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Coffee People: Caroline Manimtim, Cozy Canine Coffee · Coffee People Podcast

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Hey, good morning everyone. Welcome back to the coffee.
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People podcast, presented by roast West Coast.
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I'm Ryan Walt. And this is the show where we
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wander through the oft inspiring often, lightning.
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Stories of coffee people. Today, I'm chatting with Carolyn
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momentum, the founder of Cozy Canine Coffee in San Diego,
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California. The for Nia our chat was
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uplifting and even a bit emotional.
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I do have one pre-show correction to make in a little
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bit. I'm going to reference my wife
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and eyes since past Boston Terrier.
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Dylan Mac diesel will tank is the third as a he but Dilla was
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in fact a girl dog. It always drove my wife crazy.
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That I would make that mistake my apologies to Dilla Mac and to
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my wife, as for you out there in the world, you and I both know
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that at some point while you're listening today, Day you'll be
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scrolling on your phone and while you're there, I hope you
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hop on the ol Instagram and follow at Cozy Canine coffee and
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then head to Cozy, Canine coffee.com to see all of the
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animal rescues. They've partnered with right now
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in this moment though, I hope you have a delightful cup of
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coffee to enjoy it. While you listen to this coffee,
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people conversation with Carolyn Eminem, Tim lover of
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alliteration, and founder of Cozy Canine coffee.
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Any questions before we get going?
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I mean, I'm a little nervous because I haven't done this
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before. You're gonna be fine, but you
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had a conversation before and you've talked you told people
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about about your company before, so you'll be just fine.
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Why don't we start with? If you could just say your name
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for everyone and what was your favorite television?
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Show as a kid. Yeah.
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Hi. My name is Caroline momentum and
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my favorite television shows, a kid was Pokemon And you're on
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the show today because you have Cozy Canine Coffee in San Diego,
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correct? Yes.
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I've caused me canine Coffee San Diego, I'm excited about it.
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Sorry I interrupt you there. What?
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I want to get started with though today is just a little
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bit of your backstory. Did you remember having a first
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experience with coffee that made you go?
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Oh, this is kind of interesting. I'm excited about this.
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Yeah I think I started drinking coffee.
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Kind of I feel like this is a really similar experience for
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like being around your grandparents or your parents.
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Those are getting ready for the day.
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My grandpa used to sneak me some decaf.
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If I was able to get up early enough and got ready for school.
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And if I was ready on time or early, he give me a little bit
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of his decaf coffee while he would drink his cup.
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So I was like, the first taste Oh that's fun.
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Like a little reward. Yeah, totally.
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So it's like okay if I get ready positive reinforcement has
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definitely been how I work. Do you remember that being a
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good taste that you enjoyed? Because as a kid I did not enjoy
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the taste of any sort of coffee. He used to put a lot of sugar
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and creamer in it, so it tasted really sweet to me.
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It tasted like a treat. It's funny how my grandma.
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Actually, still uses that same coffee maker, that's a mr.
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Coffee. It's lasted like through the 90s
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from the 90s, all the way. Until now she still makes See,
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out of that thing, which is amazing, there's something to be
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said for routine. So, that's that's way back at
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the beginning, a little bit later in your life as an adult.
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You're obviously involved in coffee.
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Now what started you down this path where you started thinking
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about being in the industry as a job?
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Yeah. Well I It's might sound weird,
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but I got into it through beer, my husband.
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And I, we like to say that we're we can't be casual fans of
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anything. So if we're interested in
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something, we have to know all the things we want to go.
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Try different types of it and this applies from beer, if you
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can see behind me board games, um, coffee.
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So all of those different things, kind of whenever we're
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into. Something we want to dive all
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the way in. So we went to Portland for a
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beer trip, when we were first getting into beer, because there
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were so many breweries that we really wanted to check out.
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And when we were there, there were coffee shops everywhere.
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And it felt like every time we would go to a brewery
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afterwards, there will be like, oh, maybe we should get a cup of
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coffee or we should check out this.
