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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The end of Season 18 snuck up on us. Coffee People reflects on why and what we intend to do about it.
Julian Mamaj is the Vice President of Sales and Marketing at SOVDA, a coffee packaging and roasting equipment company. He joins the Coffee People podcast to talk about his journey through the coffee industry.
Coffee People Live at World of Coffee San Diego in April 2026 featuring a panel of coffee experts.
Coffee People heads to Post Falls, ID to check in with past guest Ian Nelson. He's the Quality Control person and Green Buyer at DOMA Coffee.