Coffee is ME - Start Your Coffee Business
77 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsPrepare to immerse yourself in the intricate world of coffee, encompassing every facet from the coffee bean to establishing a flourishing business. Whether your ambition is to start a coffee business or to nurture your own coffee roastery, Valerian’s Podcast is here to help to inspire you.
Our podcast features in-depth discussions with industry leaders, designed to impart essential insights into coffee cultivation, coffee roasting mastery, precision brewing, and, most importantly, the critical steps on how to start a profitable coffee business successfully.
Our distinguished guests, revered for their contributions to the coffee industry, generously share their wealth of knowledge, exclusive strategies, and well-guarded trade secrets, offering you a comprehensive toolkit to not only initiate but also expand your coffee roasting enterprise.
Whether you are a dedicated coffee enthusiast with aspirations of transforming your love for coffee into a profitable venture or a budding coffee entrepreneur poised to embark on this exhilarating journey, Valerian’s Podcast is your ultimate reservoir of industry knowledge and motivation.
Elevate your coffee aspirations and embark on this immersive journey. Savor your favorite brew, find a comfortable space, and kickstart your voyage toward coffee business triumph. Tune in to Valerian’s Podcast now and let it be your guiding light on the path to realizing your coffee business dreams!
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Two Women Shaping the Mexican Specialty Coffee Culture, Tueste Café - Veracruz, Mexico
March 05, 2024 00:10 - 50 minutes - 69.9 MBIn this conversation, Mariana Moreno from Tueste Café in Mexico shares insights into the Mexican specialty coffee scene and the growth of specialty coffee in the country. Mariana discusses the challenges and opportunities of being a woman in the coffee industry and the unique aspects of their coffee company, which includes a coffee school and a coffee shop. She also talks about their approach to sourcing coffee cherries then processing them themselves using their own processing style. Mariana...
Mom 'n 'em Coffee Brings Specialty Coffee to Cincinnati, OH - Start Coffee Business Podcast
January 29, 2024 00:33 - 1 hour - 93.4 MBIn this episode, Austin and Colin from Mom and M Coffee share their journey from San Francisco to Cincinnati and the challenges they faced in opening their coffee shop. They discuss their decision to start roasting their own coffee and the process of choosing a roaster. They also talk about the benefits of owning their real estate and the foreign concepts they introduced in Cincinnati. Finally, they explain their coffee offerings and how they make decisions for their portfolio. In this conver...
How Billy Li Generates $15,000 Monthly with a 20-Hour Workweek at Hydrangea Coffee
October 11, 2023 13:51 - 1 hour - 105 MBIn the bustling world of specialty coffee, where the beans tell stories and the aromas transport you to distant lands, one brand has been quietly brewing a storm, not just in a cup, but in the entrepreneurial world as well. Welcome to the universe of Hydrangea Coffee, a small specialty coffee brand that has managed to blend the rich notes of passion, quality, and smart business into a delectable brew of success. A Sip into Billy’s Journey Billy, the brain behind Hydrangea Coffee, didn’t alw...
From a humble coffee trailer to five coffee shops with Sameer Shah - Voyager Coffee
June 12, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 116 MBIn this episode, Sameer takes us back to the origins of Voyager Coffee, a concept born out of a desire to revitalize their city, San Jose. As natives of the area, Sameer and his partner Lauren noticed a trend of friends and acquaintances leaving for more exciting urban centers. Determined to inject vibrancy into their hometown, they envisioned Voyager Coffee as a catalyst for community-building and a hub of creativity. With a humble beginning as a coffee cart, Sameer and Lauren's dream gradu...
There is a future in selling expensive specialty coffee with Erich Joiner from goodboybob coffee
March 27, 2023 02:35 - 1 hour - 101 MBIn this episode, we chat with Erich Joiner, founder of goodboybob coffee in Los Angeles, California. GBB has gained a reputation for sourcing the world's best coffees, including top lots from Cup of Excellence. Initially catering to his friends and colleagues in the film industry, Erich's passion for specialty coffee was sparked by the unique flavors and aromas he encountered. We explore how he manages to sell these high-end coffees and how GBB's hard-to-find location in Santa Monica adds t...
