Tom Saxon Coffee Expert

 Tom Saxon

Coffee Expert and Coffee Writer

   

Tom Saxon has been working in the coffee industry for over 10 years. He has worked as a barista, coffee roaster, coffee buyer and a coffee writer. Read More

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  • Manchester University

  • Keele University

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Growing up in the UK Tom didn’t really have a great deal of exposure to coffee, with both parents your stereotypical tea drinkers.

However, coffee was always present in Tom’s early twenties but he had never really questioned what quality coffee was and took it as a bitter, burnt tasting drink that gave you a bit of a boost when you’re tired.

 

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This was until Laura (Tom’s ‘slowly becoming coffee-obsessed’ girlfriend) and Tom arrived in Australia and he discovered the passion and infatuation that pretty much every Aussie has with coffee.

Tom was well and truly hooked when he tried his first pour over; a naturally processed African coffee at a hipster cafe in Sydney.

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He knew then that he wanted to dive into the fantastic world of specialty coffee.

After quitting his job he took a role as a Barista at one of Sydney’s top specialty coffee shops where he would later become a coffee roaster and really started to explore the complexity and artistry of coffee and really honed his expertise in the industry.

  

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Tom working as a barista in Sydney 2014