What do you picture when you think of a coffee beer? Probably a dark beer with dark roasted notes? Rob headed down to St. Louis, MO to discuss all things craft beer and coffee beer with head brewer Ronnie Fink of Six Mile Bridge Brewing as well as plan future coffee beer collaborations to come in 2020. Enjoy!

In the first ever Folly Coffee Podcast interview, I headed down to Rochester, MN to interview Will Forsman. Will is the owner of Café Steam, a amazing specialty café with four locations. We talked about his experience starting and expanding a café while getting distracted by other topics like culture and water. Enjoy!

This is a combo Coffee & Business episode all about what specialty coffee roasters can do better. This is mainly related to the marketing and communication style of specialty coffee roasters and how to bring more customers into the specialty coffee market as opposed to excluding and intimidating the casual coffee drinker. Enjoy!

This week I go over how we at Folly Coffee grew our Instagram following to over 12,000 followers during our first year and a half. Tips, tricks, and strategy. Enjoy!

Buckle up your seatbelts because I am throwing fire out there this week and ranking definitively the best ways to brew specialty coffee. #factsonly but actually completely opinion. Enjoy!

In this episode, I go through the steps of starting a Food & Beverage small business startup. I begin with more general business models, and then reflect on the more exact steps I took to start both Folly Coffee Roasters and Philtera Cold Brewed Coffees.

In this episode, I explore the broad things that go into a great cup of coffee from the farm to your cup including growing, processing, exporting/importing, roasting, and brewing.