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And we were not coffee drinkers at the And for me the memorable
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drink that I had on that trip, it was similar to my experience
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with beer. So for beer when I got into it
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it was because I had a beer, I had an IPA and I didn't like it,
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but it made me think. Oh, I would never think that
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this was a beer. It has so many different flavors
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in it and I had no idea that beer could taste like this.
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And so I had a similar experience with coffee where we
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went to heart and I got it's funny thinking back on it.
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I had I got Kenyan trip and I was so shocked by it.
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It was like, whoa. This coffee tastes wild.
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And I wasn't initially a fan, but it did make me think this
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is. This is really different.
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I had no idea coffee could taste like this.
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Why does it taste like this? And And of course, we fell down
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the rabbit hole of like, how come this coffee can taste this
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way? I've never tasted anything like
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it and then finding things that we liked to taste in coffee.
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That's very cool. I also got my start in beer and
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the idea that there was a beer for everyone was something I
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used to sell as part of my job as a restaurant manager.
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You know you maybe you say you don't like beer but there's
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probably a beer, you haven't tried yet.
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That will have a flavor you like and it was I took pride in fine.
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Ending that and coffee was similar where I didn't know
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anything about it. The first time somebody showed
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me that coffee could have different flavors and like,
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walked me through it, I still couldn't taste them.
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But all of a sudden I saw other people around me going, oh, this
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tastes like Fruity and blueberry and I was like, I want that.
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How do I get that? Yeah.
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What were you doing at the time for a living?
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Because you probably weren't working in coffee, if you
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weren't actively going on drinking at the time I was
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actually working at Barnes and Noble and so I was another just
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over encompassing. I just feel, I am a very nerdy
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person. And so I just like to, like I
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said, any time we find something that we're interested, we like
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double the weigh-in. So at the time, I was working at
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Barnes & Noble and there. Was one of those Starbucks that
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are in like a, the Barnes & Noble cafes that serves
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Starbucks. And so, when I start getting
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into coffee, I was like, well, maybe it would be cool if I got
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some experience in the coffee World by getting into just
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getting into the BART of behind the bar.
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So, that was kind of my Segway into coffee.
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Had no idea that it was going to take me all the way here.
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And then in between, Like other side Hobbies or was like oh
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maybe this would be what I want to do.
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I did calligraphy for a little bit and some some beginning,
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graphic design, though doing that.
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And all of that all together kind of eventually led to here.
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Because now I'm still doing you know, Barista there myself for
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doing pop-up events, making my own labels and graphic design
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for that. So, all Those things kind of
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come into play eventually, it's just kind of thought the time.
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You don't realize that a lot of entrepreneurs, find that there
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are people who grasp onto skills or different interests over the
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course of their life. And then all of a sudden,
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they're in a position where they can actually use them all and,
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and maybe need even more skills or I was in design and did Matt
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restaurants and all these other things.
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And you start learning like, oh well, I can make my own menus or
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I can make my own website. Site.
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Or I can, you know, all these skills that can help you get
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started. Write your Cafe Kozar.
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Your your coffee roaster, brand Cozy.
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Canine coffee, kind of got its start because of an actual dog.
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I hope I pronounce this right name to Ruiz.
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I was reading about your story and how you adopted Ruiz and how
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that inspired you? I'm wondering what type of Pop
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are they? And how did adopting a dog turn
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into? I want to go into business.
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I think, yeah. In March of.
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One. And he is a German Shepherd
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Australian cattle dog. Mix with a bunch of other stuff
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thrown in there. And when we first got him, he's
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actually my first, like, the dog that is mine as an adult where
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I'm responsible for him and he's just, I feel like he turned our
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world upside down in the best way possible.
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I feel like he just made our family complete.
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And because of him, we started doing all of these events in San
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Diego. San Diego's are really dog.
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Friendly City. So, especially after the
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pandemic, where a lot of restaurants have patios and
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cafes have outdoor seating and all of that.
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And in general, there's a lot of dog meetups and dog businesses
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going on. And so we were really getting
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ourselves into the City that way and getting to know other people
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who also love dogs and then getting involved with different
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rescues and doing events like the San Diego walk for Walk for
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Animals and it was one of those situations where it didn't
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really occur to me how much he has Reese was really making our
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lives so much better. And it dawned on me like, wow,
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these really, you know, made our lives Feel Complete.
