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Mark Inman

Mark Inman

Senior coffee trader and Director of Sales at Covoya Specialty Coffee; longtime co-host of The Exchange on the Covoya Coffee Podcasting Network.

Aug 11, 2026

6:07
You're leaving the door open.
6:08
Yeah, I'm taking Brazil.
6:10
Um, I'm going to take Rwanda, and my third option...
6:19
God, Indonesia is such a good one.
6:21
Um, third option is going to be-

8 MINS LATER

14:01
[laughs] I made him feel... [laughs]
14:04
Uh, yeah, I, I would, I would probably, uh, change mine to a more equitable trading system for, you know, for coffee.
12:06
Hmm.
12:06
And so he had this idea of, "I'm gonna put a creamery on my farm, bottle proper organic milk, and deliver it to the doorstep."So they approached us at that point, said, "Hey, we've got this business idea." The creamery was, I think, just about under construction, and they were looking for a brand for it.
12:27
So we got to know them a bit, and Wayne and Ange, they are fantastic people with just this awesome Kiwi character that loves a little bit of fun.
12:40
So it made sense for the brand to take on some of that personality.
12:47
In talking with them, we've ended up with a brand that always has a little bit of tongue in cheek and a little bit of that Kiwi attitude, or this sort of joke over the gate in the field.
12:58
So we do all sorts of things that adhere to that sort of brand value.
13:02
So simple things like, um, the messaging.

26 MINS LATER

38:55
Where's Black Sheep going next? Is it more of the same? Is it new developments? What's the story?

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