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Publisher Kenneth R. Olson Editor Sarah Allen Art Direction Demitri Fregosi Powers Copy Editors Erin Meister, Chris Ryan Photographer Al-Farouq Aminu Business Manager Cheryl Lueder Advertising Sales Sarah Allen 800.296.9108 Contributors Julio Alejandro Tracy Allen Andrew Bettis Stephanie Frommlet Steen Heine Erin Meister Anna Oleksak Jack Pollock Ashley Rodriguez Joshua Vasko Editorial Advisory Board Nora Burkey, The Chain Collaborative Anna Gutierrez, Barista 22 Hidenori Izaki, Maruyama Coffee Heather Kelley, Stumptown Coffee Roasters Sam Low, Code Black Coffee Todd Mackey, Bolt Coffee Co. 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BARIST A M A G A Z I N E E D I T O R L E T T E R help from our friends SO MANY TIMES over the years, people have asked if I ever worked as a barista, and the answer is... sort of. I bartended for a summer after grad- uate school, and I was absolutely terrible at it. Otherwise, I've only ever had writing jobs. When we started Barista Magazine 10 years ago, we needed help. My partner and fellow profes- sional journalist, Ken, and I had the struc- ture down—we knew how to put a magazine together. We needed resources, though: experts in the field not only to write for us, but to keep us informed about the latest trends, the most exciting new products, the places they were visiting to see coffee culture, and what their impressions were. Ken and I travel like crazy, but it's still not enough—we can't be everywhere. If we could, what we would notice as writers—even writers with a comprehensive understanding of this industry and the barista's role within it—would be different than what those actually pulling the shots, running the cafés, buying the coffee, building the roasts, and working for the good of every link on the supply chain would see and think about. This is why we have the Barista Magazine Editorial Advisory Board, and with this issue, we introduce the 2016–2018 board: an extraordinary group of coffee professionals. I think of these 14 coffee veterans as emissaries of our publication. These are baristas and café owners, green buyers and roasters, consultants, trainers, and educators from around the globe, from different backgrounds and with different reasons for being in coffee. They contribute their ideas and perceptions from their individual coffee experiences to us in the name of helping make Barista Magazine as relevant and useful as possible. On a regular basis, I ask them what they're noticing in the market, what products they're eagerly anticipating, what cities they're spotting as new hotbeds of specialty coffee, and what topics we should be covering. They are thoughtful and perceptive, and they are, in a word, my salvation. I appreciate them more than I can express. This doesn't mean I don't welcome emails and texts from any coffee person anywhere in the world who has a suggestion for us, mind you—the more voices and opinions in the mix, the better! Please write and share your ideas any time—I can't tell you how important they are to our efforts in mak- ing Barista Magazine a great source of applicable, timely information. The 14 members of the 2016–2018 Editorial Advisory Board, though, have made a commitment to contributing thoughts and opinions on a regular basis, and for this, I thank them. Giving them a shout out here is the least I can do. They are: Nora Burkey, who works on behalf of coffee producers in Central America through her nonprofit, The Chain Collaborative, and is a frequent contributor to the magazine; Anna Gutierrez, a spitfire with a keen eye on retailing trends throughout the United States; Hidenori Izaki, 2014 World Barista Champion and beloved trainer and consultant for some of the industry's most successful baristas; Heather Kelley, whose almost-lifelong background in coffee retailing gives her a unique perspective on current trends; Sam Low, coffee traveler and latte art pro, whose inquisitiveness about our changing industry is matched perhaps only by his curiosity about glob- al cuisine; Todd Mackey, who has never met an initiative he won't take on, be it in community edu- cation, independent retailing, or global sustain- ability; Mike Marquard, living the dream of the barista who competes, wants more, and makes the leap into ethical and sustainable coffee-business ownership; Noah Namowicz, whose trajectory in the green-coffee business has been nothing short of extraordinary, and who believed in the impor- tance of exposing baristas to origin long before many others did; Lorenzo Perkins, tireless chair of the Barista Guild of America (BGA) and owner of one of the most eagerly anticipated cafés of the last year; Sarah Richmond, whose cross-country coffee background, and current position in the South gives her a unique perspective on one of the United States' fastest-growing coffee regions; Craig Simon, decorated barista champion with an unquenchable thirst for coffee knowledge; Jess Steffy, a model for balancing an employee-driven retail business with maintaining a strong position of barista advocacy in the larger coffee industry; Teresa von Fuchs, an industrious educator and community leader in the Northeast; and Laila Willbur, whose work on behalf of the Iranian Barista Guild is one of the most inspiring things to happen in the global coffee community in the last decade. These are the members of the 2016–2018 Barista Magazine Editorial Advisory Board— good gracious, are we lucky to have them. 14 barista magazine