Flavor616 October 2013 | Page 16

Talking coffee and tea with Jack Groot Jack Groot is the founder and owner JP’s Coffee in Holland MI. Although the staff enjoys him best when not “behind the bar”, he still leads a group of dedicated team members. Jack’s current focus is consulting: helping individuals create, open, improve and operate successful operations in the highly competitive retail coffee industry. He also writes a monthly column, Jack’s Blend, for the coffee industry’s premier publication, the Specialty Coffee Retailer. Those, along with a wife, kids and a manipulative Jack Russell Terrier named Murphy, occupy his time. Jack can be reached at [email protected].