Vibrant: Coffee & Hospitality
10 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 7 years ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsVibrant is a storytelling podcast about coffee and hospitality. It's an ongoing series of short audio stories recorded with coffee professionals and industry admirers about exceptional coffee hospitality moments.
Each episode, one person shares a hospitality story they experienced that has stuck with them. You'll hear stories from origin, cafes, homes and beyond, with valuable bits of coffee knowledge along the way.
Vibrant isn't intended to be an exact how-to on hospitality, nor a bashing board for lackluster service experiences. Rather, the purpose of Vibrant is to spotlight memorable hospitality moments from seed-to-cup that elevate coffee quality and vibrancy. These are short stories packed with kindness for us to learn from and bring to life in our own ways for an even more connected and inspiring specialty coffee community.
New episodes are released every other Tuesday.
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Episodes
Episode 10: Shawn Askinosie
February 28, 2017 00:00 - 18 minutes - 33.5 MBBean-to-bar chocolate industry leader, Shawn Askinosie, shares about an impactful gift from origin, his hospitality influences, direct trade sourcing, and the value of mutuality and kinship at Askinosie Chocolate. Shawn Askinosie is the CEO and founder of Askinosie Chocolate.
Episode 9: Patrick Burns
February 14, 2017 00:00 - 17 minutes - 24 MBWhat happens when you learn things are not going quite as well as you thought? Patrick Burns, founder and owner of Palace Coffee Company, shares an important story about upturning hospitality and the transformative impact of colleagues within the greater specialty coffee community.
Episode 8: Tovara Salley
January 31, 2017 00:00 - 12 minutes - 23.1 MBTovara Salley, the Retail Trainer and Coffee Educator for Equator Coffees & Teas, tells a story about getting talked out of an order and shares about the value of humor, honesty, and being relatable in hospitality moments.
Episode 7: Michelle Johnson
January 10, 2017 00:00 - 11 minutes - 20.4 MBMichelle Johnson, writer and creator of The Chocolate Barista, shares a story she experienced about baristas whose attention to detail went beyond technical skills and into focused interactions, ultimately creating a memorable, dynamic cafe atmosphere.
Episode 6: Joe Marrocco
December 27, 2016 00:00 - 15 minutes - 29 MBJoe Marrocco of Cafe Imports shares a story about his own career in specialty coffee, the outgrowth of the hospitality he has received from others within the industry along the way, and the exponential value of learning to "lean on generosity."
Episode 5: Andrea Allen
December 06, 2016 00:00 - 16 minutes - 31.1 MBAndrea Allen of Onyx Coffee Lab shares insights from Santa Rose Coffee Farm in El Salvador visiting Raul Rivera with a story about full-circle hospitality.
Episode 4: Jess Steffy
November 22, 2016 00:00 - 10 minutes - 20.1 MBIn this episode, Jess Steffy of Square One Coffee tells about visiting Richard Kimondo, a coffee producer and member of the Rutuma Cooperative in the Nyrei region of Kenya, sitting down for tea after a long day on the farm and the impact the experience has had on her.
Episode 3: Laila Willbur
November 04, 2016 00:00 - 12 minutes - 22.7 MBLaila Willbur shares about a potentially disastrous moment evaded because a cafe established a foundation of great hospitality experiences. As you listen to this episode, you can hear her newborn son Fitzgerald, pictured here with Laila and mentioned in the story, quietly hiccuping in the background.
Episode 2: Nathanael May
November 02, 2016 00:00 - 8 minutes - 16.3 MBNathanael details moments of generosity throughout a recent trip to Guatemala that have impacted his perspective on hospitality.
Episode 1: Lorenzo Perkins
October 13, 2016 03:37 - 7 minutes - 12.9 MBIn this episode, Lorenzo Perkins shares a story about a cafe supervisor's reaction to learning an unexpected detail about a regular.