Sara Lee Spector in Toronto. Dave Anderson in Ottawa. David Reimer in Vancouver. Glenn in Waterloo. Bob Harris in Los Angeles. Adam Tindale in Calgary. In Victoria B.C. Canada: Mark Engels (Owner-Baker Bubby Roses Bakery), Geir Oglend (Owner-Roaster-Consultant Drumroaster Cafe) and Colin Newell.
 Dave Reimer on the Mekong
The CoffeeCrew writers are available for any and all newspaper, radio and television interviews where an authority on cafe-culture is required. We currently do several interviews a month and are generally available on less than 24 hours notice.
Our team is spread out from coast to coast in Canada. Your editor and creator, Colin Newell is located in Victoria, B.C. - Dave Reimer (photo at right on the Mekong River in Vietnam), one of our most travelled coffeecrew writers is based in Vancouver, BC. Dave Anderson monitors the cafe-culture scene in Ottawa, Ontario, our nations capital. Glenn is in semi-suburban Ontario keeping watch in the Waterloo region. Adam Tindale is in Victoria, B.C. where he is working on his Phd at the University of Victoria. Our Cafe-Roastery expert, Sara Lee Spector lives and works in Toronto, Ontario at the historic ST. Lawrence market.
February 2008 - Our current CoffeeCrew line-up:
 Aloha from Ottawa! - Dave
Once a lonely coffee lover banished to the alcoves of frustrating Krups espresso servitude, Dave graduated to a gaggia pump powered machine in reward for his endless assitance and dedication to the cause. Now Dave has a Baratza Virtuoso grinder - review to follow!
Daves day-thing is a world of software, hardware and ideas development. Dave finds some extra time to dabble in the caffeine arts and these gifts he shares with the coffeecrew readership. Our readers can look forward to many witty observations and articles from Dave in 2006! The 'Crew are starting to talk about a Toronto or Ottawa based Summer or Fall roadshow - stay tuned folks. Our desire is to get Frederick, Dave, Sara and Glenn in the same cafe at the same time. It has never been done! You can e-mail your heaps of praise to Dave here.
 Glenn is focused
Glenn returns in 2006 after a year of relaxation and rest from the rigours of the caffeinated frenzy that the crew provides. Glenn is a Gaggia user, a Gaggia Classic in fact and his sense of style and expertise with these machines is without comparison. Glenn is very familiar with the Gaggia product and can now strip his unit apart with his eyes closed. He is the author of the very popular and timely series on the Innova grinder and its many follies!
Glenn has been a valuable media liasion in the past, making an assortment of very useful connections to our good friends in the world of print media.
This year Glenn will be tackling an assortment of products new and old, digging deep to uncover the good, the bad and the downright unreliable! If there is a great machine to be found, Glenn will know where.
If there is a bad machine out there, count on Glenn to make sure you do not buy one!
 Adam Tindale from Calgary
Currently, Adam is a frequent visitor to some of the best cafes in Victoria and Vancouver. He lives with his wife in Calgary, Alberta and regularly prowls the cafes and bakeries of the city between working at his new gig as Art School faculty member.
Adam will be bringing a more youthful perspective to the pages of the coffeecrew website. Our readers can look for some of his stuff in the weeks ahead. Stay tuned.
Adam has been been testing a wide variety of gear in the last few monthes and will be reporting on it as time permits:
- my old Rancilio Silvia (which is now in a new home...)
- Solis Maestro Plus which he is currently using
- A Gaggia Classic
- A Pavoni Europiccola (which I may have to pry from his hands and
- A Baratza virtuoso grinder which he will be using after Christmas 2006
Adam has been the "around town" dude in Victoria keeping track of new developments and happenings on the scene. Adam Tindale has just moved to Calgary, Alberta to take a new job til next summer. Watch for his reports on cafe culture from Calgary.
 Dave and Colin at Artigiano
Currently, Dave is a frequent visitor to some of the best cafes in Vancouver and is working on a guide to great coffee, espresso and cafe food in Vancouver. He lives in the Mt.Pleasant neighborhood of Vancouver, and frequents the cafes and bakeries of Commercial drive.
Dave will be bringing a lots of new ideas to the pages of the coffeecrew website. Our readers can look for some unique writing in the weeks ahead.
In the photo at right, Dave (left) and Colin (right) enjoy one of Vancouver's finest cups - at Cafe Artigiano.
 Sara Spector - Toronto Coffee Roaster
Sara is the current supplier of lab coffee to the coffeecrew labs in Victoria as well as our Cafe and Roastery consultant. If you are thinking of getting into the roasting game in Canada, you might want to have a chat with her. If you are of the mind to open your own cafe, then you could talk to her as well. Sara is fresh from SCAA 2005 and although largely ignored by the male dominated equipment and resource boothes that were there, Sara has come back loaded with tons of info to share. Again, you can meet Sara, talk coffee and walk away with some of Toronto's best fresh roasted coffee by visiting her at: 95 Front Street E. St.Lawrence Market Toronto, Ontario M5E 1C2
 Your editor, Colin Newell
Flash back to 1975 when Colin had his first cups of coffee in his father's diner-cafe. Several bags of Murchies whole bean coffee later and the seed was planted for a future obsession. His first (really-bad) cappuccino was in 1979.
His first coffee road trip was in the summer of 1986 on the road between Victoria and Regina, Saskatchewan.
In summary, Colin can count over 25 years of experience playing with coffee in all its forms.
Colin is the CoffeeCrew's regular media contact and has done dozens of newspaper articles, guest interviews on national radio as well as writing assignments for TV shows like CSI-Las Vegas (Season-3, Last Laugh) and an appearance on WTN's "the Shopping Bags" TV show. Interviews can generally be scheduled with as little as 24 hours notice.
All in all, the writers in the coffeecrew.com team have seen it all and tasted it all - So if you are looking for someone to talk about the specialty coffee environment in the 21st century, we are all available - Our writers are located in Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and Los Angeles.
The CoffeeCrew.Com team are available for radio, newspaper and TV interviews on very short notice - if you need to talk to a coffee expert, send us an e-mail.
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