STiR coffee and tea magazine

STiR coffee and tea 51 Emerson Leonard Sales Director What's the STiR in the next issue... • Transporting Coffee • Espresso Machines • Conveyors/Lifts • • How to Get Gear Squeaky Clean • Juan Valdez Coffee Shops • • Sorting Innovations • Producer Focus: East Africa • • Tricks of the Trade • Specialty Robusta • Kelly Stein South America Contributors Dan is Portland, Oregon-based and explores all aspects of the coffee industry. Dan Shryock Coffee Correspondent Kelly is STiR's South American correspondent. She lives in São Paulo, Brazil. US-based Emerson is director of sales at October Multimedia representing STiR and COTECA Boonthin is director of October Inter Co. Ltd. and the liaison with STiR's Bangkok, Thailand service providers. Si is a certified tea artist and sommellier. She divides her time between Beijing and Canada. Glenn has many years of experience as editor and publisher at international trade magazines, including those for the coffee and tea industries founding Tea & Coffee Asia in 1999, and STiR in 2012. Before joining STiR , Dan edited Specialty Coffee Retailer and was publisher of Tea Magazine and World Tea News. He is a consultant, blogs at Tea-Biz.com and edits Tea Journey eMagazine. He lives in Winnipeg, Canada. Art director Somjait Thitasomboon beautifully puts together STiR from sunny southern California. S T A F F Boonthin Tubsongkroh Director Dan Bolton Managing Editor Glenn Anthony John Founding Editor Si Chen Correspondent and Translator Somjait Thitasomboon Art Director Shem Omanga Oirere Correspondent Shem is a newspaper journalist with a love for coffee and tea. He is based in Nairobi, Kenya. Peter GW Keen Tea Correspondent Peter is a noted business professor and writer who has authored two books on tea.

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