Specific Expectations and Due Dates

Chris DeferioPodcast

For some reason we tend to think people can read our minds. When we communicate generally but expect specific results we are setting ourselves and everyone else up for a  lot of tension and confusion.  On today’s Shift Break we will dive…

346: Connecting People Through Coffee w/ Celeste Wong of The Girl in the Cafe

Chris DeferioBarista Craft, Career, Podcast

We take for granted the kinds of interactions and connections we make in the course of our daily professional barista lives. An incredible variety of people with unique and interesting stories and perspectives pass through our doors daily. Coupled with the story of coffee itself, this business is a rich and fascinating one. Those are the motivations that led today’s …

RoR Live at SCA #3 Karl Wienhold | Cheap Coffee Book

Chris DeferioPodcast, Roasting

For this 3rd episode of the Rate of Rise Live Series! We are talking with the always thought provoking, Karl Wienhold, Author of the book, Cheap Coffee! The RoR Live Series is a project in partnership with taking the popular and to the SCA 2022…

The Importance of Debriefing

Chris DeferioPodcast

After a rush, an event, or any situation where there is tension and the need to perform well as a team (pretty much any time) there are always a lot of thoughts and emotions that people have. Unfortunately we tend to simply carry on as though it never…