Source Code Metric

On this very special bonus episode of Source Code we are speaking with 88 Graines Co-Founder Jolanta "Jola" Czerminska. Prior to launching 88 graines, Jola began her career in coffee in Melbourne, Australia working for Market Lane & Axil Coffee Roasters and eventually, with business partner Agata Agata Pudelek launched 88 Graines. 88 Graines, which means 88 seeds, is based on creating a collaborative social model in coffee sourcing between small and medium coffee producers and independent coffee roasters / roasting companies / future barista champions in order to promote next generation of coffee producers, empowering women & families involved in coffee production and business. We first met Jola on a visit to Guatemala in March of 2020 (a week before the shutdowns) along with her partner Raul Perez which then resulted in Metric being the first US roaster to work with 88 Graines.

In our last episode of the season, we sit down with Jared Truby from Cat & Cloud Coffee out of Santa Cruz, CA and as a bonus, we roped in our mutual friend and Honduran Coffee producer and exporter Benjamin Paz.

With over 20 years of Specialty Coffee experience under his belt and growth of 2 successful companies: Verve Coffee Roasters as well as Cat & Cloud, Jared is extremely passionate about Culture, Values, leadership, hospitality, quality, and growth- all essential ingredients to the success of Cat & Clouds buying program. Jared also hosts a very popular podcast along with his business partner Chris Baca titled Cat & Cloud Coffee Podcast where they unpack the lessons they've learned along their journey from being barista champions ,to building a mission driven business and everything in between so having Jared and Benjamin as our last guests of the season made for an awesome conversation around quality, hospitality and sustainability.

On this weeks episode, Colin talks to Mike Nelson from Junior's Roasted: a micro-roastery based in Portland, Oregon, and was founded by Caryn and Mike Nelson. Mike brings over fifteen years of experience in the industry as a barista, educator, trainer and roaster with specialty coffee companies in Portland, New York, and Scandinavia. He earned a MSc in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science at Lund University in Sweden and a MSc in Geography at Florida State University. His graduate research began with a focus on climate change impacts on coffee leaf rust, and evolved into coffee producer knowledge systems.

On this weeks Source Code Podcast, we got a special two for one episode for you. When we found out that Tyler Youngblood and Ryan Knapp would be in Chicago, we sized the opportunity to invite them on to the program to discuss the very important work Azahar is doing on the subject of equity and sustainability.

On this weeks Episode we sit down with Intelligentsia Coffee's Director of Coffee Sam Sabori. Sam has worked at Intelligentsia since 2011, Sam walks us through some of his responsibilities which include- r approving coffees for purchase, blend development, and roast profile maintenance, as well as traveling to origins to buy coffee for one of North America's leading Specialty Coffee Roasters.

In this episode of Source Code, we talk Andrea "Otter" Otte from Caravan Coffee Roasters in the UK. This episode was filmed at Good Pepper Studios and audio from the interview is now available to listen wherever you get your podcasts.