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The Coffee People Podcast is part of the Roast! West Coast coffee network. Host Ryan Woldt interviews and shares the stories of coffee professionals as they tackle the entrepreneurship, creativity, passion, science and innovation required to succeed in the coffee industry. Appreciate your morning coffee a little bit more by listening to Roast! West Coast and engage with the growing craft coffee community this podcast aims to uplift.

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The Coffee People Podcast is part of the Roast! West Coast coffee network. Host Ryan Woldt interviews and shares the stories of coffee professionals as they tackle the entrepreneurship, creativity, passion, science and innovation required to succeed in the coffee industry. Appreciate your morning coffee a little bit more by listening to Roast! West Coast and engage with the growing craft coffee community this podcast aims to uplift.

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English


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Grounded Packaging's Delanie Thurlow joins the Coffee People podcast.

10/29/2025
Delanie Thurlow is an Account Executive Sales at Grounded Packaging. She joined the Coffee People podcast for a few laughs, to share a lot of thoughts on sustainability, her journey into the coffee industry, and how she discovered that she was a "packaging nerd."Find Grounded Packaging online at: www.groundedpackaging.co. Head to ⁠⁠⁠www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠ for links from the show, context to our conversation, and much more. The link to the Simply Good Coffee Brewer can be found here: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com/simply-good-coffee-brewer-review/⁠⁠⁠ Our direct affiliate link for the brewer is: ⁠⁠⁠https://partners.simplygoodcoffee.com/roast⁠⁠⁠ 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 ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/4gIsHff⁠⁠⁠.Follow @roastar on Instagram. Coffee Smarter shares the collected wisdom of the coffee industry, and is an offshoot of the Coffee People podcast. Coffee People is one of the premier coffee and entrepreneurship podcasts, featuring interviews with professionals in the coffee industry and coffee education. Host Ryan Woldt interviews roastery founders, head roasters, coffee shop owners, scientists, artists, baristas, farmers, green coffee brokers, and more. This show is also supported by Marea Coffee , Cape Horn Green Coffee Importers, Sivitz Roasting Machines, Relative Coffee Company, Coffee Cycle Roasting, MAMU Coffee, and Hacea Coffee Source. Head to ⁠⁠⁠www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠ for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news. Register to become an organ donor at: ⁠⁠⁠https://registerme.org/⁠⁠⁠. *Clicking these links to purchase will also support Roast! West Coast through their affiliate marketing programs.

Duration:00:54:43

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James Sheperd from Bombora Coffee + Water Supplies drops salesman wisdom.

10/22/2025
James Sheperd is the North American Sales representative for Bombora Coffee + Water Supplies. He's based in Dublin, Ireland, but commutes to North America every five weeks, or so, to meet with clients face-to-face. We chat about his past experience in barista competitions as a competitor and then as a judge, why we should always try to help others, and how a spilled latte helped propel him into the coffee industry. Find Bombora Supplies online at: www.bomborasupplies.com, and on YouTube ⁨@BomboraSupplies⁩ . Head to ⁠⁠www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com⁠⁠ for links from the show, context to our conversation, and much more. The link to the Simply Good Coffee Brewer can be found here: ⁠⁠https://www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com/simply-good-coffee-brewer-review/⁠⁠ Our direct affiliate link for the brewer is: ⁠⁠https://partners.simplygoodcoffee.com/roast⁠⁠ 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 ⁠⁠https://bit.ly/4gIsHff⁠⁠.Follow @roastar on Instagram. Coffee Smarter shares the collected wisdom of the coffee industry, and is an offshoot of the Coffee People podcast. Coffee People is one of the premier coffee and entrepreneurship podcasts, featuring interviews with professionals in the coffee industry and coffee education. Host Ryan Woldt interviews roastery founders, head roasters, coffee shop owners, scientists, artists, baristas, farmers, green coffee brokers, and more. This show is also supported by Marea Coffee , Cape Horn Green Coffee Importers, Sivitz Roasting Machines, Relative Coffee Company, Coffee Cycle Roasting, MAMU Coffee, and Hacea Coffee Source. Head to ⁠⁠www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com⁠⁠ for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news. Register to become an organ donor at: ⁠⁠https://registerme.org/⁠⁠. *Clicking these links to purchase will also support Roast! West Coast through their affiliate marketing programs.

