Taylor Giroux
Coffee Director & Production Supervisor at Elemental Beverage Company- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Barista Level 1
Specialty Coffee AssociationMay, 2014- Sep, 2024 -
Gold Cup Technician
Specialty Coffee AssociationMay, 2014- Sep, 2024
Experience
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Elemental Beverage Company
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United States
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Food and Beverage Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Coffee Director & Production Supervisor
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Aug 2021 - Present
-Coffee Recipe development for 200+ roasters-Supervising Production & Freight Shipping/Logistics-Direct communication with clients on how to improve their coffee and maintain partnerships-Regular cleaning and maintenance of coffee brewers, grinders, water filtration, kegging equipment.-Writing reports and Standard Operating Procedures for consistency.-Creating bespoke coffee based beverages for clients, helping develop drinks into marketable products.-Direct sales work as well as work with Shopify.
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Fazenda Coffee Roasters
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United States
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Food and Beverage Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Logistics / Production / Equipment Servicing
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Oct 2020 - Aug 2021
• Performing shipping and receiving for both online customers and larger clients.• Hand delivering larger orders around the Boston area.• Coffee production work including filling, packaging and maintaining par inventory.• Doing small tech work along delivery route such as replacing internal parts, calibrating grinders and brewers and general education of coffee.• Direct customer service work and work with Shopify • Performing shipping and receiving for both online customers and larger clients.• Hand delivering larger orders around the Boston area.• Coffee production work including filling, packaging and maintaining par inventory.• Doing small tech work along delivery route such as replacing internal parts, calibrating grinders and brewers and general education of coffee.• Direct customer service work and work with Shopify
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George Howell Coffee Company
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United States
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Retail
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1 - 100 Employee
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Signature Drink Program Director
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Nov 2019 - Sep 2020
Creating new and exciting mocktails for a growing consumer network. ● Creating detailed recipes and menus to pull off production.● Training Staff to recreate drinks and develop lesson plans● Pricing out ingredients for budgeting.
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Barista/QC/Teaching Assistant
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Nov 2016 - Nov 2019
Provide hand crafted coffee + tea based drinks featuring bi weekly changing espresso. The calibration of said coffees daily "dialing in", as well as the calibration of the batch brewed coffees.● Working a ModBar pour over system, as well as assisting in the tasting and calibration of single cup pour over coffees.● Educating customers and sta of varying skill and interest levels on topics such as brewing methods in relation to choice of coffee, coffee's natural terroir and how it impacts flavors and taste qualities, and how water, grinders/grind settings, and proper weighing, measurements and time can affect each brewing method.
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Coffee Director/Lead Barista
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Nov 2015 - Nov 2016
Managing the upkeep and consistency of a coffee bar that is in use 24 hours a day.● "Dialing in" coffees from various regions and roasters to match the qualities served in their locations.● Keeping up with the pace of a fast moving simple cocktail bar, with the meticulous and detail involving espresso based drinks.● Ordering supplies and checking invoices thoroughly for two locations in two different cities. ● Training many new baristas to properly calibrate coffees and steam milk. Managing the upkeep and consistency of a coffee bar that is in use 24 hours a day.● "Dialing in" coffees from various regions and roasters to match the qualities served in their locations.● Keeping up with the pace of a fast moving simple cocktail bar, with the meticulous and detail involving espresso based drinks.● Ordering supplies and checking invoices thoroughly for two locations in two different cities. ● Training many new baristas to properly calibrate coffees and steam milk.
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Scout Coffee Company
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United States
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Restaurants
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1 - 100 Employee
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Barista
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Jul 2015 - Nov 2016
Calibrating and dialing in coffee daily.● Creating recipes for seasonal coffee drinks, small breakfast items to be featured in a very small and growing coffee community. Calibrating and dialing in coffee daily.● Creating recipes for seasonal coffee drinks, small breakfast items to be featured in a very small and growing coffee community.
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Education
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2006 - 2010
Champlain Valley UHSD #15
High School Diploma -
2006 - 2010
Champlain Valley UHSD #15
High School Diploma
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