Updated October 26: Thanks to everyone who joined us for this inaugural episode of the Ask An Expert series! Watch the recording of Scott’s presentation above and on our YouTube channel here.

Join the Coffee Technicians Guild this Friday, October 23, for the first in our new "Ask An Expert" webinar series.

In this episode, Scott Manley, Technical Support Supervisor at La Marzocco USA, will take your questions on Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) used in determining water quality for specialty coffee. Scott will review the equipment used to measure TDS, demonstrate how to test for and document results, and talk about how you can interpret test results for equipment maintenance and coffee extraction.

Ask An Expert Episode #1: How to Use a TDS Meter
with Scott Manley, La Marzocco USA
Friday, October 23
8am PST / 4pm BST

Meet Scott Manley, Technical Support Supervisor at La Marzocco USA

I got interested in coffee at an early age. I grew up in Seattle in the 1980’s coffee boom. Espresso and grunge music was everywhere. My first coffee job was as a barista at a local Italian restaurant and deli in HS, rockin a 2 group semi-auto Faema. I purchased my first home espresso machine, a Gaggia, before my first car. Not too many people were servicing home espresso machines back then, so I started Cascade Espresso Repair. Eventually I started working on more and more commercial machines. I was also working several part time jobs; one for a local roaster, also as a computer network technician, and a clerk at a toy store. I was also mountain biking all the time. The local roaster I was working for, got super big, becoming an international chain of coffee shops, and I went in full time as equipment technician with their Store Development division. My position advanced to senior equipment tech, with responsibilities for 70+ stores across three states. This is where I got to learn a bunch about water filtration as all my stores had water issues. In 2010, the large roaster/coffee chain and I parted ways. After a brief time as a construction manager I went to work for a friend at Ecowater Systems to start and grow a service team to repair coffee equipment and water filtration for specialty coffee. We started with 3 employees and grew the business to over 25 in a couple of years. I focused on training field technicians and water quality management. In 2016, after several years of conversations, I finally landed at La Marzocco as the in house water quality specialist, where I have been ever since. I love what I do every day.

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