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It's hard to be even if you start feeling those emotions of
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being unmotivated or you're going through something hard in
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life. Having a dog there is really
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special because they will. Keep you going, you still have
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to take the dog out, you still have to go outside and go for
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walks and get vitamin D and fresh air.
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And I think that's really important and it because we were
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starting to get really involved in the dog Community.
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It was keeping us connected to people that way as well.
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So I think it was it was really special bringing recent to our
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little family. So that that is a great thing
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about Dogs. I'm a dog person.
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I was just going to ask you as well.
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I'm very much a dog person. People don't know this.
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I don't think I've ever said this on the show, which is
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saying something, because I've talked about a lot of things.
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But my first job, when I moved to San Diego, was a little bit
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of a side gig where I would go to the the dog park and handout,
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dog food treats for free company, hired, me to go and I
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had a bicycle that a big basket on it and I would fill it with
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On part dog, treats and dog food.
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And I would ride, the beaches and find a dog park or a place.
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Where dogs were, you know, a lot of people with dogs wear.
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And I would just hand out free dog food, and it was the best
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job I've ever had. All I did was ride around all
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day on my bike in, like be outside and like play with other
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people's dogs and it was fantastic.
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Yeah. Oh my gosh that's amazing II.
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Tried to get them to make it a full.
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It was a short-term thing. I tried I was like you know I
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could do this like forever Ever. But they weren't they weren't
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having it. Do you have that?
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I don't have a dog myself. Now we are our dog Tillamook.
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Diesel will take us to the third past couple years ago and then
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we were more recently. Oh that's okay.
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He was a great dog, a little Boston and then we were
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fostering for a military program where we Foster dogs for people
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who are on deployment. And so there R.
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Yeah, it's a cool cool concept because, you know, these aren't
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dog that, you know, the dogs future, you know, in theory that
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the owners are coming back from deployment, they want their dog,
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they just are off serving and so they need someone to take care
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of it while they're gone. So we've been doing that until
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we're ready to have our own dog again but yes.
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Oh that's a wonderful way. That they'll be part.
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There's there's a lot of emotion in it and so like, I'm getting
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emotional. Yeah, thinking about it.
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Between adopting Ruiz and getting that first kind of
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coffee experience and thinking I should work a little bit behind
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the bar at Starbucks. You obviously learned more about
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coffee, you know, what was that path from drinking?
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That first coffee up in Portland that made, you think this is
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really interesting, starting to work at that Barnes & Noble
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Starbucks to, I'm opening my own coffee business where I roast
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coffee and sell it. Yeah, yeah there's there's a big
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missing chunk there. Oh, so after getting into coffee
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and working at Barnes & Noble, getting into the cafe and and
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learning bracing there, I still wanted to learn more.
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I still want to learn more, it's kind of a constant thing where
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I'm I just wanted to get into the into the San Diego coffee
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community. And learn what I could.
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I had a great opportunity. I applied for a position at
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modern times, which is a brewery and a grocery here in San Diego.
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And I worked as a barista there and really, it was just the best
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opportunity. Everyone who was on that coffee
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team, gave me those opportunities to ask questions.
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Ins and would listen. And really instead of
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gatekeeping information and being like, mmm, you're just a
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barista or I don't think you're ready.
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You haven't been in the coffee industry for x amount of years.
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Really, took me under their wing and let me ask questions and it
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R is really as simple as starting out with Oh, what are
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you bagging? How are you backing, and kind of
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going through asking questions on just a different different
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roles that are in a Roastery and eventually being able to work
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with them in the production space.
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Just, it just was continuous room for growth there.
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And I am really, really grateful for The team at, modern times, I
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had a wonderful Mentor named Bartleby who had passed away in
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2021, and he was just an incredible.
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Incredible influence on me as a person as a, even as an employee
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and then definitely my journey as a coffee professional.
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He really showed me so He and in tandem, I have another coffee
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mentor and her name is Tessie, and she and Bartleby both were
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are amazing, influences on my coffee Journey.
