Neku wrote:Which reminds me: Michel, how are the interview plans moving on? Did you contact Jeroen at all?
Yes, spoke to him last Saturday (coincidence again..? Or are you Jeroen in cognito... just playing a game with me Neku
) He came by to ask for any new coffee-books in the shop... and told me between the lines he does not work anymore for the Grand Cafe van Bleijswijk in Enkhuizen. He works now in Utrecht for ... (can't remember the brand-name... damn. It was not Lavazza, not Piaz D'or, not Illy, not Segafreddo... it was that other big name
help me
...) coffee-firm to go to café's and instruct, and do whatever such a guy does (mainly setting the grind-coarsness I presume...).
And again it was to busy to do my proposal (also because I can't have a masterclass anymore - he doesn''t work as a barista anymore - ) but mainly because a bunch of people were tapping with their feet and desperately wanted some assistance... And my proposal is btw about inviting him at my home to show him how to roast while in the mean time I should be able to learn a lot from him... But imho there is the right time for such proposals so I did not ask.
BTW he got a copy of Illy's chemistry book - still in plastic - from a guy who worked for Illy. He was reading it now and although it was quite difficult english, he thought it was quite interesting... So maybe one day I will get a copy too (and a few customers who want it badly...) and my desparing will be over as it seems they are still available...
Jeroen will be back in the shop he said, so next time (probable 1 or 2 months - as it took him that long to come by the last time - I will try to manouvre myself in such a position that talking and proposing is more convenient and appropriate.
Michel
(who does not believe that things are predestined... but has to admit that the credibility of this coincidence - which is you bringing up this post after me meeting him again two days earlier - is at stake. So I have to come up with more next time, and I have to force my selve to do the proposal
)