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Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

A coffee podcast providing coffee shop owners and leaders, with insights, inspiration, and the tools you need to grow and advance your coffee business or coffee career. We learn from experts both in and outside the coffee industry as they deliver specific, practical, and actionable advice about ownership, optimization, profitability, barista work, employee culture, management, scaling, leadership, personal development, and anything else that will help you achieve success in the coffee shop.

RoR Live! #9 : Roasting Innovation and Consistency w/ Scott Rao

30 mins; May 26, 2022

RoR Live! #8 : Risk Mitigation for Roasters w/ Kat Nolte Ferguson, Sucafina Specialty

41 mins; May 26, 2022

Special Message: Love and Sacred Space

9 mins; May 26, 2022

347 : Brewing Coffee and a Career w/ U.S. Brewer's Cup Champion, Elika Liftee!

74 hours 43 mins; May 20, 2022

RoR Live! at SCA #7 Will Frith, Building Coffee | The Rise of Asian Coffee

32 mins; May 19, 2022

RoR Live! at SCA #6 Chris Kornman| Author of Green Coffee : A Guide for Roasters and Buyers

39 mins; May 19, 2022

RoR Live! at SCA #5 Nicki Amouri of Caffe Amouri | Understanding Roast Curves

29 mins; May 19, 2022

RoR Live! at SCA #4 Anne Cooper of Equilibrium Master Roasters | How to Teach Roasting

37 mins; May 19, 2022

Specific Expectations and Due Dates

9 mins; May 18, 2022

346: Connecting People Through Coffee w/ Celeste Wong of The Girl in the Cafe

57 mins; May 16, 2022

RoR Live at SCA #3 Karl Wienhold | Cheap Coffee Book

31 mins; May 13, 2022

RoR Live at SCA #2 Areli Barerra Grodski | Little Waves Coffee

36 mins; May 13, 2022

RoR Live at SCA #1 Peter Giuliano | The New Definition of Specialty Coffee

35 mins; May 13, 2022

The Importance of Debriefing

13 mins; May 11, 2022

345: A Conversation w/ 2022 U.S. Cup Tasters Champion, Julien Langevin

45 mins; May 09, 2022

Messy Can Be Beautiful

8 mins; May 04, 2022

344 : From Fine Dining to Coffee w/ Nicolas Simon of El Condor Coffee Roasters

52 mins; May 02, 2022

343 : Founder Friday! "Curated Edition" | Hospitality + Meeting People Where They Are

60 hours 49 mins; April 29, 2022

Making a Decision Pipeline

8 mins; April 28, 2022

342 : A Conversation w/ 2022 U.S. Barista Champion, Morgan Eckroth!

46 mins; April 25, 2022

RoR #14: How to Roast New Processing Methods w/ Mike Ebert of Fire Dancer Consultants

47 mins; April 25, 2022

An Essential Habit for Every Coffee Shop Worker

11 mins; April 20, 2022

341 : How to Think About Success

24 mins; April 19, 2022

Are We Giving our Best to the Least?

12 mins; April 14, 2022

340 : Encore Episode of 10 Reasons to Love the Customer!

42 mins; April 12, 2022

Don't Force Vulnerability

9 mins; April 06, 2022

339: What Good Barista Training Produces

32 mins; April 05, 2022

Getting Them In By Getting Out!

9 mins; March 31, 2022

RoR #13 : The Norm Roast Protocol w/ Dave Baxter

42 mins; March 30, 2022

338: A Conversation w/ Martell Mason of The Sepia Coffee Project

62 hours 52 mins; March 29, 2022

337: Founder Friday w/ Diana Martinez of Cafe Calle, Los Angeles

68 hours 57 mins; March 25, 2022

Flexibility for Owners and Managers

10 mins; March 24, 2022

336: Cafe Leadership Masterclass w/ Selina Viguera of Blue Bottle Coffee

74 hours 31 mins; March 22, 2022

In Praise of Long Term Imperfect Employment

9 mins; March 16, 2022

335: A Better Business Model for Coffee Farmers w/ Thaleon Tremain of Pachamama Coffee

57 mins; March 13, 2022

When Patience is not a Virtue

9 mins; March 10, 2022

334: How to Approach Deescalation in the Coffee Shop w/ Melissa Tucker of Mind of Matters Institute

73 hours 46 mins; March 08, 2022

Building your Coffee Shop's Capacity from Simplicity

8 mins; March 03, 2022

333: Bridging the Professional and Home Barista Gap w/ Lance Hedrick of Onyx Coffee Lab

73 hours 17 mins; February 28, 2022

332: Founder Friday! w/ Iman Kusumaputra & Putri Yulandari of Kopikalyan, Jakarta, Indonesia

