• The Anthropology of Coffee, Portland State University

    The Anthropology of Coffee, Portland State University

    After almost a decade of research and travel in the field, I put together a unit on the Anthropology of Coffee, covering coffee cultures and traditions around the world throughout history. This interactive course offered a more in-depth look at research completed for my book Spill the Beans: Global Coffee Culture. The inaugural offering of…

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  • Coffee Fest Education & Conference Programming

    Coffee Fest Education & Conference Programming

    Coffee Fest takes place 4 times per year in different cities across America. To date, I have directed educational programming for 8 x shows in New York, Chicago, Louisville, Los Angeles, Seattle, Anaheim, and Orlando. Contracted beginning January 2022 to help with a strategic overhaul of content, conference, and education for the nation’s leading specialty…

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  • Taste of London Chocolate Workshop

    Taste of London Chocolate Workshop

    For the 2016 edition of the Taste of London food festival held in Hyde Park, London, the festival organizers built a small pagoda for small groups to have more in-depth experiences during their visit. Inside this pagoda, I held small interactive chocolate truffle-making workshops and bean-to-bar educational seminars that explained the process of chocolate making…

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  • Neals Yard Dairy x MAST Chocolate and Cheese Pairing Event, London

    Neals Yard Dairy x MAST Chocolate and Cheese Pairing Event, London

    In January 2016, I collaborated with Neals Yard Dairy to hold an educational seminar/chocolate and cheese pairing event in their Covent Garden headquarters. We paired a selection of 7 chocolates and cheeses and alongside guiding attendees through tasting processes for both products, delivered an educational seminar on each of the products tasted.

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