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COFFEE ROASTER | SENSORY ANALYSIS
I tasted my first cup of coffee at the tender age of 8 from the hand of my grandmother.
Much later I discovered my grandparents’ relationship with coffee in Santander, Colombia, but that is another story, then destiny took my parents to Venezuela, where I was born and some time later I discovered specialty coffee with the master Pietro Carbone and I knew that coffee is my origin and my destiny.
I roast coffee and I love making it, developing flavors and fragrances, exporting its origins and taking it to the maximum of its potential, drinking it and exploring its soul.
In Venzuela I discovered different origins and more than anything else the history of coffee itself from before its arrival in America to the post-harvest processes that today are rediscovered.
On the other hand, in Colombia I learned to appreciate its complexity, the biodiversity and geography of coffee that makes the coffee bean so complex and marvelous.
I am a professional in Digital Marketing and eventually I specialized in SEO but I am more of a Roaster and coffee taster by passion.
Between marketing meetings I took the opportunity to share with clients or friends a different coffee each time and evangelize each one of them.
SCA Certified
Perfil profesional
Agente Comercial, Tostador, Analista de café y Barista, en estos últimos años he estado tostando café comercial y de especialidad.
Experiencia profesional
- Comercial, El Prístino Café , Bogotá, Colombia, enero a junio 2019
- Barista, Tostador de Café en KAFO café, Bogotá, Colombia. mayo, 2017 a dic, 2018
- Comercial, Café Mesa de Los Santos, Bogotá, Colombia. 2015 a 2017
Formación
Lic. Administración de Empresas, Universidad de Santander, Colombia. Ago, 2008
Técnico de Publicidad, IUNP. Caracas, Venezuela. Dic. 2000
Cursos
Cursos de Marketing digital, ventas y posicionamiento
- Master de SEO Avanzado, Webpositer Academy
- e-Commerce, Platzi
- SEO: Posicionamiento en Buscadores, Platzi
Cursos de formación en café
- Fermentación en Café, Tecnicafe. 2020
- Sensory Skill Foundation SCA – Ricardo Villegas, 2019
- Pre Q Grader Arabica, Cafenorte, Cartago Valle, Colombia, 2018
- Roasting intermediate SCA Pietro Carbone, 2018
- Roasting Foundation SCA – Pietro Carbone, 2018
- Brewing Foundation SCA – Pietro Carbone, 2018
- Brewing Intermediate SCA – Pietro Carbone, 2018
- Barista Skills Foundation SCA – Pietro Carbone, 2015
- Introduction to Coffee SCA – Ricardo Villegas, 2015
- Básico en Barismo, SENA, Bogotá colombia, 2015
Aptitudes
- Pasión por el café
- Ventas y Atención al cliente
- Manejo de equipos
- Trabajo en equipo
- Creatividad
Voluntariado
- Preparación de mesas de catación Asia, Specialty Coffee Expo. Seattle, WA 2017
- Preparación de mesas de catación África, Specialty Coffee Expo. Seattle, WA 2017