Episodes
Roast! West Coast has collab'd with Relative Coffee Co.'s Bryant Banker-Scannell to drop a coffee love letter to the Midwest called Yeah, No...Yeah coffee. Check it out!
Find Yeah, No...Yeah Coffee online:
https://relativecoffeeco.com/products/yeah-no-yeah
https://linktr.ee/yeahnocoffee
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Published 11/02/24
Max Zelenevich is the Head Roaster and CoFounder of Brainwave Coffee Roasters in the suburbs of Philadelphia. He joins Coffee people to chat about his championship roasting efforts and being vulnerable as a roaster.
Find online:
https://brainwaveroasters.com/ • @brainwaveroasters
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Published 10/30/24
Yoshawn Smith is the Barista In Residence at Califia Farms and the coffee educator behind The Pour Up LA. He's also a heckuva barista. We talk uplifting community by raising expectations, bringing roller blading back to South Central, and taking a step back to let the world sort it out.
Find online:
@thepourupla & @south.central.blade.club
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Published 10/09/24
Hacea Coffee Source asked me to join four CQI Q-Graders to judge their recent Coffee Fest-adjacent roasting competition. Each competitor blind roasted a blend of three green coffee beans (Colombia, Brazil, Ethiopia). Then we we cupped them. All of them. Check out the winner details on the Hacea Coffee Source blog.
Find online:
https://haceacoffee.com/blogs/roasting/results-from-first-hacea-roasting-championship
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Published 10/03/24
Caroline Manimtim is the Founder of Cozy Canine Coffee, a friend of the Coffee People podcast. We recently popped-in with Caroline and her rescue pup Rhys to see how they're feeling after celebrating their two-year anniversary.
Find online:
https://www.cozycaninecoffee.com/
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Published 09/25/24
Sahand Dilmaghani is the CEO/Founder of Terra Kaffe. They recently dropped the app-enabled TK-02 super automatic espresso machine that is essentially a cafe for the home countertop. We dig into leadership, building teams, and the impact of having entrepreneurial role models.
Find online:
https://www.terrakaffe.com/
Terra Kaffe on Youtube
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Published 09/19/24
George Vukasin Jr. is the CoOwner, CEO, and Coffee Buyer at Peerless Coffee + Tea in Oakland, CA. He joins the Coffee People podcast to chat about 100 years of Peerless, working with family, and the Peerless Regenerative Organic Coffee (ROC®) they dropped for their centennial anniversary.
Find online:
https://www.peerlesscoffee.com/
@peerlesscoffee on Instagram
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Published 09/11/24
Kevin Meija is the Founder and Roaster at Bevel Coffee in Monrovia, CA. He joins the Coffee People podcast to chat about the challenges of the pop-up cafe, imposter syndrome, and why there is value in just starting.
Find online:
https://bevelcoffee.com
@bevelcoffee on Instagram
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Published 09/05/24
Nolan Baker is the CoFounder and Roaster at The Pinery Coffee Company in Wausau, WI. He joined the Coffee People podcast to chat about how the Bellwether roasting machine enables the company to be nimble, Espresso Tuesdays, and why the community is a the core of everything they do.
Find online:
https://thepinerycoffeeco.com/
@thepinerycoffeeco on Instagram
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Published 08/28/24
Chris Dennis is the General Manager of Ox Coffee Roasters in San Diego, CA. He joined the Coffee People Podcast to chat about developing his coffee drink the Orange Creamsicle for competition.
Find online:
oxcoffeeroasters.com
@oxcoffeesd
@baristaoclock
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Published 08/14/24
R!WC is now accepting content pitches for paid content. Details at the link below. Content considering includes but isn't limited to: articles, photography, art, audio segments, video, how-to coffee education. The only rule is that the pitch has to be connected to coffee or the industry of coffee in some way—however tangentially.
See all the details at: https://roastwestcoast.substack.com/p/submit-to-roast-west-coast
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Published 08/07/24
Addison Mathis is the Perc Coffee Quality Assurance Manager in Atlanta, GA. They joined the Coffee People podcast earlier this year to talk about competition coffee drink development, the community of the South, and working in coffee as a person who is both trans and has a disability.
