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COFFEE SANTA PRESENTS: Prismatic Coffee & Coffee Cycle

Check out our World of Coffee free coffee giveaway collaboration with Roastar Coffee Packaging, featuring Coffee Santa

We're currently at World Of Coffee San Diego giving away swag from our Coffee People Are Sexy line-up AND coffees from several of our favorite collaborators.

SHOP COFFEE PEOPLE ARE SEXY

Check out the coffee brands we're sharing this week:

Prismatic Coffee (Salem, OR)

Coffee Cycle Roasting (San Diego, CA)

Yeah, No...Yeah Coffee (Minneapolis x Wisconsin x Oregon)

A salt-and-pepper bearded man holding a red Santa sack that says "Coffee Santa" sits on a holiday themed chair next to a Christmas Tree. — Ten minutes into the World of Coffee and I found out they already set up a chair for me.

Roastar Coffee Packaging provided all the coffee bags for us, and have been supporting our collabs since the beginning. Visit them at World of Coffee

Visit with the Roastar Team IRL Booth 2443 at the upcoming World of Coffee San Diego, April 10-12. Learn more about the upcoming event at: https://usa.worldofcoffee.org/world-of-coffee-san-diego-2026

VISIT ROASTAR.COM

At WOC? Look for Coffee Santa, and hit us up.

Maria Sinatra, Brand Protection Attorney at Venable LLP

We welcome Brand Protection Attorney Maria Sinatra onto the Coffee People podcast to chat about the role of (and need for) intellectual property in the coffee industry.

Andrew Houghtaling & Christine Houghtaling, Kissing Rock Coffee

We talk to Andrew and Christine Houghtaling of Kissing Rock Coffee to chat about their effort to bring specialty coffee to the coast of Oregon, and their recent victories at Golden Bean The Americas.

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Kevin Hartley, Cambio Coffee Roasters

We visit with Kevin Hartley. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Cambio Roasters. At Cambio, they are attempting to evolve the coffee pod from a wasteful coffee product into one that is made from recyclable aluminum and compostable coffee and filters.

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Isabella Vitaliano, Royal Coffee

We visit with Isabella Vitaliano of Royal Coffee to chat about their experiment testing how freezing impacts coffee freshness.

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Maria Sinatra, Brand Protection Attorney at Venable LLP

Andrew Houghtaling & Christine Houghtaling, Kissing Rock Coffee

Kevin Hartley, Cambio Coffee Roasters

Isabella Vitaliano, Royal Coffee