Dan: Coffee Experts Spread the Love

EPISODE #3

Coffee Experts Spread the Love (and Knowledge)

Coffee is not just a drink. Indeed, it provides its devotees with a jolt of energy or even a much-needed work break, but its story runs deep: coffee is the final result of a long chain connected by the hard work of dozens of individuals.

In that same vein, brewers are the last people to touch the beverage before it arrives in consumers’ cups, and these individuals are much more than baristas, as they’ve come to be known. The role surpasses simply providing coffee service–these experts bear a hefty responsibility: transforming the beans into a high-quality beverage without sacrificing the integrity of the supply chain.

A barista simultaneously wears the hat of a coffee expert eager to inform anyone not yet privy to the entire world and work behind a cup of coffee. There’s a lot to love.

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Dan, an authorized trainer for the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA), spends most of his time teaching new and experienced baristas. To him, learning how to transform coffee with integrity is crucial. Working coffee to perfection combines craft and science; the work simultaneously involves creativity, attention to detail, and accuracy. Like most lines of work, the coffee world always offers new learnings, so experts constantly interact with others to share and gain knowledge.

The first step on this educational path requires changing how we perceive coffee; we should make a concerted effort to stay true to the product, respect each step of the chain, and move away from poorly sourced commodity coffee. Instead, we should choose beans that are more sustainable and nuanced.

Sledujte príbeh

Každá káva rozpráva svoj vlastný príbeh, ktorý začína na farme a končí v šálke – farmári, pražiari, baristi a spotrebitelia, my všetci sme súčasťou hodnotového reťazca kávy, takže sme zodpovední za to, že vo svojej úlohe budeme aktívni. Dan si kladie za cieľ urobiť výberovú kávu dostupnejšou, aby producenti dostali férovo zaplatené a spotrebitelia mohli porozumieť dôležitosti sledovania cesty kávových zrniek z farmy až po šálku. To im umožní robiť informovanejšie rozhodnutia o svojej káve aj v budúcnosti. Podľa Dana to možno dosiahnuť prostredníctvom školenia a vzdelávania.
Dobrá káva je o etike a kvalite, vďaka ktorej si zákazník vychutná vynikajúcu kávu aj príbeh za ňou. Akonáhle sa človek ponorí hlbšie a lepšie pochopí, čo je “dobrá káva”, už nie je cesty späť.