Dana

I’ve been a barista for just over six years now. Between the combination of my experience and Portland’s dedication to coffee, I knew I would be able to find any number of jobs when I moved here in January 2011. However, from the moment I first walked into Public Domain, I knew I had to make it my new home.

For me, being a barista is all about promoting an experience and I’m so proud to be a part of Public Domain’s team because I know everyone around me feels the same way. With all the incredible leaps and bounds that have been made in the coffee industry just in the past twenty years, I’m glad that Public Domain not only shares my philosophy of coupling the highest quality coffee with education and customer service but also, as a barista, never letting your years behind the bar affect your humility and willingness to learn in the seemingly endless classroom that is professional coffee making. My main areas of interest right now include learning to roast, the fine art of the pour over, and the many socio-economic concerns surrounding the coffee industry. In the morning you can usually find me sipping from a French press (particularly anything Ethiopian or Kenyan!), in the afternoons I prefer a straight shot, and at night there’s definitely nothing better than a velvety smooth capp.

When I’m not slinging the black gold, you can most likely find me on a hike, writing for my music blog, or curling up with any book that’s slightly twisted and Southern (Faulkner, McCarthy, O’Connor).

Other fun facts:

If you don’t like Hank Williams, chances are I will only slightly like you. (Just kidding. But not really).

I moved to Oregon from Michigan a year and a half ago. Forgive me if I sometimes sound like a character out of a Coen brothers movie.

I’m an Apples to Apples champion.

I’m a former English major. Please put my $40,000 worth of debt to good use by asking me about proper spellings or Ecofeminism in Post-Colonial Irish Literature.

“I have measured out my life with coffee spoons” –T.S. Eliot