Latest Café Podcast Episodes
Ditching the 9-to-5 to Launch a Coffee Roasting & Retail Business with Mable & Ming - Moonwake Coffee
Coffee is ME - Start Your Coffee Business - April 24, 2024 02:18 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsIn this episode of the Coffee is Me podcast, Valerian interviews Mabel and Ming from Moonwake Coffee. They discuss their first sip of coffee, their professions, and why they decided to start a coffee company. They also talk about the meaning behind the name Moonwake and their sales channels...
Two Women Shaping the Mexican Specialty Coffee Culture, Tueste Café - Veracruz, Mexico
Coffee is ME - Start Your Coffee Business - March 05, 2024 00:10 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsIn 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 cof...
Mom 'n 'em Coffee Brings Specialty Coffee to Cincinnati, OH - Start Coffee Business Podcast
Coffee is ME - Start Your Coffee Business - January 29, 2024 00:33 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsIn 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 b...
How Billy Li Generates $15,000 Monthly with a 20-Hour Workweek at Hydrangea Coffee
Coffee is ME - Start Your Coffee Business - October 11, 2023 13:51 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsIn 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 br...
From a humble coffee trailer to five coffee shops with Sameer Shah - Voyager Coffee
Coffee is ME - Start Your Coffee Business - June 12, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsIn 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 inj...
Science Communication with physicist Laurie Winkless, author of "Sticky" & "Science and the City"
DataCafé - June 02, 2023 07:00 - 36 minutesA key part of the scientific method is communicating the insights to an audience, for any field of research or problem context. This is where the ultimate value comes from: by sharing the cutting-edge results that can improve our understanding of the world and help deliver new innovations in peo...
There is a future in selling expensive specialty coffee with Erich Joiner from goodboybob coffee
Coffee is ME - Start Your Coffee Business - March 27, 2023 02:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsIn 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 passi...
House Café - 2023 (Spring Edition)
House Café - March 26, 2023 05:00 - 1 hourLouie Vega & Elements of Life - Love Has No Time Or Place (Extended Version) [00:00]; JKriv - Slow Down [08:40]; Michael Gray - You're Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else (feat. Kelli Sae) [Extended Remix] [14:11]; Folamour - My People (Dam Swindle Club Mix) [18:32]; Never Dull - Since I've Been Gon...
How to start a legendary coffee roaster in California with Hiver van Geenhoven - Chromatic, California
Coffee is ME - Start Your Coffee Business - November 05, 2022 00:33 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsHow 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...
Starting a farm-to-cup coffee shop at a college campus with Sebastian Ramirez - Cafetal Coffee, Arizona
Coffee is ME - Start Your Coffee Business - September 16, 2022 01:40 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsTalking 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 wa...
A Culture of Innovation
DataCafé - September 06, 2022 07:00 - 33 minutesCulture is a key enabler of innovation in an organisation. Culture underpins the values that are important to people and the motivations for their behaviours. When these values and behaviours align with the goals of innovation, it can lead to high performance across teams that are tasked with th...
Scaling the Internet
DataCafé - July 30, 2022 09:00 - 45 minutesDo you have multiple devices connected to your internet fighting for your bandwidth? Are you asking your children (or even neighbours!) to get off the network so you can finish an important call? Recent lockdowns caused huge network contention as everyone moved to online meetings and virtual cla...
Starting a super cool coffee brand in India with Rahul Reddy - Subko Coffee Roasters, Mumbai
Coffee is ME - Start Your Coffee Business - July 21, 2022 19:43 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsCome 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 o...
[Bite] Documenting Data Science Projects
DataCafé - June 29, 2022 06:00 - 16 minutesDo you ever find yourself wondering what the data was you used in a project? When was it obtained and where is it stored? Or even just the way to run a piece of code that produced a previous output and needs to be revisited? Chances are the answer is yes. And it’s likely you have been frustrate...
[Bite] Documenting Data Science Project Work
DataCafé - June 29, 2022 06:00 - 16 minutesDo you ever find yourself wondering what the data was you used in a project? When was it obtained and where is it stored? Or even just the way to run a piece of code that produced a previous output and needs to be revisited? Chances are the answer is yes. And it’s likely you have been frustrate...
