Der Kaffee Kommandostab
Name: Amy "Frau Burkhart" Contino
Position: Chief Executive Officer
Description: Amy Contino (formerly Burkhart before marrying Joe - a.k.a. "Frau Burkhart", her "callsign" nickname given to her during her military career) grew up near Cincinnati in the suburb of Spingdale, Ohio. Frau Burkhart springs from German lineage - i.e. her family names of Burkhart (maiden), Nussbaum, and Bier - Amy views her KaffeeHaus as a form of expression that keeps her family close to her heart while bringing that same spirit of the Zinzinnati German culture to you!
"Frau Burkhart" moved to Columbus in order to attend The Ohio State University as a recruited student athlete (swimmer), eventually graduating with a degree in Psychology (very valuable). In her twenties she developed a deep love affair with coffee and became somewhat of a connoisseur.
During her college years, she was a member of the U.S. Air Force & Ohio National Guard where she was given the opportunity to travel all over Europe during Operation Deny Flight. It is then that this idea was born - to bring home a twist on the KaffeeHaus from Germany & re-invent the modern American coffeehouse which is currently dictated by the bland large coffee "establishment".
The rest is history...
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Position: Chief Executive Officer
Description: Amy Contino (formerly Burkhart before marrying Joe - a.k.a. "Frau Burkhart", her "callsign" nickname given to her during her military career) grew up near Cincinnati in the suburb of Spingdale, Ohio. Frau Burkhart springs from German lineage - i.e. her family names of Burkhart (maiden), Nussbaum, and Bier - Amy views her KaffeeHaus as a form of expression that keeps her family close to her heart while bringing that same spirit of the Zinzinnati German culture to you!
"Frau Burkhart" moved to Columbus in order to attend The Ohio State University as a recruited student athlete (swimmer), eventually graduating with a degree in Psychology (very valuable). In her twenties she developed a deep love affair with coffee and became somewhat of a connoisseur.
During her college years, she was a member of the U.S. Air Force & Ohio National Guard where she was given the opportunity to travel all over Europe during Operation Deny Flight. It is then that this idea was born - to bring home a twist on the KaffeeHaus from Germany & re-invent the modern American coffeehouse which is currently dictated by the bland large coffee "establishment".
The rest is history...
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Name: Joe "Herr Joseph" Contino
Position: President
Description: "Herr Joseph" Contino grew up locally (right down the road) in Groveport, Ohio and is a second/third generation Italian (We know... Italian?!?!?). Well, as you may or may not know, MOST of the European machines, processes, and coffee itself spawn from Italy. In fact, Italian coffee and the engineering to make it into the drinks you all love is nothing but Italian in Europe - Google it - you'll see what we mean... Does all that make Herr Joseph an expert you may ask? Well - OF COURSE it does! Joseph, being well "connected" with the local Italian community, has surrounded himself with every Italian coffee expert and restaurateur in town.
Herr Joseph has done his own homework as well... Like "Frau Burkhart", he too has toured Germany many times in the past 25 years while TDY there with his military unit (and still does - you guessed it - this match was forged during their military duty together). He and "Frau Burkhart" have been scheming ever since - strategically waiting, planning and calculating the perfect time to enact a Blitzkrieg on this lumbering American coffee establishment!
In the meantime, Herr Joseph too has become a coffee connoisseur in his own right - branching out and sampling many varieties from as far as the Far East & Pacific Islands to Germany, and of course, Italy. His taste for the bean differs somewhat from Frau's which brings a bit of a different "flavor" to the KaffeeHaüs!
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Position: President
Description: "Herr Joseph" Contino grew up locally (right down the road) in Groveport, Ohio and is a second/third generation Italian (We know... Italian?!?!?). Well, as you may or may not know, MOST of the European machines, processes, and coffee itself spawn from Italy. In fact, Italian coffee and the engineering to make it into the drinks you all love is nothing but Italian in Europe - Google it - you'll see what we mean... Does all that make Herr Joseph an expert you may ask? Well - OF COURSE it does! Joseph, being well "connected" with the local Italian community, has surrounded himself with every Italian coffee expert and restaurateur in town.
Herr Joseph has done his own homework as well... Like "Frau Burkhart", he too has toured Germany many times in the past 25 years while TDY there with his military unit (and still does - you guessed it - this match was forged during their military duty together). He and "Frau Burkhart" have been scheming ever since - strategically waiting, planning and calculating the perfect time to enact a Blitzkrieg on this lumbering American coffee establishment!
In the meantime, Herr Joseph too has become a coffee connoisseur in his own right - branching out and sampling many varieties from as far as the Far East & Pacific Islands to Germany, and of course, Italy. His taste for the bean differs somewhat from Frau's which brings a bit of a different "flavor" to the KaffeeHaüs!
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Name: Gerhard Maroscher
Position: German Language Adviser & Instructor
Description: Gerhard Maroscher was born in Bistritz, Romania. The language spoken at home was German. As World War II refugees, he and his family immigrated to Ohio. German continued to be spoken at home. The author became a teacher of German after working in industry for 34 years in various engineering and managerial positions.
Following his retirement in 2002, he began his teaching career by starting a new German language program at Teays Valley High School in Ashville, Ohio. The program has grown from an offering of two German 1 classes the first year to six classes of levels 1, 2, 3 and 4 by the 2005/2006 school year.
In 2015 Gerhard published his latest book "Why Can't Somebody Just Die Around Here"; it was published in October, 2015. In it Gerhard tells the story of how his family was impacted by World War II. They fled for their lives. They lost their homeland. They almost starved - and miraculously escaped death a number of times - and were only reunited as a family 18 months after the end of the war. The final journey for them was coming to America and living the American dream.
- A link to purchase this non-fiction masterful work: ORDER BOOK
He is currently the President of German Readers - producers of German language teaching products - http://germanreaders.com
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Position: German Language Adviser & Instructor
Description: Gerhard Maroscher was born in Bistritz, Romania. The language spoken at home was German. As World War II refugees, he and his family immigrated to Ohio. German continued to be spoken at home. The author became a teacher of German after working in industry for 34 years in various engineering and managerial positions.
Following his retirement in 2002, he began his teaching career by starting a new German language program at Teays Valley High School in Ashville, Ohio. The program has grown from an offering of two German 1 classes the first year to six classes of levels 1, 2, 3 and 4 by the 2005/2006 school year.
In 2015 Gerhard published his latest book "Why Can't Somebody Just Die Around Here"; it was published in October, 2015. In it Gerhard tells the story of how his family was impacted by World War II. They fled for their lives. They lost their homeland. They almost starved - and miraculously escaped death a number of times - and were only reunited as a family 18 months after the end of the war. The final journey for them was coming to America and living the American dream.
- A link to purchase this non-fiction masterful work: ORDER BOOK
He is currently the President of German Readers - producers of German language teaching products - http://germanreaders.com
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