Podcast Episodes

Grounds for optimism

Episode 12

When Covid-19 hit over 12 months ago, the global hospitality industry was confronted with its biggest crisis in many generations. Now, as we look tow…

5 years, 5 months ago

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Maintaining successful business partnerships

Episode 11

Running a coffee business has never been easy, but it's certainly more manageable if you have the right business partner. The question is – who shoul…

5 years, 6 months ago

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Reframing the 'leader' - a conversation with Laila Ghambari

Jeffrey Young speaks with Laila Ghambari, Director of Cafes at Stumptown Coffee Roasters, to get a glimpse into how the pioneering specialty coffee b…

5 years, 6 months ago

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5th Wave at origin - Bringing coffee farmers to the table

Episode 10

Jeffrey Young is joined by David Griswold, Founder and CEO of Sustainable Harvest Coffee Importers – the world’s first B Corp certified coffee compan…

5 years, 7 months ago

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Delicious morsels of wisdom - a conversation with Angus Thirlwell

Jeffrey Young speaks with Angus Thirlwell, CEO & Co-founder of Hotel Chocolat – a brand that forges a unique space for itself in the retail chocolate…

5 years, 7 months ago

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Fostering team culture

Episode 9

Teams can achieve extraordinary things when human beings feel united and pull towards the same goal. But building powerful workplace team culture can…

5 years, 8 months ago

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Achieving sustainably profitable coffee farming

Episode 8

While specialty coffee consumption continues to grow, it’s an unfortunate truth that for many, coffee growing does not offer a financially viable liv…

5 years, 8 months ago

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Growing an icon - a conversation with Tim Wendelboe

Jeffrey Young speaks with Tim Wendelboe,  founder of the Oslo-based roastery that exemplifies the Nordic specialty coffee movement. In this conversat…

5 years, 8 months ago

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Unwrapping the chocolate industry

Episode 7

With the many parallels that exist between chocolate and coffee, this week Jeffrey Young is joined by innovators and disruptors from the world of cho…

5 years, 9 months ago

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Scaling from one, to two, to four and beyond – a conversation with David Abrahamovitch

Jeffrey Young speaks with David Abrahamovitch, CEO and Founder of London-based specialty coffee chain Grind. In this conversation, David talks about …

5 years, 9 months ago

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