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Jaroslav Tuček

Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Retail Professionals

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Roasting for espresso is a tricky business. Not only are there multiple variables that inherently complicate the extraction process but there is also a wide variety of opinion is and preferences for what the final flavor experience should be like. On this Rate of Rise episode we will be talking about how one world renowned roastery roasts for espresso and how their technique and approach has evolved over their history. We are talking with Jaroslav Tuček, founder of Doubleshot in the Czech Republic.  Born and raised in Czech Republic and graduating High school in Arizona US, Jaroslav has been in coffee since 2002. Starting as a barista at Portola Cafe in California, he obtained AN M.A. in Canadian literature from SFU in Vancouver where he continued work in coffee with 49th Paralell. Upon return to The Czech Republic he worked for the first specialty roastery learning fromjeremy Raths.  In 2009-2010 he left to Panama together with my gf (current business partner as well) and spend one year working for Graciano Cruz and Maria Ruiz in Boquete, mostly learning about the farm level. He had the opportunity to be part of HiQ Coffee launch in the US, where he worked with Graciano Cruz and Willem Boot on a development project in Chalatenango in El Salvador. They started Doubleshot in 2010, sourcing green from people we met or worked with in Central America. Over the 13 years we opened 4 coffee shops, training center, and bakery in downtown Prague. However, wholesale is still the major part of our business. We took part in many World barista, brewers or coffee in good spirit competitions. Jaroslave also used to be a certified Q, SCAA Cupping judge, SCA AST etc. Nowadays, green bean buying and QC, together with managing different teams of people in marketing, social media, desing etc. Doubleshot employs around 90 people, and sells coffee all around the world   Links:  https://www.doubleshot.cz/ https://www.instagram.com/doubleshotcz/  Related Episodes:   ROR #23 : How to Close the Industry-Consumer Flavor Gap w/ Phil Beattie, Dillanos Coffee Roasters RoR #1: A Conversation w/ Anne Cooper of Equilibrium Master Roasters 286 : Coffee Roasting Best Practices w/ Scott Rao  418: Founder Friday! w/ John and Luigi Di Ruocco of Mr. Espresso, Oakland, CA 196 : Understanding Customer Preferences w/ Peter Giuliano Transcript      Visit our sponsor ROAST MAGAZINE and subscribe! 

Roasting for espresso is a tricky business. Not only are there multiple variables that inherently complicate the extraction process but there is also a wide variety of opinion is and preferences for what the final flavor experience should be like. On this Rate of Rise episode we will be talking about how one world renowned roastery roasts for espresso and how their technique and approach has evolved over their history. We are talking with Jaroslav Tuček, founder of Doubleshot in the Czech Republic.  Born and raised in Czech Republic and graduating High school in Arizona US, Jaroslav has been in coffee since 2002. Starting as a barista at Portola Cafe in California, he obtained AN M.A. in Canadian literature from SFU in Vancouver where he continued work in coffee with 49th Paralell. Upon return to The Czech Republic he worked for the first specialty roastery learning fromjeremy Raths.  In 2009-2010 he left to Panama together with my gf (current business partner as well) and spend one year working for Graciano Cruz and Maria Ruiz in Boquete, mostly learning about the farm level. He had the opportunity to be part of HiQ Coffee launch in the US, where he worked with Graciano Cruz and Willem Boot on a development project in Chalatenango in El Salvador. They started Doubleshot in 2010, sourcing green from people we met or worked with in Central America. Over the 13 years we opened 4 coffee shops, training center, and bakery in downtown Prague. However, wholesale is still the major part of our business. We took part in many World barista, brewers or coffee in good spirit competitions. Jaroslave also used to be a certified Q, SCAA Cupping judge, SCA AST etc. Nowadays, green bean buying and QC, together with managing different teams of people in marketing, social media, desing etc. Doubleshot employs around 90 people, and sells coffee all around the world Links: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.doubleshot.cz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.doubleshot.cz/</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/doubleshotcz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/doubleshotcz/</a></li> </ul> Related Episodes: <ul> <li><a href="https://keystotheshop.com/2023/06/ror-23-how-to-close-the-industry-consumer-flavor-gap-w-phil-beattie-dillanos-coffee-roasters/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ROR #23 : How to Close the Industry-Consumer Flavor Gap w/ Phil Beattie, Dillanos Coffee Roasters</a></li> <li><a href="https://keystotheshop.com/2021/01/annecooperror/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RoR #1: A Conversation w/ Anne Cooper of Equilibrium Master Roasters</a></li> <li><a href="https://keystotheshop.com/2021/06/scott_rao/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">286 : Coffee Roasting Best Practices w/ Scott Rao</a></li> <li><a href="https://keystotheshop.com/2023/06/418-founder-friday-w-john-and-luigi-di-ruocco-of-mr-espresso-oakland-ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 418: Founder Friday! w/ John and Luigi Di Ruocco of Mr. Espresso, Oakland, CA</a></li> <li><a href="https://keystotheshop.com/peterguilianotranscript/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">196 : Understanding Customer Preferences w/ Peter Giuliano Transcript</a></li> </ul> <a href="https://www.roastmagazine.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Visit our sponsor ROAST MAGAZINE and subscribe! </a>