How to start a legendary coffee roaster in California with Hiver van Geenhoven - Chromatic, California
November 05, 2022 00:33 - 1 hour - 160 MBHow and why did Hiver start Chromatic coffee? His origin story is really inspiring. So many people say “this is what I want to do,” but what are you ready to give up? Would you give up your comforts, free time, and risk your financial security? Difference in doing business in the central EU and USA. What kind of personality you have to be in order to become an entrepreneur? In this episode we will discuss two very different worlds of entrepreneurship. When it comes to roasting and packagin...
Starting a farm-to-cup coffee shop at a college campus with Sebastian Ramirez - Cafetal Coffee, Arizona
September 16, 2022 01:40 - 1 hour - 218 MBTalking with former student of mine Sebastian Ramirez about his tips for new coffee shop entrepreneurs. Cafetal Coffee is a Specialty Coffee shop located near ASU in Tempe, Arizona. offering coffee from their family farm in Colombia and serving Latin infused breakfast and lunch! Sebastian was very generous and shared a lot of useful tips for everybody who is thinking to open a cafe or a coffee shop. 00:00 Introducing Sebastian Ramirez Cafetal Coffee 00:48 Sebastian's First Coffee Exper...
Starting a super cool coffee brand in India with Rahul Reddy - Subko Coffee Roasters, Mumbai
July 21, 2022 19:43 - 1 hour - 232 MBCome explore the specialty coffee scene in India with us and Rahul Reddy. Rahul is the founder of Subko Coffee Roasters, a revolutionary coffee concept that sources the best lots from local farmers for the local consumers. This is the first episode recorded with video, so if you want to see our faces, join us on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa5A34qegnupOj_gt04Jzhw In this episode we cover the topics of cupping and calibration, the specialty coffee scene in Mumbai and the Su...
Can You Make Money with a Cold Brew Cart? - with Eddie Alaniz from Coffee Conspiracy
March 31, 2022 11:20 - 1 hour - 82.6 MBIn this episode we talk with Eddie Alaniz about his brand Coffee Conspiracy. Eddie's brand is a lockdown businesses. While most cafes had to be closed, Eddie offered single origin cold brew to the beach crowd in Santa Cruz. Despite his humble beginnings, Eddie did not stop with his cold brew cart. His next move was to start to roast his own coffee and sell it via an online store. How did he do it? What is the most important aspect of a successful coffee business? The interview was recor...
Starting a cafe empire and why should you start to roast your own coffee - with Sandra and Joey from Pink Owl, California
January 21, 2022 15:05 - 1 hour - 158 MBIn December, we held the Roasting Lab PRO Course, where future coffee entrepreneurs study efficient ways of roasting, developing products, packaging and branding, understanding sales channels, not to mention having an awesome time exchanging ideas and meeting like-minded people from all over the world. I run this course every 3 months; it is limited to 6 students, and the next one is coming up in March. One of my favorite parts of the course is our guests, who come to share their coffee bus...
Daniel claims that $2500 is enough to start a coffee roasting business... with Daniel Streetman from Bird and Bear Coffee
December 21, 2021 17:04 - 1 hour - 183 MBIn this episode, Daniel Streetman explains how you can start a coffee roasting business with minimal investment. After Daniel was laid off during the pandemic, he and his wife Ella looked deep into their wallet and figured out that the most they could spend on their new company was $2500. I love to brag about how I started Green Plantation with only $8000, but I would never even attempt to start a coffee roasting business with $2500, especially not in San Francisco. In this episode Dani...
Starting a coffee brand with a 2kg roaster and a school bus: Gleason Jones from Minimalist Coffee, Opelika, Alabama
October 25, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 166 MBIn this show, I interview Gleason Jones from Opelika, Alabama and founder of Minimalist Coffee. Minimalist Coffee is the brand new venture of this 25-year-old entrepreneurial gentleman, addressing the need for a good, freshly roasted coffee with associated charity contributions in the local community. Gleason dared to violate my rule for the size of the coffee roaster. How's that working for him? Can he make a sustainable business with a 2 kg roaster? Gleason owns a former school bus that...
