Coffee and Technology Podcast
Norbert Niederhauser and Kelsey Maher bring you the 'Coffee and Technology' Podcast sponsored by Cropster. Norbert is a Cropster co-founder and brings a wealth of knowledge of coffee, the coffee industry, and the technology it uses daily. Kelsey is a product marketer with an interest in coffee, leadership, and community building. Both are passionate about humanizing technology for all coffee professionals, from producers to baristas and everyone in between. They want to make technology accessible for everyone, so everyone can realize the benefits it can bring! To learn more about Cropster, visit: https://www.cropster.com/learn/
Episodes
55 episodes
Expanding Your Coffee Business with Miranda Caldwell
Join Kelsey and Norbert for today's episode with Miranda Caldwell the founder of Coffee MBA. From her roles as COO and green buyer to her impactful public speaking, including a notable presentation at the Re:co Symposium in 2023, Miranda is a p...
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Season 3
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Episode 55
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51:21
BTS Building Commerce with Leo Cimoch and Cassidy Nova
Today we have a behind the scenes episode about building our latest product, Commerce, which was released in January 2024. Last month, Norbert and Kelsey sat down with Cropsterians Leo Cimoch, who is the Product Manager for Commerce and has ext...
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Season 3
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Episode 54
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38:59
Connie Blumhardt on Celebrating 20 Years of Roast Magazine
In this episode, we chat with Connie Blumhardt, who is the founder and publisher of the award-winning Roast magazine. Connie has spent over 30 years in magazine publishing and has worked in the coffee industry for the past 25 years. She p...
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Season 3
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Episode 53
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47:08
Doug Graf and Liz Bishop on Roasting Technology and Careers as Roast Technicians
This episode we chat with Doug Graf and Liz Bishop from Vintage Coffee. Vintage Coffee provides consulting, training, repair and maintenance, plant design, and start up for coffee roasters of every size. Doug Graf has been in the coffee industr...
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Season 3
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Episode 52
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42:30
Matt Brown on Sustainability and Education in Cafes
Matt Brown, Senior Manager of Coffee Operations from Coffee Bar is joining this month's leading coffee industry podcast to chat about his international career in coffee, building out educational programs in cafes and communities, as well as sus...
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Season 3
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Episode 51
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43:26
Nick Castellano on New Projects and Moving Forward
Nick Castellano is the Creative Projects Manager at Ally Coffee and is based in Medellín, Colombia. Nick was previously the co-host of the Coffee & Technology podcast and now co-hosts a Spanish podcasts called Cafe Se Escribe En Español. Th...
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Season 3
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Episode 50
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19:59
Felix Teiretzbacher on post-World Coffee Roasting Championship Win
Felix Teiretzbacher is the 2022 World Coffee Roasting Champion from Vienna, Austria. Felix has grown from a home roaster to a world champion in a matter of years and now finds himself a roasting icon around the world. He’ll tell us the journey ...
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Season 3
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Episode 49
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42:43
Kevin Foley on Sustainability and B-Corp
Kevin Foley is the owner of Valley to Summit Sustainability, a sustainability consultancy based in California. Kevin is driven to help various businesses create and achieve a sustainability program. Kevin defines what is sustainability, his jou...
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Season 3
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Episode 48
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52:40
Andrea Allen on Competition, Innovation, and Women in Coffee
Andrea Allen is the Co-founder of Onyx Coffee Lab. She is head of operations for all Onyx cafes and for the roastery. She also holds the title of 2021 U.S. Barista Champion and the runner-up in the 2021 World Barista Champion. In her spare time...
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Season 3
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Episode 47
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52:37
Shelby Williamson on Roast Competing and Green Coffee Buying
Shelby Williamson is the Head Roaster and Colombian Green Coffee Buyer at Huckleberry Coffee Roasters, the 2019 US Roasting Champion, and a certified Q-Grader. Shelby started roasting about 8 years ago, and hasn't looked back since, falling in-...
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Season 3
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Episode 46
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56:10
Martin Elwert on Scaling a Coffee Business and B-Corp
Martin Elwert is the Founder of Coffee Circle in Germany. Coffee Circle is a certified B-Corporation and has been an e-commerce leader of specialty coffee across the DACH region of Europe. Martin comes from a consulting background and has used ...
