In this episode, Robi and Andrew chat to superstar photographer, Gav Smart, about a whole host of interesting topics including his 'Isolation Diary' project which has been met with critical acclaim. We traverse some tricky topics including mental health and the ethics involved with marketing coffee farmers.

Desperate Times is a podcast that follows Robi Lambie, the founder of Cairngorm Coffee, as he attempts to save his business amidst the coronavirus pandemic. With one of his coffee shops still closed due to the lockdown he enlists the help of his friend Andrew Guild to discuss ways to increase their Instagram followers.

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In this episode Robi, Andrew, and Will chat to Pippa, founder of Instagram account 'Eatinburgh'. With her help we traverse topics of conversation including TikTok and the influencer community in Scotland. We also discuss our guilty pleasures, and of course, find out if we're any closer to reaching our goal of 15k followers on our own Instagram account.

This week on Desperate Times the boys are joined by Johnnie Furnivall, not just a very old friend but also a coffee events maverick who has been known to serve a flat white or two to the patrons of Sotheby’s in London.

Robi, Andrew, and Will compete in a game involving the website Cameo, and come up with a viral way to enter their next Instagram challenge.

In this episode Robi, Andrew, and Will review the success of their previous Instagram challenge. Amongst talk of legendary British athletes, getting Pluto's autograph, and who's the best at accents, they catch up with an old University friend who knows a fair bit more about social media marketing than they do.

Ross Stoddart shares his insightful opinion on going viral, and lends the boys a much needed hand in their quest to reach 15,000 followers on Instagram. Are they any closer? Listen on to find out...

In this episode, Robi, Andrew and Will discuss what they deem to be a success for the podcast, other businesses they think have cracked it, and set their first challenge. They also catch up with the founders of vegan fashion retailer, 'Treen' to learn their secrets for success. Will they find a solution to keep business booming? I guess you’ll have to listen to find out.

In this episode Robi, Andrew and Will introduce each other, catch up with communication expert and new best friend 'AS Cobb', and discuss an elevator pitch for the future of the podcast. 

Cairngorm Coffee currently run two specialty coffee shops and a coffee roastery in Edinburgh, Scotland.