Welcome to the Coffee with COVID-19 Podcast. A continuous series investigating the impact of COVID-19 on various different levels of the coffee industry. Our first episode is a conversation with Sasa Sestic, founder and owner of the world-famous coffee roasters Ona, and green coffee experts Project Origin. As a coffee professional, Sasa Sestic was crowned World Barista Champion in 2015. You can find timestamps to each question covered in this episode below: 2:05 - What was your initial reaction to COVID-19? 9:20 - How have you navigated the uncertainty thus far? 13:05 - Were there differing impressions internationally to COVID-19? 26:00 - Are your companies improving as a result of COVID-19? 31:02 - How does the disruption of the competition calendar affect you? 41:26 - What are your predictions for the coming months and years? 45:59 - Conclusions and closing discussion If you enjoyed this content, make sure to check out our Patreon as we have several different ways that you can join and support our community: https://www.patreon.com/patrikrolf Patreon enables us to work on projects such as this one, and we're very appreciative of your support which ensures that we can continue producing sponsor free media content. You can contact us or our collaborators using any of the channels below: *********************************** Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aprilcoffeecph Webshop: https://aprilcoffeeroasters.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPlsOYZ8ZEam57EUCf3DKjg? Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/coffee-with-april Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/patrikrolf Email: patrikrolf@aprilcoffeeroastery.com / josephfisher@aprilcoffeeroastery.com