Arda Barlas, Owner of Boxx Coffee Roasters LA joins the Coffee People podcast.

Arda Barlas is an owner at Boxx Coffee LA, a specialty coffee roaster and cafe in the Downtown LA Arts district (DTLA). He joined the Coffee People podcast to share his journey into coffee thru entrepreneurship, why he joined an already established business, and how to keep the Boxx Coffee vision consistent with locations on two different continents.

Images provided by: Boxx Coffee LAThe full episode dropped January 29, 2026. Watch and subscribe to  @coffeepeoplepodcasts , or for more context, subscribe to the Coffee People podcast newsletter at: https://www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com/. Find online at: https://boxxcoffee.la and  @BoxxCoffeeADLA  on YouTube and Instagram

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