International coffee expert Scott Rao conducts workshop for Henry & Sons
Raises the bar for the coffee
industry in PH
Did you smell the coffee?
World-renowned writer, consultant, trainer and author of coffee books Scott Rao
was in town recently to conduct a brewing class and workshop with Henry &
Sons, a total coffee solutions company.
In late May, Rao — the author of
coffee books The Professional Barista’s
Handbook, Everything But Espresso,
The Coffee Roaster’s Companion, and Espresso Extraction: Measurement and Mastery
— trained the Henry & Sons team in the art and science of coffee. Henry
& Sons is a company that offers three kinds of goods to the local coffee
market: premium roasted coffee beans, top-of-the-line espresso machines and
training for coffee shops and companies.
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Scott
Rao shares his knowledge on coffee roasting, manual brewing and espresso
extraction in the workshop he conducts for Henry&Sons team.
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The coffee expert shared a
variety of topics ranging from improving roasting skills, manual brewing,
espresso extraction and the finer points of coffee science. He mentored the
staff, shared coffee secrets, taught them about coffee shop planning, layout
and design, and shared trends, new standards and techniques, among others.
Michael Harris Conlin, Henry
& Sons president, said he invited Rao to work with his staff to raise the
bar of the coffee business in the Philippines. “We pioneered coffee technology
in the Philippines in the early 1990’s, and we want to continue to be the
leader in this business. We brought Scott Rao here as a longtime partner of our
company. He is the best person to help bring us to greater heights as he’s the best in the industry. Nobody comes close to him,” Conlin
said.
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Henry
& Sons team with international coffee expert Scott Rao and H&S
President Michael Harris Conlin. (L-R:
Harris Conlin, Scott Rao, Aemar Apostol, Agnes Bautista, Therese Dimzon and
Lyca Que)
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Conlin described the relationship
with Rao as something that will go beyond the workshops, “It is not just a
short-term consultation. We will be working with him for years.”
For his part Rao said he was
happy that everybody in the company was open and eager to learn more about
coffee science, art and technology. “This company has been around for a long
time, but the people are just so excited about the idea of learning some more.
I like that about them,” Rao said.
“After all the learning and the
science stuff, I think what I want people to remember is that coffee is here to
be enjoyed and it makes people happy. At the end of the day, people are the
most important thing,” Rao added.
Henry & Sons is the coming
together of three legacy coffee brands : Boyds Coffee, Conlins Coffee and
RICMAS Philippines. The Henry & Sons president said Rao’s workshop will
help them develop products in the industry that have not yet been introduced to
the market.
“We are going to launch new
innovative products soon. It will be exciting,” Conlin said.
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