Coffee People Podcast

Roast! West Coast welcomes Nostalgia Coffee Roasters founder and coffee disrupter, Taylor Fields to the podcast to discuss her coffee journey, and why her goal is creating the biggest coffee company in the world. Support this show by leaving a tip at: https://anchor.fm/owl-podcasts/support Head to www.roastwestcoast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news. Follow us on In...

Roast! West Coast welcomes Jay Ruskey ( Frinj Coffee & Good Land Organics ) to the show as our Coffee Smarter expert to discuss climate change's impacts on farming and coffee. Support this show by leaving a tip at: https://anchor.fm/owl-podcasts/support Head to www.roastwestcoast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news. Follow us on Instagram: @RoastWestCoast or Faceb...

Roast! West Coast coffee podcast welcomes the braintrust of Visitor Coffee Roasters to the show. CoFounders and Co-Head Roasters, Seth Wellens and Will Holder, share their coffee journey, talk mixtapes, and explain the duality of Visitor. Check out www.visitorcoffeeroasters or follow them on Instagram @visitorcoffee Roasters for more. Support this show by buying us a coffee or subscribing to the n...

Roast! West Coast welcomes coffee expert Chris O'Brien, founder & head roaster of Coffee Cycle Roasting to the show to discuss the most common of coffee additives: milk. Support this show by leaving a tip at: https://anchor.fm/owl-podcasts/support Head to www.roastwestcoast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news. Follow us on Instagram: @RoastWestCoast or Facebook: @...

Roast! West Coast welcomes Marc Wortman of Make Good Coffee Company. Marc was an online gambling entrepreneur who turned his attention to coffee after starting the Make Good Coffee blog, and eventually got into home roasting. Marc and his business partner just opened their first brick and mortar location near the Old Town neighborhood of San Diego adjacent to San Diego International Airport. Suppo...

Roast! West Coast welcomes coffee expert Siri Simran Khalsa, the Executive Director of Lofty Coffee , to the show to discuss how to take your coffee drinking experience and education to the next level. Support this show by leaving a tip at: https://anchor.fm/owl-podcasts/support Head to www.roastwestcoast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news. Follow us on Instagram: @R...

Roast! West Coast welcomes Dan Romeo to the show. Dan is the founder and head roaster at TRVLR Coffee Roasters . He is also the founder and head brewer of One Season Brewing Co, and creator of The Roastarito. Here is the link to the article referenced during the show about the Columbian Coffee shortage. Support this show by leaving a tip at: https://anchor.fm/roastwestcoast/support Head to www.roa...

Roast! West Coast welcomes coffee expert Chris O'Brien, founder & head roaster of Coffee Cycle Roasting to the show to discuss our favorite fall coffee flavor, Pumpkin Spice. Support this show by leaving a tip at: https://anchor.fm/owl-podcasts/support Head to www.roastwestcoast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news. Follow us on Instagram: @RoastWestCoast or Facebo...

Roast! West Coast welcomes Jimmy Silva to the show. Jimmy is the founder and head roaster at Jaunt Coffee Roasters in the Mira Mesa neighborhood of San Diego. Support this show by leaving a tip at: https://anchor.fm/owl-podcasts/support Head to www.roastwestcoast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news. Follow us on Instagram: @RoastWestCoast or Facebook: @RoastWestCoast...

Season 3 of the Roast West Coast coffee podcast is back! Subscribe to the newsletter at www.roastwestcoast.com. Season 3 features 10 new interviews with coffee roasters and entrepreneurs on the West Coast and the return of our coffee experts for 10 new Coffee Smarter episodes. Listen to the show on your favorite podcast platforms, or get the show right in your inbox by subscribing to the newslette...

Roast! West Coast welcomes Joe Bettinger back to the show. Joe is a coffee broker for Cape Horn Coffee, Inc, and also a partner at Marea Coffee in Solana Beach. Support this show by leaving a tip at: https://anchor.fm/owl-podcasts/support Head to www.roastwestcoast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news. Then join the conversation in our Facebook Group: Roast! West Coast...

Roast! West Coast welcomes Chris O'Brien of Coffee Cycle back to the show as our resident Coffee Expert to talk about fair trade, his view on domestic coffee farming and our relationship with our cups of coffee. Support this show by leaving a tip at: https://anchor.fm/owl-podcasts/support Head to www.roastwestcoast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news. Then join the co...

