Coffee People Podcast

Noah Vernick is the Co-founder, Roaster, and Operator of the mobile pop-up cafe and roaster Anomaly Coffee Company in Long Beach, CA. He joins host Ryan Woldt to share his coffee journey. Find online:   ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ www.anomalycoffeeco.com • @ anomaly.coffee.co Check out the ⁠Simply Good Brewer⁠ we referenced on the show. I’ve used this brewer nearly 150 times. I take making recommendatio...

Luke Hales is the Co-founder of Hacea Coffee Source, a specialty green coffee importer based in Anaheim, CA. He joins host Ryan Woldt to share his coffee journey. Find online:   ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://haceacoffee.com/ •  @HaceaCoffee Check out the Simply Good Brewer we referenced on the show. I’ve used this brewer nearly 150 times. I take making recommendations pretty seriously. Full review c...

Ben Wilde is the Founder of Pacifica Renew Green Coffee Importers, Chinatown Coffee Roasters, and Quichapa Coffee. He joins host Ryan Woldt to share his coffee journey including his passion for the coffees from the Yunnan region of China and working with his family. Find online:   www.pacificarenew.com  • www.chinatowncoffeeroasters.com •  www.quichapacoffee.com Coffee People is presented by Roast...

Bryant Banker-Scanell is the Founder and Head Roaster of Relative Coffee Co. and part of the coffee education team at Mill City Roasters. He joins host Ryan Woldt to share his coffee journey including his path to education after a career in hospitality. Find online:   ⁠ linktr.ee/relativecoffeeco •  millcityroasters.com Coffee People is presented by Roastar, the premier digital printing company fo...

Matthew Bryce is the founder and coffee educator behind Seven Sleepers Coffee Labs. He joins host Ryan Woldt to share his coffee journey including his path to education after stops working in coffee on both coasts. Find online:   @sscoffeelabs on Instagram Coffee People is presented by Roastar, the premier digital printing company focused on coffee packaging. Roastar can help your small coffee bus...

Jared Linzmeier is the founder and original head roaster of Ruby Coffee Roasters a.k.a. Ruby Colorful Coffees and he joins us for the third episode of Coffee People Season 9. He joins host Ryan Woldt to share his coffee journey including his path from the Midwest to Los Angeles to the Pacific North West and back. Find online:   @rubyroasters on Instagram or online at: https://rubycoffeeroasters.co...

Double J (Jason Johnson) is the Co-Founder of Black Rabbit Service (Portland, OR & Los Angeles, CA) and the Coffee Breath TV Show is the 2nd guest of Season 9 on Coffee People. He joins us to chat about his coffee journey including his path to entrepreneurship following in his family's hospitality footprints, discovering his love for coffee at Stumptown Coffee, and why even he was surprise...

Welcome back! In the first episode of Season 9 on Coffee People, Meg Le Vu is the Founder and Head Roaster of BLK City Coffee in Chino Hills, CA. She joins us to chat about her decision to be a hobbyist instead of a professional and why it is easier for her to be in front of the camera producing content than it is to roast your coffee. Meg shares her coffee journey with host Ryan Woldt. Find onlin...

Coffee People is on break for a few more weeks. Check out this episode of our other show Coffee Smarter. Chris O'Brien of Coffee Cycle Roasting joins host Ryan Woldt to break down some of the top tips for brewing coffee at home from the first two seasons of Coffee Smarter. Coffee People is presented by Roastar, the premier digital printing company focused on coffee packaging. Roastar can help...

Host Ryan Woldt shares a few thoughts to close out season 8 of the Coffee People podcast.. Coffee People is presented by Roastar, the premier digital printing company focused on coffee packaging. Roastar can help your small coffee business tell a big story. Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.roastar.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@roastar on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Support this show by SUBSCRIBING...

Masa Higashida, CEO and President of NuZee, Inc, a coffee co-packer in Vista, CA joins us for the last Coffee People podcast of Season 8. Masa shares his coffee journey with host Ryan Woldt. Find online:     https://mynuzee.com/ • @ nuzee_copacking on Instagram •  https://dailycoffeenews.com/2023/07/11/stone-brewing-skips-into-coffee-space-through-nuzee-deal/ Coffee People is presented by Roastar,...

Coffee People hit the road to visit Coffee Fest Anaheim 2023 where we interviewed visitors to the Hacea Coffee Source vendor booth on the expo floor. Listen a bunch of quick meet and greets with coffee people from around the industry, including Mill City Roasters, BLK City Coffee, Black Rabbit Service, and more. Find online: https://haceacoffee.com/  •  @haceacoffeesource ⁠ on Instagram •  Coffee...

