Coffee Made Me Do It

Apr 26 2024 5
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Coffee made me do it, what made you do it? Sprudgie Nominated: Best Coffee Podcast 2024. Please vote here: https://sprudge.com/vote When Dario started Bluebird Coffee Roastery, he was driven by two motivations: to explore the quality potential of specialty coffee and to have a go at building a brand. This podcast is about passion, coffee, business and culture. "I know what made me do it, what made/makes you do what you do?"

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Episode 015: Alex Kitain || The man behind Coffeevine

Apr 26 2024 68 mins  
In this episode of Coffee Made Me Do It, Dario talks to Alex Kitain, founder of Coffeevine. Alex has spent 10 years sourcing incredible coffees from the worlds best roastery's and shipping these curated selections to subscribers in over 60 countries! It's fair to say that Alex has seen it all when it comes to trends, challenges and opportunities within the world of high end

Episode 014: Cole Torode || Winning Team WBC '23 and forging in a career in coffee

Feb 22 2024 61 mins  
In this episode of Coffee Made Me Do It, Dario talks to Cole Torode of Rosso Roastery and Forward coffee in Canada. Cole is a legend of the Specialty Coffee industry and competition arena. Twice a winner of the Canadian Barista Champs, twice a finalist at WBC, once a Canadian Brewers Cup Champion and most recently, a key member of Boram Um's World Barista Championship winning D

Episode 013: Markus Pytell || Europe's best cafe?, work life balance, entrepreneurship

Feb 01 2024 65 mins  
In this episode of Coffee Made Me Do It, Dario talks to Markus Pytell, owner and founder of Sweet Spot Kaffee in Munich. Markus opened his specialty-coffee-showroom café in 2020 (as lockdown hit). He and his team have become renowned for their standout brewing and their exceptional selection of coffees from the world’s best roastery’s. Markus is as dedicated as they come. Dari

Episode 012: Fanie and Luhle | Sprudgie Nomination!!!

Jan 19 2024 48 mins  
In this episode of Coffee Made Me Do It, Dario sits down with Fanie and Luhle to talk about our Sprudgie Nomination and goals for the year ahead. VOTE HERE!!⁠ Fanie and Luhle play two very important roles in Bluebird Coffee Roastery as Production Roaster and Wholesale Manager. They are also doing their final preparation for round one of the 2024 Barista Competition cycle. LFG!! W

Episode 011: Andrew Stordy | Founder of IKAWA

Jan 05 2024 36 mins  
In this episode of Coffee Made Me Do It, Dario talks to Andrew Stordy, the Founder of IKAWA. IKAWA was the first sample roaster of its kind and remains one of the leaders in their industry. (We roast our samples on an IKAWA at Bluebird) Andrew speaks about the beginnings of IKAWA, growing up in producing countries and his vision for the future of roasting coffee and the supply chai

Episode 010: Nicole Battefeld-Montgomery | Coffee competition's, tattooing and coffee trends

Dec 21 2023 73 mins  
In this episode of Coffee Made Me Do It, Dario sits down with Nicole Battefeld-Montgomery. Nicole is a prolific coffee pro whose influence reaches across the world. She is a multiple time German Brewers Cup Champion and has placed 7th at the World Brewer’s Cup among many other competition titles. She chats about her start in the world of coffee, her exploration of a career as a

Episode 009: Sam Corra | LINK Roaster, World Brewers Cup and 1985 Bordeaux

Dec 11 2023 73 mins  
In this episode of Coffee Made Me Do It, Dario talks to Sam Corra, Director of Coffee at Ona Coffee and the mind behind the LINK roaster. Amongst Sam's many achievements, he has roasted the coffee used to win multiple WBC and WBrC titles and he has placed 2nd at WBrC himself. Sam prefers to be behind the scenes leading us to believe that he is probably your favourite coffee pro's f

Episode 008: Katie and Fanie | WOC Athens, crazy taxi rides and mind over sickness

Nov 24 2023 60 mins  
In this episode of Coffee Made Me Do It, Dario sits down with Fanie and Katie to talk about their trip to World of Coffee in Athens. It was a months worth of experiences in just 10 days. This was such a fun conversation looking back on a serious fun trip. We hope you enjoy it!! https://www.bluebirdcoffeeroastery.co.za/ https://www.instagram.com/bluebirdcoffeeroastery/ https://www.i

Episode 007: The Coffee Magazine | Olympic Games, Print isn't dead, Coffee Competitions

Nov 10 2023 42 mins  
In this episode of Coffee Made Me Do It, Dario sits down with the founders of The Coffee Magazine. Iain and Mel pioneered coffee publications in South Africa and today they run an award winning magazine, host Creative Coffee week, run SA's only roasting competition and so much more! They spoke about talk print media, favourite coffee experiences, what competition does for coffe

Episode 006: Jordan Montgomery || Ona Coffee, travel, coffee competitions

Oct 27 2023 53 mins  
Jordan has worked in coffee since he was 13 years old. From public pool cafeteria barista to marketing manager at Ona Coffee to coffee journalism, Jordan’s got some great stories to tell. He also happens to be an honorary Bluebird (even though he’s an Aussie, we forgive him) In this episode, Dario and Jordan talk about Jordan’s 15+ years in the coffee industry, how he’s see