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Sam Lewontin

Sam Lewontin

Specialty coffee professional; two-time Northeast Regional Barista Championship winner and co-founder of Everyman Espresso in NYC; currently Sales & Market Development Representative at Stumptown Coffee Roasters.

Jul 15, 2026

Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders

615: The Key to Excellent Cafes, Sales, and Wholesale Support w/ Sam Lewontin!

Jul 15 · 51m

Chris DeferioHOST
5:20
Like how did Sam find coffee in a way that now-- Uh, how many years is it since you started in coffee?
Sam Lewontin
Sam LewontinGUEST
5:27
Oh, God.
Sam Lewontin
Sam LewontinGUEST
5:28
Uh, it's gonna be 26 years at the beginning of next year.
Sam Lewontin
Sam LewontinGUEST
5:35
Uh, yeah, it's been, it's been quite a journey.
Sam Lewontin
Sam LewontinGUEST
5:39
I really fell in love with coffee in two kinda separate stages.
Sam Lewontin
Sam LewontinGUEST
5:44
Um, so my first coffee job was a, uh, barista job at a coffee kiosk attached to a family-run local grocery store, like five minutes walk from my parents' house.
Sam Lewontin
Sam LewontinGUEST
6:00
Uh, this is on Queen Anne Hill in Seattle.

7 MINS LATER

Chris DeferioHOST
12:35
So tell me the, the, the transitional story to h- how that happened and what the goal of that was.

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