64 hours 33 mins; February 25, 2022

How to Talk to Each Other

8 mins; February 23, 2022

331 : The 7 Deadly Sins of my Career

40 mins; February 22, 2022

RoR #12 : Inside Coffee Packaging w/ Ever Meister

53 mins; February 21, 2022

Proactivity in the Owner - Manager Relationship

9 mins; February 17, 2022

330 : Establishing Systems in Your Coffee Shop

40 mins; February 15, 2022

Customer Caricatures and Inside Jokes

9 mins; February 10, 2022

329 : How to Teach Company Values to Your Staff

24 mins; February 08, 2022

Two Reasons to Not Install a Manager...Yet

9 mins; February 03, 2022

328 : Relationships and Resiliency w/ Xavier Alexander of Metric Coffee

65 hours 25 mins; January 29, 2022

327: Founder Friday! w/ Phuong Tran of Lava Java

57 mins; January 28, 2022

Irresponsible Encouragement

12 mins; January 27, 2022

RoR #11 : Exploring Scent w/ Sandra Elisa Loofbourow

48 mins; January 26, 2022

326 : A Conversation w/ Alan Jarrar of 50%Arabica and JokesAside Coffee Roasters

74 hours 10 mins; January 23, 2022

Pre-Closing Madness

13 mins; January 20, 2022

325: How to Manager your Trainers

24 mins; January 18, 2022

Taking Offense to Critique

12 mins; January 13, 2022

324 : Encore Episode! Organizing the Community w/ Espresso State of Mind Founders, Javier Alvarez and Joseph Gonzalez

49 mins; January 12, 2022

Hiring for Future Leadership

9 mins; January 06, 2022

323 : Reflecting on 5 Years of Keys to the Shop w/ my Wife, Lynnsy Deferio

54 mins; January 04, 2022

Expectations for Growth

10 mins; December 30, 2021

ROR #10 : What Your Broker Wishes You Knew w/ Scott Merle of La Minita Coffee

53 mins; December 29, 2021

322 : A Conversation w/ LaNisa Williams of Barista Life L.A.

51 mins; December 27, 2021

Limiting New Things

6 mins; December 23, 2021

321 : Marketing and Moral Injury w/ Josh Tarlo of Kiss the Hippo

89 hours 44 mins; December 18, 2021

320 Founder Friday! w/ Francesco Sanapo of Ditta Artigianale, Florence, Italy

60 hours 22 mins; December 17, 2021

The Key to Up-Selling

9 mins; December 16, 2021

319 : A Conversation w/ World Barista Champion Diego Campos!

43 mins; December 13, 2021

Ignorance vs Preference

13 mins; December 09, 2021

318 : Why Your Coffee Shop is Key for the Success of Coffee

26 mins; December 07, 2021

Why DIY

16 mins; December 02, 2021

317 : Encore Episode: Death by Comparison

44 mins; November 30, 2021

316 : Founder Friday! w/ Jim Sanders of Heartwood Coffee Roasters, Cleveland, Ohio

68 hours 4 mins; November 25, 2021

Priorities and Deep Thankfulness

10 mins; November 24, 2021

315 : Growing and Connecting w/ Stephen Zinnerman of The Coffee Enthusiast!

72 hours 35 mins; November 22, 2021

RoR #9 Inside the Roaster's Tool Kit w/ Kat Melheim of Black and White Coffee and The Coffee People Zine

65 hours 13 mins; November 19, 2021

How You Show Up

8 mins; November 18, 2021

314 : The 6 Essential Qualities of Coffee Shop Leaders

35 mins; November 16, 2021

Getting Over Guilt

12 mins; November 10, 2021

313 : Coffee Education and Training w/ Michael Phillips of Blue Bottle Coffee

75 hours 56 mins; November 08, 2021

Metrics Mindset

9 mins; November 03, 2021

312 : How to Choose the Right Machine for Your Shop w/ Chad little of La Marzocco

64 hours 53 mins; October 31, 2021

Exclusivity is a Bad Strategy

8 mins; October 28, 2021

311 : Why Your Coffee Shop Needs Open Book Management w/ Larry Chase

55 mins; October 23, 2021

310 : Founder Friday w/ Jelynn Malone and Beverly Magtanong of Mostra Coffee

75 hours 3 mins; October 21, 2021

Passive-Aggressive Management

8 mins; October 21, 2021

309 : A Conversation w/ Sarah Allen and Ken Olson of Barista Magazine

63 hours 19 mins; October 19, 2021

Do You Need Experience to Open a Coffee shop?

13 mins; October 14, 2021

308 : A Conversation w/ Italian Brewers Cup Champion, Alessandro Galtieri

40 mins; October 12, 2021

ROR #8 How Post-Harvest Processing Impacts Flavor w/ Siva Subramanian and Byron Holcomb of Olam Food Ingredients

72 hours 51 mins; October 08, 2021

You Can't Automate Quality

9 mins; October 07, 2021

307 : 10 Simple ways to Level Up your Coffee Shop

38 mins; October 03, 2021

Why "Next in Line" promotion Might be a Bad Idea

11 mins; September 30, 2021

306 : A Conversation w/ 2004 U.S. Barista Champion, Bronwen Serna!

57 mins; September 28, 2021

305 : Founder Friday! w/ Andrew Sinclair of MadLab Coffee, Los Angeles, CA

81 hours 17 mins; September 24, 2021

Small Steps = Big Impact

10 mins; September 23, 2021

Sustainability Series #4 : Consumer

58 mins; September 22, 2021

Sustainability Series #3 : The Cafe

47 mins; September 22, 2021

Sustainability Series #2 : Importing & Roasting

54 mins; September 22, 2021

Sustainability Series #1 : The Farm

55 mins; September 21, 2021

304 : Inside the Coffee Data Trends Breakout Report w/ Katie Von Der Lieth of the SCA

62 hours 35 mins; September 20, 2021

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