Duration:00:39:43

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Green coffee importer Jared Hales from Hacea Coffee Source helps the industry Coffee Smarter.

10/16/2025
This bonus episode is part of our Coffee Smarter series. Search for and follow the Coffee Smarter podcast for bits and pieces of the the collected wisdom of the coffee industry. Jared Hales is the CoFounder of Hacea Coffee Source, a green coffee importer based in Anaheim, CA and with an outpost in Portland, OR. Jared joins the Coffee Smarter podcast to educate and advise us on all things coffee industry. During this session we cover green coffee contracts and contract terminology, green coffee moisture content standards, customizing a cupping plan for a coffee roaster, what makes a coffee "good," and get an update on tariffs. Find Hacea Coffee online at: ⁠www.haceacoffee.com⁠ Head to ⁠www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com⁠ for links from the show, context to our conversation, and much more. The link to the Simply Good Coffee Brewer can be found here: ⁠https://www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com/simply-good-coffee-brewer-review/⁠ Our direct affiliate link for the brewer is: ⁠https://partners.simplygoodcoffee.com/roast⁠ 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 ⁠https://bit.ly/4gIsHff⁠.Follow @roastar on Instagram. Coffee Smarter shares the collected wisdom of the coffee industry, and is an offshoot of the Coffee People podcast. Coffee People is one of the premier coffee and entrepreneurship podcasts, featuring interviews with professionals in the coffee industry and coffee education. Host Ryan Woldt interviews roastery founders, head roasters, coffee shop owners, scientists, artists, baristas, farmers, green coffee brokers, and more. This show is also supported by Marea Coffee , Cape Horn Green Coffee Importers, Sivitz Roasting Machines, Relative Coffee Company, Coffee Cycle Roasting, MAMU Coffee, and Hacea Coffee Source. Head to ⁠www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com⁠ for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news. Register to become an organ donor at: ⁠https://registerme.org/⁠. *Clicking these links to purchase will also support Roast! West Coast through their affiliate marketing programs.

Duration:00:54:24

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Nick and Ryan Drink Coffee at Roast Summit in Portland, Oregon.

10/8/2025
Roastar, Inc.'s Nick Schmitt and Ryan Woldt, the host of the Coffee People podcast get together for a cup of coffee at Roast Summit in Portland, Oregon. They share thoughts on the water in coffee, if hearses should be able to us the HOV lane, and attempt to walk like cool guys.See more on: https://www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com/ Or Search for Coffee People on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to great podcasts.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. This show is also supported by Marea Coffee , Cape Horn Green Coffee Importers, Sivitz Roasting Machines, Relative Coffee Company, Coffee Cycle Roasting, MAMU Coffee, and Hacea Coffee Source. Register to become an organ donor at: ⁠https://registerme.org/⁠. *Clicking these links to purchase will also support Roast! West Coast and the Coffee People podcast.Learn more at https://bit.ly/4gIsHff.Follow @roastar on Instagram Try Yeah, No...Yeah Coffee: https://relativecoffeeco.com/products/yeah-no-yeah Shop for the Simply Good Brewer. We've used ours nearly 1000 times: https://partners.simplygoodcoffee.com/roast

Duration:00:17:38

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BTS: Nick and Ryan Drink Coffee at Roast Summit in Portland.

10/8/2025
Roastar, Inc.'s Nick Schmitt and Ryan Woldt, the host of the Coffee People podcast get together for a cup of coffee at Roast Summit in Portland, Oregon. A behind the scenes clip.See more on: https://www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com/ Or Search for Coffee People on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to great podcasts.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 https://bit.ly/4gIsHff.Follow @roastar on Instagram Try Yeah, No...Yeah Coffee: https://relativecoffeeco.com/products/yeah-no-yeahShop for the Simply Good Brewer. We've used ours nearly 1000 times: https://partners.simplygoodcoffee.com/roastBuy us a cup of coffee! https://roastwestcoast.substack.com/subscribe

Duration:00:01:16

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Nick Schmitt guest hosts Coffee People to chat the Ice Age Trail Allance collab with The Pinery.

