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Dizzy

Okay, my turn now, since I just followed Bliss here! Hi, my name is Di and I'm a coffeeholic... 🙂 Very boring compared to all of you fellas:- - In my early 40's - Live in Brisbane at the moment - Husband in the Defence Force, hence while it's 'at the moment' - Grew up in the north of Western Australia: didn't know coffee existed other than in instant form when growing up. Mind you, I also didn't know that milk came in anything but frozen cardboard cartons until I was about 16 also! - Currently work with Defence as a civillian - Have worked in HR roles, mainly specialising in Learning & Development Management for the last 12 years or so. Lost the love of it about 10 years ago but found it a real struggle to move away from L&D because it was so speclialised, so it didn't matter what position you applied for, everyone wanted to put you back into L&D to sort out their Training Systems. :-\ Fortunately managed to finally get out of the field 6 months ago...yay! - Am a keen Tap Dancer. working my way towards teacher status, but mainly do it for the love of rhythm and the ability to make lots of noise! Also keeps me reasonably fit, but that's just a sideline bonus. - Two kidlets: 9 year old Emily and 5 year old William - available for rent if anyone wants to try before you buy... (just joking!) - LOVE coffee (of course) - LOVE my Nuova Simonelli Musica and Macap M5 Grinder - Roast my own beans, when I'm too broke to buy pre-roasted. I just can't seem to find a bean I really like at the moment, and I'm not good enough at blending to really get a satisfactory cup so end up tending to buy from the experts. That's about it! I already know most of you anyway from the other Forum, so looking forward to joining you on here also. Cheers Di

Dry_bean

Dizzy wrote:

Okay, my turn now, since I just followed Bliss here! Hi, my name is Di and I'm a coffeeholic... 🙂 Very boring compared to all of you fellas:- - In my early 40's - Live in Brisbane at the moment - Husband in the Defence Force, hence while it's 'at the moment' - Grew up in the north of Western Australia: didn't know coffee existed other than in instant form when growing up. Mind you, I also didn't know that milk came in anything but frozen cardboard cartons until I was about 16 also! - Currently work with Defence as a civillian - Have worked in HR roles, mainly specialising in Learning & Development Management for the last 12 years or so. Lost the love of it about 10 years ago but found it a real struggle to move away from L&D because it was so speclialised, so it didn't matter what position you applied for, everyone wanted to put you back into L&D to sort out their Training Systems. :-\ Fortunately managed to finally get out of the field 6 months ago...yay! - Am a keen Tap Dancer. working my way towards teacher status, but mainly do it for the love of rhythm and the ability to make lots of noise! Also keeps me reasonably fit, but that's just a sideline bonus. - Two kidlets: 9 year old Emily and 5 year old William - available for rent if anyone wants to try before you buy... (just joking!) - LOVE coffee (of course) - LOVE my Nuova Simonelli Musica and Macap M5 Grinder - Roast my own beans, when I'm too broke to buy pre-roasted. I just can't seem to find a bean I really like at the moment, and I'm not good enough at blending to really get a satisfactory cup so end up tending to buy from the experts. That's about it! I already know most of you anyway from the other Forum, so looking forward to joining you on here also. Cheers Di

Hi Dizzy/Di, welcome to Crema forum, hoping to hear lots mote from you. ;D

Vinitasse

My turn now... Hi everyone! The name is Bruce aka Vinitasse aka coffee_wino on CS Just a bit of background... born in Canada and raised as the son of a career diplomat. Spent my formative years in Canada, the US, Austria, Egypt, Poland and France. After graduating from highschool in Paris returned to Canada to attend uni. It took me a while to figure out what I wanted to be when I grew up and I ended up with a B.Comm and a dual B.A. Hons in Int'l Relations and Economics. In my attempt to prove that post secondary education doesn't mean as much as it should I ended up joining the army as a combat arms officer in the artillery. Did 6 years and ended up as a peacekeeper in Sarajevo. Discovered that I was sick and tired of green clothes and lack of sleep and retired at the ripe old age of 27 as a Captain. Jumped ship to the wine industry (had much more fun and red stained clothes are much nicer than green ones). Spent 10 years working for Vincor International and was sent to Asia for 3.5 years as their regional manager and brand ambassador. Got an MBA along the way. Had entirely too much fun in Asia and lost wife 1.0 ... met someone new and followed her to Australia in 2000... been here ever since. Upgraded to wife 2.0 five years ago. Have lived and worked in Brisbane, the Gold Coast, the Hunter Valley, Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula. Been a wine maker, Sommelier, fine dining restaurant manager and micro coffee roastery owner (current occupation). Have worked for Pearl in Richmond, Palazzo Versace, Pepper Tree Wines and Vinitasse - The Mornington Peninsula Coffee Roastery. There.. that's more than you could ever possibly want to know about me in a nutshell. Cheers, Bruce

askthecoffeeguy

Nice one Bruce and Di welcone to the good ship Crema - we look forward to seeing more of you both more often! ACg

Koffee_Kosmo

Welcome Dizzy / Di to Crema Forum we have met before Welcome also to Vinitasse / Bruce Bruce the first part of your background is similar to a book character Jack Reacher by author Lee Child Again welcome KK

Vinitasse

Koffee Kosmo wrote:

Bruce the first part of your background is similar to a book character Jack Reacher

