About this episode

Sam Lewontin discusses the vital relationship between roasters and cafes in specialty coffee and shares insights on hospitality and sales support.

In the world of specialty coffee, the relationship between roaster and cafe is one of the most vital. In a healthy relationship, there is a support for the client that mirrors the hospitality and quality that the roaster hopes the cafe produces using their coffee. There may be nobody more qualified to speak to both side of this relationship of mutual support than today guest, Sam Lewontin! Sam is a veteran coffee professional whose nearly 30 year career has taken him from barista in many small and obscure shops, to owning and growing one of NYC best Cafes Everyman Espresso along with Sam Penix. Sam Lewontin carved out a niche for himself as one of coffee's most thoughtful, clear, and intentional operators as well as decorated barista competitors. After a long career in barista work and cafe hospitality and ownership, Sam took the listening, communication, and service skill he honed in th shop, and applied it to the world of sales and wholesal support for Stumptown Coffee Roasters and now most recently is representing Counter Culture Coffee! Literally every time you interact with Sam, he is not just enthused to see you, but in genuinely interested in your good. This is why we are…

People in this episode

Host: Chris Deferio

Guest: Sam Lewontin

Topics covered

• specialty coffee
• roaster-cafe relationship
• hospitality
• sales support
• barista career
• wholesale

Keywords

• coffee
• hospitality
• sales
• wholesale support
• barista
• cafe
• roaster

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Stumptown Coffee Roasters, Counter Culture Coffee

Books & works: Everyman Espresso

Places: NYC

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