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  On 18 June 1960, Mauricio Murillo born into a family of coffee farmers from Sevilla Valle, the heartland of coffee-growers in Colombia. Life was hard in Sevilla, as tough as soil in the coffee fields needed to be tilled. Mauricio used to visit his parents coffee farms since he was little in the coffee capital of Colombia, coffee inevitably played an important role in the next 22 years of his life.Mauricio began studying food engineering where he developed coffee liquor, working as well with the coffee federation where he gained various number of skills in cupping, tasting, brewing, quality control and processing. Eventually, Mauricio worked with the Colombian government, controlling food premises and factories. He worked as a QA technician, certifying the HACCP as well as the ISO 9000 series. Moving on as a chef, Mauricio developed unique coffee desserts and sweets. Gradually he became interested in the other aspects of coffee. He decided to work in the logistics of coffee beans with Flota Mercante Gran Columbiana (FMG), a company that exports coffee beans around the world. Mauricio worked as a QA/QC manager, where he controlled the export quality of the coffee beans as they were stored and packaged f  or export. With his vast experience with coffee, Mauricio became a consultant for coffee companies in Colombia in the aspects of roasting, blending and research and development (R&D). He also worked as a consultant in setting-up new coffee shops and restaurants.Mauricio completed postgraduate studies at University of Queensland in 1998 where he studied intensively about sensory analysis, quality and R&D. In Australia, Mauricio has been involved in barista training. He has been instructing the art of making coffee for 3 years delivering training through Adult Community Education (ACE), TAFE and private businesses. Recently, Mauricio was chosen to be a judge at the African fine coffee conference and exhibition in Nairobi, Kenya. He had to grade different types of coffees made by coffee makers around the world. There was also information about Italy's coffee conference and l'accaemia del caffe Italiano Sandali. |
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