How a Gourmet Coffee Roaster Became a Bourbon and Tequila Big Deal

The music business, training as a chef, competing on a cooking show, opening a coffee roasting business and balancing that with being a spirit guide… Wayne Cafariella’s career has been an impressive cocktail of experiences! The man behind @drinkwithwayne first began creating content for his coffee business but later became a fully-fledged spirit guide after some words of encouragement from his wife. Now, his social media presence of spirited opinions has racked up well over 100k fans and counting. 

@drinkwithwayne’s Journey from Rockstar to Chef, to Coffee Roaster and Spirit Guide 

In this episode of The Spirit Guides, Tequila Jay Baer sits down with Wayne to hear about his journey into the world of content creation. Wayne talks us through his days as a chef and even appeared on the show Chopped before pivoting into coffee roasting.

When Wayne started his coffee business, that naturally led him to start creating content all about coffee with the help of his Twitch streamer friends/business partners. Later, he found his passion for creating different types of content about cocktails, bourbon, and tequila. 

Wayne shares some stories about his first big hit on TikTok and the moment he accidentally posted a video too early and saw it blow up. Staying true to his passion project, Wayne gives his take on the monetization of content, the dreaded editing process, and what keeps him going even during moments of impostor syndrome.

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In This Episode:

·       Wayne shares his stories of being in a punk band 

·       How Wayne pivoted from rockstar to becoming a chef

·       Wayne’s experience on the show Chopped

·       Why he started Kings Coast Coffee Company 

·       His first experiences with online content with his Twitch-streaming friends

·       How he got used to being on camera with his coffee content 

·       Why he began making content about cocktails 

·       How monetizing spirit content changed his process

·       What keeps Wayne going despite occasional impostor syndrome 

·       Wayne tells us about his first big viral moment 

·       What annoys him most about creating content

·       How accidentally posting a video too early became a huge success

·       Wayne’s advice for creating content 

Resources:

·       Follow Wayne on Instagram

·       Follow Wayne on TikTok

·       Follow Wayne on YouTube

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·       Kings Coast Coffee Company

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