My passion for coffee started back in 2008 when I first moved back to Melbourne after living overseas for several years, I saw that just about everyone was drinking coffee.
So I started to drink coffee too and I was quick to realise that some places made great coffee and some made quite frankly rubbish that I could not even drink.
So as a passionate beer home brewer I thought I needed to change my beer habits to coffee, definitely a healthier option. As I was told I had type 1 Diabetes.
So instead of buying wheat, barley, hops and yeast I started to buying green coffee beans from local importers. Then I imported my first coffee roaster from North Coffee Roasters in China a small 500g sample roaster.
From then I just had to know and do more I had to understand the whole process. I seem to attract amazing mentors by just putting myself in the right spot at the right time with an open mind and can do attitude hence I have learnt amazing skills thanks to;
Scott Rao- I would say has the world's best knowledge on coffee roasting.
St.Ali's- on how to take a great roasted coffee and make a great coffee. Trust me you can still make a bad coffee with great coffee.
In 2020 the I made the decision to start roasting at Criteria Coffee in Port Melbourne where I met Craig Simon, at the time I honestly new very little of his knowledge.. An amazing fellow.. I learnt a lot in the very short time I has there..
Then to Cherry Mouth Roasters 1st warehouse at Maddox Rd in Williamstown North.. It was a dark time for everyone in the world as a so called pandemic was on us and still is (late may 2021)
Coffee is one of those commodities that we are all still learning so much about and learning how we get the best flavours. I guess that is what I love most that it continues to challenge me to innovate.
I like to support local as I grew up in a small rural community but with coffee here in Australia we just don't have the climate to grow it. But I think with the amount of milk that we use in coffee we can pick some great quality milk from very small farmers and by doing that the full cream milk makes a huge difference to the taste of our coffee (you'll ditch the sugar) and to the farmers and their families.
