Cat & Cloud Podcast
Cat & Cloud
Chris Baca and Jared Truby are professional Baristas and are here to introduce the world to Specialty Coffee! From placing in the finals of the United States Barista Championship multiple times, winning regional competitions, to leading training and education for some of the most progressive coffee companies around - these two have learned a ton about coffee and want to share it with you. Tune in for weekly interviews, tutorials, and general mayhem from the brothers from different mothers: Truby & Baca. Learn more at catandcloud.com
Episodes
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Mar 26, 2018 • 44min
Direct Trade, Coffee Marketing | Employee/Farmer Disconnect
Damian Chavez Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnE9eTj9Iag&t=25s
5 Panel Hat: https://catandcloud.com/collections/merch/products/cat-cloud-5-pannel-cap
Map It Forward: https://mapitforward.org/20-april-2018
This week we recap a portion of our trip to Honduras, kick around the idea of direct trade, and discuss the disconnect between how we look at people who grow and pick coffee, and how we look at the people in our organization. One of our favorite episodes to date!
Mar 19, 2018 • 41min
Being An Assistant To Discovery - Educational Preparation And Execution With Mckenzie Laird
Education is serious business. Mckenzie talks about organizational values fits, lesson preparation, turnover rates for first year teachers and much more on this special episode!
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Mar 12, 2018 • 52min
Noah Namowicz - Cafe Imports | Being Of Service
Noah is a partner at Cafe Imports and dedicated husband, father, and cross fitter. Hard to introduce someone like him so lets just say if you like good people with good stories and want to feel like a better human - you should give this a listen.
Feb 26, 2018 • 1h 1min
Dana Andrews - Coffee Trader, InterAmerican Coffee | Green Coffee Magic | Technical Difficulties
Dana Andrews is a Coffee Trader at InterAmerican coffee. She tells us how one ends up being a coffee trader, what customer service means to her, and why beach volleyball is slowly edging out basketball.
Feb 19, 2018 • 1h 13min
Grace Lee | Specialty Coffee Superhero Origin Story
Grace is one of our first employees and now runs our roasting operations. Listen to hear one of the most epic specialty coffee origin stories I've ever heard told by one of the most caring people on the planet.
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Feb 14, 2018 • 58min
Nicely + Derek G Taylor - Menotti's Coffee Stop
This week: 3x World Latte Art Champion and all around peoples champ Christopher "Nicely" Alameda and musical, tech, crypto currency, cultural compass and self-proclaimed hype man Derek Taylor talk what inspired them to bring Menotti's Coffee Stop into the world, being a part of a neighborhood with such a rich history, and listening to the vibes of the world.
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Feb 5, 2018 • 43min
Online Courtesy | Magical Business Forum Moments
This Week: Online Courtesy. Struggling with your Yelp reviews or Instagram comments section? This is for you.
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Jan 29, 2018 • 44min
On A Floor In A Room | Cat & Cloud Coffee Podcast
Here we are again.
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Jan 22, 2018 • 47min
Gross Profit Per Labor Dollar - How Can Baristas Earn More Money? | Cat & Cloud Coffee Podcast
Enter the Chuck! Why don't baristas make more money? Can baristas make more money and if so, what needs to happen? How does minimum wage effect this? Will the coffee shop as we know it even exist in the future?
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Jan 15, 2018 • 24min
Starting Your Coffee Career? | Cat & Cloud Coffee Podcast
We get asked all the time what's the best path for starting a coffee career. We're not quite sure but here are a few things we think about.
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Starting Your Coffee Career? | Cat & Cloud Coffee Podcast
