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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We visit with the guests of CoffeeFest NYC as part of the Roastar coffee packaging booth in March 2026. This episode features Yeri Coffee founder Sundar Chellapa.
We visit with the guests of CoffeeFest NYC as part of the Roastar coffee packaging booth in March 2026. This episode features Anu Menon, Co-Founder of Driftaway Coffee Roasters in Brooklyn, NY.
We visit with the guests of CoffeeFest NYC as part of the Roastar coffee packaging booth in March 2026. Featuring coffee educator Yoshawn Smith and mixed-media creator Taka Kiersten.
We've entered our Luda-ite era. Thoughts on the invasion of AI into our podcasting workflow and what Coffee People plans to do about it.