“Forty percent of our downtown was vacant,” recalls Mary Allen Lindemann, co-founder of Roast’s 2020 Large Roaster of the Year, Coffee By Design. The day Coffee By Design opened, Bob Dylan tickets went on sale, and fans lined up around the block. Fifteen years later, his passion for specialty coffee and Coffee By Design are still going strong.”Sharing Knowledge and ExcitementIn addition to employee training, Coffee By Design emphasizes training for wholesale and retail customers. Coffee By Design hosts educational presentations by coffee farmers, importers and others, as well as staff-led trainings for retail and wholesale customers. A committee of Coffee By Design employees evaluates the applications and selects the grant recipients, with more than $80,000 donated to date.

Source: Ethiopian News December 26, 2019 14:48 UTC