• Expanding Your Coffee Business with Miranda Caldwell
    May 31 2024

    Join Kelsey and Norbert for today's episode with Miranda Caldwell the founder of Coffee MBA. From her roles as COO and green buyer to her impactful public speaking, including a notable presentation at the Re:co Symposium in 2023, Miranda is a powerhouse of knowledge and innovation. Her work spans strategic planning, product innovation, and marketing, underpinned by a passion for design and architecture, courtesy of her art history background. Leading The Coffee MBA, she provides critical business insights to the coffee sector, emphasizing strategic growth and operational excellence.

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    51 mins
  • BTS Building Commerce with Leo Cimoch and Cassidy Nova
    Jan 30 2024

    Today we have a behind the scenes episode about building our latest product, Commerce, which was released in January 2024. Last month, Norbert and Kelsey sat down with Cropsterians Leo Cimoch, who is the Product Manager for Commerce and has extensive work experience in both the hospitality and tech industries, and Cassidy Nova, who is our Inside Sales Manager for Commerce and has had many roles in the coffee industry from learning at his family farm in Colombia to roasting to being “the eCommerce guy” in his last role.

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    39 mins
  • Connie Blumhardt on Celebrating 20 Years of Roast Magazine
    Dec 27 2023

    In this episode, we chat with Connie Blumhardt, who is the founder and publisher of the award-winning Roast magazine. Connie has spent over 30 years in magazine publishing and has worked in the coffee industry for the past 25 years. She possesses a wealth of knowledge regarding magazine publishing, marketing, design and photography. On a daily basis, Connie serves 1000’s of roasters creating an amazing bird’s eye view of the roasting community.

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    47 mins
  • Doug Graf and Liz Bishop on Roasting Technology and Careers as Roast Technicians
    Oct 9 2023

    This episode we chat with Doug Graf and Liz Bishop from Vintage Coffee. Vintage Coffee provides consulting, training, repair and maintenance, plant design, and start up for coffee roasters of every size. Doug Graf has been in the coffee industry for over three decades in his family business whether it’s roasting coffee or helping fix the machines. Liz's coffee career has including being a barista, trainer, roaster, cafe manager, green coffee buyer, and director of coffee. Liz recently became the first female Loring Smart Roaster Service technician in the world.

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    43 mins
  • Matt Brown on Sustainability and Education in Cafes
    Aug 15 2023

    Matt Brown, Senior Manager of Coffee Operations from Coffee Bar is joining this month's leading coffee industry podcast to chat about his international career in coffee, building out educational programs in cafes and communities, as well as sustainability programs he's implementing in California and Nevada.

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    43 mins
  • Nick Castellano on New Projects and Moving Forward
    May 29 2023

    Nick Castellano is the Creative Projects Manager at Ally Coffee and is based in Medellín, Colombia. Nick was previously the co-host of the Coffee & Technology podcast and now co-hosts a Spanish podcasts called Cafe Se Escribe En Español. Throughout his 5 years in coffee, he’s managed his own projects, worked as part of the marketing team Cropster, and has visited various origins speaking various topics related to technology and data collection. Aside from coffee, Nick enjoys boxing, golfing, and cycling when he’s not behind his desk or traveling.

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    20 mins
  • Felix Teiretzbacher on post-World Coffee Roasting Championship Win
    May 1 2023

    Felix Teiretzbacher is the 2022 World Coffee Roasting Champion from Vienna, Austria. Felix has grown from a home roaster to a world champion in a matter of years and now finds himself a roasting icon around the world. He’ll tell us the journey he took to become world coffee roasting champion and what his post-championship experience has been like.

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    43 mins
  • Kevin Foley on Sustainability and B-Corp
    Apr 10 2023

    Kevin Foley is the owner of Valley to Summit Sustainability, a sustainability consultancy based in California. Kevin is driven to help various businesses create and achieve a sustainability program. Kevin defines what is sustainability, his journey in helping Cropster become a B-Corp certified business, and what’s next for Cropster’s journey as a B-Corp.

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    53 mins