9/25/2025
Nick Schmitt from Roastar guest hosts the Coffee People podcast. He chats with Coffee People's Ryan Woldt and the Co-Founder of The Pinery Coffee Company, Nolan Baker, about their recent coffee collaboration to support the Ice Age Trail Alliance and the trail system in Wisconsin. They cover the collaboration's origin story, the value of the partnership as entrepreneurs, and what music best exemplifies drinking this Costa Rica coffee on the trail.Buy the coffee: Buy the coffee here: https://www.thepinerycoffeeco.com/product-page/costa-rica-medium-honey-washedFind the Ice Age Trail and IATA at: https://www.iceagetrail.org/Follow the Ice Age Trail online at: https://www.instagram.com/iceagetrailorgCoffee 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 https://bit.ly/4gIsHff.Follow @roastar on Instagram Coffee People is one of the premier coffee and entrepreneurship podcasts, featuring interviews with professionals in the coffee industry and coffee education. Host Ryan Woldt interviews roastery founders, head roasters, coffee shop owners, scientists, artists, baristas, farmers, green coffee brokers, and more. This show is also supported by Marea Coffee , Cape Horn Green Coffee Importers, Sivitz Roasting Machines, Relative Coffee Company, Coffee Cycle Roasting, MAMU Coffee, and Hacea Coffee Source.Head to www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news.Register to become an organ donor at: https://registerme.org/.*Clicking these links to purchase will also support Roast! West Coast through their affiliate marketing programs.

Duration:00:27:12

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Sarah Driscoll from the Ice Age Trail Alliance joins Coffee People to chat about exploration in WI.

9/25/2025
Host Ryan Woldt chats with Sarah Driscoll. She is the Institutional Giving Manager for the Ice Age Trail Alliance in Wisconsin. We chat about the growth and value of the trail system over a cup of coffee. We recently collaborated with The Pinery Coffee Company and Roastar in Wausau, WI to produce the Ice Age Trail Boots Edition coffee that benefits the IATA's efforts to maintain, grow, and create awareness for the Ice Age Trail.Buy the coffee here: https://www.thepinerycoffeeco.com/product-page/costa-rica-medium-honey-washedFind the Ice Age Trail and IATA at: https://www.iceagetrail.org/Follow the Ice Age Trail online at: https://www.instagram.com/iceagetrailorgCoffee 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 https://bit.ly/4gIsHff.Follow @roastar on Instagram Coffee People is one of the premier coffee and entrepreneurship podcasts, featuring interviews with professionals in the coffee industry and coffee education. Host Ryan Woldt interviews roastery founders, head roasters, coffee shop owners, scientists, artists, baristas, farmers, green coffee brokers, and more. This show is also supported by Marea Coffee , Cape Horn Green Coffee Importers, Sivitz Roasting Machines, Relative Coffee Company, Coffee Cycle Roasting, MAMU Coffee, and Hacea Coffee Source.Head to www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news.Register to become an organ donor at: https://registerme.org/.*Clicking these links to purchase will also support Roast! West Coast through their affiliate marketing programs.

Duration:00:06:51

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Joe Raya, the Founder of Tippleman's Coffee Syrups and Bittermilk joins the Coffee People podcast.

9/22/2025
Host Ryan Woldt chats with Joe Raya, the Co-Founder of Bittermilk Bottling Co. and Tippleman's Coffee Syrups about their entrepreneurial journey, building a company in the Charleston, S.C. region, and how his partner pushes him to think beyond.https://tipplemans.com/ • https://bittermilk.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 https://bit.ly/4gIsHff.Follow @roastar on Instagram Coffee People is one of the premier coffee and entrepreneurship podcasts, featuring interviews with professionals in the coffee industry and coffee education. Host Ryan Woldt interviews roastery founders, head roasters, coffee shop owners, scientists, artists, baristas, farmers, green coffee brokers, and more. This show is also supported by Marea Coffee , Cape Horn Green Coffee Importers, Sivitz Roasting Machines, Relative Coffee Company, Coffee Cycle Roasting, MAMU Coffee, and Hacea Coffee Source.Head to www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news.Register to become an organ donor at: https://registerme.org/.*Clicking these links to purchase will also support Roast! West Coast through their affiliate marketing programs.

Duration:00:50:37

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Shonali Paul, the Founder of Paul John Caffeine Co., Brings Indian Coffee Stateside.