Find online:
https://perccoffee.com/
https://www.instagram.com/aspecialtybean/
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Published 08/07/24
First published on Coffee Smarter Pro: Alvin Kim is our guest coffee expert. He is the marketing manager for the Baratza which is part of the Breville group. Head to baratza.com to see the full line-up of coffee grinders they offer, from the Encore to the Forte they’ve got a grinder suited for the coffee enthusiast to the cafe countertop.
And if you have a grinder question, reach out to Baratza on baratza.com, a human will be on the other end of the call.
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Published 07/24/24
Joey Jones is the Founder and CEO of JoGo Straw. Based on the bombilla straw popularized by Argentinean Gauchos, the JoGo is a new method of drinking brewed coffee, in particular but not exclusively, while adventuring. Joey joined the Coffee People podcast from Mexico City, but the company was founded in St. Paul, MN.
Find online:
https://jogostraw.com/
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Published 07/17/24
Mauricio Botero is the Founder and CEO of Botero Coffee Club. There are actually two companies—one here in the U.S. and the other in Quindío, a Department of Colombia. In this episode we chat about Mauricio's journey into coffee through the pursuit of passive income, fatherly relationships, and pride of place.
Find online:
https://www.boterocoffeeclub.com
https://www.instagram.com/botero_coffee_club
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Published 07/10/24
Nicole Diefenbach is a self-proclaimed Sourceress and a Certified SCA Sustainability Professional based in Denver, CO. She focuses on developing tools to enable coffee farmers to pursue regenerative agriculture practices that create a positive impact for all.
Find online:
https://unravelmerchants.com/
https://www.roambravely.com/
https://tabloncoffee.com/
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Published 07/03/24
Stephan von Muehlen is the CEO and Co-Founder of the Steady Equipment Co., the maker of the Poursteady barista assisting, robotic water dispenser. He joins the podcast to discuss his journey into coffee through design, the value of networking, and how they maintain a startup attitude even after a decade in the game.
Find Poursteady IRL and online:
They are exhibiting at World of Coffee in Copenhagen, June 27-29 booth CE-014: https://www.worldofcoffee.org/
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Published 06/26/24
Anne Djerai is the CEO of Metropolis Coffee Co. in Chicago, IL. She joins the podcast to chat about the challenges of private labeling and the advantages of partnering with a firm like Metropolis Coffee Co. to do so. Connect with Metropolis Coffee at: https://www.metropoliscoffee.com/
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Published 06/19/24
We're taking a social media break for the summer. We hope to see you out there at the coffee shop.
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Published 06/15/24
Another season in the books. The guest were incredible, and I'm taking this ending to pass off my thoughts on persistence of this effort to connect with Coffee People worldwide.
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Published 06/12/24
Sanjeev Mankotia joins Coffee Smarter Pro to discuss his company's effort to develop the 3D printing machines that can produce sustainable, zero-waste, clay replacements for the industry standard plastic-lined takeaway coffee cup. Learn about GaeaStar Corp at: https://www.gaeastar.com/
Learn more to aid your coffee industry journey on coffeesmarterpodcast.com.
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Published 06/05/24
Kat Melheim founded the Coffee People 'Zine (great name), and is a former production roaster turned marketing teammate at Black and White Roasters in Raleigh, NC. Her oft educational coffee social media @RoasterKat is a direct window into her coffee life. Be sure to enjoy this conversation on the Coffee People podcast.
Find online: https://coffeepeople.org/https://coffeepeople.org/ • @coffeepeoplezine • https://www.youtube.com/@roasterkat
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Published 05/29/24
Hannah Noakes is a Lead Graphic Designer at Tekwani Design Co. She joined the podcast to chat about the value of coffee packaging and the difference between art and design.
Find online: https://www.tekwanidesign.com/ • @tekwanidesign
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Published 05/22/24
Daniel Kurnianto, M.S. is the inventor of the BOSeTAMPER™️. He joins our podcast to chat about the ups and downs of developing a new product, how he bounces back after hitting a road block, and how his automatic coffee tamping devices was inspired by his own experience trying to tamp coffee at-home.
Find online: bosetamper.com • @bosetamper
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Published 05/15/24