Updates In my life

I've been busy lately getting our warehouse that we will be roasting in. We took possession of it I think September 9. Now comes the hard work of getting it up and running. We are getting a 15 kilo Ambex roaster with some special features at the end of October and hopefully our afterburner should be here before then. There is also all the permitting which can be a nightmare. Then comes the outfitting of the warehouse with grinders, scales, shelving, espresso machine and the list goes on. When this is done a new roasting company will be done. Our roasting company will be a separate company from our Hotwire coffee houses http://www.hotwirecoffee.com I've also been roasting three days a week for our two locations which I am doing out of my garage (I'm not proud you gotta do what you gotta do).
I'm also working on a barista certification that I'm hoping will be a industry standard. I think I will be able to start it by the end of October.
We also started training our barista that will compete in the NW regional competition. Now don't get me started on that. It is extremely frustrating as far as I've been told the competition is still the end of October. This means that whenever they open up registration people will have less then a month to register and make plans to attend. I would think that this would be extremely burden some to those who have to travel from Alaska, Oregon or even Western Washington. You would think that the USBC committee would make it a requirement that whoever is the competition host would need to have it announced and start taking registrations two to three months ahead of time. It seems to me that it would be better if they secured a location for after the first of the year then it would wouldn't seem so disorganized and unprofessional. I feel better now that I've got that off my chest.