About this episode

The episode features an interview with Marino Baca from Rishi Tea discussing the connections between the specialty coffee and tea communities.

For a half an hour, we turned the Coffee People set at CoffeeFest NYC into the Tea People set. Watch the full interview on Coffee People podcast featuring Marino Baca (Sales and Education) of @RishiTeaUSA . We chat about the overlapping language connecting the specialty coffee and tea communities, and how Rishi has been at the forefront of the specialty tea rise in the United States. Find online at: ⁠⁠⁠ https://www.rishi-tea.com/ https://www.instagram.com/rishitea/ https://www.youtube.com/rishiteausa https://www.instagram.com/chewwithbaca/ The full episode dropped April 29, 2026. Recorded at CoffeeFest NYC in March 2026. Watch and subscribe to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @coffeepeoplepodcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more context, subscribe to the Coffee People podcast newsletter at: ⁠⁠https://www.coffeepeoplepodcast.com/⁠⁠ .⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ BUY: The reliable coffee brewer that sits on our counter from Simply Good Coffee. (Affiliate Link).⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://partners.simplygoodcoffee.com/roas⁠⁠ t⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Coffee People is presented by Roastar, Inc., the premier coffee packaging company utilizing digital printing. Roastar enables small-to-gigantic coffee businesses tell a big story. Learn more at…

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