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I'M NOT A BARISTA: Voices of the Coffee World
Coffee story #12, Michael Tan
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1 year agoMeet Michael Tan, a father, a coffee lover, and a wholesale coffee manager with 14 years of experience under his belt.
Born and bred in Malaysia, he has climbed up and down and up again on the ladder of the coffee business and still hasn’t let anything stop him. There’s no place he’d rather be.
Read Michael's full coffee story here
https://notabarista.org/michael-tan/
Article by Oluwatobifunmi Olaniran
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