Cross CountryCoffee Roadshow
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We are the Cross Country Coffee Roadshow. A podcast that will travel the country, beginning this year with season one, traveling Route 66 . We will be looking for not only the best cup of coffee, but the reason these communities are so special. We will visit/celebrate independent coffee houses and broadcast the interviews with owners, baristas, local musicians and community advocates.
Cross CountryCoffee Roadshow
2y ago
QUIMBAYA COLOMBIAN COFFEE
Owner Alex Lozano Windsor, WI
Episode 91 “Hips Don’t Lie”
https://quimbayacoffee.com/
Traveling the entire country looking for the best that the coffee world has to offer ..read more
Cross CountryCoffee Roadshow
2y ago
What do we do now?
Cross Country Coffee Roadshow
Sun Prairie, Wisconsin 53590
We survived this season despite many obstacles. Unfortunately Covid prevented roundtrip travel, but we figured a way to interview some fantastic guests (hope you agree) virtually. We ran low on funds but with the help of a wonderful sponsor we were able to put together some amazing episodes, that hopefully did not show the behind the scenes financial and technical high wire act we were carrying out.
So far this season we have covered not only US coffee issues but delved into the plight of some growers and ..read more
Cross CountryCoffee Roadshow
2y ago
Amor Perfecto Coffee
Colombia, South America
Episode 90
https://amorperfecto.com/
We are back with Amor Perfecto in Colombia this week continuing with our “master class” series on the importance of roasting at origin. And now as they say…the rest of the story.
Amor Perfecto is trying to upend the current coffee supply chain. Obstacles to changing 200 years of tradition? How did they manage to rock the coffee world and stay…and even grow and prosper in this hostile environment? The explosive flavor of this “freshest”’ coffee may have something to do with it. Listen to the voices of this team ta ..read more
Cross CountryCoffee Roadshow
3y ago
Amor Perfecto Coffee
Colombia, South America
Episode 89
https://amorperfecto.com/
This week we traveled to Colombia to talk with the entire Amor Perfecto coffee team
(Sara, Hunter, and Ignacio)along with Luis Fernando Velez, founder, to learn more about their award winning coffee, and what it took to bring it to market.
Here’s your first choice: drink the “leftovers”? Or the cream of the crop made on a nearby farm at the perfect elevation. Not much of a choice…. Or so you would think. Listen to this week’s episode of Law and Order CCCRS Columbia edition to find out why it may not have been tha ..read more
Cross CountryCoffee Roadshow
3y ago
Jane Ormond
Author Destination Coffee
Melbourne, Australia
Episode 88
This week we traveled to the land “down under” to Melbourne Australia, and had a fascinating all things coffee chat with author Jane Ormond, on the release of her new book Destination Coffee.
Readers beware! Destination Coffee may cause excessive daydreaming, as you fall in love with coffee and with travel all over again. Even if currently it’s only “armchair” travel, it won’t be long till you’re back at your favorite coffee spot on the avenue des Champs-Élysées (or your local roaster) sipping and people watching with the oc ..read more
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3y ago
BLQK Coffee
Justin Watson Founder and CEO
Los Angeles, California
Episode 87
Join us this week as we go to the Los Angeles area to interview the men behind BLQK coffee, and learn what a celebration you can have when you marry good business practices with social justice motives and philanthropy. Find out how they are moving the needle in multiple areas through education and donations.
A minority owned coffee company whose mission is to give back and change the world one cup of coffee at a time. Twenty five percent of their profits go to improve access to quality education, bridge opportunity ga ..read more
Cross CountryCoffee Roadshow
3y ago
Reveille Trading Company
6595 Roswell Rd. Suite G-3066.
Atlanta, Georgia
30328
https://reveille.io/
Episode 86
Reveille” , called in French “Le Réveil” is a bugle call, trumpet call, drum, fife-and-drum or pipes call most often associated with the military; it is chiefly used to wake military personnel at sunrise. The name comes from réveille (or réveil), the French word for “wake up
How fitting a name is this for a retired military man to come up with for his coffee company …wake up! This week we talk with Calvin Harris, the Founder & Managing Director of Reveille Trading Company, a black ..read more
Cross CountryCoffee Roadshow
3y ago
Chaos in Colombia
Quimbaya Colombian Coffee. LLC
Owner Alex Lozano
Windsor, WI
Episode 85
This week’s guest is the owner of Quimbaya Colombian Coffee. He is however on the show for this episode not promoting his coffee or his business but discussing the issues in his homeland. The reason for this lack of self-promotion will become crystal-clear in this interview. We are taking a break from our usual routine and revisiting Covid coffee Chronicles where we tackle specific subjects, related to the coffee industry. If you’ve been following Colombia this may be a refresher course, if you have no id ..read more
Cross CountryCoffee Roadshow
3y ago
Everyday People Coffee and Tea Company
Founders Jillian and her mom Jacqueline
Washington, DC
https://www.everydaypeoplecoffeeandtea.com/
Episode 84
This week we travel to Washington DC to visit with co-founder Jillian of Everyday People Coffee and Tea. Her mother Jacqueline is the other half of this all female, black owned coffee business.
How many adventures can a mother daughter get involved in and where does it stop? Jillian and her mom started by founding an online vintage clothing company , Vintage World Rocks https://www.vintageworldrocks.com/ One of a kind items from around the world f ..read more
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3y ago
Congregation Coffee
New Orleans, Louisiana
Episode 83
congregationcoffee.com
Laissez les bon temps rouler!
This week we traveled to New Orleans where we met up with Eliot Guthrie, owner and operator of Congregation Coffee Roasters. While living in Seattle (where you cant throw a stone without hitting a coffee shop)a three mile journey to work would net Eliot great java, just about on every block. Was there a culture shock when he moved to New Orleans and how did he overcome that?
Learn Eliot’s advice for starting a business. It has a lot to do with small children, and how your partner in ..read more