Coffee and Technology Podcast

Geoff Watts is a pioneer and an early adopter of the specialty coffee movement. With over 25 years of industry experience as a barista, roaster, Q-grader, green coffee buyer, and educator, Geoff is the father of what we know as the Direct Trade model. Throughout his career, he has served on the boards of the Coffee Roasters Guild (Chairman), the Alliance for Coffee Excellence (Chairman), and now w...

In this episode of the Coffee and Technology Podcast, Nick and Norbert discuss the idea of the network in coffee and how tech can effectively connect those networks from seed to cup. Norbert tells us that this idea was always at the forefront of Cropster's vision and explains why this holistic idea is extremely important for the future of sustainable coffee trading. As part of the digitalizat...

In our next episode, we’ll discuss how tech can empower the coffee industry, along with insights Norbert gained from introducing Cropster tech to coffee professionals in Colombia. Cropster has grown from a producer solution to a cloud based solution from origin to cafe since those days. Norbert brings more insight and a deep knowledge of what we can achieve for the future. Learn more about Cropste...

Ricardo is the Chief Operations Officer (COO) at Ally Coffee. He has a background in supply chain management and brings over 10 years of experience working in the specialty coffee industry as a green coffee importer and Q-grader. Ricardo is an advocate for a more transparent, sustainable, and traceable industry to empower producers in origin. What it's all about: In this episode, we speak wit...

Norbert Niederhauser and Nick Castellano bring you the 'Coffee and Technology' Podcast sponsored by Cropster. Norbert is a Cropster co-founder and brings a wealth of knowledge of coffee, the coffee industry, and the technology it uses daily. Nick is a digital marketer with a love of coffee and experience at origin and in cafes. Both are passionate about humanizing technology for all coff...