The Speciality Coffee Podcast

We are BACK. Nick from Degenerates Drinking Coffee is big into the gun world and coffee world. Nick is a wizard at brewing coffee and has a scientific approach that is easy to understand and follow. We talk about the gun and coffee industries and before you judge either industry give this episode a listen. From brewing methods to guns, military, police, and processing methods we cover it all in this episode. Nick and Tyler talk about making coffee easy to understand no matter if you're a first-time specialty coffee drinker or far down the rabbit hole. Be sure to check out Degenerates Drinking Coffee and Storylines Coffee Subscription

This episode is our longest for a reason. Mauricio is the owner of a coffee farm in Colombia. We dive into his coffee journey, his processing methods, the wet and dry mill, and what Mauricio has learned. This fascinating episode goes into so much first-hand knowledge on coffee farming, Airbnb and so much more. 

Tyler and Amber Ellison share the story of Storyline Coffee Roasters. We talk about how much money we got to start the business, our shortcomings, our successes, and what we would have done differently if we were to start today.  If you want to start a coffee roasting company, coffee cart, or trailer this episode is for you. We share our story and talk about what we are all about here at Storyline Coffee Roasters. Season two is live!

In this episode we talk with Justin, the Owner of Daddy Got Coffee. This episode is for any business owner, content creator, or at home espresso and coffee nerd. We talk about recommendations for at home espresso machines. We also go into what it is like being a content creator for speciality coffee, and how to use marketing as a business owner on social media. This podcast is gold and Justin brings so much to the table in the Specialty Coffee world. Enjoy and we can not thank you enough for the reviews and feedback.  

This is our first collaboration podcast. On this episode Josh interviewers our very own host and Owner of Storyline Coffee Roasters, Tyler Ellison. You get to hear the origin story, thoughts, and opinions on various topics, from business to sourcing coffee, paying farmers, and where the coffee industry is going. Please check out ChampBro's podcast on Youtube and ChampBro's Coffee Instagram and Website. 

Trevor is the founder of Madcap Coffee. Trevor is one of the early front runners in the specialty coffee world in the early 2000s. Trevor shares how he continued to follow his passion for owning a specialty coffee shop and the highs and lows. Trevor speaks to how competitions have changed from the early years and provides a wealth of business insight. Trevor is relevant insightful and raw. 

Kyle Rohling has worked with Strava Coffee, and Huckleberry, and now lives at origin in Mexico working with 400 coffee producers. Kyle talks about coffee prices within the specialty coffee industry, the market as a whole, and logistics. Kyle shares his thoughts on how the industry can simplify the supply chain to increase wages for producers. We talk about coffee roasting maintenance and so much more in this episode.  I ask Kyle some hard questions that I have always wanted to get off my chest and he answers beautifully. 

Shelby is a US Roasting Champion, World Roasting competitor, head roaster of Huckleberry Coffee, and has a wealth of coffee knowledge. This is one of my favorite episodes because we talk honestly about some problems in the coffee industry. We talk about coffee prices for producers, wages for industry workers, and various roasting topics. Give it a listen, write a review, and share this episode. Your support means everything to us. 

Jake Miller is the Founder of Fellow, which is a company that creates beautiful, well-crafted products for the specialty coffee industry. Jake makes an exciting announcement on the show about a new coffee scale that is about to be released. Jake talks about the history of Fellow, the creation of new products, and some exciting new developments. We dive into the new Opus grinder and the hard work that went into creating the grinder. 

Kat Melheim is a production roaster for Black and White Coffee Roasters, she runs an educational Instagram page called RoasterKat, is the founder of Coffee People Zine, has lived and worked on a coffee farm. Kat shares her experiences in the specialty coffee industry shares her thoughts on experimental processing methods and talks about the passions behind her projects.  Disclaimer: the episode had some issues uploading at the very end.