Sahra Nguyen: Nguyen Coffee Supply Founder and CEO

Second Life

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4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Sahra Nguyen is the founder and CEO behind Nguyen Coffee Supply, the first specialty Vietnamese coffee company importing directly from the source and roasting in Brooklyn, New York. Nguyen works with a fourth-generation Vietnamese farmer, whose bold arabica and robusta beans are certified clean and organic, making for the perfect cup of coffee. The brand has garnered the attention of celebrities such as Mindy Kaling and Tory Burch and publications such as The New York Times, Forbes, and Food & Wine. On this episode of Second Life, find out how a mission for diversity, visibility, and empowerment has been a constant thread throughout Nguyen's career, weaving its way from her first life as an award-winning filmmaker and producer through her burgeoning career within the coffee industry.

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0:00.0	Hi, we're Carleen and Jill, host of Breaking Beauty Podcast.
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0:32.0	Hi, everyone.
0:38.4	I'm Hillary Kerr, the co-founder and chief content officer of Who Out Where.
0:43.3	And this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring careers.
0:48.9	We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process of setting
0:53.1	aside their doubts or fears.
0:55.6	And what happens when they embark on their second life?
0:59.1	Today on the show, I'm speaking with the founder and CEO of Wind Coffee Supply, Sarah Wind.
1:05.3	On a mission to transform the coffee industry through diversity, inclusion, and sustainability,
1:11.2	Wind Coffee Supply is the first specialty Vietnamese coffee company importing directly
1:16.6	from the source and roasting in Brooklyn, New York.
1:20.0	Driven by the fact that Vietnam is the second largest coffee producer in the world, yet
1:25.4	is historically excluded from the specialty coffee industry.
1:29.2	Sarah works directly with a fourth-generation Vietnamese farmer whose incredible beans
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