Way cool... will have to look that up Cheers B

tauyeung

I'm new here but only if you look at the number of posts I have. I forgot my username, and my password, only just got it all fixed. Here's why: Date Registered: April 04, 2004, 11:40:58 PM :o I'm Tanya aka Green Bean (was also Green Bean on CS but I rarely spoke). I'm married to Wotb. Umm...let's see. I came to Australia when I was 10 from Hong Kong. Love yum cha and didn't touch coffee until I was about 18 ! Did my schooling here, B.Sc (felt more like BS), then worked for a global IT mob which took me back to HK and around China - a real eye-opener. My career also morphed from a very technical one to business processes and auditing (not sure how I survived without coffee to be honest). Then...[read Wotb's blurp where I cut into his life on the MUD]..... Around 2004 I did a weekend 'home barista course' and still didn't know much about coffee, except that my little machine at the time sucked ! My tutor for the course used a CKX and so naturally I just bought the same machine. Then came the grinder, tamper and all the rest of it... And then Wotb got hooked and overtook my enthusiasm (and along with that all my machinery) ! And I've been learning about coffee ever since, not just from the countless test shots at home, but visiting other roasters and cafes 🙂 I've been freelancing and experiencing what life has been throwing at me for the past few years, and have decided that natural therapies would be my current path. We'll see where this path leads. I'm learning massage at the moment and I'll be looking for willing victims soon ;D I'm no expert - far from it - but I know I appreciate a good shot of coffee. I look forward to learning from all of you here.

admin

Hey guys - have been away for a few days ... am hoping to catch up with things a little this evening - to all new members welcome - hope you find this a relaxed, enjoyable environment! A

Dry_bean

admin wrote:

Hey guys - have been away for a few days ... am hoping to catch up with things a little this evening - to all new members welcome - hope you find this a relaxed, enjoyable environment! A

Morning Admin, trust you enjoyed your break, did you find your way down to the Victory? 🙂

RichardM

First post - I'm new here 🙂 Some of you may recognise my name from CS. Joined there three months ago...have some of the same "issues" that others have noted, so thought I'd sign up elsewhere as well where a lot of the people whose opinions and posts I value the most also hang 🙂 Another QLD'er here too (Toowoomba).

Koffee_Kosmo

Welcome to both Green Bean & Richard M Welcome to the friendly forum KK

Dry_bean

RichardM wrote:

First post - I'm new here 🙂 Some of you may recognise my name from CS. Joined there three months ago...have some of the same "issues" that others have noted, so thought I'd sign up elsewhere as well where a lot of the people whose opinions and posts I value the most also hang 🙂 Another QLD'er here too (Toowoomba).

G'day Richard, good to see you on board. 🙂

tauyeung

Thanks for the warm welcome 🙂 Just had my 2nd doppio of the day and now ready to function for the day !

ACog

Hey All, Thought I'd start off with my first post here as it seems like the most appropriate place to put it! Long story short, I'm just here for the coffee. Originally from the Blue Mountains, I've lived in Melbourne (awesome place for coffee nuts) on and off for around 8 years and moved back to my home area a year ago. I run a coffee cart at some local markets on the weekend and work in IT during the week. Eventually I'd like to make the switch to coffee full time. Some of you already know me from the Twittersphere and that other place. -ACog

WotB

Welcome back Acog. We're all about the coffee. I'd love to pop by for a visit to your cart, but I don't get weekends off. Not even Easter long weekend 😢

Dry_bean

ACog wrote:

Hey All, Thought I'd start off with my first post here as it seems like the most appropriate place to put it! Long story short, I'm just here for the coffee. Originally from the Blue Mountains, I've lived in Melbourne (awesome place for coffee nuts) on and off for around 8 years and moved back to my home area a year ago. I run a coffee cart at some local markets on the weekend and work in IT during the week. Eventually I'd like to make the switch to coffee full time. Some of you already know me from the Twittersphere and that other place. -ACog

Morning Acog, welcome to Crema, great to see you over here. 🙂

admin

Hi DB - thanks for the recommendation, but no didn't get to Victory - both times we passed it, was in the middle of the day & just couldn't make it there for dinner... nice to get away for a few days tho [apart from the coffee]! Welcome to Green Bean, Richard and ACog. A

Dry_bean

admin wrote:

Hi DB - thanks for the recommendation, but no didn't get to Victory - both times we passed it, was in the middle of the day & just couldn't make it there for dinner... nice to get away for a few days tho [apart from the coffee]! Welcome to Green Bean, Richard and ACog. A

Morning A, the coffee at the Victory is better than average as well, perhaps next time. 😉

shape_shifter

howdy, I'm here too now, got caught up in all the spam bots 🙂 Well obviously people are going to know me from 'over there', hopefully I won't get slammed as much over here though. I'm all for passion but self-righteousness I just can't abide. Anyway, I'm loving my coffee and my UCP which is now producing great roasts at times no one thought a popper could ever do and I'm looking forward to finding the quietest machine I can to get the most of my home roasted beans 😃

Dry_bean

shape_shifter wrote:

howdy, I'm here too now, got caught up in all the spam bots 🙂 Well obviously people are going to know me from 'over there', hopefully I won't get slammed as much over here though. I'm all for passion but self-righteousness I just can't abide. Anyway, I'm loving my coffee and my UCP which is now producing great roasts at times no one thought a popper could ever do and I'm looking forward to finding the quietest machine I can to get the most of my home roasted beans 😃

Evening shape_shifter, welcome to The Crema forum. For noise reasons I contemplated a rotary pump when I bought the Bezzera however given that the vibe pump does just as good a job simply couldn't justify the extra $$$$, if you have the spare cash go for it. 😉