Meet the Carnival Coffee duo - Jayne and Juan! As the UK's love of coffee grows so does the business of coffee roasting. That is importing, roasting and preparing coffee beans in bulk to distribute to individuals, coffee shops, restaurants, hotels, and other businesses. Enter Carnival Coffee... husband and wife team Juan and Jayne (... and their 3 children). Their inspiration came on a backpacking trip in South America and they took the leap in the pandemic to go full time on their business. Here the highs and lows of this coffee mad couple of in a short space of time have built up a brilliant and supply chain conscious coffee roasting business that even supplies the Ritz!
Topics covered: Starting from scratch on a business, starting without overthinking and learning everyday, designing the life you want, the challenges in the coffee industry, investing in equipment, local community support and goodwill, being grateful, managing supply and demand, the importance of marketing and thoughts on social media, the husband and wife partnership in business.
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