Your questions about coffee roasting, blends, best coffee on the planet and Q Grading answered
July 13, 2021 16:33 - 1 hour - 205 MBFor this episode we asked you, our listeners, to send us questions - and to plug your business. You sent thought provoking questions which challenged us -- Valerian and Marcus to think outside the box, share their experiences, and call upon their combined experience to come up with possible answers. We have tasted and drank a lot of coffee, and listener Katie asks us to name the single best cup of coffee each of us has ever had, in our entire lives. Did we choose one of the award winning...
We were born in the fire - the story of Café de Leche a café and coffee roaster from L.A. - with Matt & Anya Schodorf
June 14, 2021 14:26 - 1 hour - 188 MBAnya and Matt are prime examples of the American dream: they had a dream and they invested all their time, money, and energy to make it a reality. The result has enriched the L.A. coffee culture and brought a unidog to the bottom of the cup. As a European living in the USA, I have always admired the entrepreneurial spirit of my American friends, and I love the unidog. If you do not know what a unidolg is, don't worry, we talk about it in the podcast. In this episode, we talked about the pr...
This is how you build a coffee drive through, with Darren Spicer, Clutch Coffee Bar
May 05, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 142 MBIn this podcast I interviewed Darren Spicer of Clutch Coffee Bar, a fast-growing coffee drive-through chain. Drive-throughs are a bit foreign to me. I've never used one and personally I consume coffee differently, but most Americans welcome a good coffee on the long commute to work. I am always intrigued about the unknown, so I was very happy when Darren's path crossed with mine in this podcast episode. Like a good drive-through, Darren is a very composed, efficient and to-the-point fello...
Kelly bought herself a coffee company and this is how it went down...
April 13, 2021 20:59 - 1 hour - 211 MBLast year my business partner William Murad and I offered our coffee roasting company, Unleashed Coffee, for sale over this podcast. You know me by now, I live for experiments like this. I was curious whether this podcast was influential enough to sell a company. Spoiler alert! The answer is YES. For this episode I interviewed the new owner - Kelly Abbott. The deal is done, and in the first part of the interview I was curious to look behind the curtain from when we were negotiating the sal...
The best roast profiles, green coffees and roaster size for a coffee roasting startup - Black Friday Edition
November 16, 2020 15:02 - 1 hour - 153 MBIn this podcast I welcome back Marcus Young from Boot Coffee. This is an episode where we discuss the most common questions we get from our consulting clients. No, you do not have to pay a dime for this, but a review on Apple Podcasts is welcome. Thanks. We start the podcast with a discussion about designing a roast profile. Is there such a thing as a correct approach? How many roast profiles should a roasting company have? Then I put a gun to Marcus's (and my head) and force us to come...
Empowering Women in Coffee with Lee Pike - International Women's Coffee Alliance
November 06, 2020 23:24 - 52 minutes - 120 MBIn this podcast I talked with Lee Pike from the International Women's Coffee Alliance, about the role of women in the industry and what the IWCA does to help improve the life of women coffee producers. The IWCA is a global network of self-driven chapters focused on achieving sustainable livelihoods in their communities. Each chapter sets and pursues its own goals, guided by the IWCA Code of Conduct. All are united by the IWCA mission: to empower women in the international coffee community t...
Becoming Q Grader at 12 and Starting a Coffee Brand at 14 with Frankie Volkema - Joven Coffee
October 22, 2020 14:40 - 42 minutes - 97.7 MBI met Frankie at one of the Q Grader courses at Boot Coffee. She was 12 and taking part in cupping with us. In this episode I am talking with Frankie Volkema about her brand, Joven Coffee. Frankie's mission is to introduce consumers to young coffee producers. Her goal is to help these producers stay in the coffee industry and to create a sustainable future for them. Frankie shares some insights on being a teenager entrepreneur, and gives some ideas for other aspiring young entrepreneurs...
