Anu Menon is the Co-Founder of Driftaway Coffee Roasters. Along with their partner, they've been running the business in Brooklyn, NY since 2014. A lot has changed in Specialty coffee since then, including Driftaway being named Roast Magazine's 2026 Roaster of the Year.

Find online at: ⁠⁠⁠https://driftaway.coffee/

The full episode dropped May 21, 2026. Recorded at CoffeeFest NYC in March 2026.

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Coffee People is one of the premier coffee and entrepreneurship podcasts, featuring interviews with professionals in the coffee industry and coffee education. Host Ryan Woldt interviews roastery founders, head roasters, coffee shop owners, scientists, artists, baristas, farmers, green coffee brokers, and more.

This show is also supported by Marea Coffee , Cape Horn Green Coffee Importers, Sivetz Roasting Machines, Relative Coffee Company, Coffee Cycle Roasting, MAMU Coffee, Acento Coffee Roasters, Prismatic Coffee, and Hacea Coffee Source.



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Anu Menon, Co-Founder Driftaway Coffee Roasters

Yoshawn Smith of The Pour Up LA (coffee and barista education) and Califia Farms (alternative milk options) rejoins the podcast at CoffeeFest NYC to talk about how baristas and coffee shops should approach alt milks, the vibe in New York, and why we need to be aware of the wattage demands of our coffee equipment.



Find online at: ⁠⁠⁠

 * https://www.instagram.com/thepourupla/
 * https://www.califiafarms.com/



The full episode dropped May 8, 2026. Recorded at CoffeeFest NYC in March 2026.



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Coffee People is one of the premier coffee and entrepreneurship podcasts, featuring interviews with professionals in the coffee industry and coffee education. Host Ryan Woldt interviews roastery founders, head roasters, coffee shop owners, scientists, artists, baristas, farmers, green coffee brokers, and more.

This show is also supported by Marea Coffee , Cape Horn Green Coffee Importers, Sivetz Roasting Machines, Relative Coffee Company, Coffee Cycle Roasting, MAMU Coffee, Acento Coffee Roasters, Prismatic Coffee, and Hacea Coffee Source.



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Yoshawn Smith, The Pour-Up LA & Califia Farms

Dr. Gregory Marcus is the Associate Chief of Cardiology for Research at UCSF Health and an Associate Editor of JAMA. JAMA is an international peer-reviewed general medical journal published online daily and in print weekly. He joined Coffee People when I reached out to him after reading his co-authored paper Acute Effects of Coffee Consumption on Health among Ambulatory Adults [https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2204737] (2023).

In it, I read this line, "CONCLUSIONS: In this randomized trial, the consumption of caffeinated coffee did not result in significantly more daily premature atrial contractions than the avoidance of caffeine." It felt very relevant to my life (and that of our audience) considering I drink copious amounts of coffee.

In this podcast we chat about how his passion for coffee turned into a long term research effort into how beverages like coffee and alcohol engage and impact the human body. 

Find online:

 * https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2204737
 * https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/11/431036/coffee-safe-for-a-fib
 * https://ucsfhealthcardiology.ucsf.edu/people/gregory-marcus [Associate Chief of Cardiology for Research at UCSF Health]

The full episode dropped May 7, 2026.



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Coffee People is one of the premier coffee and entrepreneurship podcasts, featuring interviews with professionals in the coffee industry and coffee education. Host Ryan Woldt interviews roastery founders, head roasters, coffee shop owners, scientists, artists, baristas, farmers, green coffee brokers, and more.

This show is also supported by Marea Coffee , Cape Horn Green Coffee Importers, Sivetz Roasting Machines, Relative Coffee Company, Coffee Cycle Roasting, MAMU Coffee, Acento Coffee Roasters, Prismatic Coffee, and Hacea Coffee Source.



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Dr. Gregory Marcus, Associate Chief of Cardiology for Research at UCSF Health

Watch the full interview on Coffee People podcast featuring Bruce Hathaway, the nattily dressed gentleman behind The Coffee Lamp. We chat about having an entrepreneurial idea and following it through.



Find online at: ⁠⁠⁠  @thecoffeelamp   [https://www.instagram.com/thecoffeelamp/]

The full episode dropped April 30, 2026. Recorded at CoffeeFest NYC in March 2026.



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Coffee People is one of the premier coffee and entrepreneurship podcasts, featuring interviews with professionals in the coffee industry and coffee education. Host Ryan Woldt interviews roastery founders, head roasters, coffee shop owners, scientists, artists, baristas, farmers, green coffee brokers, and more.

This show is also supported by Marea Coffee , Cape Horn Green Coffee Importers, Sivetz Roasting Machines, Relative Coffee Company, Coffee Cycle Roasting, MAMU Coffee, Acento Coffee Roasters, Prismatic Coffee, and Hacea Coffee Source.



