In this episode of Coffee Made Me Do It, Dario talks to Andrew Stordy, the Founder of IKAWA. IKAWA was the first sample roaster of its kind and remains one of the leaders in their industry. (We roast our samples on an IKAWA at Bluebird)

Andrew speaks about the beginnings of IKAWA, growing up in producing countries and his vision for the future of roasting coffee and the supply chain.

Enjoy legends :)

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In this episode of Coffee Made Me Do It, Dario sits down with Nicole Battefeld-Montgomery. Nicole is a prolific coffee pro whose influence reaches across the world. She is a multiple time German Brewers Cup Champion and has placed 7th at the World Brewer’s Cup among many other competition titles.

She chats about her start in the world of coffee, her exploration of a career as a professional chef and her hunt for her passion. Dario and Nicole also talk about some of other Nicole’s hobbies and passions: tattooing at home, everything pigs, good customer service and more.

Enjoy legends :)

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In this episode of Coffee Made Me Do It, Dario sits down with Fanie and Katie to talk about their trip to World of Coffee in Athens. It was a months worth of experiences in just 10 days. This was such a fun conversation looking back on a serious fun trip. We hope you enjoy it!!

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In this episode of Coffee Made Me Do It, Dario sits down with the founders of The Coffee Magazine. Iain and Mel pioneered coffee publications in South Africa and today they run an award winning magazine, host Creative Coffee week, run SA's only roasting competition and so much more! They spoke about talk print media, favourite coffee experiences, what competition does for coffee and what the philosophy behind their award-winning magazine is. We hope you enjoy it!

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Jordan has worked in coffee since he was 13 years old. From public pool cafeteria barista to marketing manager at Ona Coffee to coffee journalism, Jordan’s got some great stories to tell. He also happens to be an honorary Bluebird (even though he’s an Aussie, we forgive him)

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In this episode, Dario talks to Pepe Jijon about his world-famous farm, Finca Soledad, coffee culture after covid, brewing coffee at home, changing the way we look at consuming coffee and his minimalist approach to life.

We are honoured to work with Pepe and Finca Soledad at Bluebird, we have a few of his coffees on our menu at the moment. This is a good one, we hope you enjoy!! 🫶

We hope you enjoy Episode 005. Please 5 star it, share, follow along and do the other things we should be asking you to do. Either way, Episode 005 is coming soon :)

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In this episode Dario Scilipoti speak to friend and long time green coffee partner, Alejo Castro.

Alejo is a sixth generation coffee farmer and is at the helm of his family's award winning farm, Volcan Azul.

Dario and Alejo discuss farming, family, entrepreneurship and the future of one of the world's most exciting coffee farms.

We hope you enjoy Episode 004. Please 5 star it, share, follow along and do the other things we should be asking you to do. Either way, Episode 005 is coming soon :)

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In this episode Dario Scilipoti, Fanie Botes and Luhle Mnyandu talk about barista competition!

We hope you enjoy Episode 003. Please 5 star it, share, follow along and do the other things we should be asking you to do. Either way, Episode 004 is coming soon :)

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In this episode Dario Scilipoti and Diego Baraona talk about coffee, sport, music and the future of the world famous Los Pirineos coffee farm in El Salvador.

Diego took over from his father, Gilberto Baraona, a decade earlier than he thought he may enter the coffee producing world. Diego is a legend and we are so happy to share this conversation with you. 

We hope you enjoy Episode 002. Please 5 star it, share, follow along and do the other things we should be asking you to do. Either way, Episode 003 is coming soon :)

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