Kelly Amoroso, senior coffee and tea buyer at Allegro Coffee Company, has been involved in the coffee industry for more than 20 years in various capacities as a coffee buyer, quality control manager, Q Instructor, coffee promoter, coffee coordinator and is a certified Q Grader who oversees cupping competitions. In her time at Allegro Coffee Company/Whole Foods Market, her focus has been on sensory evaluation and maintaining the integrity of the high-quality coffee and tea Allegro purchases. She has spent time at coffee and tea-producing origins and her area of work includes Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Her commitment to coffee and tea and quality of life improvement for producers has always been her passion, and she engages in the industry with various partners to further this objective through coffee and tea purchases.