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A Better Table is sponsored by Pacific Barista Series.

A Better Table is sponsored by Pacific Barista Series.

In this episode, Motoyoshi interviews Marissa Childers, founder of Coffee Asians and co-founder of Tanbrown Coffee. Marissa Childers is a member of the Sprudge Twenty class of 2022—read their Sprudge Twenty interview here, and listen for a lively interview with Umeko Motoyoshi.

A Better Table is sponsored by Pacific Barista Series.

Last year, Arielle Gordon wrote about Mina's World for Sprudge:

Mina's World was built on the excitement of shared dream: founders Sonam Parikh and Kate Egghart wanted to create a space where their local community of artists, musicians, youth, and queer and trans folks could safely gather and form meaningful connections.

The folks at Mina's World want to be known for creating a safe and welcoming environment where "amazing humans" can gather to consume a delicious product served by kind people. Each member of the Mina's team has a unique and varied skillset that sets them apart.

Parikh and Egghart's passion for helping their community extends far beyond their cafe doors. They maintain consistent involvement in mutual aid efforts around their city, setting aside a percentage of profits for donations. They love to support Coalition for Black Trans Economic Liberation (CBTEL), a West Philadelphia-based mutual aid network seeking to redistribute wealth to Black LGBTQ+ people, as well as the People's Fridge.

This episode of A Better Table is sponsored by Chobani.

In this episode, we learn more about Glitter Cat's initiatives beyond coffee competitions, and Eric Grimm talks about the Human Resources program they've helped build.

This episode of A Better Table is sponsored by Acaia.

Before owning her own business, Nguyen got her start in show business. "I ended up booking the tour of How the Grinch Stole Christmas," Nguyen tells Motoyoshi. "That was my first big professional Broadway job. After that, I saved up some money and I was like, I'm moving to New York and I'm going to try and pursue this dream of musical theater. Right up until the pandemic hit, I was an actor in New York."

Find out how Nguyen left acting in New York to living in Kansas City with a full-time job, a full-time corporate job, and a seat on the board of Parks and Recreation on the new episode of A Better Table.

This season of A Better Table is sponsored by Chobani.

A Better Table is sponsored by Seattle Coffee Gearand Chobani.

Motoyoshi interviews the founders and finds out how they got started in coffee, how Cute Coffee got off the ground, and how they've grown their small business during the pandemic.

Learn about Lambert's life before coffee, the growth of Bright Land Coffee in the last two years, Bright Land's work with transparency in green sourcing, the wonders of CBD and coffee, and so much more.

This episode of A Better Table is sponsored by Seattle Coffee Gear and Chobani.

This episode of A Better Table is sponsored by Seattle Coffee Gear and Chobani.

Season One of A Better Table is sponsored by Seattle Coffee Gear, Baratza, Oatly, and Urnex Brands.

Cydni Patterson is a coffee professional and barista competitor based out of Durham, North Carolina, and is the host of Cascara on the Sprudge Podcast Network. In each episode of Cascara, Patterson takes listeners to a different city and talks to locals about what makes their coffee community unique to find out, as she puts it, "what's really brewing in coffee scenes around the world." It's the perfect way to scratch your travel itch during COVID times—a trip around the world in a cup of coffee, with Cydni Patterson as your guide. 

Support Getchusomegear this giving season by donating directly to mutual aid organizations that support them, including FoodNotBombs919, DurhamFreeLunch, and GoFundBean. Getchu is also actively seeking coffee equipment donations, and in particular, is looking for coffee scales.

This episode is sponsored by Seattle Coffee Gear, Baratza, Oatly, and Urnex Brands.

A Better Table is sponsored by Seattle Coffee Gear, Baratza, Oatly, and Urnex.

A Better Table is sponsored by Seattle Coffee Gear, Baratza, Oatly, and Urnex.

Season One of A Better Table is sponsored by Baratza, Oatly, and Urnex Brands.

Ionescu and Motoyoshi dive deep into an issue impacting coffee farmers all over the world: labor shortages. This is a complex, multi-faceted topic and it makes for an absolutely compelling listen. Even if you've never encountered these issues before, settle in with the show and you will come away asking questions and pondering the bigger picture.

Presented by Baratza, Urnex, and Oatly.

Transcript available here.

In the first episode of A Better Table, Umeko Motoyoshi interviews disability rights activist and author Alice Wong (Disability Visibility). Alice Wong is an award-winning disability awareness activist, consultant, and media producer based in San Francisco, and was appointed to the National Council on Disability by President Obama. In 2015, Wong made history as the first person to visit The White House via a telepresence robot. The Disability Visibility Project has collected over one hundred and forty oral histories in collaboration with the nonprofit organization StoryCorps. 

While this interview was recorded before the COVID-19 crisis disrupted cafes across the country, the topic of accessibility remains as relevant as ever; cafes are slowly starting to reopen under new restrictions, and it's important to consider the access barriers of new protocols. Our pursuit of a "new normal" for cafe operations in the coming months and years must hold space for every person, a notion for which Alice Wong is a powerful advocate.

Full transcript available here.

This episode of A Better Table is sponsored by Baratza, Oatly, and Urnex Brands.