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Cup North 2015: “Challenging The Way We Brew Coffee For The Better” | Gordon Howell
Here’s one for you, brew geeks: tucked in amongst the Cup North talks that
tackled service, communication, and innovation, Gordon Howell’s “Challenging
the way we brew coffee for the better” is a staunch—dare we say confrontational?—look
at how we are currently brewing coffee and why it needs to change.
There have been some mutterings and murmurings about the age of the
brewing standards we use around the edges of Tamper Tantrum for quite some time
(David Walsh, Mike Strumpf), but this is the first time anyone has tackled it
head on for their presentation. We hope Gordon’s thorough approach to examining
this subject inspires you to think before you brew!
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Gordon, along with his wife Marie, owns and runs four businesses in York
that are all geared to his love for quality coffee, beer and spirits: Harlequin
coffee and tea house, The Attic, Attic by night, and the Northern academy of Coffee. He’s incredibly active on the world competition
scene, having represented the UK in both the 2015 WBrC (7th Place)
and the 2013 WCIGS (3rd Place) as well as acting as a sensory judge
in the UKBC (2013 & 2014) and UK CIGS (2014 & 2105). As an SCAE
AST in the dark arts of barista skills and brewing, Gordon mainly focuses on a
one to one tailored approach geared to helping other coffee professionals gain
intermediate and professional accreditation
His wealth of experience in the
world of speciality coffee from the day to day operation of running a coffee
shop to competing, judging and teaching at the highest level is complemented by
his training in hospitality management (BSc) and export management (MSc). He
also assists WCE with competition development as well as being a Dalla Corte Pro.
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Here’s one for you, brew geeks: tucked in amongst the Cup North talks that
tackled service, communication, and innovation, Gordon Howell’s “Challenging
the way we brew coffee for the better” is a staunch—dare we say confrontational?—look
at how we are currently brewing coffee and why it needs to change.
There have been some mutterings and murmurings about the age of the
brewing standards we use around the edges of Tamper Tantrum for quite some time
(David Walsh, Mike Strumpf), but this is the first time anyone has tackled it
head on for their presentation. We hope Gordon’s thorough approach to examining
this subject inspires you to think before you brew!
--
Gordon, along with his wife Marie, owns and runs four businesses in York
that are all geared to his love for quality coffee, beer and spirits: Harlequin
coffee and tea house, The Attic, Attic by night, and the Northern academy of Coffee. He’s incredibly active on the world competition
scene, having represented the UK in both the 2015 WBrC (7th Place)
and the 2013 WCIGS (3rd Place) as well as acting as a sensory judge
in the UKBC (2013 & 2014) and UK CIGS (2014 & 2105). As an SCAE
AST in the dark arts of barista skills and brewing, Gordon mainly focuses on a
one to one tailored approach geared to helping other coffee professionals gain
intermediate and professional accreditation
His wealth of experience in the
world of speciality coffee from the day to day operation of running a coffee
shop to competing, judging and teaching at the highest level is complemented by
his training in hospitality management (BSc) and export management (MSc). He
also assists WCE with competition development as well as being a Dalla Corte Pro.