Lauren Lathrop Gives a Lesson on Dairy Alternatives

We discussed dairy on our previous episode and this time around we learn more about dairy alternatives. Lauren Lathrop has given her expertise to develop better versions of dairy alternatives that go wonderfully with coffee.

Lauren Lathrop (she/her) works as the Director of Education at Mill City Roasters. She also serves as the Competitions Coordinator for the US Coffee Championship and has worked with Pacific Barista Series since 2012 as a Brand Ambassador and R&D Barista. During her career in the coffee community, she has found that nothing sets people up for success more than high-quality training, consistent practices, and calibration with industry peers. She applies all of those principles in everything she does, helping to build strong education curriculum and evaluation techniques to improve outcomes. Outside of coffee, her hobbies include bouldering, cycling, bread baking, being outside, and spending time with her wife and their 3-month-old daughter.