Clients

Coffee Critics Association

Developed a week-long coffee tasting course for their curriculum. Presented numerous classes, workshops, and seminars on multiple occasions.

Hawai‘i Farm Bureau Federation

Organized and operated a booth at the annual farm fair to support marketing efforts. The booth offered brewed coffee and bags of coffee from farms across the Hawaiian islands. Over the course of the weekend, the booth serviced about 1700 visitors.

Jasper Coffee

Worked with the Hama Cooperative in Kochore, Ethiopia on behalf of Jasper coffee, a long time direct trade partner of the cooperative. Seminars on coffee production, processing, and quality were presented to cooperative members, in addition to meeting them to address individual questions.

Kaanapali Land Management Corp

Participated in the plant and soil nutrition program of the 350 acre coffee farm.

King’s Hawaiian

King’s Hawaiian wanted to develop a national coffee program that would feature a blended Hawai‘i-world coffee product and a select line of 100% Hawaiian coffees. I informed the company about specialty coffee, sourced the coffees, developed the product line, and helped them navigate state and national laws.

Ozburn-Hessey Logistics (acquired by GEODIS)

Ozburn-Hessey Logistics was a defendant in a lawsuit concerning the storage of green coffee. I served as an expert witness on their behalf.

Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture

The Department of Agriculture began supporting the nascent specialty coffee industry in Puerto Rico. I hosted a large delegation of government officials and farmers in Hawai‘i for a week. I offered several seminars and toured them around the Hawaii coffee industry, including visitations to farms and mills. In connection with that visit, I toured Puerto Rico’s coffee industry for a week to assess its status and to offer suggestions for further developing and supporting their specialty coffee industry. The report became the basis of the Department’s plan for the following 5 years.

Savor Brands

Savor Brands is a packaging company that specializes in retail bags for the coffee industry. Their interest in compostable bags led them to hire me to research the state of compostable coffee bags and evaluate the true level of sustainability that the bags can offer.

University of California at Davis Coffee Center

As UC Davis has grown its coffee program, it has reached out to industry experts for support. I offered a remote lecture for one of their classes and recorded a different lecture for use in their online class offering.

Vasari Global

Vasari Global required a specialist to evaluate a large investment in a coffee farm in Ethiopia. I spent several days visiting and assessing the farm of interest and helped them reach a decision about the investment.

Coffee Critics Association

Developed a week-long coffee tasting course for their curriculum. Presented numerous classes, workshops, and seminars on multiple occasions.

Hawai‘i Farm Bureau Federation

Organized and operated a booth at the annual farm fair to support marketing efforts. The booth offered brewed coffee and bags of coffee from farms across the Hawaiian islands. Over the course of the weekend, the booth serviced about 1700 visitors.

Jasper Coffee

Worked with the Hama Cooperative in Kochore, Ethiopia on behalf of Jasper coffee, a long time direct trade partner of the cooperative. Seminars on coffee production, processing, and quality were presented to cooperative members, in addition to meeting them to address individual questions.

Kaanapali Land Management Corp

Participated in the plant and soil nutrition program of the 350 acre coffee farm.

King’s Hawaiian

King’s Hawaiian wanted to develop a national coffee program that would feature a blended Hawai‘i-world coffee product and a select line of 100% Hawaiian coffees. I informed the company about specialty coffee, sourced the coffees, developed the product line, and helped them navigate state and national laws.

Ozburn-Hessey Logistics (acquired by GEODIS)

Ozburn-Hessey Logistics was a defendant in a lawsuit concerning the storage of green coffee. I served as an expert witness on their behalf.

Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture

The Department of Agriculture began supporting the nascent specialty coffee industry in Puerto Rico. I hosted a large delegation of government officials and farmers in Hawai‘i for a week. I offered several seminars and toured them around the Hawaii coffee industry, including visitations to farms and mills. In connection with that visit, I toured Puerto Rico’s coffee industry for a week to assess its status and to offer suggestions for further developing and supporting their specialty coffee industry. The report became the basis of the Department’s plan for the following 5 years.

Savor Brands

Savor Brands is a packaging company that specializes in retail bags for the coffee industry. Their interest in compostable bags led them to hire me to research the state of compostable coffee bags and evaluate the true level of sustainability that the bags can offer.

University of California at Davis Coffee Center

As UC Davis has grown its coffee program, it has reached out to industry experts for support. I offered a remote lecture for one of their classes and recorded a different lecture for use in their online class offering.

Vasari Global

Vasari Global required a specialist to evaluate a large investment in a coffee farm in Ethiopia. I spent several days visiting and assessing the farm of interest and helped them reach a decision about the investment.