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Season 3
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Episode 45
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1:05:40
Coding for Coffee
What does it look like and mean to code for the coffee industry? Nick and Norbert go into the technical minded part of coding for the coffee industry and what that journey has looked like for Cropster and beyond.Learn more about Cropste...
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Season 3
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Episode 44
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40:32
Dale Harris on Competing and Tech in the Cafe
Dale is a well-respected barista, trainer, and consultant with over 15 years of experience in coffee. He is currently the Chief Operations Officer at Ozone Coffee Roasters UK. As a World Barista Champion, Dale has traveled, trained, and learned...
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Season 3
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Episode 43
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1:16:09
IoT and Brew Data
In another conversation between Nick and Norbert, we revisit what Iot means and this time we focus on how it can change the future of cafe's for the better.Learn more about Cropster: https:/...
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Season 3
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Episode 42
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38:17
Digitizing Data Collection at Origin
During our 2022 year end episode, Nick and Norbert discuss the importance of data collection at origin and why digitizing data at origin is important. This topic is so important to both of them and has been a recurring theme throughout 2022.
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Season 2
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Episode 41
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37:04
Matthew Swenson on the RTD Market and Sustainability
Matt Swenson is the Nestlé Coffee Partner’s Director of Coffee. He works in the technical and product side of the business, helping plan for the next big innovation in the coffee pipeline. Prior to joining Nestlé Coffee Partners, Swenson was Ch...
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Season 2
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Episode 40
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51:35
Lucas Cuadros on Young Colombian Coffee Producers
Lucas Cuadros is the Co-founder of Unblended Coffee. Unblended Coffee is an importer that specializes on socioeconomic progress of young coffee growers in Colombia. Lucas is a young coffee entrepreneur that comes from a distribution background ...
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Season 2
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Episode 39
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54:39
Jeffrey Chean on Organic Coffee and Hallucinogens
Jeffrey Chean is the Co-founder of Groundwork Coffee in Los Angeles, California. Groundwork Coffee roasts certified organic coffee from producing regions around the world. Jeffrey tells us what it means to roast and grow a brand around certifie...
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Season 2
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Episode 38
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1:03:12
Carly Green on Frozen Capsules
Carly Green is the Head of Coffee Education at Cometeer. Cometeer makes a freshly frozen coffee capsule roasted by various roasters and brewed by you at home. Carly tells us what excites her about the frozen capsule market, how data collection ...
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Season 2
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Episode 37
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41:37
Ibrahim Al Mallouhi on Specialty Coffee in the Middle East
Ibrahim Al Mallouhi is the Founder of the Espresso Lab in Dubai. Ibrahim has become a leader of specialty coffee in the Middle East and has been an advocate for technology’s role in the coffee industry. Ibrahim tells his story of growing a succ...
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Season 2
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Episode 36
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44:03
Wilford Lamastus Jr on the Panamanian Geisha Story
Wilford Lamastus Jr is the son of a world-renowned Panamanian coffee producer, Wilford Lamastus. Wilford has grown his career as a next generation coffee producer, cafe owner, and coffee competitor. In this storytelling episode, Wilford tells t...
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Season 2
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Episode 35
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1:26:06
Raphael Studer on Democratization of Info and Blockchain in Coffee
Raphael Studer is the Co-founder and CEO of Algrano. Raphael has a PhD in Economics and has spent a significant amount of time at origin understanding how to empower those in origin. Raphael brings his perspective on the democratization of info...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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50:13
Tim Wendelboe on Organic Farming and Transparency
Tim Wendelboe is the Founder of Tim Wendelboe Coffee and is the host of the Tim Wendelboe Podcast. Since his 2004 World Barista Championship win, Tim has become a notable name in the world of coffee. We’ll discuss Tim’s passion for organic farm...
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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1:06:02
Long Beach Coffee Club on the Consumer Experience and Coffee Marketing
Matthew Torres is the Founder of Long Beach Coffee Club, a coffee community based in and around the Long Beach/Los Angeles-urban area. Matthew’s social media growth in the local coffee community has grown substantially and we discuss what that ...
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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45:46
Michael Phillips on Retail Development and Instant Coffee
Michael Phillips is the Director of Global Education & Engagement at Blue Bottle Coffee. Prior to his work in coffee, Michael worked in the film industry. In this episode, we discuss his journey to the WBC, how coffee retail has evolved, an...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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59:24