Buying Coffee Brands with Tim Volkema - Schuil Coffee & Sparrows Coffee
October 08, 2020 13:24 - 1 hour - 169 MBTim is not new in the business world, he built and sold a few successful ventures. When he moved to Grand Rapids, MI, he decided to skip the line and buy his next venture instead of doing the startup hustle. In this podcast Tim elaborates on why he decided to buy in rather than start up, and whether it was a good idea. He also gives us valuable tips about how to find and evaluate a company if you’re thinking to purchase your own. Topics in this show include: How and why to buy a coffe...
A New Coffee Startup is Born with Stephen Ezell - Sequential Coffee
September 16, 2020 00:44 - 1 hour - 167 MBMy guest in this episode is Stephen Ezell. Stephen is my old buddy, who together with Jonathan Shepard started Sequential Coffee. Jonathan is the business brain and Stephen is the coffee brain of this operation. It is a dream combo for every coffee nerd out there. Lucky Stephen! In this episode, we talked about the first steps and challenges when starting a coffee roasting operation. Sequential Coffee sells online using Shopify, but also retails in grocery stores, and they recently even s...
Crossing the Line to Work with Haitian farmers - Cafe Kreyol - Joseph Stazzone
July 28, 2020 16:35 - 1 hour - 157 MBI am not sure whether it is Joey's fascinating story or the current global situation, but this episode got a bit personal. Joey first started trading in “commodities” as a drug user and later dealer. Today he is the CEO of Cafe Kreyol -- a direct trade coffee importing and roasting company based in Manassas, Virginia. His path was not straight, but finding God and purpose in his life led him out of the darkness. Cafe Kreyol has a strong foot in the In this episode I meant to be f...
Building family coffee business with Mitchell Popadziuk - [CxT] Coffee Company
June 09, 2020 00:55 - 1 hour - 183 MBMitchell Popadziuk managed to fall into a perfect team. He is the business mastermind, his brother Tristan brings the coffee passion, and their mother Kelly is the soul of sales and marketing. I am jealous! In a good way ... :) [CxT] is a very young but dynamically growing company which, despite to the fact that Mitch is a podcast listener, fell into the same trap that we at Green Plantation coffee did: underestimating their growth. They initially invested in a US Roaster Corp 5kg roaster w...
The rebel heart of Flag and Wire Coffee
May 17, 2020 17:04 - 1 hour - 97.6 MBNick Walton is a rebel... was a rebel. He grew up on a milk farm, but his revolutionary attitude towards his parents drove his dad to say "enough! Time to grow up!" Nick's coffee story starts with sleeping in a car while homeless. Was this the push he needed to take life seriously, which finds its conclusion in a mysteriously-named coffee roasting company Flag and Wire? I will let him tell the story. As fascinating Nick's story is, our conversation is not only about him. We dig in into conc...
Is this coffee roaster the future of coffee roasting? With Arno Holschuh from Bellwether
March 06, 2020 16:42 - 1 hour - 167 MBWe are back with a great new podcast featuring a really cool new innovation in coffee roasting - the Bellwether Coffee Roasting Machine. Bellwether has developed a new type of small-batch electric commercial coffee roaster. It doesn’t require ventilation, a gas line, or even a contractor or complicated permit to install. It features tablet based roasting software, and the company has a green coffee sourcing division that allows companies to get up and running quickly with customized roast p...
$500 Gesha vs $10 Brazilian Coffee and Instagram Marketing Tips with Umeko Motoyoshi
December 12, 2019 19:54 - 41 minutes - 57.6 MBWe are back with part 2 of our discussion with Umeko Motoyoshi, coffee entrepreneur, social media expert, educator, and author. In this episode we continue last week’s discussion with the author of The @wastingcoffee Guide To Not Wasting Coffee and purveyor of the Umeshiso Cupping Spoons. This week we share the results of a super fun and enlightening consumer experiment Valerian, Marcus, and Melissa conducted at the Boot Coffee Campus booth at the San Francisco Coffee Festival and hear Umek...
Umeko Motoyoshi - The Personality of Coffee Tasting. Is it a Real Thing?
