Specialty coffee opinions, insights, and history from a 25 year specialty coffee industry insider and expert. Co-founder of Wrecking Ball Coffee Roasters (San Francisco), founder murky coffee (Washington DC), creator of the World Brewers Cup manual coffee brewing championship, former US Barista Championship chair, 2007 South-East Regional Barista Champion (US), co-creator of the December Dripper (SCA Best New Product 2017), host of The Portafilter Podcast, former SCAA Board of Directors, former World Barista Championship Board of Directors, former SCAA Technical Standards Committee.