The Sovda Podcast

Inspirational Content on What You're Most Passionate About

One of the most exciting ventures that Sovda went on this last year was launching its very own podcast. We had the honor and pleasure of hosting some of the most innovative and passionate leaders in the coffee industry.

Here’s what our Technical Brand Ambassador and Podcast Host, Nicholas Flatoff, had to say about the first season of Sovda’s podcast:

“My favorite part of the podcast is frankly getting people’s industry predictions and what they are excited about. It’s a very unique situation to be able to speak to so many people who have a uniform perspective on business goals but unique ways of reaching those goals. 

“It gives me a lot of confirmation that the industry is going to continue to get better and be a fun industry to work in and that we will increase in honoring every part of the supply chain—the products and people.”

Here are some highlights from the Sovda podcast:

Our two-part interview with Jess Steffy, co-owner of Square One Coffee Roasters, gave us a front-row look into how optical sorting actually improves the user’s experience. As someone with a great palette and responsible for purchasing quality coffees for Square One, Jess talks about how optical sorting quakers out of their coffee improved their coffees by a couple of points.

“Most coffee shop clients don’t know what an optical sorter is nor care about a coffee shop owning one. All they care about is how it tastes and the podcast focuses on that.” —Nicholas Flatoff

The interview with Kyle Ramage from Black & White Coffee Roasters is another podcast that is technical but covers all aspects of the industry: sensory, equipment, processing, to the chemical compounds we taste in coffee. 

“It's a very dense podcast with a lot of very interesting content in it. And I really enjoyed picking Kyle’s brain on a number of topics in the industry.” —Nicholas Flatoff

Our first episode, before Nicholas came on as our podcast talent, was an interview Sovda did with Tim Wendelboe. Tim gave tips on how to make an efficient and compact roasting facility. 

“Everything in the industry can continue to optimize. There’s no perfect roasting facility out there. But his insights give some good general rules of thumb to very quickly and efficiently optimize your roasting facility.”— Nicholas Flatoff

If you’re looking for inspiring content to listen to during the holidays, check out the Sovda Podcast here: