We recap our recent episode featuring Arda Barlas. He is an owner at Boxx Coffee LA, a specialty coffee roaster and cafe in the Downtown LA Arts district (DTLA). He joined the Coffee People podcast to share his journey into coffee thru entrepreneurship, why he joined an already established business, and how to keep the Boxx Coffee vision consistent with locations on two different continents. Images provided by: Boxx Coffee LAThe full episode dropped January 29, 2026. Listen here on Spotify. Watch and subscribe to @coffeepeoplepodcasts , or for more context, subscribe to the Coffee People podcast newsletter at: https://www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com/. Find online at: https://boxxcoffee.la and @BoxxCoffeeADLA on YouTube and Instagram Coffee People is presented by Roastar, Inc., the premier coffee packaging company utilizing digital printing. Roastar enables small-to-gigantic coffee businesses tell a big story. Learn more at https://bit.ly/4gIsHff. Follow @roastar on Instagram. 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. Buy Eli And Jane Books: https://www.onewildlifebooks.com/ Stay tuned to haceacoffee.com for updates on the 2026 roasting competition. Shop all of our coffee collaborations, including Yeah, No...Yeah Coffee! https://www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com/collab-coffee/ Coffee People is one of the premier coffee and entrepreneurship podcasts, featuring interviews with professionals in the coffee industry and coffee education. Host Ryan Woldt interviews roastery founders, head roasters, coffee shop owners, scientists, artists, baristas, farmers, green coffee brokers, and more. This show is also supported by Marea Coffee , Cape Horn Green Coffee Importers, Sivetz Roasting Machines, Relative Coffee Company, Coffee Cycle Roasting, MAMU Coffee, and Hacea Coffee Source. Head to www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com for show recaps, coffee education, guest list and coffee news. Register to become an organ donor at: https://registerme.org/. *Clicking these links to purchase will also support Roast! West Coast through their affiliate marketing programs.