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Just being able to have a perspective of of your role as a
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roaster, in terms of your green coffee buying, and how you can
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affect the supply chain that way.
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Something that Bartleby was really passionate about was also
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how you can affect the community afterwards and so it doesn't
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stop. Once you get the green coffee,
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you really do, you're still in the middle of all of it.
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And so, you really have a way to influence and even though you
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might just be one person in the chain.
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And then in that chain of so many coffee shops.
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And so many coffee companies, there is still a way for you to
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have an impact. That was really important to me
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to learn from them. Both of them coffee is unique in
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that. It's one of the few products
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that is consumed in almost every corner of the world.
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There are few non coffee, drinking places.
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But certainly, a majority of the world has some connection to
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coffee or the tea experience, which is similar.
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You, you had that great experience and great mentors at
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modern times, which I think is so important to have people that
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can guide you. I have my own personal coffee
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Sensei, Chris O'Brien, who I talked to on the show a lot.
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Yeah. And without him, I would still
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be just, you know? Now I would have no idea what I
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was doing. They kind of got you to a point
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where you obviously have felt comfortable with what your skill
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set is, and you decided to You Cozy.
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Canine, what was the Tipping Point that made you decide?
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I want to do this under my own umbrella?
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Yeah, it Kind of lesions were a bunch of things just started
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lining up? I used to think that I would own
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a coffee shop as my retirement job.
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As idealistic as that sounds. I had just always imagined
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myself as being like this little lady with a coffee cart, pushing
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around San Diego selling coffee, although it's funny because
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clearly, I had this idea before I started roasting and and
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really got into how physical the job can be because there's no No
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way but as especially because I'm picturing it as I'm like 70
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years old and, you know, it really in the last couple of
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years. The sense of it's never too
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early to start something that you're really wanting to do.
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Life is short and you don't have to guarantee.
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And so, As very opposite of that idealistic idea of being an
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little old. Lady pushing a coffee cart, kind
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of had the realism dawn on me. That, you know, there's nothing
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really stopping me from trying it now and if it doesn't work
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out maybe I still can be the little old lady doing that down
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down in the future. But there's not there's really
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no reason for me. Not to give it a shot, why lie?
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I still can and my husband and it's he'll say this eat, you
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know, when we were still dating his thing is, what's the worst
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that can happen? You'll be in the same spot that
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you were if you don't try and he often uses that to get me to do
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something that I'm terrified of doing, for example, interviewing
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at modern times, any interview that I've done.
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I don't like oh, but I'm a Fan of their coffee.
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You know, we bought all of our holiday gifts from them, like
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I'm a big fan of them, there's no way they would want this
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Barista from Starbucks, from a Starbucks in a, in a Barnes &
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Noble to be part of their team. And he's like, well, if you
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don't interview, you'll still be a barista that is, you know,
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you'll still be in the same spot.
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You are. So why not try and he, you know,
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he actually even when you contacted me to do this.
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I was like, oh I'm terrified, I love podcasts but I've never
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been on a podcast. I haven't recorded before and
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he's like, well, you know, what's the worst that can
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happen? You just didn't do it podcast?
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That's very true. I think the podcast is
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interesting because I'm always confronted with the sound of my
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own voice, and I had to kind of get over that.
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I think a lot of people that was like, my big thing was, like, I
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don't want to hear myself. Talk.
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Yeah you mentioned your grandfather earlier and I have
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been told that I sound a lot like my grandfather.
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I have my grandfather's singing voice and as a child I thought
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that was a really nice thing that people were saying and then
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I went to church with my grandfather once and by the end
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of a service, like there was nobody sitting in any of the
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pews around us and I thought, oh that's not very nice.
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What they're saying to me. You obviously love dogs and
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Reese has been a big motivator in your life.
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What made you decide on Cozy Canine as the brand name for
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your coffee? Yeah, well one, I love a little
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alliteration. I love a good alliteration.
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But once I got the idea of, you know, maybe we should just give
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it a shot when we should just try this.
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The thing that made me, Stop was.
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Well, there are wonderful coffee roasters all over San Diego and
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coffee companies that I love that.
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I'm big fans of also. What would?
