Abner Roldan's guest appearances

Abner Roldan

Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Retail Professionals

Michael Phillips

Scott Anthony Barlow

Pete Mockaitis

Jill Schlesinger

Steve Rhinehart

Laura Gonzalez

Ryan Fisher

Kwame Christian

Dave Stachowiak

Jeff Taylor

Kevin Nealon

Michael Tan

Peter Giuliano

Greg McKeown

Erica Escalante

OwlTail

On today's episode we get to have a conversation with Abner Roldan who, along with his wife Karla Quiñones founded one of Puerto Ricos best coffee shops, Cafe Comunion. Abner is also Puerto Rico's latte art champion 2014 &amp; '15, a member of the Barista Magazine Editorial Board AND the recent Sprudgie Award winner of Best Coffee Podcast! (La Crema) In this interview we start right at the beginning to learn about Abner's entry into coffee, the story of founding Cafe Comunion, starting his award winning podcast, and his experiences as he has grown as a coffee professional serving both the Puerto Rican coffee community and the Spanish speaking coffee community globally.  We cover:  Starting in coffee and building a career Starting the shop Deciding to building in Puerto Rico Connecting community Why the industry needs to expand its reach to other cultures   Inspiring other businesses Not  forgetting about your culture, language , and roots How to welcome more people and offer better resources  Links: Abner's IG Cafe Comunion IG   Related Episodes: 236 : Founder Friday! w/ Meil Castagna-Herrera &amp; Curtis Herrera of Cafe Corazon!  061 : You Don’t Know Beans about Brazil w/ Kelly Stein, Coffea Podcast  072: Taking an Origin Trip w/ Kim Elena-Ionescu : How to go to origin in a mutual beneficial way  103 : The Colombian Coffee Connection w/ Ervin Liz   Need consulting? Reach out! chris@keystotheshop.com   The BEST in commercial coffee equipment! www.prima-coffee.com/keys   Want the best plant based beverage for your coffee drinks? www.pacificfoods.com/food-service

On today's episode we get to have a conversation with Abner Roldan who, along with his wife Karla Quiñones founded one of Puerto Ricos best coffee shops, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cafecomunion/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cafe Comunion</a>. Abner is also Puerto Rico's latte art champion 2014 &amp; '15, a member of the Barista Magazine Editorial Board AND the recent Sprudgie Award winner of Best Coffee Podcast! (<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/la-crema-podcast/id1460752614" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">La Crema</a>) In this interview we start right at the beginning to learn about Abner's entry into coffee, the story of founding Cafe Comunion, starting his award winning podcast, and his experiences as he has grown as a coffee professional serving both the Puerto Rican coffee community and the Spanish speaking coffee community globally.  We cover: <ul> <li>Starting in coffee and building a career</li> <li>Starting the shop</li> <li>Deciding to building in Puerto Rico</li> <li>Connecting community</li> <li>Why the industry needs to expand its reach to other cultures  </li> <li>Inspiring other businesses</li> <li>Not  forgetting about your culture, language , and roots</li> <li>How to welcome more people and offer better resources</li> </ul> Links: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/abnerroldan/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Abner's IG</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cafecomunion/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cafe Comunion IG</a> Related Episodes: <a href="https://keystotheshop.com/cafecorazon/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">236 : Founder Friday! w/ Meil Castagna-Herrera &amp; Curtis Herrera of Cafe Corazon!</a> <a href="https://keystotheshop.com/061-you-dont-know-beans-about-brazil-w-kelly-stein-coffea-podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 061 : You Don’t Know Beans about Brazil w/ Kelly Stein, Coffea Podcast</a> <a href="https://keystotheshop.com/072-taking-an-origin-trip-w-kim-elena-ionescu-how-to-go-to-origin-in-a-mutual-beneficial-way/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 072: Taking an Origin Trip w/ Kim Elena-Ionescu : How to go to origin in a mutual beneficial way</a> <a href="https://keystotheshop.com/103-the-colombian-coffee-connection-w-ervin-liz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 103 : The Colombian Coffee Connection w/ Ervin Liz</a> Need consulting? Reach out! <a href="mailto:chris@keystotheshop.com">chris@keystotheshop.com</a> The BEST in commercial coffee equipment! <a href="http://www.prima-coffee.com/keys" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.prima-coffee.com/keys</a> Want the best plant based beverage for your coffee drinks? <a href="http://www.pacificfoods.com/food-service" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.pacificfoods.com/food-service</a>

264 : A Conversation with Abner Roldan of Cafe Comunion and La Crema Podcast!