Ep 391 Brewing Love and Business Across Borders with Jennifer and Andres

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🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Zach sits down with Jennifer and Andres, co-founders of Those Coffee People, to share the remarkable story of how travel, serendipity, and coffee brought them together.

Jennifer, originally from Connecticut, and Andres, a Colombian with family roots in coffee farming, met in a hostel in Peru and quickly discovered they were better together. What started as a whirlwind travel romance became a shared mission: bridging cultures through specialty coffee.

They talk about navigating cross-cultural challenges, balancing Jennifer’s impatience with Andres’ laid-back style, and learning how to turn conflict into connection. Their company, Those Coffee People, isn’t just about beans—it’s about creating bridges between Colombia’s coffee growers and global markets, while also building a marriage grounded in respect, humor, and shared vision.

Key Takeaways

The “one cup” theory is real – Jennifer insists every non-coffee drinker has one specialty cup that changes their mind about coffee.
Love was brewed in travel – Their relationship began in Peru, where they jokingly staged a “first wedding” with a tinfoil ring.
Cross-cultural marriage brings both gifts and challenges – Jennifer’s directness and impatience balance Andres’ laid-back, community-oriented approach.
Writing helps repair – Andres often follows up arguments with written reflections and plans, which Jennifer appreciates.
Business as a love story – Those Coffee People grew out of their passion for connecting cultures and building something they could do together.
Vision for the future – Coffee is their “first child,” but they hope to grow their company, raise a family, and expand their impact in Colombia and beyond.

Guest Info

Jennifer & Andres: Co-founders of Those Coffee People, Jennifer and Andres export specialty Colombian coffee to roasters around the world. Based in Medellín, they combine Jennifer’s global business background with Andres’ family heritage in coffee to create bridges between farmers and international markets. Their story is as much about love and cultural exchange as it is about coffee.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome and thank you for listening to this episode of Marriage Therapy Radio. My name is Zach Brittle. And let's see, a couple weeks ago we had a couple here from Portugal, which was fun. This couple that you're going to meet today, I'm delighted to introduce you to them. They met in Peru. If you listened a couple weeks ago to my P's and Q's episode, you know I'm kind of
0:21.9	fascinated with the P bit. I want to tell you about another P thing that's coming up in Philadelphia.
0:26.7	Those of you who may be in or near the Philadelphia area, northern Virginia, Delaware, Maryland,
0:33.6	South Jersey, Philadelphia, surrounding suburbs. I'm going to be there with a colleague. We're going
0:39.2	to be leading a two-day relational life therapy, relational skills boot camp. It's basically a
0:45.0	fierce intimacy retreat, and we'd love to have you, particularly if you are hoping to level up
0:50.5	in your relationship. It is going to be on November 8th and 9th in Conchaahawk in Pennsylvania, just outside of Philadelphia. We have an early bird discount that will be available through October to 12th. So if you're there and thinking about it, go ahead and shoot me an email. I'll send you a registration link and we can go from there. I'm also happy to answer any questions that you might have to help you discern if it's a good fit for you. Rebecca and I took this boot camp.
1:28.3	I've been teaching it now for a couple of years. It's a great opportunity to, again, just sort of level up in the relationship. And I would love to see you, meet you in person. So if you get a chance, come on out. Between now and then, I am so delighted to introduce you to Jennifer Poole and Andres Diaz.
1:34.6	They are a young couple currently living in Colombia. They are known as those coffee people.
1:38.7	That is the first conversation I've ever had in my life that's made me think about wanting to drink coffee.
1:45.5	But they have a unique story about how they came together and how they're making it work, how they came up with their own unique business plan given their skills and their interests and the opportunity
1:51.5	and then kind of what they're thinking about. What's next? They have a great model for their
1:55.0	relationship, one that I think all of us can afford to emulate. And I'm going to let them tell you
1:59.2	about it. This is a very cool conversation.
2:01.3	Stick around. I suppose we should get this out of the way first, which is I don't drink coffee.
2:08.4	Oh, no. Yeah. Hello. I know. It's my whole life. I think I grew up in a house that made like drip coffee on the regular and I didn't
2:20.2	like the smell and I don't now I don't like coffee ice cream. I don't like coffee. I mean, so tell me what
2:27.2	am I missing? Like what's the, because you guys are those coffee people. What am I missing?
2:31.7	So you're missing to have that one cup that changes your mind.
2:35.3	There's this phenomenon in non-coffee drinkers that switch to usually specialty coffee drinkers
2:40.0	where they have that one cup that they couldn't imagine coffee could taste like that. And then they go,
2:45.6	holy crap, what was I missing? And so I grew up in a family that drank Folgers. Are you from the States? Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
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