Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders
A coffee podcast providing coffee shop owners and leaders, with insights, inspiration, and the tools you need to grow and advance your coffee business or coffee career. We learn from experts both in and outside the coffee industry as they deliver specific, practical, and actionable advice about ownership, optimization, profitability, barista work, employee culture, management, scaling, leadership, personal development, and anything else that will help you achieve success in the coffee shop.
Latest Episode
574: Founder Friday! w/ Mackenzie Cohen of Kittitas Cafe in Kittitas, WA! (28.11.2025)
Previous Episodes
- SHIFT BREAK! What Thankfulness Should Lead To: Thoughts on How Beliefs Inspire Action in the Shop
- 573: Myths Baristas Believe Part 2
- SHIFT BREAK! The Urgent Need for Training in Today's Coffee Shop
- 572 : Understanding Water For Coffee w/ Maxwell Dashwood
- Special Announcement From Chris: New Webinar "Principles for Cafe Success" launching Novemeber 5th
- SHIFT BREAK! Get Your Cafe to Stand Out Without Losing Your Footing
- Special! Interviews From Coffee Fest Orlando 2025! w/ Claudio Martinez (Golden Bush Coffee), Vanessa Jaramillo (Florida Coffee Culture), Maria Esther Thome-Lopez (Coffee Flock), and Katherine Morris (Cherry Coffee Shop)
- 571: Worrying and Other Deceptive Replacements for Good Leadership
- SHIFT BREAK! How Does Your Staff Know They Are Doing a Good Job?
- 570: Myths Baristas Believe Part 1
- RoR #39: Making Big Impact with Small Batch Roasting w/ Adrian Seligman Founder of Scandinavian Alps Coffee Roasters!
- 569: Founder Friday! w/ Hong Shin and Kenny Kuk of Haan Coffee Roasters in Orlando Florida!
- SHIFT BREAK! The New Classic Cafe: An Era of Understated Excellence
- 568: The Keys to Espresso Machine Care w/ Jon Ferguson, Author of the new book "Coffee Under Pressure"
- SHIFT BREAK! How Well Do You Know Your Business?
- 567: James Hoffmann on Cafes, Hospitality, and the Influence of Home Coffee
- SHIFT BREAK! When To Break The Rules
- 566: The Problem With Systems
- SHIFT BREAK! Don't Overwhelm Your Managers
- 565: Making Specialty Coffee Shops Special -or- (how to avoid closing 400 stores)
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