Coffee People Podcast

Stephanie Welter-Krause is the Founder and Head Roaster of Swelter Coffee (Oak Park, IL). She joins the Coffee People podcast to share what motivates her to continue down the path of sustainable entrepreneurship. Find online: ⁠www.sweltercoffee.com⁠ • @sweltercoffee Learn more about Stephanie's preferred charities Bean Voyage and Food4Farmers . Coffee People is presented by Roastar, Inc., the prem...

We learn more about the Founder and Head Roaster of Swelter Coffee (Oak Park, IL) in this quick question-and-answer session we call the Espresso Round. Find online: www.sweltercoffee.com Coffee People is presented by Roastar, Inc., the premier coffee packaging company utilizing digital printing . Roastar enables small-to-gigantic coffee businesses tell a big story. Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Welcome Brad Lepper, Founding President of Council Oak Supply Company in Sioux City, IA. COSC is a wholesale coffee and equipment distributor. With a big enough truck you could pull up out front and leave with an entire coffee shop! Find online: ⁠ www.counciloaksupply.com • @counciloaksupply Coffee People is presented by Roastar, the premier digital printing company focused on coffee packaging. Ro...

Welcome Jenny Barber, Co-Founder of Talitha Coffee in San Diego, CA. Find online: @talithacoffeeroasters • https://talitha.com/pages/subscription Coffee People is presented by Roastar, the premier digital printing company focused on coffee packaging. Roastar helps small and burgeoning coffee businesses tell a big story. Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.roastar.co...

Welcome Lee Lizzotte, Founder and Head Roaster of True Love Coffee Co. in San Juan Capistrano, CA. We talk the meaning of true love and the need for patience in coffee. Find online: @truelovecoffeeco ⁠⁠ • https://truelovecoffee.co/ Coffee People is presented by Roastar, the premier digital printing company focused on coffee packaging. Roastar helps small and burgeoning coffee businesses tell a big...

We learn more about the CoHosts of the Shlurp Podcast Jeremy Lupinacci and Joe Orozco-Lee in this quick question-and-answer session we call the Espresso Round. Find online: R!WC Newsletter Shlurp Feature Coffee People is presented by Roastar, the premier digital printing company focused on coffee packaging. Roastar helps small and burgeoning coffee businesses tell a big story. Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

The CoHosts of the Shlurp Podcast Jeremy Lupinacci [@jeremymakescoffee] and Joe Orozco-Lee [Smoking Tiger] share their Gen-Z take on the coffee industry. Find online: ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠ •  ⁠YouTube⁠ Coffee People is presented by Roastar, the premier digital printing company focused on coffee packaging. Roastar helps small and burgeoning coffee businesses tell a big story. Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

In 2025, Coffee People will be adding a video podcast version of the show. We're excited about it, but we're also nervous. We don't really know how to video yet—as evidenced by the short pop-in clip with our good friend Erin Nenow of Ascend Roasters posted here. We're trying out a few different platforms, figuring out the details, and appreciate your patience as we settle into a groove. This is ou...

In 2025, Coffee People will be adding a video podcast version of the show. We're excited about it, but we're also nervous. We don't really know how to video yet—as evidenced by the short clip posted here. Of course, four years and hundreds of audio podcasts ago, we didn't even own a microphone, much less know how to edit audio. We figured it out, and with help from our sponsors, like Roastar, we'l...

Chris Deferio is a coffee business consultant and the host of the Keys To The Shop podcast. We chat about how his role in the industry has changed, being a people-first consultant, and why he finds value in being a servant to the industry. "Keys to the Shop® Consulting + Coaching gives cafe owners clarity, tools for growth, and actionable strategies that transform you, your team, and your business...

Andy Kleitsch is the CoFounder and CEO of Atomo Coffee, a bean-less product that challenges the idea of what we consider coffee. Andy shares what motivated him to launch Atomo, why we need for a more sustainable coffee beverage, and how going on adventures helps him maintain balance . Find online: ⁠ https://www.atomocoffee.com •  https://linktr.ee/atomobeanlesscoffee Coffee People is presented by...

Stacey Lynden is the Cupping Lab Manager at Swiss Water Decaf in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. She is also a Q-grader and a member of the Golden Bean Hall of Fame. She joins Coffee People to chat about her coffee journey, what they actually do to remove the caffeine, and how coffee offered her a competitive outlet. Find online: @staceyannlyn •  www.swisswater.com Coffee People is presented by Roastar,...

We pop in to see how things have been going for Aaron and Taylor Moore at Craft 42 Roasters in Kelowna, B.C. Find online: https://craft42roasters.ca/ @craft42roasters Coffee People is presented by Roastar, the premier digital printing company focused on coffee packaging. Roastar helps small and burgeoning coffee businesses tell a big story. Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Michael Cepress is an Artist, Fashion Designer, Musician, and Friend. Listen to our chat about his path to finding his true self, recognizing his passion for art, and how the right advice at the right time from a rockabilly icon kept him moving forward. Find online: www.michaelcepress.com •  @michaelcepress •  Apple Music •  Bandcamp Coffee With is a Roast! West Coast production. Shop for Yeah, No...

Matthew Torres is the Founder of Familiar Coffee, a specialty decaf coffee company. He joins the podcast to chat about Long Beach Coffee Club and his decision to focus on decaf. Find online: ⁠ https://familiarcoffee.com/⁠ @familiarcoffeeco Coffee People is presented by Roastar, the premier digital printing company focused on coffee packaging. Roastar helps small and burgeoning coffee businesses te...

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 Packaging for Yeah, No...Yeah Coffee was provided by Roastar, the premier digital printing company focused on co...

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 Coffee People is presented by Roastar, the premier digital printing company focused on coffee packaging. Roastar helps...

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 Coffee People is presented by Roastar, the premier dig...

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-roastin...

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/ Coffee People is presented by Roastar, the premier digital printing company focused on coffee packaging. Roastar helps sm...

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 Coffee People is presented by Roastar, the premier digita...

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 Coffee People is presented by Ro...

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 Coffee People is presented by Roastar, the premier digital printing company focused on coffee packaging. Roastar helps sm...

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 Coffee People is presented by Roastar, th...

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 Coffee People is presented by Roastar, the premier digital printing company focused on coffee packaging. Roastar helps small and burgeoning coffee...