December 05, 2019 16:26 - 48 minutes - 66 MBThis week we talk with Q grader, author, educator, entrepreneur Umeko Motoyoshi. This is part 1 of a two part episode with Umeko, the creator of the Umeshiso rainbow cupping spoon and author of The @wastingcoffee Guide To Not Wasting Coffee. We discuss how making the cupping and tasting environment more inclusive and accessible can draw customers into the discussion of flavor and taste. Umeko discusses how we should bring ourselves into the cupping room, how taste and flavor perception and ...
I want to be a professional coffee taster...
November 05, 2019 23:41 - 1 hour - 86.5 MBIn this episode, we interview Rick Appleton (Boston) and Abdulrahman Qurban (Saudi Arabia), students attending the SCA Sensory class at Boot Coffee Campus. What were the hardest parts of the course and what was the ultimate takeaway? Valerian tests Rick's newly acquired ability to evaluate coffee by applying his skills tasting his skin contact natural wine. How does Rick do? What is the difference between the SCA Sensory class and the Q Grader class? All these questions are answered in ...
Sensory battle of the two most sensible worlds: Wine vs. coffee tasting and industry.
October 18, 2019 03:08 - 1 hour - 112 MBIn this episode, we will explore the world of wine with Eric Danch. We focus on tasting and sensory comparison between wine and coffee, but we also touch on the importance of origin, farming and processing techniques when determining the pricing of wine or coffee. Eric was kind enough to share some business techniques they use in the wine industry that can also be used in the coffee world. In this episode, we talk a lot about Valerian's birthplace, Komarno, and the wines of Hungary, Slov...
What is the Ideal Size of a Coffee Roaster, Can You Save Past Crop Coffee, Drum Speed, Mimicking Espresso and more ...
September 20, 2019 18:50 - 1 hour - 103 MBIn this podcast, we will revisit the question of what is the ideal size of the roaster one should buy for their coffee roasting startup. You can find my old article here: https://coffeecourses.com/buying-a-coffee-roaster-here-are-few-considerations-so-you-do-not-get-burned/ We also got a few questions from you! Thanks! We feel your questions make this podcast more dynamic. Keep them coming, please. 1 Love the podcast! I have a question about adjusting a roasting profile as a coffee a...
Coffee Roasting Q&A with Marcus Young & Valerian Hrala
August 28, 2019 19:00 - 51 minutes - 46.7 MBAfter a healthy intro about natural wine Marcus and I will answer your questions about coffee roasting. Wine provided for this episode was by Noel Diaz and his Purity Wine. These were your questions we've answered on this episode: 1. ABOUT CAFFEINE I’ve come to believe (but never actually tested) that darker roasted coffee has less caffeine, but I’ve also read that Starbucks is teaching its employees that this is a myth. Can you settle this for me? Darron Burke www.cafedonpablo.com...
Women in Coffee in Rwanda with Smayah Uwajeneza
August 16, 2019 21:18 - 56 minutes - 77.5 MBWe are Back [in Arnold's accent]. After a long rest, we are back with a very special episode on Rwandan coffee. Smaya will tell us about women in coffee in Rwanda, about how to become East African Aeropress champion and how did she like her first sip of coffee. This and hopefully future episodes are co-hosted with one and only Marcus Young from Boot Coffee Campus. This episode would not happen if we would not sip amazing Viognier Pet Nat. Follow our wine adventures on Instagram, @petnat_ca...
#42 Starting a Coffee Brand - Sales - Where to sell your product
August 21, 2017 15:43 - 1 hour - 68.8 MBWhere to sell your coffee? What shall be your wholesale price? Is Amazon or grocery stores the answer for your sales? We decided to share our experience from our first year trying to find the best sales channels for our brand Unleashed Coffee.
#41 Starting a Coffee Brand - Logo and Packaging
April 04, 2017 20:02 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBIn this episode, we are going to talk about logo and packaging design. When it comes to the logo design we used plenty of services like Fiverr, 99 Designs and we will describe you the good and the bad about them. We ended up with a local designer. Was it a good idea? We think so. We will describe also the process we went through when ordering our bags. We had to order them from China via Alibaba, but it was not a very smooth ride. Finally, we are going to talk about the importance of barc...
