2024's TOP POSTS
It was a BUSY year at Roast! West Coast. A look at our top posts of the year.
It was a BUSY year at Roast! West Coast. A look at our top posts of the year.

It isn’t surprising to me that people really enjoyed our conversation with James Harper of the Filter Stories podcast. Besides being a well-spoken sort, he has a soothing 1970’s newscaster voice to deliver his words!
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Both coffee professionals and coffee drinkers have been paying attention to the price of a cup of coffee. Early in the year we chatted with Alden Hozouri of Crossings Coffee about how a coffee shop develops their prices.
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Coffee in the woods with a bunch of rowdy-ish mountain bikers? Sign us up. Our most popular Bean Journal post of 2024 was our recap of the San Diego Mountain Bike Association’s Trail Fest at Mount Laguna.
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The Coffee People podcast’s mixtape A-side for January 2025. Stay tuned for the B-side.
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Jing Lin shares her path into entrepreneurship and coffee shop ownership with Coffee People. We discuss how her career climb in the film industry wasn't getting her to the more engaged, creative mountaintop she strived to stand on, and how the Covid-19 pandemic jumpstarted her foray into business.
Will Reif shares his path into enrepreneurship with Coffee People. We discuss how some post collegiate exploration led him home to Wausau to launch Roastar, a coffee packaging and manufacturing company.
This is a Bonus Coffee People Coffee With episode featuring Emily Lavalier. She is the Owner and Artist behind EmLavArt, and trip leader at Hammer Travel, where she and a team guide adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities on fun-filled vacation adventures.
Arda Barlas shares his path into specialty coffee with Coffee People, the impact of political action and protest on his Downtown LA roaster cafe, the historical culture of coffee in Turkey, and much more.