about this opportunity!!!!!!&nbs...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:35:00 GMT

Back from Wisconsin

The family and I just got back from our vacation in Wisconsin.  I got the chance to visit family and friends in Milwaukee and Beloit.  HOLY CRAP I MISS EVERYONE!  Phoenix is great and a...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:32:00 GMT

SCAA Show

Well the show is over and life has started going back to normal again.  I had a blast and got the opportunity to meet alot of great people.  Everyone I met was very friendly and willing to s...
Posted by on Tue, 15 May 2007 13:32:00 GMT

Two weeks!

I can't believe it's only two weeks till the SCAA show.  I'm really looking forward to the classes and the chance to walk the convention floor.  There are so many roasters that I've wanted t...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:00:00 GMT

Milk Frothing Guide

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Posted by on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:32:00 GMT

Naked Portifilters..........wow!

Naked PortafilterBottomless portafilters allow the barista to instantly deduce whether proper tamping technique has been achieved. If the extraction leans to one side or the other an improper angle wa...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:16:00 GMT

Tamping Article found on CoffeeGeek

Tamping Science, Theory and Practice, Part OneIt was around five years ago now that a major lightbulb moment happened for me with regards to espresso preparation. I was visiting the (now closed) La Ma...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:49:00 GMT

The purpose of this site

This site has been up for a couple of months now.  I would like to use this as a resource to help train and inspire other Barista's.  Finding new Barista's who are passionate is awesome, but...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:17:00 GMT