Espresso Round: Caroline Manimtim, Cozy Canine Coffee
Can we ever really know anyone? Probably not, but we're going to try.
Can we ever really know anyone? Probably not, but we're going to try.
Espresso Round: No one can ever truly be known, but we can learn a series of random facts about someone that gives us a completely arbitrary insight into them as a human being by asking a series of quick answer questions.
Caroline Manimtim of Cozy Canine Coffee was our first ever Espresso Round guest. The answers below paraphrased and not direct quotes, but you can listen to our quick chat here!
R!WC: The fate of the world depends on you singing karaoke. What song do you sing?
Caroline: Can I have two?
R!WC: If you could have coffee with one living celebrity, who would it be and why?
Caroline: Lord of the rings Actors and fellow podcasters Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan.
R!WC: What non-coffee related talent do you have that you are most proud of?
Caroline: Handwriting!
R!WC: Aliens…do they exist?
Caroline: “I think so.”
R!WC: Your best coffee memory is…?
Caroline: Being sync’d with her coffee mentors during a cupping session about a year after starting to learn how to taste coffee.
R!WC: What advice would you give the Caroline of two years ago who was just starting Cozy Canine Coffee?
Caroline: It’s all worth it. It all works out.
R!WC: If not coffee, what are you drinking?
Caroline: Homemade Strawberry Lemonade or “if it’s that kind of night, a tall gin & tonic.”
Caroline of Cozy Canine Coffee, thank you for playing and congratulations on surviving the very first Espresso round ever.
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Join the conversation on going green in the coffee industry at Coffee Fest Minneapolis! Roastar’s Specialty Coffee Ambassador Nick Schmitt will be part of a panel discussion on Friday, Oct 11 at 2 p.m. at Conversation Corner to answer your questions on sustainability.
Author’s Note: This is the panel I was fortunate enough to lead at Coffee Fest LA. R!WC can’t make it to MLPS, but we’re stoked Nick is going to take the lead. Learn more about Nick from our previous chats with him!
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