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So what would make me any different if I just started
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something? And and how could that, what
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would make someone want to follow my coffee shop and buy
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coffee for me? If if I'm already huge fans of
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so many Coffee Roasters in San Diego.
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One of the things that I realize is the industry, no matter what
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industry you're in. Actually.
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You have something special, you're the individual and, and
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you can bring something different because you are just a
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different person from anyone else who's starting a company,
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you bring your own background, your own history, how you grew
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up the different jobs, you've had all of that.
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Comes into play, the things that make you excited and interested
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in life, you know? And so I was thinking about all
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of this and Realized. Oh, it just clicked.
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That is looking at resource, like, oh my gosh, it's you.
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And I realize like the past year.
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It had been a really hard year after going through so much and
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we really had relied. Sorry.
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I'm like looking at recent like no pressure Reese but we relied
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a lot on on, you know. Leadership with our dog and him,
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as I mentioned earlier, getting out of the house and and all of
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that and just the joy, that dogs can bring to your life.
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And so we were, I realized like that was one way that we could
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give back is working with different animal rescues, it
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clicked, like that's it. That's that is going to be how
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we are going to be different, and how we can make an impact in
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our own way. Once that clicked, I Why's
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everything else just started to fall into place?
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I started reaching out to different animal rescues to see
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if they would be a partner with us, because I wanted it to be a
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situation where they knew that, like where we could work
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together. And so we'll work with different
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animal rescues to promote like they're different events or
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raised specifically for them or do crafts where we'll do like
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blankets and toys crap. And donate those together.
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But it really just started to fall into place and for Cozy
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Canine, just coming up with the name.
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Cozy is just how I feel when I'm drinking a good cup of coffee.
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That's just the most comforting comforting feeling of drinking a
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warm cup of coffee in the morning and so that just kind of
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clicked wrote down a couple other ideas.
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But that would immediately after I wrote it down, I was like, oh,
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oh Oh, that's it. That's the one.
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That's a lovely sentiment that you have.
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This thing you're passionate about.
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That can also bring it also copies, great because it creates
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connection and you've taken it a step further where it's also
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supporting something you're passionate about.
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Now that you have, you've started the business.
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Obviously, you have your website Cozy Canine coffee.com where
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people can go to find out more about you and buy coffee.
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But how did you get started selling coffee and how did you
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start getting it out in the world?
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Where people You that oh this is a thing and maybe if I like
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coffee and I like dogs I can support it or you know I just
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like the coffee because it tastes good.
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How did you go about getting that going and where can people
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find it now? Yeah, so we have we started and
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we're still an e-commerce, based coffee company.
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And the reason why we started that way first as opposed to
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getting a brick-and-mortar aside from you know, the media
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overhead is We saw in 2020 how important it was to have a
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strong e-commerce side to your business.
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And so we really wanted to start off with that.
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Make sure that that was strong and immediately when we got into
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this wanted to start the business, we reached out to a
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couple of our friends who have different.
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We have a friend who has her Own dog boutique in Encinitas and we
27:32
have been going there. Since Reese was a small puppy
27:36
and saw she's seen him grow from maybe like 20 pounds.
27:42
All the way to the 75 pounds that he is now and so reaching
27:47
out to her and asking hey like we're going to start this coffee
27:51
shop giving her the whole rundown.
27:53
Seeing if she would want to share about it, maybe even have
27:57
some in her store and really just starting the As
28:00
conversations with people which is kind of terrifying because
28:05
when you're a roaster, you you get to focus on your coffee and
28:12
you don't have to talk to people really because you're really
28:16
focused on what you're doing and you're bagging and it's really,
28:19
it's really a fun process. But it does you're not really
28:24
going out there and trying to get your coffee out there.
28:28
I've been really fortunate. We started in August of last
28:33
year so 2022 and I've been really fortunate that we had two
28:41
shops that would that wanted to carry our coffee right off the
28:45
bat starting there and really getting the word out there that
28:50
way has been really fun. Also, my dog has an Instagram
28:55
has two followers than me and so that was just an immediate easy
29:03
way to share with people that we were doing this project.
29:07
All those people are people that we've met here in San Diego.