This week Mike Arquines, Co-Owner, head chef and former head roaster at Mostra Coffee joins the show to talk about coffee and beer and how he fits in with the Mostra team. Check out his food projects on Instagram @thelabdining. www.mostracoffee.com Head to www.roastwestcoast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news. Then join the conversation in our Facebook Group: Roast!...

Roast! West Coast welcomes Siri Simran Khalsa, Director of Coffee at Lofty Coffee Co. back to the show as our guest Coffee Expert to to talk about environmental and economic sustainability to sexism and the hospitality experience to our collective personal reflections on what hospitality and coffee specifically means to us Head to www.roastwestcoast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest lis...

Dorian Escobar and Louis Elguera, the founders of Coatl Coffee in Oceanside, California, join the show to talk about the rituals of coffee, and our spiritual connection to the drink and the many hands that help bring it forth from the land. Check out www.coatlcoffee.com and be sure to follow their instagram @coatlcoffee . Head to www.roastwestcoast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list...

Roast! West Coast welcomes Chris O'Brien of Coffee Cycle back to the show as our resident Coffee Expert to teach us what Geisha or Gesha coffee is, where it is from, and how it was developed. Head to www.roastwestcoast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news. Then join the conversation in our Facebook Group: Roast! West Coast , or follow us on Instagram: @RoastWestCoast R...

Kyle Rosa, the founder of Bluetail Coffee Grove (San Marcos, CA) and the soon to be open Breakers Coffee & Wine (Del Mar, CA) joins the show to talk about following his passion into coffee farming, facing the future post pandemic, and doubling down on his coffee farming venture with a cafe. Also check out the previous interview with Frinj Coffee founder Jay Ruskey . Head to www.roastwestcoast....

Roast! West Coast welcomes Siri Simran Khalsa, Director of Coffee at Lofty Coffee Co. back to the show as our guest Coffee Expert to to talk about roasting machine technology trends and trends in roasting styles. Check out Brienne Allen's Insta Stories at @ratmagnet to read the stories of sexism in the beer and hospitality industry, and for some overview I recommend this article in VinePair from S...

Jason Simpson, the founder and owner of Camp Coffee , a cafe in downtown Oceanside, California joins the show to talk about his relationship with Bird Rock Roasting, the place of the cafe in a community, and what it was like to leave Starbucks after two decades to start his own shop.  Head to www.roastwestcoast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news. Then join the c...

Roast! West Coast welcomes Chris O'Brien of Coffee Cycle back to the show as our resident Coffee Expert to tell us all about cold brew, and why he isn't a fan. We get deep into the science, and then bring it back around to remind you to drink what you like! Head to www.roastwestcoast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news. Then join the conversation in our Facebook Group...

Acento Coffee Roaster founder Luis Sanchez joins this weeks show to tell his world-traveling story that led him into the world of coffee. His nano-roastery opened just this past year in the Bay Park neighborhood of San Diego, and has become a go to spot for cycling (bike and motorcycling) and espresso enthusiasts. Head to www.roastwestcoast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and cof...

Roast! West Coast welcomes Siri Simran Khalsa, the Head Roaster & Executive Director of Coffee at Lofty Coffee to the show to talk about all the different materials that we might brew coffee in or drink coffee out of, and how that glass, plastic or steel might impact flavor. We also talk about hot soup. Head to www.roastwestcoast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee new...

Danny Iverson, of Iverson Coffee Roasters , joins this weeks show to tell his story, and for just a really great coffee talk. We also meet Citizen Coffee Correspondent Lora for the first time, and some fun behind the scenes clips. Get 25% off your first Iverson Coffee Roasters order using PROMO CODE: Roast! at www.iversoncoffeeroasters.com Head to www.roastwestcoast.com for show recaps, coffee edu...

Roast! West Coast welcomes Chris O'Brien of Coffee Cycle back to the show as our resident Coffee Expert to teach us about Kopi Luwak, the cat poop coffee. You can find the GoFundMe for Lindsay Caron here. Full URL down below. Head to www.roastwestcoast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news. Then join the conversation in our Facebook Group: Roast! West Coast , or follow...

Roast! West Coast welcomes Cheryl Guildner, one half of Renegade Roasters Design Group to the show. We talk about how she and her husband Boyd got started in the roaster building business, why their machine is better, and how difficult it was to explain coffee to the tech team building their integrated touch screen software.  Head to www.roastwestcoast.com for show recaps, coffee education, g...