Introductions

[Coffee Guy]

Hey Jason:

Indiana! Alright! Have to ever been to Java Jar (used to be Jumpin Java) in Indianpolis? Great place. Nice family feel, and in the Spring time, there's no place quite like it. Great spot for people watching while sipping on your favorite coffee beverage. Check them out if you get the chance and tell them that Sean said hi!

[frizank2003]

i'm new . wanted to say hello to everybody. Im a local community market weekend vendor and just recently started selling Select Gourmet Coffee in my booth. The coffee sales are starting off great. I joined to learn the most i can about the coffee industry, pricing, and for some startup website advice. thanks in advance for all your help!
thank you,
frank

[Alun_evans]

My name is Alun Evans, I am a Kiwi (New Zealander) living in West Java in a mountain town called Bukit Sentul, an hour outside of Jakarta. I have lived here for 5 years and seen some pretty interesting moments in modernIndonesian history unfold before my eyes. But to coffee...... my wife and I own a small roasting business that services the Jakarta/Bogor/Tangerang area. We roast for the institutional market as well as having a small retail base. We export green beans to NZ and Australia as well- these are mainly hard to get Arabicas from the small-hold growers we deal with. The coffee culture here is on two levels- the average Indonesian level (drinks a lot of coffee, but this coffee is finely ground robusta that is mixed with hot water and allowed to sink to bottom of the glass before being drunk- sells for $0.15 a cup) and the new elite level (Jakarta based mainly young Indonesians many brought up on the MTV culture and studied abroad). Life here is always interesting, always warm and never ever dull!

[Quink]

Hi all

I'm James I live in Bristol in the UK. I've been drinking the black stuff probably as far back as I can remember. and have been told i drink too much for probably the same amount of time. What I consider to be a healty obsession started when i was about 16 and discovered a coffee shop that sold whole beans and then shortly after being given a french press Ever since then I've gone as far as home roasting using a popcorn maker to start with, Which the wife objected to majorly, somethignto do with the mess, and now use an imex cr100.

[Rowley]

Hello, and welcome to coffeeforums everyone.

[oxygen]

Peace All !

My name is Adel, I am a cafe/Bar owner for a bit more then a year located in Portugal. I found this forum thru online search. Hoping to share ideas and learn from this forum.

[uchen]

Hi All,

My name is Suzan Ashley, live in South Orange County - California. I like to joint this forum to learn more about coffee. I am originally from Indonesia, but was not a coffee drinker when I was there. Now I am working in the coffeehouse to sell all the beans and drinks, so I had to drink/ taste it every day..... make me addicted to it!
Many thanks to Coffee Lover and others on this forum for all the information. You are really sincere on passing the knowledge to each other . I learn new things everyday .

[mercury]

Hi all,

I'm Hong Hai, from Vietnam. I was very happy when I found this forum.
I'm 21, student, love coffee much more than my girlfriend (coz I havent got gf ).

Wish : I want to open a coffeeshop in Hanoi after I retire (hopefully, next 40 years).

Actually, i'm studying in Singapore. I hate this country coz coffee here is absolutely terrible. If anyone comes from Singapore here, plz introduce me some coffeeshops with high quality coffee. Thx a lot

Glad to know all of u !

[ButterflyBarista]

Hi all! I'm Jess from Asheboro, NC. I work at a coffee shop here in town, and I hope to open my own someday.... that's all I can think of for now!!

[txchamp]

Hi fellow coffee lovers! My name is Mike, currently residing in Kansas City, Missouri, living in exile from Texas. This is my very first post on this coffee board! I looked all over the place to find a cool board to relax and get away from it all and found coffeeforums! Any one try that Jolt gum?