#40 Starting a Coffee Brand - 1. The Idea was born, lets name it.
March 15, 2017 19:08 - 59 minutes - 47.7 MBThis is a promised episode where we try to inspire through our experience of building a coffee brand. After I introduce William - the coffee farmer and the CEO of Unleashed Coffee we will give you few tips how to select the perfect business partner for your project. We also did a small exercise and asked each other our strong points and our weaknesses. This part was unrehearsed and we had a blast to evaluate each other. Selecting the name for our company was pretty challenging and long p...
#39 Cold Brew and Butter in Your Coffee ... a Coffee Biz Idea Under $10000
February 06, 2017 22:11 - 56 minutes - 45.2 MBDenet Lewis from Barbell Coffee will reveal how can you start a coffee business under $10000 and how did they find their crowd in the crossfit niche. In this episode we will also talk about different ways to make cold brew and also how to bottle cold brew. With Denet we will discuss their buttered coffee derivative which is based on the bulletproof coffee.
Is Running a Cafe in the Overpriced Paris a Good Idea?
December 20, 2016 17:56 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBIn this episode I have a very exciting guest all the way from Paris. Jana Bukovinova opened a cafe/bistro in Paris called Thank You My Deer. She is the business owner, barista, baker and chef. As I mentioned previously I truly believe that coffee roasters and baristas who know how to cook, bake, how to develop flavors have a serious advantage over the rest of the crowd. Jana is one of few who can do that and it does not stop there. She does it extremely well creating buzz all over France....
#37 What Does a Rwandan Barista Dreams Of?
November 29, 2016 20:46 - 46 minutes - 37.2 MBI think I am not wrong when I say that most coffee professionals dream of going to the origin, tasting the coffee cherry and frolicking on the coffee farm like Kaldi’s goats in 15th century in Ethiopia. But have you ever wondered what do baristas from the origin dream of? We know that 10-20y ago in many coffee producing countries, drinking coffee was not something what was done. Many of the coffee farmers did not even taste their own coffee. This is rapidly changing and origin countries o...
#36 Episode #2 with Michal Molčan. Is Intelligentsia Coffee a Sellout? Is Failing Fast a Good Thing?
November 22, 2016 17:22 - 18 minutes - 15.2 MBSecond episode with Michal Molčan from the Standart Magazine. In this episode Michal will describes his ideal cafe, elaborates on the idea behind Peet's acquisition of Intelligentsia's coffee and debunks the Silicon Valley spirit on failing.
#35 Standart - The Coffee Magazine
November 22, 2016 17:05 - 1 hour - 49.6 MBStandart Magazine is a coffee lovers intellectual feed. Great stories, tips by the crème de la crème of the coffee industry, ultra cool design making this publication unique. All this achieved only in one and half years. Yes, Standart magazine are still newbies on the coffee scene. It scares me and scares me what is next! With my country man Michal Molčan I was discussing success behind their magazine hoping to reveal the secret of the “amazing”. I got inspired plenty and I hope you will ge...
#36 Michal Molčan - Episode #2 is Intelligentsia Coffee a sellout? Is failing fast a good thing?
November 20, 2016 18:56 - 18 minutes - 25.8 MBSecond episode with Michal Molcan from the Standard Magazine. In this episode Michal will describes his ideal cafe, elaborates on the idea behind Peet's acquisition of Intelligentsia's coffee and debunks the Silicon Valley spirit on failing.
#35 Standard - The Coffee Magazine
November 16, 2016 23:32 - 1 hour - 84.8 MBStandard Magazine is a coffee lovers intellectual feed. Great stories, tips by the crème de la crème of the coffee industry, ultra cool design making this publication unique. All this achieved only in one and half years. Yes, Standard magazine are still newbies on the coffee scene. It scares me and scares me what is next! With my country man Michal Molčan I was discussing success behind their magazine hoping to reveal the secret of the “amazing”. I got inspired plenty and I hope you will get ...
