Exclusive Interview with Mr. Coffee Bags (Paul Read) – Talking Story
Hello, it's Paul. Paul Read is who I am. My job is to get out and go around the country and see people and see if we can help meet their needs. The first time I was introduced to Specialty Coffee was, it wasn't even Specialty, it was Hawaii Coffee. I was with a company that Hawaii was my territory. I used to go to four islands three times a year, which is Oahu, Maui, Big Island, and Kauai. And we made folding cartons, boxes, printed boxes. I went to SCA, I think it was in 2007, 2008. We go to Expo now. It's huge. It's thousands of people.
One room took me about a half an hour, maybe 45 minutes to walk it. The thing is, it's chill and there were awesome people and they're all laughing. They're having a good time and they're all, as far as I knew, competitors or at least, you know, in some arenas they were competitors, but they all got along great. I was really attracted to any coffee organization after that and the people that grow it, the people that roast it...(to be continued)
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