9/10/2025
Host Ryan Woldt chats with Shonali Paul, the founder of Paul John Caffeine Co., based in Tampa, FL, about their entrepreneurial journey, the coffee growing region of India, and why getting a job for someone else just wasn't an option.https://pauljohncaffeine.com/https://www.instagram.com/pauljohncaffeineCoffee 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 https://bit.ly/4gIsHff.Follow @roastar on Instagram Coffee People is one of the premier coffee and entrepreneurship podcasts, featuring interviews with professionals in the coffee industry and coffee education. Host Ryan Woldt interviews roastery founders, head roasters, coffee shop owners, scientists, artists, baristas, farmers, green coffee brokers, and more. This show is also supported by Marea Coffee , Cape Horn Green Coffee Importers, Sivitz Roasting Machines, Relative Coffee Company, Coffee Cycle Roasting, MAMU Coffee, and Hacea Coffee Source.Head to www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news.Register to become an organ donor at: https://registerme.org/.*Clicking these links to purchase will also support Roast! West Coast through their affiliate marketing programs.

Duration:00:35:51

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Tom Koren and Tony Bitner of Rusty Dog Coffee Join The Coffee People Podcast. (Bonus Episode)

9/2/2025
Two out of three of the Rusty Dog Coffee operators join this bonus episode of Coffee People during our visit to their Madison, WI roasting facility. We chat about growing from a hobby business into a full-fledged coffee operations.Online: https://www.rustydogcoffee.com/ • https://www.instagram.com/rustydogcoffeeThanks for connecting us with the dogs, Joe! https://www.capehorncoffee.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 https://bit.ly/4gIsHff.Follow @roastar on Instagram Brands We've Partnered With:*Shop for Yeah, No...Yeah, our collaboration roast with Relative Coffee celebrating a Midwest turn of phrase. Buy Now: https://relativecoffeeco.com/products/yeah-no-yeah Shop for the Simply Good Brewer. We've used ours nearly 1000 times: https://partners.simplygoodcoffee.com/roastBuy us a cup of coffee! https://roastwestcoast.substack.com/subscribeCoffee People is one of the premier coffee and entrepreneurship podcasts, featuring interviews with professionals in the coffee industry and coffee education. Host Ryan Woldt interviews roastery founders, head roasters, coffee shop owners, scientists, artists, baristas, farmers, green coffee brokers, and more. This show is also supported by Marea Coffee , Cape Horn Green Coffee Importers, Sivitz Roasting Machines, Relative Coffee Company, Coffee Cycle Roasting, MAMU Coffee, and Hacea Coffee Source.Head to www.roastwestcoast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news.Register to become an organ donor at: https://registerme.org/.*Clicking these links to purchase will also support Roast! West Coast through their affiliate marketing programs.

Duration:00:30:12

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Replay: A Coffee With Matthew Hankes, Heart Transplant Recipient

8/27/2025
REPLAY FROM APRIL 27, 2023 The first episode of the Coffee With Podcast features Matthew Hankes, Heart Transplant Recipient. Matt is a pretty normal guy who experienced an extraordinary thing. He spent an hour talking about finding out he had a heart condition known as ARVC—Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy—at age 15, the lead-up to the transplant, and what it looks like from the other side. Matt asked that if anything be taken away from this podcast, it is the need for more donors on the transplant list. Sign up, make sure you’re on the transplant donor list, or learn more about what that entails at ⁠https://donatelife.net/⁠. Other important links from the show: ⁠https://donate.transplants.org/story/Matthankes⁠⁠National Foundation for Transplants, Inc.⁠⁠https://unos.org/⁠ Search for other Roast! West Coast podcasts like Coffee Smarter and Coffee People on your favorite podcast platforms, or find all the links on ⁠www.roastwestcoast.com⁠. 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 ⁠https://bit.ly/4gIsHff⁠. Brands We've Partnered With: *Shop for Yeah, No...Yeah, our collaboration roast with Relative Coffee celebrating a Midwest turn of phrase. Buy Now: ⁠https://relativecoffeeco.com/products/yeah-no-yeah⁠ Shop for the Simply Good Brewer. We've used ours nearly 1000 times: ⁠https://partners.simplygoodcoffee.com/roast⁠ Buy us a cup of coffee! ⁠https://roastwestcoast.substack.com/subscribe⁠ Coffee People is one of the premier coffee and entrepreneurship podcasts, featuring interviews with professionals in the coffee industry and coffee education. Host Ryan Woldt interviews roastery founders, head roasters, coffee shop owners, scientists, artists, baristas, farmers, green coffee brokers, and more. This show is also supported by Marea Coffee , Cape Horn Green Coffee Importers, Sivitz Roasting Machines, Relative Coffee Company, Coffee Cycle Roasting, MAMU Coffee, and Hacea Coffee Source. Head to www.roastwestcoast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news. Register to become an organ donor at: ⁠https://registerme.org/⁠. *Clicking these links to purchase will also support Roast! West Coast through their affiliate marketing programs.

