MCP#006 Taylor Gresham
ROASTER NAME: Taylor Gresham
YEARS ROASTING: 3 years
COMPANY: Evocation Micro-Coffee Roastery, Amarillo, TX
a minimalist study of Taylor Gresham.
- taylor:
connects dots
learns about coffee
is gracious
creates aesthetic moments
ethereal
wants to be remembered as kind
works out
keeps a coffee journal
sees potential
focuses
- the coffee:
a challenge; she knows
in theory should be easy
not always the case
difficult coffee
a washed ethiopia
duromina shines
turn up the flame, heat
drop coffee—momentum
an aggressive roast
what is it? process.
changes coffee, becomes strange
acid mellows out
sweet carries throughout
milk, no milk, doesn’t matter
everyone should drink
- creating lines.
intentional moments are scattered through taylor’s story.
here are some of the most poignant.
go to art school.
find it pointless.
leave.
work as a barista.
become passionately obsessed with coffee.
study everything you can.
find roasters.
ask to shadow them.
become a head roaster.
choose a coffee.
learn everything about how it’s processed and grown.
master the roast.
stay tuned for more.