29:11
Some are are not but the dog community on Instagram.
29:15
I know that social media can be difficult depending on where you
29:21
are, but the dog corner of instead of the internet is
29:25
really kind and supportive. And so we found that definitely
29:30
Helped that we could share that on Reese's Instagram.
29:34
But right now, we are selling our coffee at a couple different
29:38
shops, so definitely, you can get online at a Cozy.
29:41
Canine coffee.com, we have guarding coffee and Old Town,
29:45
they serve our coffee on bar. They also sell some bags.
29:50
And then we have puppy picnic OU in Encinitas, which is just the
29:56
cutest, dog. Bowtique, if you want to get dog
29:59
treats, They even have dog wine and they also have human treats
30:02
to. So, what we're in the human
30:04
section, I do get asked a lot of Cozy, Canine coffee is for dogs
30:08
or for humans, so it's for humans for humans so they can
30:14
manage their dogs. Yes, yes, exactly.
30:18
And then we're also up in Ramona.
30:19
So Rise and Shine Cafe. And then cattle, dog, cough,
30:23
Cattle, Dog Cafe. Yes, gonna Dish been doing some
30:26
expanding up there. Very cool.
30:30
You've obviously gone through a process to get to where you are
30:33
now of growth. Both in your own learning and
30:36
skills, learning and coffee learning and expanding, you
30:39
mentioned, it can be scary to talk to people.
30:41
There's, there's definitely that part of it, you know, like I
30:44
like doing this chat back and forth with you.
30:46
But on the other side of this, you know, closet I have to like
30:49
try to sell the show and I hate that part.
30:52
Oh yeah. All these like skills that you
30:55
you take on when you're your own business, I'm wondering if
30:59
there's Anything that you've learned over the past couple of
31:01
years, like, through the experience of this, that
31:04
surprised you or that you felt was a good lesson that you can
31:07
take forward or share with us. Yeah, I think that it is really
31:12
important. Sorry, I'm going to try to not
31:15
get too emotional. It's okay.
31:18
But It's okay to ask questions, you will find people who want to
31:26
share, what they know about something, whatever industry
31:30
that you're in. And in turn, being able to be
31:34
that person to answer questions if someone is interested in what
31:39
you're doing. I think that that's really
31:41
important. That mentorship and mentorship
31:45
relationship is just beautiful and it's wonderful.
31:50
I think it's really important for expanding the industry
31:54
getting new people into the industry.
31:56
You know, it doesn't help anyone if we're holding information
32:00
back, if someone's really interested in what you're doing,
32:04
then, you know, just giving them the opportunity to ask you
32:09
questions. I think that's great and if you
32:13
are someone who's interested in something, I just would
32:17
recommend asking. Also one of the do as I say Say
32:20
not as I do, but it's something scary to go for it because I
32:27
still get really scared to do things and I am very fortunate
32:31
to have a support system, to kind of nudge me to be.
32:35
Like, I know that's scary but just try it and slowly.
32:40
But surely it's been getting more comfortable, feeling more
32:43
comfortable. And and I think that's that's a
32:46
good thing. I agree.
32:48
I you you're essentially a link in the chain You know, you have
32:51
learned from someone else and you're passing that on, go on
32:54
the way, is there anything that we didn't cover today about Cozy
32:58
Canine that you'd like to people to know?
33:01
And what comes next? Is there going to be a Cozy
33:03
Canine shop where we could bring our dogs in the future?
33:07
You know, where do you see this going?
33:09
Oh, I would love that one day for this year, we are looking
33:17
forward to doing more pop of pop-up events, this in San
33:22
Diego, and working with our animal rescue Partners.
33:25
Oh, I did forget to plug and let you know who are animal rescue
33:29
partners are. So you can find all this
33:33
information on the website under the donations tab, but we Have
33:39
send you Humane Society Helen Woodward Animal Center, which is
33:43
where we got Reese from the animal pad and passion for
33:48
pity's. And those are for mean, rescue
33:53
Partners. We have different bags.
33:56
Where we donate a dollar per bag to those animal rescues.
