Anna Widgeon - Chasing Coffee

[Of note: this conversation was originally recorded in December 2019 – in somewhat simpler times. Although it captures a specific moment in time and place, it is meant to be enduring – so it is with great excitement that we are finally able to give it an official release exactly two years from its inception!]

My guest for this episode of the Guest Friends podcast is the thoughtfully effervescent: Anna Widgeon. Anna is a lawyer by day, a seminary student by night, and a wandering creative soul at just about any other portions of time that exist in her world – which includes having put together a Kickstarter campaign to produce her first album “Stories & Scars” a few years back.

I met up with Anna at the Plymouth Coffee Bean in downtown Plymouth, Michigan to discuss how she's become a coffee fanatic. Amongst other insights, Anna shares her coffee origin story 1.0 in Argentina; how coffee plants growing on the sides of volcanoes is a literal thing in Guatemala; and why it's not uncommon for her to roll with barista friends and anyone else she can nerd out about coffee roasting techniques with. Side note... she's in position to be that person that carries a portable drip coffee setup in her “messenger bag” - and it would be her pleasure to make you coffee if you ask politely.

We also take a moment to capture the quasi-adventure of ordering a drink for our coffee-challenged host. Of which the barista spontaneously named it the “chocolate chai flavor extravaganza”.

Special shout-out to @tbulls @moose131984 and the fam for allowing Joy to bring her voiceover talents to the mic during the promo! Thanks, Joy!!!

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LINKS RELATED TO THIS EPISODE:

Logo Credit: Saint-Creative.com

Music Credit: Of Asaph (James Alleman)

"Promo" Music: "Tell Me Something True" by Anna Widgeon

Recommended Resources:

Documentary: A Film About Coffee

TEDxTalk: "Everything You've Ever Wanted To Know About Coffee" (Chandler Graf)

Video: "Everything You've Ever Wanted To Know About Coffee" (Tastemade)

Place: Plymouth Coffee Bean

Place: Hyperion Coffee - Ypsi

Place: 19 Drips Coffee and Tea - Ann Arbor

Place: New Order Coffee - Detroit

Place: Red Dot Coffee - Northville

Roaster: Gooseneck Coffee Co.

Article: "5 Best Guatemalan Coffee Brands 2021"