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CONTRIBUTORS 1 1 1 Tracy Allen is CEO of Brewed Behavior, founded to offer compre- hensive support to all segments of the coffee industry. After graduat- ing from the University of Missouri with a B.A. in economics, he was recruited by Procter and Gamble to take on the newly created position of Beverage Specialist. He went on to manage operations for a small Midwest specialty coffee roaster, which led him to the position of VP of Zoka Coffee Roaster & Tea Co., where he launched and grew Zoka's wholesale division. As one of the original members of the U.S. Barista Championship Committee and the fi rst chair of the Rules and Regulations Committee for the World Barista Championship, he has trained multiple national and regional barista champions and served as a judge and judges' trainer for the USBC and WBC. He is also an SCAA "Supertaster," certifi ed cupper and Q-grader instruc- tor. (Cashbox, p. 65) 2 2 Michelle Foster is a roving barista, reporter, critic, and barista competition judge. She is currently stationed in Montauk, N.Y., at CoffeeTauk for the summer season before fi nishing her masters in sculpture and art history at the University of Memphis. (Field Report: SCAA, Portland, Oregon, p. 34) 3 4 3 Amber Fox recently moved back to Canada to partner in a new company called Bows & Arrows Coffee Roasters (www.bowsandar- rowscoffee.com), in Victoria, B.C. She is an avid collector of acro- nyms, and is currently involved in the WCE JOSC, WBC, CBC, USBC, SCAA Sustainability Council, and is a Q Grader. When she's home in B.C., she does a little bit of everything for Bows & Arrows. She also happens to be the perfect balance of sweet, acidic and bitter. (Foam, p. 14) 56 4 Kane Holbrook lives in Louisville, K.Y., with his wife. Kane has been deeply committed to the Louisville coffee culture for over six years. He has been a barista and roaster for Sunergos coffee, rep- resenting them at the Coffee Fest Latte Art Championship in 2009. Kane is also a micro entrepreneur helping small producers bring their products to online audiences. He works closely with farmers in Louisville interested in producing sustainable, nutrient-dense food to connect them with customers. He would like to go back in time and brew a Chemex of mind blowing coffee for Peter Schlumbohm. (Pull, p. 25) 7 9 8 5 Originally from Eastern Washington, Will Hutchens moved to Port- land in 2008 to get a master's degree in international management at Portland State University. Pulled in by the city's unique coffee cul- ture, he started Caffeinated PDX, a blog focused primarily on coffee in and around Portland. In 2012, Will served as a sensory judge at both the Northwest Regional Barista Championship and the United States Barista Championship. When he's not seeking out great espressos at Portland's best cafés, you can fi nd him hanging out with his wife, Shayna, and two kids, Miriam and Kellen. (Foam, 18) 10 11 6 Tom Isaia hung out in Rome's coffeehouses during a 1968-69 school year. A few years later he grabbed a classmate and together created a 'European-style' café in Ann Arbor, Mich., called the Blind Pig. It opened with a Faema E-61, followed by a 3-banger Rancilio lever. "Some friends had moved to Berkeley, and I visited them after opening the Pig. I knew we were onto something when I saw the coolest of the cool coffee shops already popping up back then." He started Coffee Express in 1975, began roasting in 1982, and hasn't looked back. (Pull, p. 24) 12 13 7 Alex Lambert has been in the specialty coffee industry since 1996. He has been the head of the Stumptown tech department for the last seven years. Prior to that, he has been a barista, a café man- ager, a trainer, a wholesale account manager, and quite a few other positions in the coffee trade. These days, when he isn't working on coffee equipment he is usually elbows deep in some crazy project or another. Outside of work he's usually found hanging out with his awesome family, camping, drinking delicious beer, and/or working in the garden. (Prevenative Maintenance, p. 67) 8 barista magazine 8 A Cal Poly, SLO undergrad in Fine Art and Graphic Design, Rhonny- mi Liberte is an artist through and through. Her passion includes the art of the café experience, involving excellence in customer interac- tion and service, and the ever present potential to make someone's day by the drink you serve them. Rhonn loves to work on bar during special events and Sunday mornings at City Café, located inside her church in Northeast Portland, which she joyfully helped open and co- manage (all volunteer run) in September 2008, and then in Septem- ber 2009, opened and trained baristas for the City Café at the Pearl location of her church. You can catch her in the spring and summer, darting around Portland photographing the fl owers and smelling the espresso! (Pull, p. 22) 9 Sarah Mykkanen grew up in North Idaho, and has a degree in In- ternational Studies focusing on Latin America. She has been working in specialty coffee for eight years as a barista and trainer. Currently she is working as a barista and manager at Heart Coffee Roasters. In her free time she goes on international adventures, volunteers at non-profi t organizations, and acts as translator, assistant and cof- fee scout on sourcing trips. If coffee were a man, Sarah would dance with him all night long, and marry him the next morning. She also likes cats. (Field Report: Guatemala & El Salvador, p. 26) 10 Michael Phillips is a Co-founder of Handsome Coffee Roasters (HCR) in Los Angeles. His days are currently fi lled with training staff for the HCR coffee bars, writing articles for Barista Magazine, and looking for new foods that will work in a complementary fashion when put through his blender. With globe-trotting put on hold for a minute, he can be found primarily at 582 Mateo Street in the Arts District of Los Angeles waiting for you to stop by so he can make you a drink. (First Year, p. 72) 11 Freelance contributor Daniel Rose made photographs for this month's cover feature on Emma Markland Webster. Being a big fan of coffee culture and all its diversity, it was a great pleasure for Dan- iel to meet and photograph New Zealand's world-class coffee expert. Daniel freelances from a studio based in Nelson, New Zealand, and works for a range of advertising, editorial and book clients who ac- knowledge his specialized portraiture skills and contemporary sensi- bilities. Daniel will travel to North America later this year to work on photography projects, meet the local/fellow lens addicts, and spend a disproportionate amount of time surveying the local coffee scene. For more information, visit danielrose.co.nz. (Cover photos shot on location at the Bridge Street Collective Café, and article, p. 42) 12 A born and raised native Washingtonian/Seattleite (Ballard), Dave White now resides in Olympia, Wash., where he has been work- ing for Espresso Parts for 10 years. A victim of Seattle's dot.com explosion/implosion in the early 2000s, Dave settled back down in Olympia where he previously attended The Evergreen State College and now acts as the creative director and art department for Espres- so Parts. When not at work pushing pixels or drinking espresso, Dave spends his spare time dreaming of orchards, pickin' and pressing apples and converting them to fi ne traditional craft ciders. Dave also maintains a blog about traditional style North American craft ciders, and is a founding board member of the Northwest Cider Association. (Photography for Preventative Maintenance, p. 67) 13 A full-time graphic designer and aspiring photographer, Amanda Wilson loves the challenge of shooting barista competitions and always enjoys the beautiful detail each barista includes in his/her setup. Born and raised in Portland, Amanda discovered barista com- petitions while working as a designer and art director for both Fresh Cup and Barista Magazine. After a sunshine-fi lled stint as a design- er at Outside Magazine, she can now be found dodging raindrops in Seattle. (Photography, USBC Signature Drinks, p. 53)