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Coffee made me do it, what made you do it? Sprudgie Nominated: Best Coffee Podcast 2024. Please vote here: https://sprudge.com/voteWhen Dario started Bluebird Coffee Roastery, he was driven by two motivations: to explore the quality potential of specialty coffee and to have a…
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Episode 026: Tim Wendelboe (opens the original)
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After a 30 year career in specialty coffee, Tim has some thoughts and reflections that he shares with Dario. Tim has pioneered transparent trade, producer development, consistent roasting and has always championed clean, washed coffees. He has set the gold standard for well traded, high quality green coffee programs for countless roasteries and continues to innovate in this space. Tim's roastery, Tim Wendelboe, is based in Norway. He is the Head of quality, green coffee buying and coffee experti
Episode 025: Scott Rao (opens the original)
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Scott Rao truly needs no introduction. Well regraded across the entire specialty coffee industry as the leading thinker in the roasting space, Scott is a revered name amongst coffee pros and consumers. Scott has 30 years of experience in the industry, as a roastery owner, cafe owner, consultant, author and leader. Dario and Scott chat air roasters vs drum roasters, is specialty coffee undergoing loss of human touch or improvement in quality?, all things motivation and drive, and the inner workin
Episode 024: Sweet Spot Kaffee || Markus Pyttel on brewing water and 7 years of business ownership (opens the original)
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Markus unpacks what business ownership looks like, 7 years later. How his passions have changed and how his life has changed (they're called Sophia and Lucas ☺️) since he started Sweet Spot. He and Dario also do a deep dive into water in the cafe, and how to use water to get the best tasting coffee. Listen now on all podcast streaming platforms!
Episode 023: Dak Coffee Roasters || Louis-Philippe (opens the original)
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Louis-Philippe and Veronique founded Dak Coffee Roasters in Amsterdam in 2019. Since then they have become one of the leading specialty coffee roasteries in the world. Now, 7 years on, Louis is able to lean in to his financial engineering skillset and Veronique is able to focus on her expertise in branding and marketing. Dak is a fascinating company, from their meteoric rise to their uncompromising approach to quality. Dario breaks all of it down with Louis in this episode of Coffee Made Me Do I
Episode 022: Luhle Mnyandu || Competition, Spoiler = We're Out (opens the original)
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Why are we leaving barista competitions in the past? After 5 years on the competition stage, we've decided it's not for us. Find out why in this episode of Coffee Made Me Do It. Dario opens the new season of with Luhle, Bluebird's Wholesale Manager. Luhle just finished 5th at the South African National Barista Champs. In this episode, he breaks down his preparation, his approach to competition and they discuss Bluebird's role in competition in the future.
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