Leticia was pregnant, and once she got to about eight months, I stopped bartending and went full time plus at Panther. I started working with them June 2011, two weeks before their shop opened. At the the time I was working two bartending jobs, and living in Miami, I told her I can’t really afford to be a barista, but I want to so I’ll do it part time. I said, no way, not just a shop but a roaster! I contacted Leticia Pollock. We were chatting one day, and she told me about a coffee roaster opening in Miami. There was this girl Ally Wright, she was the senior barista at Volta before she moved to Portland. I love the hospitality industry in general, love food and flavor and drinks, and working at these restaurants was a great outlet for that. I moved to Miami, and there was no coffee at all, so I started bartending at high-end restaurants. I did a year at Volta, and was working in restaurants, as a manager and as a bartender. I studied microbiology and then a year of marketing, and then took time off, and haven’t gone back. I wound up going to the University of Florida and working at Volta.
I was really impressed by the tea service–I wasn’t really into coffee yet. My friend was showing me around Gainesville, and when we stopped in, Volta had a really awesome tea program, through Intelligentsia at the time.
My first coffee job was in 2008, at Volta in Gainesville, Florida. Ramos for this interview as part of a Cafe Imports origin trip to Ecuador, a prize given to US regional and national barista competition winners and the World Barista Champion. Assistant Editor Alex Bernson sat down with Ms. 2014 marked her first regional win, which Ramos then parlayed into her first-ever USBC finals appearance. A fan favorite and nationally renowned competitor, Camila Ramos has watched her career as a coffee professional blossom alongside success at the United States Barista Championship.
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