Duration:01:02:47

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Lee Lizotte and Dana Lizotte of True Love Coffee Co. bring the love to San Juan Capistrano, CA.

8/20/2025
Brothers Lee Lizotte and Dana Lizotte join the Coffee People podcast to chat about the community and hospitality of True Love Coffee Co. in San Juan Capistrano, CA. The shop mantra is "Warm, Sweet, Kind." They live up to the billing. Thanks for watching and drinking good coffee. Don't forget to tip your baristas!Online: truelovecoffee.co • @truelovecoffeecoCoffee 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 https://bit.ly/4gIsHff.Follow @roastar on Instagram Brands We've Partnered With:*Shop for Yeah, No...Yeah, our collaboration roast with Relative Coffee celebrating a Midwest turn of phrase. Buy Now: https://relativecoffeeco.com/products/yeah-no-yeah Shop for the Simply Good Brewer. We've used ours nearly 1000 times: https://partners.simplygoodcoffee.com/roastBuy us a cup of coffee! https://roastwestcoast.substack.com/subscribeCoffee People is one of the premier coffee and entrepreneurship podcasts, featuring interviews with professionals in the coffee industry and coffee education. Host Ryan Woldt interviews roastery founders, head roasters, coffee shop owners, scientists, artists, baristas, farmers, green coffee brokers, and more. This show is also supported by Marea Coffee , Cape Horn Green Coffee Importers, Sivitz Roasting Machines, Relative Coffee Company, Coffee Cycle Roasting, MAMU Coffee, and Hacea Coffee Source.Head to www.roastwestcoast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news.Register to become an organ donor at: https://registerme.org/.*Clicking these links to purchase will also support Roast! West Coast through their affiliate marketing programs.

Duration:00:20:44

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Ben Saur of 10 Speed Coffee Bar Slows Down for the Coffee People podcast.

8/10/2025
Ben Saur is the Owner of 10 Speed Coffee Bar in Hood River, Oregon, USA. We chat about his journey from barista to manager to owner. How his leadership style has changed over time, and why he keeps the menu simple with blender free recipes. Thanks for watching and drinking good coffee. Don't forget to tip your baristas!https://www.instagram.com/10speedcoffeebar/ https://saurfarming.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 ⁠https://bit.ly/4gIsHff⁠.Follow @roastar on Instagram Brands Collaboration coffees and partners* Buy Now: Yeah, No...Yeah Coffee On The Road Edition Coffee Coffee Sensei Edition Coffee Simply Good Coffee Brewer Buy us a cup of coffee! ⁠https://roastwestcoast.substack.com/subscribe⁠ Coffee People is one of the premier coffee and entrepreneurship podcasts, featuring interviews with professionals in the coffee industry and coffee education. Host Ryan Woldt interviews roastery founders, head roasters, coffee shop owners, scientists, artists, baristas, farmers, green coffee brokers, and more. This show is also supported by Marea Coffee , Cape Horn Green Coffee Importers, Sivitz Roasting Machines, Relative Coffee Company, Coffee Cycle Roasting, MAMU Coffee, and Hacea Coffee Source. Head to ⁠www.roastwestcoast.com⁠ for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news. Register to become an organ donor at: ⁠https://registerme.org/⁠.*Clicking these links to purchase will also support Roast! West Coast through their affiliate marketing programs.

Duration:00:39:06

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Laura Visconti of Drink Coffee Do Stuff is a Coffee Person.

