Starbucks’ Biggest Secret with Brian Stoffel – Ep. 265
I have a really interesting conversation with Motley Fool writer and the man behind the Medium article, The Bitter Truth About Starbucks Coffee – Brian Stoffel for you this week!
Brian lives quite a unique lifestyle. In the winter, he and his family are down in Costa Rica living at the El Toledo Coffee Farm but they spend their summers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where they help sell the farm’s coffee beans.
The El Toledo Coffee Farm has quite the background and I’m excited to bring Brian on to share its story with you.
As you tune into our conversation, we also discuss:
- Starbucks and other big coffee brand’s biggest secret when it comes to roasting their beans.
- Brian’s own experience with intermittent fasting and shorter, intense workouts to lose weight and stay healthy.
- The story of how he and his wife stumbled upon the El Toledo Coffee Farm in Costa Rica and its incredible story.
- How most coffee farms in Costa Rica roast and prepare their coffee beans.
- Why the terms “organic” and “fair trade” can really impact the coffee economy.
- The fact that coffee brands have to pay thousands of dollars to be certified “organic” and thus only 1% of Costa Rican farms have that certification because they cannot afford it.
- How the El Toledo Coffee Farm family diversified their farm to provide for their own family with crops and livestock.
- The lifestyle and priorities of people Costa Rica versus that of the United States of America and what we can learn from that.
Hope you enjoyed this interview! It was a great reminder for me that whatever you’re doing for your health and wellness, be sure to do it with joy!
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1:15 Opening comments with Rob
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3:40 Important factors about weight loss to keep in mind and why it’s like the stock market.
8:00 What it actually means to be healthy and create a lifestyle based on self-care.
10:40 Introduction to Brian Stoffel
11:20 His article on why big coffee companies have to roast their beans to uniformity.
12:00 His origin story of being middle school teachers and later on began working on a coffee farm in Costa Rica.
13:00 Why he and his wife decided to go to Costa Rica for 1 year and ended up living their half of the year.
15:00 How he came to be a writer for the Motley Fool and his regular contributions to Medium.
19:00 What they do in Milwaukee during the summers when they’re back in the USA.
22:00 The start to finish process of coffee creation in various countries.
23:20 Why these big-name coffee brands have to run their operations in order to bring the same experience to everyone globally.
28:00 How most coffee farms in Costa Rica roast and prepare their coffee.
34:20 Which roasts of coffee are the best for most people.
35:40 The immense amount of coffee that they bring with them to Milwaukee to sell at the Farmer’s market.
37:00 What the coffee season is like in Costa Rica.
43:00 Why the terms “organic” and “fair trade” can really impact the coffee economy.
45:00 Their mission to stay as local as possible with their coffee.
46:20 Different focuses and priorities in Costa Rica compared to the USA.
48:40 The incredible story behind the coffee farm in Costa Rica that his family lives at.
50:00 Coffee brands have to pay thousands of dollars to be certified organic and thus only 1% of Costa Rican farms are organic.
54:50 How the family diversified their farm to provide for their own family with crops and livestock.
56:00 The importance of visiting the farms that you buy from and understanding their background story.
57:40 Brian’s own experience with intermittent fasting and shorter, intense workouts to lose weight and stay healthy.
1:07:00 His experience trying Vietnamese coffee prepared in their traditional method.
1:09:00 The immense variety of different types of coffee even within the small country of Costa Rica.
1:11:30 Closing comments with Rob
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