#127: Matt Bolinder | Speckled Ax Coffee

Somehow, the podcast has chugged forward for nearly three years
without a single coffee episode -- that ends TODAY. The guys are
joined by Matt Bolinder, owner of Speckled Ax Wood Roasted
Coffees in Portland. Matt charts the windy and certainly
unconventional road that led him to Speckled Ax, and discusses
how opening a business seemed like the only way to stay in Maine
(despite a newly-acquired PhD in literature). We also learn why
(the hell) he chose to get started with a decidedly rare
wood-fired roaster, dive into the complicated value of doing
things manually, and get into the fundamental social value in
fair trade and organic coffee. Get roasted in the mysterious
realm of the world's third most popular beverage!