7/31/2025
Laura Lawson Visconti of Drink Coffee Do Stuff joins the Coffee People podcast to chat about the growth of the business, adjusting to life with retinitis pigmentosa (RP), and managing the overlap between personal and working life when your business partner is your spouse. Thanks for watching and drinking good coffee. Don't forget to tip your baristas!https://www.drinkcoffeedostuff.comThe interview with Laura's spouse Nick Visconti can be found here: https://roastwestcoast.substack.com/p/coffee-people-drink-coffee-do-stuffhttps://lauralawsonvisconti.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 https://bit.ly/4gIsHff.Follow @roastar on Instagram Brands We've Partnered With:*Shop for Yeah, No...Yeah, our collaboration roast with Relative Coffee celebrating a Midwest turn of phrase. Buy Now: https://relativecoffeeco.com/products/yeah-no-yeah Shop for the Simply Good Brewer. We've used ours nearly 1000 times: https://partners.simplygoodcoffee.com/roastBuy us a cup of coffee! https://roastwestcoast.substack.com/subscribeCoffee People is one of the premier coffee and entrepreneurship podcasts, featuring interviews with professionals in the coffee industry and coffee education. Host Ryan Woldt interviews roastery founders, head roasters, coffee shop owners, scientists, artists, baristas, farmers, green coffee brokers, and more. This show is also supported by Marea Coffee , Cape Horn Green Coffee Importers, Sivitz Roasting Machines, Relative Coffee Company, Coffee Cycle Roasting, MAMU Coffee, and Hacea Coffee Source.Head to www.roastwestcoast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news.Register to become an organ donor at: https://registerme.org/.*Clicking these links to purchase will also support Roast! West Coast through their affiliate marketing programs.

Duration:00:28:30

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Samir Benouar Founder of Milka Coffee on the Coffee People Podcast.

7/23/2025
Samir Benouar is the Founder Milka Coffee in Sacramento, CA (www.milkacoffee.com). During the Free Coffee Tour we sat in the Milka cafe housed in a historic home in downtown to chat about the businesses namesake, the value of a social space to a community, and balancing a growing busines with a growing family. Thanks for watching and drinking good coffee. Don't forget to tip your baristas! www.milkacoffee.comCoffee 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 https://bit.ly/4gIsHff.Follow @roastar on Instagram Brands We've Partnered With:*Shop for Yeah, No...Yeah, our collaboration roast with Relative Coffee celebrating a Midwest turn of phrase. Buy Now: https://relativecoffeeco.com/products/yeah-no-yeah Shop for the Simply Good Brewer. We've used ours nearly 1000 times: https://partners.simplygoodcoffee.com/roastBuy us a cup of coffee! https://roastwestcoast.substack.com/subscribeCoffee People is one of the premier coffee and entrepreneurship podcasts, featuring interviews with professionals in the coffee industry and coffee education. Host Ryan Woldt interviews roastery founders, head roasters, coffee shop owners, scientists, artists, baristas, farmers, green coffee brokers, and more. This show is also supported by Marea Coffee , Cape Horn Green Coffee Importers, Sivitz Roasting Machines, Relative Coffee Company, Coffee Cycle Roasting, MAMU Coffee, and Hacea Coffee Source.Head to www.roastwestcoast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news.Register to become an organ donor at: https://registerme.org/.*Clicking these links to purchase will also support Roast! West Coast through their affiliate marketing programs.

Duration:00:33:31

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Marea Coffee and Roast! West Coast Coffee Collaboration Conversation Equals Alliteration!