#34 The Future of Coffee Roasting - Co-Roasting with Floy Andrews
November 01, 2016 17:39 - 1 hour - 99.4 MBPodcast about the future of coffee roasting business. Are co-roasting facilities the future? There are multiple benefits which are very attractive to the new coffee businesses. - very easy start - low investment - low risk - professional growth within community of like minded professionals and much more. With Floy we will also talk about the most important properties of a successful roasting business, about other trends in the coffee industry and also she will tell us about women in the coffe...
#33 Mistobox Grinders, Portfolios and Q&A
September 20, 2016 21:30 - 1 hour - 87.6 MBIn the second episode of the interview Seth Mills -- director of coffe at MistoBox will talk more about the MistoBox business model, and will also reveal how do they select coffees for their portfolio and what kind of coffee rosters they like to cooperate with. Finally Seth will answer questions you asked Coffee is Me Facebook group.
#32 MistoBox - The Coffee Subscription Business which Survived Shark Tank
September 01, 2016 01:32 - 56 minutes - 77.7 MBSeth Mills the coffee expert at MistoBox will talk about a very interesting business model - coffee subscription. Mistobox is one of the first coffee subscription services in USA and except the very interesting business model I was intrigued that they were launched using Kickstarter and they also were pitching in Shark Tank. As you will hear in the interview Mistobox did exceptionally well on this show. They got funded by Mark Cuban and they refused the offer by Kevin O'Leary aka Mr. Wonderfu...
#31 Revolutionizing Vietnamese Coffee - Farmers Blend Coffee
August 09, 2016 19:18 - 57 minutes - 78.7 MBIn this episode I interviewed Dietmar Vogelmann from Farmers Blend Coffee. He is a German coffee lover living in Vietnam who decided to change the reputation of Vietnamese coffee. Yes snooty specialty coffee lovers this episode is about robusta! :) Whether you like it or not you have to realize the robusta still rules our coffee industry and is preferred in many cultures. I love Dietmar's story and coffee mission. Especially that he decided to do something different rather than cloning anothe...
#30 How to do a Successful Kickstarter Campaign with Daniel Vitiello from Handground
May 23, 2016 16:55 - 1 hour - 82.6 MBHow to do a successful Kickstarted campaign? Daniel Vitiello is behind Handground the revolutionary hand coffee grinder. The guys got funded via Kickstarter. Their initial goal was $35 000 but at the end they they raised over $300 000. How did they do it? I asked myself in this “golden” episode.
#29 Coffee with Gail Williams - Seattle Coffee Gear
May 02, 2016 23:16 - 53 minutes - 73.4 MBDid you ever wonder what is the most popular brewing method in USA? How do Americans drink coffee and do they prefer light roast or dark roast? Gail, start of YouTube videos from Seattle Coffee Gear will give us and idea how do their customers approach coffee. Do you plan to do YouTube videos? Gale will tell you what it takes to be a YouTube coffee star.
#28 Big Island Coffee Roasters 2 - The Farmer-Roaster Duo from Hawaii
April 12, 2016 23:21 - 1 hour - 93.5 MBKelly and Brandon are lucky to grow, process, roast and serve their coffee. They are in full control over the quality from the seed to cup. In this two episodes they will tell their fascinating story starting a coffee farm and a coffee roasting company in Hawaii. As always I use special interrogation techniques to extract plenty of wisdom about their branding, website, Instagram, social media also how to roast properly Hawaiian coffee and finally how to purchase a coffee roasting company.
#27 Big Island Coffee Roasters 1 - The Farmer-Roaster Duo from Hawaii
April 12, 2016 23:19 - 50 minutes - 68.9 MBKelly and Brandon are lucky to grow, process, roast and serve their coffee. They are in full control over the quality from the seed to cup. In this two episodes they will tell their fascinating story starting a coffee farm and a coffee roasting company in Hawaii. As always I use special interrogation techniques to extract plenty of wisdom about their branding, website, Instagram, social media also how to roast properly Hawaiian coffee and finally how to purchase a coffee roasting company.