Vik Stone is a barista at the Equal Exchange Espresso Bar in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle. The café opened in 2007 and is the first Equal Exchange café. In February 2008, the worker-owners at Equal Exchange voted to approve opening more Equal Exchange cafés - which means more opportunities for bringing quality coffee from small-scale farmers directly to consumers.
Name: Vik Stone
Age: 17
Hometown: Ballard, Wash.
Age when she pulled her first espresso shot: Six or seven years old.
Equal Exchange Espresso Bar employee since: March 2007
Favorite drink to make: Either a cappuccino or a mocha, no whip.
Favorite drink to drink: An 8-ounce quad mocha with light, light, light chocolate.
Favorite thing about being a barista: All the people I meet, all the people I work with. And the fact that there’s coffee everywhere. Crikey!
Places she’s traveled: Mexico, France, England, Canada, Arkansas, Florida.
Where to next? Nicaragua and New York.
Favorite thing about Equal Exchange: That we’re not some big corporation taking advantage of people who are just trying to support themselves and support their families.
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