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Bruce Hathaway, The Coffee Lamp

For a half an hour, we turned the Coffee People set at CoffeeFest NYC into the Tea People set. Watch the full interview on Coffee People podcast featuring Marino Baca (Sales and Education) of  @RishiTeaUSA  [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCPbk6dokDTZOCblj4jBn6Vg]. We chat about the overlapping language connecting the specialty coffee and tea communities, and how Rishi has been at the forefront of the specialty tea rise in the United States.

Find online at: ⁠⁠⁠

https://www.rishi-tea.com/

https://www.instagram.com/rishitea/

https://www.youtube.com/rishiteausa

https://www.instagram.com/chewwithbaca/

The full episode dropped April 29, 2026. Recorded at CoffeeFest NYC in March 2026.

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Coffee People is one of the premier coffee and entrepreneurship podcasts, featuring interviews with professionals in the coffee industry and coffee education. Host Ryan Woldt interviews roastery founders, head roasters, coffee shop owners, scientists, artists, baristas, farmers, green coffee brokers, and more.

This show is also supported by Marea Coffee , Cape Horn Green Coffee Importers, Sivetz Roasting Machines, Relative Coffee Company, Coffee Cycle Roasting, MAMU Coffee, Acento Coffee Roasters, Prismatic Coffee, and Hacea Coffee Source.



Register to become an organ donor at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://registerme.org/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://registerme.org/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠].



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Marino Baca, Rishi Tea & Botanicals

The full interview on Coffee People podcast featuring Megan Kranzler, the Graphic Designer and Founder behind Olive Ridley Studios, a creative branding agency that works with small businesses in the coffee industry and beyond.

Find online at: ⁠⁠⁠

https://oliveridleystudios.com/

https://www.instagram.com/oliveridleystudios/

https://www.roastar.com/resources/designers/olive-ridley-studios

The full episode dropped April 27, 2026. Recorded at CoffeeFest NYC in March 2026. Watch and subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @coffeepeoplepodcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more context, subscribe to the Coffee People podcast newsletter at: ⁠https://www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com/⁠ [https://www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com/].⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Coffee People is one of the premier coffee and entrepreneurship podcasts, featuring interviews with professionals in the coffee industry and coffee education. Host Ryan Woldt interviews roastery founders, head roasters, coffee shop owners, scientists, artists, baristas, farmers, green coffee brokers, and more.

This show is also supported by Marea Coffee , Cape Horn Green Coffee Importers, Sivetz Roasting Machines, Relative Coffee Company, Coffee Cycle Roasting, MAMU Coffee, Acento Coffee Roasters, Prismatic Coffee, and Hacea Coffee Source.



Register to become an organ donor at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://registerme.org/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://registerme.org/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠].



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Megan Kanzler, Olive Ridley Studios

Enjoy the full interview on Coffee People podcast featuring Taka (Brian) Kirstein, a coffee media personality who creates and develops content for brands in the coffee space.

Find online at: ⁠⁠⁠https://takayoshi.pixieset.com/

The full episode dropped April 24, 2026. Recorded at CoffeeFest NYC in March 2026.





The full episode dropped April 22, 2026. Recorded at CoffeeFest NYC in March 2026. Watch and subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @coffeepeoplepodcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more context, subscribe to the Coffee People podcast newsletter at: ⁠https://www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com/⁠ [https://www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com/].⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Coffee People is one of the premier coffee and entrepreneurship podcasts, featuring interviews with professionals in the coffee industry and coffee education. Host Ryan Woldt interviews roastery founders, head roasters, coffee shop owners, scientists, artists, baristas, farmers, green coffee brokers, and more.

This show is also supported by Marea Coffee , Cape Horn Green Coffee Importers, Sivetz Roasting Machines, Relative Coffee Company, Coffee Cycle Roasting, MAMU Coffee, Acento Coffee Roasters, Prismatic Coffee, and Hacea Coffee Source.



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Taka Kirstein, Takayoshi.Co 

John Wilt is the Co-Owner and Operator of Maiden Coffee Roasters in Asbury Park, NJ. The mostly wholesale coffee roaster recently introduced tin cans sourced from Roastar, Inc. as a way to simplify their packaging's environmental impact and be able to offer a new refill program that provides steep discounts for repeat customers.

Find online at: ⁠⁠⁠https://maidencoffee.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/maidencoffee

The full episode dropped April 21, 2026. Recorded at CoffeeFest NYC in March 2026.

The full episode dropped April 22, 2026. Recorded at CoffeeFest NYC in March 2026. Watch and subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @coffeepeoplepodcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more context, subscribe to the Coffee People podcast newsletter at: https://www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com/.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thanks for watching the Coffee People Podcast. Like all small businesses and entrepreneurs, we're still learning, modifying, and continuing to improve—at least trying to! Head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for links from the show, context to our conversation, and much more.

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Coffee People is one of the premier coffee and entrepreneurship podcasts, featuring interviews with professionals in the coffee industry and coffee education. Host Ryan Woldt interviews roastery founders, head roasters, coffee shop owners, scientists, artists, baristas, farmers, green coffee brokers, and more.

