Charles Babinski - The perspective from nine years ago

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4.8 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2024

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Welcome back to the Cat & Cloud Podcast! This week we are busting out the throwback of all throwbacks with our very first interview. In this episode Chris and Jared sat down with US Barista Champion Charles Babinski to talk through the rapid growth of his business. Listen to the full episode to hear some espresso tips straight from the mouths of coffee geeks and barista champions, and get some of the lore on their first meeting and experience in the competition circuits! A very Merry Christmas from Ryan and Devin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyCVAK2GB4E&feature=youtu.be Do you have a question you’ve been dying to ask us? Do you wanna hear us talk about it on the podcast? Visit our website catandcloud.com/podcast, or email us at [email protected] and tell us what it is, and maybe your question will be the one we answer next week! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/catcloudcoffee/ Cat & Cloud: https://catandcloud.com/ Chris Baca’s Personal Blog: https://chrisbaca.com/ We are Cat & Cloud Coffee. Started by three friends trying to pursue their passions with the mission to inspire connection by creating memorable experiences, and we created this podcast to continue forming those connections inside and out of our cafes. The Cat & Cloud podcast was created as a space for two of our founders, Chris Baca and Jared Truby, to share their experiences in the coffee industry and starting a business. Each week the guys sit down to talk about their new challenges as business owners, how they’ve utilize our mission and values to make decisions, and answer questions from our listening community. If you’re looking to expand your coffee knowledge, get some advice for your own small business, or just like the vibes, give us a listen! Enjoy!

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, this week on the podcast, we have the throwback of all throwbacks as we're
0:05.7	running the very first interview of the Cat in Cloud podcast with Charles Babinski.
0:10.7	We thought it'd be fun to go back and listen to this conversation around the coffee industry
0:15.2	and barista competitions with the hindsight of almost 10 years.
0:19.5	As this conversation was full of things like where the industry was at the time,
0:23.6	how it had changed from where it used to be,
0:26.9	and some tidbits about where they thought the industry was going.
0:31.2	So we thought it'd be really fun to listen to the episode
0:33.7	and just compare it to where things actually have ended up.
0:37.1	This is the full conversation,
0:38.4	so it's a long episode, but as I said, it's full of awesome little insights and tidbits.
0:43.1	All right, enjoy this throwback, and we'll be back next week.
0:46.8	Hello, Charles. Hello, hello. Happy to be here. Thanks for coming.
0:49.8	Charles, I'm pretty sure most people listening to this know who you are, but for those that don't, give us the quick rundown.
0:57.9	Who are you and what do you do?
0:59.5	Well, I'm Charles Bavinsky.
1:01.0	I am the co-owner of two coffee shops in Los Angeles, California.
1:05.4	One is called GMB coffee, and one is called Go Getham Tiger.
1:10.0	I'm also the reigning...
1:12.4	Oh, you're that.
1:13.6	Reigning championship? Yes, you are.
1:14.8	He's reigning.
	...

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