While there are some of us out there with no real understanding of, well, anything really, who say that we are โ€œrounding the cornerโ€ of this whole global pandemic thing and weโ€™ll be back to normal in no time flat, what the reality of the situation presupposes is, maybe weโ€™re not? And because of that, interactions are going to remain online for the foreseeable future.

But just because we are in a bubble, doesnโ€™t mean we canโ€™t cause any trouble. In this instance, the Bud to your Doyle is Cafe Importsโ€™ Director of Education and 2020 Sprudge Twenty inductee Ever Meister, who will be hosting Office Hours, a bi-weekly Zoom call on all things coffee.

As announced via the Cafe Imports blog, Office Hours will be โ€œa casual get-together on alternate Fridays where weโ€™ll offer updates from our green buyers and producer partners, mini classes, interviews with industry luminaries, Q&A sessions, and the occasional good olโ€™ coffee break.โ€ Starting this Friday, October 30th, the online hangs are expected to begin at 10:30am CST, last around 30 to 40 minutes each, and span the dayโ€™s given topic. And the inaugural Office Hours kicks off with a chat with Andrew Miller, Cafe Importsโ€™ founder and green buyer, to give updates on the goings on in Colombia. The full schedule is as follows:

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Oct. 30: Updates about Colombia with Andrew Miller, Cafe Imports founder/partner/green-coffee buyer
Nov. 13: What the Deal with Organic Certification: A mini class
Nov. 27: Coffee Break + AMA with Ever Meister, Cafe Imports director of education/editorial manager
Dec. 11: Updates from Africa with Claudia Bellinzoni, Cafe Imports green-coffee buyer
Jan 8: Blending Basics: A mini class

Office Hours is completely free to attend and open to all. No registration is required. Just show up and dial in using the information available on Cafe Importsโ€™ย official website.

Zac Cadwaladerย is the managing editor at Sprudge Media Network and a staff writer based in Dallas.ย Read more Zac Cadwaladerย on Sprudge.

Disclosure: Cafe Imports is an advertising partner with the Sprudge Media Network

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