This show is also supported by Marea Coffee , Cape Horn Green Coffee Importers, Sivetz Roasting Machines, Relative Coffee Company, Coffee Cycle Roasting, MAMU Coffee, Acento Coffee Roasters, Prismatic Coffee, and Hacea Coffee Source.



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John Wilt, Maiden Coffee Roasters

Ibrahem Dalatte, Barista, Entrepreneur, and Latte Artist, was at CoffeeFest NYC supporting the Mooala alternative beverage booth. He took a break to join Coffee People podcast to share some thoughts on an era of lost hospitality that we can (and need) to bring back.Find online at: @ibrahem_dalatte [https://www.instagram.com/ibrahem_dalatte/] and www.handson.coffee [https://www.handson.coffee/]. Find Mooala at: https://mooala.com/

The full episode dropped April 22, 2026. Recorded at CoffeeFest NYC in March 2026.Watch and subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @coffeepeoplepodcasts ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more context, subscribe to the Coffee People podcast newsletter at: https://www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com/.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BUY: The reliable coffee brewer that sits on our counter from Simply Good Coffee. (Affiliate Link).⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://partners.simplygoodcoffee.com/roast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Coffee People is presented by Roastar, Inc., the premier coffee packaging company utilizing digital printing. Roastar enables small-to-gigantic coffee businesses tell a big story. Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/4gIsHff⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow @roastar on Instagram.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thanks for watching the Coffee People Podcast. Like all small businesses and entrepreneurs, we're still learning, modifying, and continuing to improve—at least trying to!Head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for links from the show, context to our conversation, and much more. We'll be sharing updates on our event calendar soon. Shop all of our coffee collaborations, including Yeah, No...Yeah Coffee! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com/collab-coffee/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Coffee People is one of the premier coffee and entrepreneurship podcasts, featuring interviews with professionals in the coffee industry and coffee education. Host Ryan Woldt interviews roastery founders, head roasters, coffee shop owners, scientists, artists, baristas, farmers, green coffee brokers, and more.This show is also supported by Marea Coffee , Cape Horn Green Coffee Importers, Sivetz Roasting Machines, Relative Coffee Company, Coffee Cycle Roasting, MAMU Coffee, Acento Coffee Roasters, Prismatic Coffee, and Hacea Coffee Source.Register to become an organ donor at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://registerme.org/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.*Clicking these links to purchase will also support Roast! West Coast through their affiliate marketing programs.

Ibrahem Dalatte, Hands-On Coffee and Mooala Ambassador

Brianna Stefano is the Cortado Queen of Connecticut, and also a coffee consultant, coffee roaster, and Vice President of the Connecticut Coffee Collective. By the time you read this, she'll probably have added another title.

Find online at: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.brewingwithbrianna.com/

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https://www.instagram.com/coffeeinconnecticut/

The full episode dropped April 20, 2026. Recorded at CoffeeFest NYC in March 2026.Watch and subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @coffeepeoplepodcasts ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more context, subscribe to the Coffee People podcast newsletter at: https://www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com/.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BUY: The reliable coffee brewer that sits on our counter from Simply Good Coffee. (Affiliate Link).⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://partners.simplygoodcoffee.com/roast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Coffee People is presented by Roastar, Inc., the premier coffee packaging company utilizing digital printing. Roastar enables small-to-gigantic coffee businesses tell a big story. Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/4gIsHff⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow @roastar on Instagram.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Thanks for watching the Coffee People Podcast. Like all small businesses and entrepreneurs, we're still learning, modifying, and continuing to improve—at least trying to!Head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for links from the show, context to our conversation, and much more. We'll be sharing updates on our event calendar soon. Shop all of our coffee collaborations, including Yeah, No...Yeah Coffee! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com/collab-coffee/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Coffee People is one of the premier coffee and entrepreneurship podcasts, featuring interviews with professionals in the coffee industry and coffee education. Host Ryan Woldt interviews roastery founders, head roasters, coffee shop owners, scientists, artists, baristas, farmers, green coffee brokers, and more.This show is also supported by Marea Coffee , Cape Horn Green Coffee Importers, Sivetz Roasting Machines, Relative Coffee Company, Coffee Cycle Roasting, MAMU Coffee, Acento Coffee Roasters, Prismatic Coffee, and Hacea Coffee Source.Register to become an organ donor at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://registerme.org/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.*Clicking these links to purchase will also support Roast! West Coast through their affiliate marketing programs.

Brianna Stefano, Brewing With Brianna Coffee Consultant

The Coffee People Podcast is part of the Roast! West Coast coffee network. Host Ryan Woldt interviews coffee professionals and shares their stories as they tackle the entrepreneurship, creativity, passion, science, and innovation required to succeed in the coffee industry. Appreciate your morning coffee more by listening to Coffee People, and engage with the growing craft coffee community this podcast aims to uplift. Subscribe to https://www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com/