Welcome to Part 2 of this special Coffee Fest live on the show floor episode! Interviews from Los Angeles 2024!

Los Angeles was so amazing and we got to sit down with 4 amazing coffee professionals who were presenting at this show. 

Today we will be focusing on improving your coffee and training skills with two experts! Anna Gutierrez and Sandra Elisa Loofbourow!

Anna Gutierrez

Beginning her coffee career in 1997 as a barista, Anna currently manages the Barista 22 line of syrups, sauces and powders. Having extensive experience working with distributors and national coffee chains, she’s an expert in product selection, marketing and branding, R + D of specialty coffee products, training and has a consistent passion for beverage development. Anna has presented at Coffee Fest shows since 2005, has been a certified United States Barista Championships and former Coffee Fest latte art judge, can be seen emceeing a variety of coffee events nationally and holds several Signature Drink Competition titles. She has also authored multiple coffee publication articles, is a Barista Guild of America member, is an SCA Level 1 Certified barista and was also co-featured on Barista Magazine’s April, 2012 cover.

Anna and got to talk on the show floor about barista basics. What has changed? What is the same? What is most effective? Anna is incredibly gifted and skilled in teaching so I know this will be a great value. 

Link:

https://www.barista22.com/

LinkedIn: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/annagutierrez/

Sandra Elisa Loofbourow

Sandra Elisa Loofbourow is a certified Q Instructor through CQI, a seasoned green buyer, roaster, barista, and published author. She was a founding Director of The Crown: Royal Coffee Lab & Tasting Room, and am co-host of the bilingual podcast Cafetera Intelectual. Sandra is dedicated to creating a sustainable, ethical, and quality-focused coffee supply chain and offers numerous classes and workshops to help you learn to assess and describe coffee. 

At Coffee Fest she taught a class on expanding your coffee vocabulary and we got chat on the show floor all about how you can take steps to do that very thing in your coffee business. 

Links:

https://www.sandraloofbourow.com/

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandra-elisa-loofbourow-b8979333/

Related episodes: 

• 048 : How to taste coffee w/ U.S. Cup Tasters Champion, Steve Cuevas!
• RoR #11 : Exploring Scent w/ Sandra Elisa Loofbourow
• 339 : What Good Barista Training Produces
• 313 : Coffee Education and Training w/ Michael Phillips of Blue Bottle Coffee

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www.coffeefest.com