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CoLab: Paris: “Beyond The Bar” | Katie Carguilo (Counter Culture Coffee)
Once we’ve solidified an event brief and reached out to speakers
tentatively to check for availability, we usually get the question “but… what
do you want me to talk about?” Whilst we usually have some ideas about what
might go over well with an audience for a particular event, we’ve found that
the best presentations are born from an exploratory chat about what it is that
is currently inspiring, exciting, annoying, or even stumping them about their
work or the current state of the industry—and, more importantly, that we end up
in a very different place to where we started when we first approached the
speaker.
Katie Carguilo’s talk, “Beyond The Bar”, is a prime example of this
process: what could have been a talk on natural processing or the state of
specialty in America became an open acknowledgement of career aspirations, hard
graft, opportunities, and responsibilities of baristas who desire to move
beyond the bar. Using her own thirteen years’ experience to frame the conversation,
Katie’s talk is a must-watch for anyone seeking to further their development
and career in coffee.
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Katie Carguilo has
spent the past 13 years in coffee first as a barista in DC, then barista
trainer and Customer Support Representative for Counter Culture in New York City,
and finally as Counter Culture's Quality Analyst for their roastery in
Emeryville, California. She is also the 2012 United States Barista Champion.
She prefers cappuccinos to macchiatos, hot dogs to hamburgers, thrift stores to
department stores, and guinea pigs to any other furry creature.
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Once we’ve solidified an event brief and reached out to speakers
tentatively to check for availability, we usually get the question “but… what
do you want me to talk about?” Whilst we usually have some ideas about what
might go over well with an audience for a particular event, we’ve found that
the best presentations are born from an exploratory chat about what it is that
is currently inspiring, exciting, annoying, or even stumping them about their
work or the current state of the industry—and, more importantly, that we end up
in a very different place to where we started when we first approached the
speaker.
Katie Carguilo’s talk, “Beyond The Bar”, is a prime example of this
process: what could have been a talk on natural processing or the state of
specialty in America became an open acknowledgement of career aspirations, hard
graft, opportunities, and responsibilities of baristas who desire to move
beyond the bar. Using her own thirteen years’ experience to frame the conversation,
Katie’s talk is a must-watch for anyone seeking to further their development
and career in coffee.
--
Katie Carguilo has
spent the past 13 years in coffee first as a barista in DC, then barista
trainer and Customer Support Representative for Counter Culture in New York City,
and finally as Counter Culture's Quality Analyst for their roastery in
Emeryville, California. She is also the 2012 United States Barista Champion.
She prefers cappuccinos to macchiatos, hot dogs to hamburgers, thrift stores to
department stores, and guinea pigs to any other furry creature.