7/21/2025
Roast! West Coast is collaborating with Solana Beach, CA based coffee roaster Marea Coffee to release On The Road Edition, a single-origin Mexico coffee sourced from Finca Muxbal. Find it online at: https://mareacoffee.com/collections/shop/products/roast-west-coast-collabThis is one in a series of small business roaster collabs meant to uplift the community aspect of coffee, promote cooperation among businesses, and offer customers a great daily coffee. On The Road is a collaborative effort between the team at small-batch coffee roaster Marea Coffee and Ryan Woldt, the founder of the Roast! West Coast newsletter and host of the Coffee People and Coffee Smarter podcasts. Marea Coffee has long been a supporter of R! WC's effort to share the stories of the people in the coffee industry. Likewise, Marea's focus on providing high-quality, accessible coffees sourced directly spoke to Woldt's desire to collaborate with brands that look to serve the needs of their community, particularly those who drink coffee outdoors. This coffee was developed to pair perfectly with an early morning dawn patrol checking waves or out of a thermos on top of a mountain or with friends around the campfire.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 https://bit.ly/4gIsHff.Follow @roastar on Instagram Brands We've Partnered With:*Shop for Yeah, No...Yeah, our collaboration roast with Relative Coffee celebrating a Midwest turn of phrase. Buy Now: https://relativecoffeeco.com/products/yeah-no-yeah Shop for the Simply Good Brewer. We've used ours nearly 1000 times: https://partners.simplygoodcoffee.com/roastBuy us a cup of coffee! https://roastwestcoast.substack.com/subscribeCoffee People is one of the premier coffee and entrepreneurship podcasts, featuring interviews with professionals in the coffee industry and coffee education. Host Ryan Woldt interviews roastery founders, head roasters, coffee shop owners, scientists, artists, baristas, farmers, green coffee brokers, and more. This show is also supported by Marea Coffee , Cape Horn Green Coffee Importers, Sivitz Roasting Machines, Relative Coffee Company, Coffee Cycle Roasting, MAMU Coffee, and Hacea Coffee Source.Head to www.roastwestcoast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news.Register to become an organ donor at: https://registerme.org/.*Clicking these links to purchase will also support Roast! West Coast through their affiliate marketing programs.

Duration:00:12:10

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Coffee People with Jillian Quint from Deltina Coffee Roasters.

7/14/2025
Jillian Quint is the Co-Founder/Owner of Deltina Coffee Roasters (www.deltinacoffeeroasters.com) with locations in Oceano and San Luis Obispo, CA. We sat in the new SLOE cafe near Cal-Poly University for a Coffee People conversation. We chatted about developing a relationship with a community, balancing work and family life, and why they chose the name Deltina. Thanks for watching and drinking good coffee. Don't forget to tip your baristas!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 https://bit.ly/4gIsHff.Follow @roastar on Instagram Brands We've Partnered With:*Shop for Yeah, No...Yeah, our collaboration roast with Relative Coffee celebrating a Midwest turn of phrase. Buy Now: https://relativecoffeeco.com/products/yeah-no-yeah Shop for the Simply Good Brewer. We've used ours nearly 1000 times: https://partners.simplygoodcoffee.com/roastBuy us a cup of coffee! https://roastwestcoast.substack.com/subscribeCoffee People is one of the premier coffee and entrepreneurship podcasts, featuring interviews with professionals in the coffee industry and coffee education. Host Ryan Woldt interviews roastery founders, head roasters, coffee shop owners, scientists, artists, baristas, farmers, green coffee brokers, and more. This show is also supported by Marea Coffee , Cape Horn Green Coffee Importers, Sivitz Roasting Machines, Relative Coffee Company, Coffee Cycle Roasting, MAMU Coffee, and Hacea Coffee Source.Head to www.roastwestcoast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news.Register to become an organ donor at: https://registerme.org/.*Clicking these links to purchase will also support Roast! West Coast through their affiliate marketing programs.

Duration:00:25:47

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Chadwick Harman of Regent Coffee Joins Us For A Cup Of Roasted Bean Juice

7/8/2025
Chadwick Harman is the General Manager of Regent Coffee (www.regentcoffee.com) in Los Angeles, CA. He's also a writer, director, and Producer. We a relaxed Coffee People conversation on the bench in front of the Regent Coffee on York BLVD. We covered his coffee origin story, bourbon-barrel cold brew, and why he doesn't feel the need to be a coffee gatekeeper. Thanks for watching and drinking good coffee. Don't forget to tip your baristas!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 https://bit.ly/4gIsHff.Follow @roastar on Instagram Brands We've Partnered With:*Shop for Yeah, No...Yeah, our collaboration roast with Relative Coffee celebrating a Midwest turn of phrase. Buy Now: https://relativecoffeeco.com/products/yeah-no-yeah Shop for the Simply Good Brewer. We've used ours nearly 1000 times: https://partners.simplygoodcoffee.com/roastBuy us a cup of coffee! https://roastwestcoast.substack.com/subscribeCoffee People is one of the premier coffee and entrepreneurship podcasts, featuring interviews with professionals in the coffee industry and coffee education. Host Ryan Woldt interviews roastery founders, head roasters, coffee shop owners, scientists, artists, baristas, farmers, green coffee brokers, and more. This show is also supported by Marea Coffee , Cape Horn Green Coffee Importers, Sivitz Roasting Machines, Relative Coffee Company, Coffee Cycle Roasting, MAMU Coffee, and Hacea Coffee Source.Head to www.roastwestcoast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news.Register to become an organ donor at: https://registerme.org/.*Clicking these links to purchase will also support Roast! West Coast through their affiliate marketing programs.

