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Chris Deferio had me on his podcast to share about my new book written for owners of coffee roasteries.
Thanks for being a generous host and asking probative and thoughtful questions to help owners.
Order my book here: https://lnkd.in/eWfT2Ewa
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GFDGW is an interview series where we interview folks throughout the coffee supply circle—from producers, exporters, importers and nearly everyone in between. The goal is to inspire you to bring more good into the world through your work, whether it’s in coffee or not.
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Luke was interviewed on the Marketing Should Be Fun podcast and talked about how he helps coffee roasters get profitable and the loneliness that often comes with being an owner.
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While we were at coffee fest chicago, our owner Luke was interviewed by Chris Deferio. They talked about roasting operations, growing profit in your coffee roaster and how to allow your identity to guide the decisions you make within your coffee roaster. Listen to the full podcast here.
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We had the chance to share out take on roasting operations at coffee fest in chicago 2022. If you missed it, don’t fret. We recorded it for you here. If you’d like the deck that goes with this presentation, send us an email at pomelocoffee@gmail.com.
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After our roasting operations session at coffee fest, we shared the stage with 5 coffee roasters from all over the country and we also recorded that session for you as well here.
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In this podcast, Jonathan Morris and James Harper dive into the sociopolitical effects coffee has had throughout the world as a commodity and specialty product and how we are still feeling the ripple effects of the early colonized efforts to extract the value from this little seed we call coffee.
A must listen to anyone seeking to understand more of how the coffee trade has developed internationally.
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First up, we have renting time on your roaster. Often, roasters purchase roasters that significantly exceed their current or projected capacity and need. As a result, the roaster is left sitting idle more often than not. We both know that if your roaster isn’t spinning, it’s depreciating and costing you money instead of making you money.
This year, like all the others, was a lot. If I’m being honest, it felt like the future was very bright and quite dim at other times. But more than anything this year was a culmination of the last 4-5 years of dreams and visions that I’ve had for both The Lev Co and Pomelo. Here’s why this year felt like a culmination:
Last year around this time, I had a conversation with a client where they asked if I knew of any groups specifically for owners of roasteries? I sheepishly responded by saying, ‘I didn't’ know of any roastery owners groups but that I’d considered starting something like it for a few years.’ After that conversation, I put the thought of starting and running a cohort for roastery owners up on my mental shelf.
Tasty coffee is often powered by music.
Here’s a few tunes we think are just as tasty as your coffee.