About Us
Drogo Coffee and Tea started, like most things do, as a passion of our owner, roaster, and tea-blender, Barrie.
Having worked as a barista for corporate, big-name coffee companies and developing cafe programs for local restaurants, Barrie knew that she wanted to do something for herself for a change.
Over the next few years, she began to teach herself how to roast coffee, adapting fire roasting techniques to create slow-roasted blends.
As an experiment for the holidays one year, she bought ten pounds of green coffee beans to roast as holiday presents.
Her thinking was this: "If I roast this coffee and everyone LOVES their gifts, I'll take the plunge and make this my full-time job. If I roast this coffee and everyone HATES their gifts, well, I'll be out ten pounds of coffee and I'll keep my day job."
Two and a half years later, you can say that the rest is history.
About the Roaster:*
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I like Jalapeno Cheetos, but I’m cutting out dairy so I can’t eat them at the moment.
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I wrote Dragonball Z fan fiction 21 years ago.
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*Proceeds to scream about how that was 21 years ago.*
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Her office manager was 4 at the time.
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I write “primo” Star Wars fan fiction now.
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I also wrote some Gundam Wing fan fiction.
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I read my own, older Naruto fanfiction that still holds up now.
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I almost ripped off one of my toenails one time.
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It's never grown back the same.
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I set myself on fire once.
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I can’t feel half my face.
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I like boiled peanuts.
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I took off all my clothes to get a crown.
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I made the people judging me cry.
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I HATE BEETS
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I HATE THEM SO MUCH
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I BASICALLY QUARANTINE MY BEETS FROM THE REST OF MY FOOD
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I HAAAAAAATE THEM
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I love all other veggies.
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I love broccoli.
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I love brussel sprouts.
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That’s how come I’m 6’3”.
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Plus I ate my Wheaties.
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And my twin in the womb.
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Also, coffee definitely does not stunt your growth.
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*Because we're ridiculous and goofy and this is what Barrie listed off when I asked her to describe herself. ~Emily, Office Manager