Jake Leonti is a food & beverage expert, coffee expert, advisor and writer with offices in New York City and Miami. He has worked in the F+B industry for over 20 years. 
Developing food and beverage concepts for mixed use, residential, office and hospitality spaces in NYC, LA, Boston, Mexico and now Southern Florida. 

Jake has been writing and creating content for companies and publications for twenty years including national and international airing commercials, trade magazines, television and contributing as a quoted expert.

While graduating film school at Emerson College with a minor in writing, Mr. Leonti was already working as a barista and managing a cafe. His two greatest passions were being honed at the same time. 

Mr. Leonti is a member of SCA, the Roasters Guild, Editor-in-Chief of CoffeeTalk Magazine (est. 1994) guest speaker and teacher. 

Coffee industry experience: 27 F/T years. A Sustainability lens has been built into my work since 2003, which I've converted to a focus in the last 5. My background within the industry began part-time behind the espresso bar and includes cupping, training, green coffee trading (sell and buy), operations, leadership, and writing. I have lectured and taught workshops on many aspects of the specialty coffee industry both nationally and internationally. I also author trade journal articles and volunteer broadly in my industry. I have served on the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCA) board, the Roasters Guild Executive Council, the International Coffee Women's Alliance (Past President), and currently serve on the Food 4 Farmers board (term begins July 2017).