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Giorgio Milos

Giorgio Milos

Giorgio Milos, Master Barista for Trieste, Italy-based illycaffe, is traveling the U.S. throughout 2010, hosting illy Master Barista Series events at leading cafes and gourmet retailers.

Giorgio Milos is Master Barista for Trieste, Italy-based illycaffe. With barista training dating to his teens, Milos, 36, is one of the world's foremost experts on coffee. He is a past winner of the Italian Barista Championship, a Specialty Coffee Association of Europe-certified Master Barista, and on faculty at illy's Universita del Caffe (UDC), where leading restaurants and cafes come for master coffee training.

Milos is spending 2010 traveling the U.S. and leading the illy Master Barista Series--classes and events for passionate coffee lovers--and bringing UDC's principles and practices to America's leading gourmet retailers, restaurants, hotels, cooking schools, and top independent cafes that serve illy. Visit www.illy.com for more information.
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