Cat & Cloud Podcast
1) Core Value – What is at the heart of your decision
This week, we dive into how defining your personal and professional values can simplify the choices you make every day. From career goals to family priorities, values act like a compass — helping you ...Show More
2) Substance over style – the hierarchy of branding in a cafe
This week, we tackle a listener question about how important brand identity is before opening your first shop. The conversation breaks down what “brand” really means and how it’s not just logos or des...Show More
3) Reap what you sow – Investing in your team is never a money loss
This week we reflect on what it really means to invest in your team—beyond payroll, bonuses, or budgets. From traveling for competitions to origin trips and team dinners, we talk about how creating ex...Show More
4) Craft & Automation – Mahlkönig’s tools that empower baristas and not replace them
In this episode, we sit down with Sam Grant, Head of Sales for the Americas at Hemro Group — the company behind Mahlkönig, Ditting, Anfim, and Hey Café — to talk about how technology and craft coexist...Show More
5) Nine Years Down – keeping things interesting after years of growth
This week we look back on nine years of Cat & Cloud. From our earliest days roasting out of borrowed spaces to opening our first café on Portola, we reflect on what it took to build something from not...Show More
6) Crafting A Class – Working to take our coffee education to the next level
Crafting A Class – Working to take our coffee education to the next level by Cat & Cloud
7) Bevel Coffee - Connections and community
This week we’re hanging out with Kevin and Dulce, owners of Bevel Coffee. We get into their journey of owning a coffee company. How it came from a negative business experience that over time and hard ...Show More
8) Price of Fame – Do famous coffees help the rest of the industry
This week we talk about fame—how it shapes perception in both pop culture and coffee. From the awkwardness of Will Smith trying to rap again to Hacienda Esmeralda’s Geisha selling for record prices at...Show More
9) PM the Show – How maintaining your space improves everything
This week we talk about the idea of “plussing the show.” The practice of constantly reinvesting in your space so it feels alive, intentional, and cared for. From small design updates to preventative m...Show More
10) Pressure Makes Diamonds – Nick Terzulli's journey into making incredible things
In this episode, we sit down with Nick Terzulli, VP of R&D at Fellow. Nick shares how his curiosity and persistence pulled him deeper into coffee culture—as a barista and a tinkerer, and eventually as...Show More