AMBER BOHAN PROMOTED! After 4 years in St. Helena, moves to Manager in Napa

AMBER BOHAN PROMOTED AT NAPA VALLEY COFFEE ROASTING CO.

After 4 years in St. Helena, moves to Manager in Napa

St. Helena, May 2012----Napa Valley Coffee Roasting Company announces that Amber Bohan is being promoted to Manager of the Napa store, after four and a half years working at the St. Helena location. “Amber’s leadership skills as well as her coffee connoisseurship explain this well-deserved promotion,” Doug Dunlap, General Manager says. Napa Valley Coffee Roasting Company has two locations: 1400 Oak Avenue at Adams Street in St. Helena (963-4491) and 948 Main Street in Napa (224-2233). 

Amber was born in St. Helena and grew up in St. Helena and later, Calistoga. As a young person she worked in several coffee establishments in Napa Valley before coming to the Roasting Company five years ago. “It’s here where my decision to be a coffee professional was almost instant. The environment, the staff, the customers, and the coffee (especially the coffee) were amazing. The information I was taught on my first day about coffee was more than I had learned in four years at the other coffee shops. In these past five years, I see that coffee is way more than just a pick me up in the morning. It’s served all over the world and is great at all times of day. There are many health benefits to drinking coffee and the grounds are perfect for gardening and compost. At the Roasting Company, we are distinctive because we not only serve coffee from several different regions around the world, but we roast every single bean that is sold in our stores,” she says. “In the past two years of my employment here, I have had the honor of being a roaster myself. By doing this, I have learned how to compare and contrast different varieties and see how roasting all of them at different temperatures makes them all unique in their own ways,” she adds.

In other news, The Napa Valley Roasting Company has just moved to summer hours: as of May 31 the Napa location is open until 8:00 p.m. every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Hours on Sunday – Wednesday will be 7:00 a.m. until 7:30 p.m.; in St. Helena, hours are 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. seven days a week.

In more news, it’s also the time of year for Shakeratos: for the first time last year The Napa Valley Coffee Roasting Company began serving its version of an Italian classic, Cafe Shakerato. A “Shakerato” is freshly pulled espresso shaken with ice, raw sugar and cream, strained into a martini glass. The Summer Shakerato Special is available between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. at both locations all summer, for $1.50 each.

 “We’ve admired this Italian twist on presenting the essence of great coffee in the heat of the summer, and brought it home to Napa Valley,” explains Doug Dunlap, General Manager, Napa Valley Coffee Roasting Company. “Presenting coffee this way also lets us show off the complexities of our coffee, which we roast ourselves,” he added.

Fifth Graders Perform Poetry at St. Helena RoCo

We had such an amazing time when St. Helena Elementary School students visited! The Fifth Graders came over in four brackets of twenty five students each. They did such a fantastic job!

These seem like they were not just any ordinary fifth graders; they were channeling their inner poet having such a fantastic time reciting their poems to our customers. A few students stood in front of everyone with a microphone and recited their poems with grace and most from memory!

When each group was completed with their reading, each student was rewarded with a well-deserved hot chocolate; with whipped cream of course! Their Poems were on display and looked so amazing!

A big thank you to the Amazing Teachers- Terilynn Buchanan, Judi Hudson, Janelle Davis and Gwen Becker!

These students were also guided and inspired by St. Helena local Mrs. Beclee Wilson. A big thank you to her for giving her guidance and time!
If you would like to see these little poets in action, check out our YouTube page: NapaValleyCoffee - YouTube

The students crafted this wonderful thank you letter for us!