Duration:00:27:31

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Phil McKnight, President of Global Specialty Coffee at Breville shows us the new Baratza Encore Pro.

6/18/2025
The Coffee People Podcast traveled to the Specialty Coffee Association Expo in Houston, TX to interview coffee pros at the Roastar, Inc booth on the convention floor. While wandering we ran into Phil McKnight, the President of Global Specialty Coffee at Breville Group. He was excited to share the new Baratza Encore Pro grinder.The stepless machine is an upgraded version of their popular Encore grinder and features single does and timed grinding with an intuitive user experience.Find Online: https://www.baratza.com/en-us/product...Coffee People is not sponsored by Baratza and does not receive compensation if you click the baratza.com link above.Our Presenting sponsor is Roastar, Inc., the premier coffee packaging company utilizing digital printing. Roastar enables small-to-gigantic coffee businesses tell a big story. Learn more at https://bit.ly/4gIsHff.Follow @roastar on Instagram Brands We've Partnered With:*Shop for Yeah, No...Yeah, our collaboration roast with Relative Coffee celebrating a Midwest turn of phrase. Buy Now: https://relativecoffeeco.com/products... Shop for the Simply Good Brewer. We've used ours nearly 1000 times: https://partners.simplygoodcoffee.com...Buy us a cup of coffee! https://roastwestcoast.substack.com/s...Coffee People is one of the premier coffee and entrepreneurship podcasts, featuring interviews with professionals in the coffee industry and coffee education. Host Ryan Woldt interviews roastery founders, head roasters, coffee shop owners, scientists, artists, baristas, farmers, green coffee brokers, and more. This show is also supported by Marea Coffee , Cape Horn Green Coffee Importers, Sivitz Roasting Machines, and Hacea Coffee Source. Head to www.roastwestcoast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news.Register to become an organ donor at: https://registerme.org/.*Clicking these links to purchase will also support Roast! West Coast through their affiliate marketing programs.

Duration:00:09:18

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Coffee People Podcast at SCA Ft. Brigid Shaw, Orgullo Coffee Company

6/11/2025
The Coffee People Podcast traveled to the Specialty Coffee Association Expo in Houston, TX to interview coffee pros at the Roastar, Inc booth on the convention floor. Over two days we recorded six episodes of Season 14. This episode features Brigid Shaw, Co-Founder of Orgullo Coffee Company based in Austin, TX. We chat about the company focus on Honduran coffee, relocating from NYC, traffic in Austin, and how she knew that she and her Co-Founder and Husband Marco could work together on a growing side hustle.Find them Online: https://www.orgullocoffee.com/The Orgullo Coffee Company packaging is produced by the Coffee People Podcast's presenting sponsor Roastar, Inc., the premier coffee packaging company utilizing digital printing. Roastar enables small-to-gigantic coffee businesses tell a big story. Learn more at https://bit.ly/4gIsHff. Follow @roastar on Instagram Brands We've Partnered With:*Shop for Yeah, No...Yeah, our collaboration roast with Relative Coffee celebrating a Midwest turn of phrase. Buy Now: ⁠https://relativecoffeeco.com/products/yeah-no-yeah ⁠Shop for the Simply Good Brewer. We've used ours nearly 1000 times: ⁠https://partners.simplygoodcoffee.com/roast⁠Buy us a cup of coffee! ⁠https://roastwestcoast.substack.com/subscribe⁠Coffee People is one of the premier coffee and entrepreneurship podcasts, featuring interviews with professionals in the coffee industry and coffee education. Host Ryan Woldt interviews roastery founders, head roasters, coffee shop owners, scientists, artists, baristas, farmers, green coffee brokers, and more. This show is also supported by Marea Coffee , Cape Horn Green Coffee Importers, Sivitz Roasting Machines, and Hacea Coffee Source. Head to ⁠www.roastwestcoast.com⁠ for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news.Register to become an organ donor at: ⁠https://registerme.org/⁠.*Clicking these links to purchase will also support Roast! West Coast through their affiliate marketing programs.

Duration:00:16:12