Bridge Coffee Roasters - The Podcast

Bridge Coffee Roasters - The Podcast

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  • Ep. 4 - David Rickenback on Building a Community Around your Coffee

    David Rickenback is Coffee Beverage Community Expert for Nuova Distribution UK Ltd: the UK's exclusive importers of Victoria Arduino espresso machines and espresso grinders.

    With a great passion for the specialty coffee industry, you'll often bump into David on stage or behind the bar at coffee trade shows and festivals, designing specialty mocktails for coffee shops, and testing the ins and outs of espresso machines with a scientific approach.
    In this episode of the podcast we talked about building menus around your target customers, creating coffee brands that customers will love, building a community beyond the coffee you serve, and much more.
    We're Bridge Coffee Roasters - Your business partner for premium coffee experiences.
    Work with us: https://bridgecoffeeroasters.co.uk/
    Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bridge_coffee_roasters/
    Linkedin: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/bridgecoffeeroasters
    Visit our Showrooms: https://bridgecoffeeroasters.co.uk/visit-our-showrooms/

    59 min
  • Ep. 3 - Simon Wakefield on International Coffee Sourcing and Traceability

    Simon Wakefield is Chairman and son of the founder of DR Wakefield, a family-owned coffee importing and exporting business with over 50 years of history.

    DR Wakefield works closely with producers, farmers, cooperatives, roasters, and buyers across the globe. During our conversation, Simon shares his journey growing up in a family business, offering fascinating insights into the coffee supply chain, sustainability initiatives, and the long-standing relationships they've built with suppliers and customers.
    We also explore the similarities between DRWakefield and Bridge, with Simon and Max both having grown up in family-run businesses. Tune in to hear about the evolution of the coffee industry, how the focus on traceability and quality has shaped both companies, and what it takes to build a sustainable coffee business.
    This episode was hosted by Jack and Max of Bridge Coffee Roasters, a wholesale coffee company that helps business serve great coffee at scale. Find out more by heading to bridgecoffeeroasters.co.uk
    We're Bridge Coffee Roasters - Your business partner for premium coffee experiences.
    Work with us: https://bridgecoffeeroasters.co.uk/
    Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bridge_coffee_roasters/
    Linkedin: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/bridgecoffeeroasters
    Visit our Showrooms: https://bridgecoffeeroasters.co.uk/visit-our-showrooms/

    55 min
  • Ep. 2 - Stewart Johnson on Sanremo and the Evolution of Espresso Machines

    Stewart Johnson is a respected member of the UK specialty coffee industry, with over two decades of experience in working as an account manager, salesman, director and founder in various companies, and now operating as UK Sales Director of Sanremo Espresso Machines.

    Sanremo is an Italian-born espresso machine manufacturing company that have created a wide range of industry-loved coffee machinery in recent years including the infamous Café Racer, Opera, and domestic Sanremo YOU espresso machines.

    In this episode, we heard from Stewart about his professional career and background as a classically trained chef, the history of Sanremo and how their product range has developed over recent years, Stewart's philosophy as a salesman, and how coffee manufacturers like Sanremo are supporting baristas into the future.

    We also asked Stewart about the industry's reaction to two new pieces of equipment Sanremo have brought to marketing in recent years: the brand new X-One coffee grinder and D8 espresso machine, the story of their development process, and a potential hint at new products that may be coming down the line in the near future.

    This episode was hosted by Jack and Max of Bridge Coffee Roasters, a wholesale coffee company that helps business serve great coffee at scale. Find out more by heading to bridgecoffeeroasters.co.uk

    To get in touch with the show, please email [email protected]

    We're Bridge Coffee Roasters - Your business partner for premium coffee experiences.

    Work with us: https://bridgecoffeeroasters.co.uk/

    Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bridge_coffee_roasters/

    Linkedin: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/bridgecoffeeroasters

    Visit our Showrooms: https://bridgecoffeeroasters.co.uk/visit-our-showrooms/

    1 hr 1 min
  • Ep. 1 - Camilla Morgan on the Future of Coffee, Automation, and the Role of the Barista

    Camilla Morgan is a well-known name in the UK specialty coffee scene, having seen many sides of the industry over the last 14 years working with the likes of Union, Matthew Algie, Melitta Professional, Nuova Simonelli and Victoria Arduino, and now Eversys UK.


    Eversys is a Swiss coffee machine manufacturer producing 'super traditional' espresso machines such as the Cameo, Shotmaster, Enigma, and the new Legacy. Eversys are well-regarded in the coffee and wider food and beverage industries as leading the charge in the way of automation and fundamentally changing the role of the barista.


    Camilla joined Eversys in March 2024 as Head of Business Development and Customer Relations, and joins us on this episode of the podcast to discuss the future of the coffee industry and Eversys' role in a rapid move towards automation, sustainability, and customer service.


    This episode is hosted by Jack Merriman (Content Marketing Manager) and Max Devenish (Commercial Director) of Bridge Coffee Roasters, a wholesale coffee company that helps business serve great coffee at scale. Find out more by heading to bridgecoffeeroasters.co.uk

    54 min

About Bridge Coffee Roasters - The Podcast

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Welcome to the Bridge Coffee Roasters Podcast! The show that brings you closer to the UK Specialty Coffee and Food and Beverage industries.