34:01
For example, our dark roast goes to Hon Woodward, so it's muddy
34:05
paws. Darkest goes to hell in
34:07
Woodward. Who's a good puppy?
34:09
House Blend goes to San Diego Humane Society, which is what
34:12
I'm drinking right now. And then, the animal pad, we
34:17
have our sidekick single origin is we donate a dollar per bag
34:21
there? And then we're working on one
34:23
for passion, for pity's, which is going to release the end of
34:26
February. And we're really excited to get
34:31
to work with them and attend their different events.
34:35
So well I'm excited to attend some of these Vents to and live,
34:40
vicariously through you, and through dog owners.
34:44
Who let me play with their dogs. I would highly recommend if
34:48
you're listening to this and you don't drink coffee or someone in
34:51
your family, doesn't drink coffee.
34:53
Still come out to these events if you, like dogs because they
34:56
are dog, people are just the best.
34:59
I'll I love it. People are usually, you know, if
35:05
you ask them, can I pet your dog in, they'll be honest with you.
35:08
Yes, or no? And it's just a good time.
35:10
It's just such a great serotonin boost to be around all of these
35:15
pups. It's hard not to smile and be
35:19
happy when you're around dogs. So well Carolyn I'm smiling just
35:24
thinking about the potential of future interactions with these
35:27
dogs. So it's working already that
35:30
serotonin boost is on its way. I want to say thank you for
35:33
joining the show and sharing a little bit of your story.
35:35
I think it's been, it's quite lovely to hear that there.
35:39
Are people who are doing things even when they're afraid.
35:41
I think that's an important message for people.
35:44
That it's okay to be scared. It's a big undertaking to take
35:48
on a new challenge and so I want to congratulate you on that and
35:52
and just say appreciate what you're doing and I'm looking
35:54
forward to trying some of that coffee.
35:57
No worries. I'll thank you.
35:58
So Much. This is a really great
36:01
experience. Again, another thing that's kind
36:03
of scary to do, but I really am really grateful that you reached
36:07
out and that we did this me too. And you did great.
36:11
No problems. Okay.
36:23
To recap. And let's get this out of the
36:26
way, first Cozy Canine, coffee is for humans.
36:30
Hot dogs. Carolyn had a very positive
36:32
coffee experience with her Grandpa at a very young age,
36:36
where a splash of decaf with milk and sugar was a reward for
36:40
getting up early before school later in life, craft beer became
36:44
her. Gateway to craft coffee that I
36:46
can relate to my appreciation for and my career.
36:49
In craft beer, gave me a functional.
36:51
Understanding of the language used in coffee things, like,
36:54
tasting notes mouthfeel. And the idea that there are a
36:57
multitude of flavors in a single beverage, Not to mention
37:00
variance of style and even those flavors.
37:03
I also love the idea from today's show that a coffee one.
37:06
Doesn't like may still inspire a reaction or a motion for
37:10
Carolyn. It was a Kenya on drip from
37:12
heart and Portland that set her in front of the rabbit hole.
37:16
It was the question. Why does it taste like this?
37:19
That Center tumbling down? Entrepreneurs can benefit from
37:22
having a very career path because they collect skills,
37:25
like graphic design, or managing employees, or setting up a
37:28
website that They can use in the creation of their own thing.
37:32
Later on, I took a few lessons from today's show first, don't
37:36
be a gatekeeper, Carolyn's coffee, mentors, Bartleby and
37:40
Tessie of inspired her to pursue this path and to pay it forward
37:44
in doing. So she has faced and continues
37:46
to face some scary challenges lesson.
37:49
Number two, it's okay to be afraid and to still do the
37:53
thing. It's never too early to start
37:55
something that you're passionate about and besides what's the
37:58
worst that can happen? And finally, Carolyn and her
38:02
Coffee Company are working with animal rescues to create
38:05
long-term Partnerships. You can find those links on
38:08
roast westcoast.com. You can also follow Caroline at
38:12
Cozy Canine coffee on Instagram. And just as importantly, follow
38:16
Ruiz the dog, a trees dot peanut butter cup Ruiz is spelled are
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Hy s. If you're interested in ordering
38:23
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38:27
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