Dr. Steffen Schwarz

Founder and Trainer of : Coffeologist Education

Language : English & German

During his time at university, Dr. med. Steffen Schwarz founded his first company “Dionysos Consulting” in 1995. He advises on an international level many well-known companies in the food industry in terms of product development and marketing strategy. His particular attention is paid to coffee.

In 1999, he founded of “The Coffee Store GmbH”, including the opening of own coffee shops, which are also offered as a franchise since 2002. The baristas of the group have won numerous national and international titles since that.

To meet the increasing demand for training, he added in 2005 the training and research center “Coffee Consulate”. It is meanwhile considered as prestigious address within the international coffee area. In addition to extensive workshop programs, the company manufactures barista tools, teaching material and analytical materials. Other fields of activity are research and product-development.

Dr. Steffen Schwarz is author of numerous scientific journals and within several editorial boards. He regularly teaches as a guest lecturer at the Cooperative State University in Heilbronn in the study course “Food management and culinary”.