Coffee People Podcast
The Coffee People Podcast is part of the Roast! West Coast coffee network. Host Ryan Woldt interviews coffee professionals and shares their stories as they tackle the entrepreneurship, creativity, passion, science, and innovation required to succeed in the coffee industry. Appreciate your morning coffee more by listening to Coffee People, and engage with the growing craft coffee community this podcast aims to uplift.
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At Coffee People, we're looking forward to another year of collaboration with our Presenting Sponsors, Roastar, Inc.
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It is the end of Season 15. The end of our fifth year, and the end of 2025.
This effort in coffee podcasting, writing, and community building has been an adventure. I’m constantly surprised by the myriad ways people work through the challenges of entrepreneurship and embrace hospitality for the connection and support it can offer a community.
I’m proud to be a staging ground for the sharing of stories, advice, inspiration, and rea...
Kyle Layton is the cafe GM, Head Roaster, and Co-Owner of Prismatic Coffee in Salem, OR. He joined the podcast for a second time* to share a cup of fancy coffee with us, and talk more about hospitality.
*The first show had some technical difficulties. It is available on www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com and on our YouTube channel. We appreciate you being forgiving of the audio! We're releasing it solely because the conversation is rea...
Thanks for watching the Coffee People Podcast. Like all small businesses and entrepreneurs, we're still learning, modifying, and continuing to improve—at least trying to!
Head to www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com for links from the show, context to our conversation, and much more. We'll be sharing updates on our event calendar soon.
Stay tuned to haceacoffee.com for updates on the 2026 roasting competition.
A note about the passing of Bill Kennedy, the CEO, Owner, Head Honcho of San Franciscan Roaster Company in Carson City, NV.
Find SFR Co. online at www.sanfranroaster.com and @sanfranroaster on social media.
Listen to the full episode of Bill Kennedy on the Roast! West Coast podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4cXyQY5Tqv5kJiOvinIqbl
Find the Coffee Roasting Legends Podcast on the SFR Blog: www.sanfranroaster.com...
Taylor Minor and Charles Nick are the Co-Founders and faces of Third Wave Water. Third Wave's mineral supplements are added to distilled water to create a consistent, optimized base for your coffee. We chat about their experience running a successful Kickstarter funding campaign, appearing on Shark Tank, and continuing to grow the business and partnership.
Head to www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com for links from the show, context to ...
Roastar, Inc.'s Nick Schmitt and Ryan Woldt, the host of the Coffee People podcast get together virtually for a sleepy cup of coffee on a cool November morning to chat about the value of packaging, falling leaves, and how quiet the coffee community is at the end of the year.
Head to www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com for links from the show, context to our conversation, and much more.
Brad Gutwein is the Co-Founder of Copper Moon Coffee in Lafayette, Indiana and Manatee Coffee in Florida. He joins Coffee People podcast to chat about family role models in entrepreneurship, working with family, and why his businesses seek out projects to support. Head to www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com for links from the show, context to our conversation, and much more.Find Copper Moon Coffee online at: www.coppermooncoffee.com, and M...
Cait Rifkin the GM of Snake River Roasting Co. joined the Coffee People podcast to chat about her Hallmark-ian journey from Wisconsin to Jackson Hole, WY and to share some advice for finding your path. Head to www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com for links from the show, context to our conversation, and much more.
Find Snake River Roasting online at: www.snakeriverroastingco.com, and on YouTube: @snakeriverroastingco
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Jess Nepstad is the CEO of Planetary Designs. We chat about the various brands they've developed, buying a company instead of starting one, and why Montana has his heart in the end. Head to www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com for links from the show, context to our conversation, and much more.
Find Planetary Design online at: www.planetarydesign.com, and on YouTube: @planetarydesign
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James Shepherd is the North American Sales representative for Bombora Coffee + Water Supplies. He's based in Dublin, Ireland, but commutes to North America every five weeks, or so, to meet with clients face-to-face.
We chat about his past experience in barista competitions as a competitor and then as a judge, why we should always try to help others, and how a spilled latte helped propel him into the coffee industry.
This bonus episode is part of our Coffee Smarter series. Search for and follow the Coffee Smarter podcast for bits and pieces of the the collected wisdom of the coffee industry.
Jared Hales is the CoFounder of Hacea Coffee Source, a green coffee importer based in Anaheim, CA and with an outpost in Portland, OR. Jared joins the Coffee Smarter podcast to educate and advise us on all things coffee industry. During this session we cover...
Roastar, Inc.'s Nick Schmitt and Ryan Woldt, the host of the Coffee People podcast get together for a cup of coffee at Roast Summit in Portland, Oregon. They share thoughts on the water in coffee, if hearses should be able to us the HOV lane, and attempt to walk like cool guys.See more on: https://www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com/ Or Search for Coffee People on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to great podcasts.Coffee...
Roastar, Inc.'s Nick Schmitt and Ryan Woldt, the host of the Coffee People podcast get together for a cup of coffee at Roast Summit in Portland, Oregon. A behind the scenes clip.See more on: https://www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com/ Or Search for Coffee People on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to great podcasts.Coffee People is presented by Roastar, Inc., the premier coffee packaging company utilizing digital printi...
Nick Schmitt from Roastar guest hosts the Coffee People podcast. He chats with Coffee People's Ryan Woldt and the Co-Founder of The Pinery Coffee Company, Nolan Baker, about their recent coffee collaboration to support the Ice Age Trail Alliance and the trail system in Wisconsin. They cover the collaboration's origin story, the value of the partnership as entrepreneurs, and what music best exemplifies drinking this Costa Ri...
Host Ryan Woldt chats with Sarah Driscoll. She is the Institutional Giving Manager for the Ice Age Trail Alliance in Wisconsin. We chat about the growth and value of the trail system over a cup of coffee. We recently collaborated with The Pinery Coffee Company and Roastar in Wausau, WI to produce the Ice Age Trail Boots Edition coffee that benefits the IATA's efforts to maintain, grow, and create awareness for the Ice Age Trail...
Host Ryan Woldt chats with Joe Raya, the Co-Founder of Bittermilk Bottling Co. and Tippleman's Coffee Syrups about their entrepreneurial journey, building a company in the Charleston, S.C. region, and how his partner pushes him to think beyond.https://tipplemans.com/ • https://bittermilk.com/Coffee People is presented by Roastar, Inc., the premier coffee packaging company utilizing digital printing. Roastar enables small-to-gig...
Host Ryan Woldt chats with Shonali Paul, the founder of Paul John Caffeine Co., based in Tampa, FL, about their entrepreneurial journey, the coffee growing region of India, and why getting a job for someone else just wasn't an option.https://pauljohncaffeine.com/https://www.instagram.com/pauljohncaffeineCoffee People is presented by Roastar, Inc., the premier coffee packaging company utilizing digital printing. Roastar enables ...
Two out of three of the Rusty Dog Coffee operators join this bonus episode of Coffee People during our visit to their Madison, WI roasting facility. We chat about growing from a hobby business into a full-fledged coffee operations.Online: https://www.rustydogcoffee.com/ • https://www.instagram.com/rustydogcoffeeThanks for connecting us with the dogs, Joe! https://www.capehorncoffee.com/Coffee People is presented by Roastar, Inc., t...
REPLAY FROM APRIL 27, 2023
The first episode of the Coffee With Podcast features Matthew Hankes, Heart Transplant Recipient. Matt is a pretty normal guy who experienced an extraordinary thing. He spent an hour talking about finding out he had a heart condition known as ARVC—Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy—at age 15, the lead-up to the transplant, and what it looks like from the other side. Matt asked that if anything...
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