July 3 - We Are #StillRoasting: A Conversation with Roasters in the USA | Co-Hosted with the SCA USA Chapter
Updated July 6, 2020
Thanks to everyone who joined us for the fourth session in our We Are #StillRoasting series focused on the current experiences of coffee professionals around the world. This session was co-hosted with the SCA USA Chapter.
CRG Virtual Event co-hosted with the SCA USA Chapter
We Are #StillRoasting: A Conversation with Roasters in the USA
Friday, July 3, 2020
CRG Chair Jen Apodaca co-hosted this session with Beth Beall, South Central Regional Coordinator for the SCA USA Chapter.
Jen and Beth hosted a conversation with four leaders in the US specialty coffee industry on the impacts of COVID-19 on their business, racial justice and anti-racist policies, and how business has changed for them in 2020.
Our panel included:
Areli Barrera Grodski, Co-Owner of Cocoa Cinnamon and Little Waves Coffee Roasters in Durham, North Carolina
Gabriel Boscana, Owner of Maquina Coffee Roasters in West Chester, Pennsylvania
Lem Butler, Co-Owner of Black & White Coffee Roasters in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina
Nabeel Silmi, Owner of Grand Coffee in San Francisco, California
