Cole Hersey

Title: Writer

Location: San Francisco Bay Area

Education: Lane Community College, Bennington College, UC Berkeley Extension

Expertise: Coffee, Wine, Cheese, Cooking

I am a writer and illustrator based in the Bay Area. Not only am I a former dedicated barista of six years, I also have worked in the food industry for over a decade, from working in kitchens to selling wines and cheeses. While I am no longer serving drinks in the morning, my interest and obsession with coffee hasn’t waned a bit.

Experience

My name is Cole Hersey (he/him). I am a journalist, writer, and illustrator based in Oakland, with featured environmental journalism pieces in the Wales Arts Review, North Bay Bohemian, Bay Nature, Earth Island Journal, and elsewhere. I have edited for publications such as Poetry Flash, West Marin Review, Quiet Lightning, and Earth Island Journal. My fiction and poetry have appeared in literary magazines across the country and abroad, such as Parenthesis.

My art has been used and exhibited throughout California, in spaces such as Bartavelle Coffee and Wine Bar and Gospel Flats show space in Bolinas, California, the Quickest Flip curatorial series, and Bass and Reiner.

As someone constantly in and out of my studio due to my work, I find that a good routine for coffee-making is essential. While I’m always tinkering with new ways of making coffee, what drives me is a desire to make beautiful and consistent coffee at home, experimentations that I’m excited to bring to the Serious Eats team!

Highlights:

Bennington College (2017)
Published in Bay Nature, Earth Island Journal, Wales Arts Review, E-The Environment Magazine, North Bay Bohemian, Parentheses, and elsewhere.
Editor at Poetry Flash in Berkeley, and the West Marin Review in Point Reyes, both for over three years

Education

Associate of English Degree from Lane Community College, Bachelor of Liberal Arts from Bennington College, along with journalism courses taken at UC Berkeley Extension school.

About Serious Eats

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