Journey 020 - Opening up the Door to Speciality Coffee with Dave Beattie

<p><strong>Part 1:  Humble Origins. Legendary Coffee [5:05]</strong></p><p>Dave saw coffee being roasted for the first time on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. This sparked the beginning of Rounton Coffee Roasters. Dave explains his journey from engineering to coffee roasting.</p><p><i>Key Questions</i></p><p><i><strong>Q2: </strong>What motivated you to become an engineer and what factors made you decide to leave behind the comforts of the corporate world? [5:35]</i></p><p><i><strong>Q3: </strong> What made you decide to embark on a trip through various different countries and what did you learn along the way? [8:23]</i></p><p><i><strong>Q4: </strong>Can you explain what happened after you met coffee farmers in Sumatra? What did you envision for your life after returning to the UK? [11:35]</i></p><p><strong>Part 2: The Road to Roasting Wisdom [16:38]</strong></p><p>We talk in more detail about business ventures, the values of Rounton Coffee and what they want speciality coffee to represent to the public. </p><p><i>Key Questions</i></p><p><i><strong>Q5:</strong> What was your initial vision for Rounton Coffee?</i> <i>[17:15]</i></p><p><i><strong>Q6</strong>: Why speciality coffee and what does it represent to you? What do you want to  [18:50]</i></p><p><i><strong>Q7</strong>:  How does your team, your values and the coffee shops set you apart from the broader coffee community? [22:54]</i></p><p><i><strong>Q8</strong>: How did you go about the financial side of setting up and sustaining a coffee business? [25:24]</i></p><p><i><strong>Q9</strong>: How did you negotiate the situation of Covid-19 at Rounton Coffee and have you made any major changes to how you operate? [29:30]</i></p><p><strong>Part 3: Choosing Your Flavour Profile for Life [32:38]</strong></p><p>Delving into the technical side of coffee, Dave explains what 'cupping' means and how we can go about exploring different methods of enjoying single-origin coffee.</p><p><i>Key Questions</i></p><p><i><strong>Q10:</strong> Can you tell us more about coffee c