In this episode, Folly Rob sits down with St. Paul based restauranteur Brian Ingram, who, with his wife Sarah, has opened three restaurants in the past year, including a dramatic pivot during COVID closures to a community kitchen feeding the community out of their own pockets (over 100,000 meals served to date!). Hear his story of ups and downs from Alaska, San Francisco, becoming one of the youngest executive chefs in the country at 19 years old, Las Vegas, New York City, and now St. Paul, from being on top, starting from scratch, and coming back with the 2017 Hot Concept of the Year. The restaurants of Brian and Sarah all have a mission and give back to the community. A jam packaged episode with a great person!

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Folly Rob sits down with Nyle Flynn (@nylewflynn), Executive Chef at Hewing Hotel & Tullibee in the North Loop of Minneapolis, MN. Hear how an unconventional path with a nomadic lifestyle led Nyle from Detroit, to traveling Southeast Asia, to living on organic farms in the Pacific Northwest, crashing with some Upper Peninsula monks making jams, all while picking up the skill set that led to becoming the Executive Chef at Hewing Hotel & Tullibee. Stop by Hewing Hotel to check out the now open bar and lounge area and keep an eye out for the reopening of Tullibee!

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This is the only debate worth listening to in 2020. In this episode, Folly Rob sits down with two-time Folly Coffee Podcast guest, CJ from Up Coffee, now with Spyhouse Coffee in Minneapolis. In this debate style episode, Rob and CJ go through a list of coffee drinks, roasts, and processing methods and debate is each one OVERRATED, UNDERRATED, or APPROPRIATELY RATED *EXPLOSION SOUNDS*. There are also breaks in the episode for both Rob and CJ to rant about coffee industry pet peeves. Enjoy!

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In this episode, Folly Rob sits down with Kat Melheim, founder of Coffee People Zine (get your subscription or submit your art at https://coffeepeople.org/). Coffee People Zine is a quarterly magazine that focuses on the artists and celebrating creativity within the coffee community. Issue 10, the most recent zine, is focused completely on black creatives with the help of KP (@hoosierqueenkp). Kat is extremely thoughtful and this episode had great conversations around not only her journey starting and publishing Coffee People, but also around issues in and out of the coffee community. Check out the issue and follow them at the handle below! @coffeepeoplezine coffeepeople.org

A Folly Coffee Quick Hitter is a 5-7 minute answer to common coffee questions. Is there a difference in caffeine content between light and dark roast? Listen to find out.

In this episode, Folly Rob sits down with college friend Luke Peters, a comedy writer based out of LA. After living in Chicago taking classes and performing at the legendary Second City comedy theater, he packed up with his girlfriend to pursue his career in LA. This conversation went all over the place including living with a Craigslist roommate that left out warm raw turkey meat all over the home, living with a strange French man that later became a famous Netflix reality show star, and working on the writing team at HBO before COVID shut down the entertainment industry. Also, he got a corgi puppy which makes an appearance at the end of the episode. Enjoy!

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In this episode, Folly Rob sits down with Lee Carter, Founder of Five Watt Coffee & Big Watt Beverage. Five Watt Coffee is a group of 4 cafes with a coffee roasting program in Minneapolis. Big Watt Beverage produces primarily a line of canned RTD cold brew and has expanded into other beverages. Listen to his story of how he went from touring with a band working a coffee job on the side to founding a group of cafes, roasting program, and nationally distributed cold brew. Enjoy!

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Oily beans mean they're fresh roasted right? RIGHT?! Kinda...

A Folly Coffee Quick Hitter is a 5-7 answer to common coffee questions. Tune into this QH to learn why some beans are oily and some beans are dry.

Folly Rob sits down with Katy Gerdes, owner of Angel Food Bakery. Learn how she went from being a contestant on Project Runway to starting one of the Twin Cities' most popular bakeries. She has since opened an airport location, competed on Beat Bobby Flay, and recently won Chopped Sweets. One of my favorite people and hardest workers around. Enjoy!