Enrique Leal | Brazilian Comandante Champion

What is your job and where do you live and work?

I’m a coffee roaster and production manager. I work in We Are Four Coffee Roasters at Santiago, Chile

What does coffee mean to you?

Coffee is a way of life, is a real connection with your senses with your feelings and everything you do, coffee is union with other cultures

What do you love about Comandante grinders, and how did you hear about them?

I love because is perfect, the granulometry for me is his best quality it’s like having a U$4.000 grinder, I saw Comandante in Perfect Daily Grind, but I really know them when I visit Academia do Café in Brasil 2018

Why did you apply for the Comandante Grind & Brew Cup?

I’m a really passionate barista, wherever I go, and whatever I do, I will always make coffee.

What do you love about making coffee?

The coffee is like the life, if you give love, love will come to you, when I make a Coffee, I give my love to brewing, and the coffee gives me a surprise with more, always give what i need.

What are your future goals?

Learn more about roasting, participate in the roasting championship. Train new competitors.

How was the Comandante Grind & Brew Cup for you?

It was a really good, fun and different experience, at most of competitions the competitors are more reserved people, there we help each other, laughed together and we were all happy, that’s unique.

What is your advice for future competitors?

Being a barista is a way of life. Enjoy the competition like you enjoy making a coffee for someone you love, enjoy with the others competitors as your friends. The comandante championship is a really wonderful experience so the word is ENJOY!.