Coffee Made Me Do It – Details, episodes & analysis

In this episode of Coffee Made Me Do It, Dario talks to founder and creative director of Dark Arts Coffee, Brad Morrison. They talk about building a brand that is a reflection of ourselves, catering for an audience of one, community and the “why” behind Dark Arts. This is one we are so stoked to share, and we’re big fans of Brad and his team. 

Brad moved to London to be a muralist and got a starting job as a barista. Fast forward to today and his roastery has a huge, cult-like, following and is bringing better coffee to the cups of Londoners (and beyond). 

Listen to Dario’s casual conversation with Brad as they drink a beer (or two 🍻) and talk about the why. It’s a good one! Available on all podcast streaming platforms now.

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In this episode of Coffee Made Me Do It, Dario talks to Thomas and Lola, founders of Motors Coffee in Paris.

Motors has fast gained a reputation for serving some of the best coffee in Europe. It is certainly one of our favourite cafes!

Dario sat down with Thomas and Lola after a Bluebird Coffee Roastery popup at Motors. In true Parisian style, this was recorded while sitting outside a cafe, people watching :)

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In this episode of Coffee Made Me Do It, Dario sits down with Fanie and Katie to talk about their trip to World of Coffee in Athens. It was a months worth of experiences in just 10 days. This was such a fun conversation looking back on a serious fun trip. We hope you enjoy it!!

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In this episode of Coffee Made Me Do It, Dario sits down with the founders of The Coffee Magazine. Iain and Mel pioneered coffee publications in South Africa and today they run an award winning magazine, host Creative Coffee week, run SA's only roasting competition and so much more! They spoke about talk print media, favourite coffee experiences, what competition does for coffee and what the philosophy behind their award-winning magazine is. We hope you enjoy it!

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Jordan has worked in coffee since he was 13 years old. From public pool cafeteria barista to marketing manager at Ona Coffee to coffee journalism, Jordan’s got some great stories to tell. He also happens to be an honorary Bluebird (even though he’s an Aussie, we forgive him)
In this episode, Dario and Jordan talk about Jordan’s 15+ years in the coffee industry, how he’s seen it change and what’s exciting about the future of coffee. They talk about everything from his approach to coffee marketing, backstage at the world’s biggest coffee competitions and some pretty wild travel experiences. This is one not to miss! 

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In this episode, Dario talks to Pepe Jijon about his world-famous farm, Finca Soledad, coffee culture after covid, brewing coffee at home, changing the way we look at consuming coffee and his minimalist approach to life.

We are honoured to work with Pepe and Finca Soledad at Bluebird, we have a few of his coffees on our menu at the moment. This is a good one, we hope you enjoy!! 🫶

We hope you enjoy Episode 005. Please 5 star it, share, follow along and do the other things we should be asking you to do. Either way, Episode 005 is coming soon :)

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In this episode Dario Scilipoti speak to friend and long time green coffee partner, Alejo Castro.

Alejo is a sixth generation coffee farmer and is at the helm of his family's award winning farm, Volcan Azul.

Dario and Alejo discuss farming, family, entrepreneurship and the future of one of the world's most exciting coffee farms.

We hope you enjoy Episode 004. Please 5 star it, share, follow along and do the other things we should be asking you to do. Either way, Episode 005 is coming soon :)

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In this episode Dario Scilipoti, Fanie Botes and Luhle Mnyandu talk about barista competition!

We hope you enjoy Episode 003. Please 5 star it, share, follow along and do the other things we should be asking you to do. Either way, Episode 004 is coming soon :)

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In this episode Dario Scilipoti and Diego Baraona talk about coffee, sport, music and the future of the world famous Los Pirineos coffee farm in El Salvador.

Diego took over from his father, Gilberto Baraona, a decade earlier than he thought he may enter the coffee producing world. Diego is a legend and we are so happy to share this conversation with you. 

We hope you enjoy Episode 002. Please 5 star it, share, follow along and do the other things we should be asking you to do. Either way, Episode 003 is coming soon :)

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After years of good intentions, we have finally launched our podcast!

In this episode Dario Scilipoti and Fanie Botes talk about the fear of starting, their journeys into coffee and they discover that Coffee Really Did Make Them Do It.

We hope you enjoy Episode 001. Please 5 star it, share, follow along and do the other things we should be asking you to do. Either way, Episode 002 is coming soon :)