Katy Szapa, Production Roaster at Ruby Colorful Coffees, joins us from Nelsonville, WI for this Coffee People podcast. Katy shares her coffee journey with host Ryan Woldt, and her vision for the future of the industry. Find online:   https://rubycoffeeroasters.com/ •  @ rubyroasters on Instagram •  Coffee People is presented by Roastar, the premier digital printing company focused on coffee packag...

Dani Taube, Marketing Coordinator and Sustainability Czar at Roastar joins us from Wausau, WI for this Coffee People podcast. Dani and host Ryan Woldt discuss the infinite number of considerations that come into the packaging versus sustainability equation and how the coffee shop experience is just as important as the coffee itself. Find online:  ⁠⁠ www.roastar.com  •  @ roastar  on Instagram •  h...

Peter Oyen and Jessica Laufenberg are the owners of Rocket Bicycles and N+1 Cafe, soon to be relaunched as one business called Rocket Velócafé in Verona, WI. They join the pod to chat about the relationship they've built with their community, how the after-effects of the pandemic finally caught up with them, and the crowdfunding campaign they are currently in the throes of. Find online:  ⁠ @np...

Danny Iverson, of Iverson Coffee Roasters and all around nice guy joined the show way back in season 2 of this podcast. We hope you enjoy this classic episode. Find online:  ⁠ https://www.iversoncoffeeroasters.com/ ⁠ •  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  ⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/iversoncoffeeroasters/ Coffee People is presented by Roastar, the premier digital printing company focused on coffee packaging. Roastar can help...

Kirstin Hill, the Bird Friendly Program Manager for the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center joins us for this Coffee People podcast. Kirstin and host Ryan Woldt discuss the Smithsonian Bird Friendly® certification program and the current perilous state of birds. Find online:  www.drinkbirdfriendly.com  •  ⁠⁠⁠   ⁠https://nationalzoo.si.edu/migratory-birds/bird-friendly⁠ Coffee People is presented by...

Nick Visconti, Co-Founder at DRINK COFFEE DO STUFF joins us from South Lake Tahoe, CA for this Coffee People podcast. Nick and host Ryan Woldt discuss the impact of the mountains on both coffee and people, how time modulations our emotions, and how leaving his career as a professional snowboarder to become a specialty coffee roaster surprised more than a few people. Find online:  ⁠@DrinkCoffee_DoS...

Andrea Alba-von Buren & Olivier Alerte of Dean's Coffee join us from Hollywood for this special pop-up episode to share their experience providing iced coffee to strikers at the WGA picket lines. In this podcast pop-in, Olivier and Andrea share their inspiration for launching Dean’s Coffee, what they’d do if the strike ended tomorrow, and why iced coffee. Sponsor a picket line pop-up:  Sen...

Will Etherington, Sales Director at Technivorm-Moccamaster, USA (Portland, OR) joins the show to share his story. We talk about growing with one company, durability as a sustainability effort, and toasting to what is coming. Follow @moccamasterusa ⁠ on Instagram and check out the brewers and grinder on www.us.moccamaster.com . Coffee People is presented by Roastar, the premier digital printing com...

Charles Carpenter, Founder of Tekwani Design Co. in Denver, CO joins the show to share his story. We talk about how telling stories provides value, his efforts to uplift producers, and how his personal journey has overlapped with his career and passion for coffee. Follow @tekwanidesign on Instagram and scroll through the good stuff on www.tekwanidesign.com . Coffee People is presented by Roastar,...

Richard Masino of Rancho Delfino coffee farm in Carpinteria, CA joins the show to share his story. We cover domestic coffee farming, traveling due to his career in Hollywood Films, and why slowing down has been a blessing in disguise. Follow @RanchoDelfino on Instagram. http://ranchodelfino.com/ coming soon. Coffee People is presented by Roastar, the premier digital printing company focused on cof...

There is a new monthly column on Roast! West Coast . Hacea Coffee Source's co-founder and green coffee buyer (also frequent Coffee Smarter guest expert) Jared Hales will be sharing his coffee industry insider's perspective about green coffee with us every month. How did we get so lucky? ⁠⁠Check out the teaser column⁠⁠ to learn more about Jared and the value he finds in the extended coffee...

There is a new monthly column on Roast! West Coast. Crossings Coffee Roasters founder and head roasters (also frequent Coffee Smarter guest expert) Alden Hozouri will be plumbing the depths of his nerdy coffee brain to give us a monthly dose of coffee education. How did we get so lucky? Check out the teaser column to learn more about Alden and why he loves coffee as an intersection between creatio...

The Specialty Coffee Association Expo 2023 was recently held in Portland, Oregon. Coffee People host Ryan Woldt attended as a member of the media, and with a little help from this show's presenting sponsor Roastar, spent his afternoons chatting up Expo attendees. This episode features Coffee People from all over the United States. Look for links to their websites and social medias below. Coffe...