Coffee Made Me Do It

Feb 07 2025 21 ep. 58 mins 7
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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 021: The Dream Team || ‘25 expectation’s

Feb 07 2025 55 mins  
It’s 2025! Welcome back to the coffee and business podcast, Coffee Made Me Do It. We’re starting the year with a sit down chat with the Bluebird team. Join Dario as he reflects on 2024 with Fanie, Luhle and Katie, as well as talk about intentions for 2025. They talk barista competition, rebranding, staying motivated, hobbies and training in 2025. Catch up with the Bluebird team

Episode 020: Max Lundin, BlueWater Group

Dec 20 2024 52 mins  
Max, from BlueWater Group, dives into the advanced conversations being had about water for coffee. Questions around minerals, TDS, Reverse Osmosis and BlueWater’s answers to these questions. Water makes up about 95% of your brewed coffee, that makes it an extremely important ingredient in your recipe. Water quality is inseparable from the ultimate quality of your brewed coffee. D

Episode 019: Ian Kissick || Formative Coffee and WBC Finalist

Nov 15 2024 116 mins  
Ian Kissick is the owner of Formative Coffee and 6th Place World Barista Champion 2024. In this episode, Dario and Ian dive into coffee culture, changing perceptions around coffee, putting flavour before brand name, preparing for competition and how he approached the 2024 World Barista Championships. Ian owns and operates Formative Coffee in London, a cafe serving some of the wor

Episode 018: Dark Arts Coffee || The genius of Brad Morrison

Nov 01 2024 90 mins  
In this episode of Coffee Made Me Do It, Dario talks to founder and creative director of Dark Arts Coffee, Brad Morrison. They talk about building a brand that is a reflection of ourselves, catering for an audience of one, community and the “why” behind Dark Arts. This is one we are so stoked to share, and we’re big fans of Brad and his team. Brad moved to London to be a mu

Episode 017: Motors Coffee Paris || Thomas and Lola and one of Europe's best

Oct 18 2024 39 mins  
In this episode of Coffee Made Me Do It, Dario talks to Thomas and Lola, founders of Motors Coffee in Paris. Motors has fast gained a reputation for serving some of the best coffee in Europe. It is certainly one of our favourite cafes! Dario sat down with Thomas and Lola after a Bluebird Coffee Roastery popup at Motors. In true Parisian style, this was recorded while sitting outsid

Episode 016: Patrik Rolf || Building a Business with Purpose

Aug 13 2024 89 mins  
Patrik is a coffee icon and pioneer of quality, education and progress. His presence at the highest level of international coffee competitions and the philosophies that his company has been built on have rattled the cage of the specialty coffee industry. Undeniably, his approach has moulded some significant changes and conversations in the industry over the 8 years since April was

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