Landing Data Science Projects: The Art of Change Management & Implementation
DataCafé - May 31, 2022 05:00 - 29 minutesAre people resistant to change? And if so, how do you manage that when trying to introduce and deliver innovation through Data Science? In this episode of the DataCafé we discuss the challenges faced when trying to land a data science project. There are a number of potential barriers to succes...
[Bite] Version Control for Data Scientists
DataCafé - May 05, 2022 15:00 - 15 minutesData scientists usually have to write code to prototype software, be it to preprocess and clean data, engineer features, build a model, or deploy a codebase into a production environment or other use case. The evolution of a codebase is important for a number of reasons which is where version co...
Deep Learning Neural Networks: Building Trust and Breaking Bias
DataCafé - April 07, 2022 05:00 - 51 minutesWe explore one of the key issues around Deep Learning Neural Networks - how can you prove that your neural network will perform correctly? Especially if the neural network in question is at the heart of a mission-critical application, such as making a real-time control decision in an autonomous ...
Can You Make Money with a Cold Brew Cart? - with Eddie Alaniz from Coffee Conspiracy
Coffee is ME - Start Your Coffee Business - March 31, 2022 11:20 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsIn 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 ...
[Bite] Wordle: Winning against the algorithm
DataCafé - March 14, 2022 23:00 - 11 minutesThe grey, green and yellow squares taking over social media in the last few weeks is an example of the fascinating field of study known as Game Theory. In this bite episode of DataCafé we talk casually about Wordle - the internet phenomenon currently challenging players to guess a new five lett...
Series 2 Introduction
DataCafé - March 14, 2022 22:00 - 5 minutesLooks like we might be about to have a new Series of DataCafé! Recording date: 15 Feb 2022 Intro music by Music 4 Video Library (Patreon supporter) Thanks for joining us in the DataCafé. You can follow us on twitter @DataCafePodcast and feel free to contact us about anything you've heard here...
Starting a cafe empire and why should you start to roast your own coffee - with Sandra and Joey from Pink Owl, California
Coffee is ME - Start Your Coffee Business - January 21, 2022 15:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsIn 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...
Daniel claims that $2500 is enough to start a coffee roasting business... with Daniel Streetman from Bird and Bear Coffee
Coffee is ME - Start Your Coffee Business - December 21, 2021 17:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsIn 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 ...
Starting a coffee brand with a 2kg roaster and a school bus: Gleason Jones from Minimalist Coffee, Opelika, Alabama
Coffee is ME - Start Your Coffee Business - October 25, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsIn 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 comm...
Your questions about coffee roasting, blends, best coffee on the planet and Q Grading answered
Coffee is ME - Start Your Coffee Business - July 13, 2021 16:33 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsFor 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 an...
[Bite] Why Data Science projects fail
DataCafé - June 21, 2021 07:00 - 19 minutesData Science in a commercial setting should be a no-brainer, right? Firstly, data is becoming ubiquitous, with gigabytes being generated and collected every second. And secondly, there are new and more powerful data science tools and algorithms being developed and published every week. Surely ju...
We were born in the fire - the story of Café de Leche a café and coffee roaster from L.A. - with Matt & Anya Schodorf
Coffee is ME - Start Your Coffee Business - June 14, 2021 14:26 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsAnya 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 admire...
Data Science for Good
DataCafé - May 31, 2021 19:00 - 36 minutesWhat's the difference between a commercial data science project and a Data Science project for social benefit? Often so-called Data Science for Good projects involve a throwing together of many people from different backgrounds under a common motivation to have a positive effect. We talk to a D...
This is how you build a coffee drive through, with Darren Spicer, Clutch Coffee Bar
Coffee is ME - Start Your Coffee Business - May 05, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 72 ratingsIn 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 alway...
[Bite] Data Science and the Scientific Method
DataCafé - May 03, 2021 05:00 - 17 minutesThe scientific method consists of systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses. But what does this mean in the context of Data Science, where a wealth of unstructured data and variety of computational models can be used to dedu...