EP19: 1:1 Career Conversation with Scott Russell - Founder and CEO Paddy & Scott’s Coffee

This week we chat to Scott Russell from Paddy and Scotts Coffee. Paddy and Scotts is a really unique brand, It all started with a genuine love of great-tasting coffee between two friends. Paddy and Scott teamed up and decided to have a go at blending and slow roasting their own coffee in Scott’s garage. The coffee they produced on a second-hand coffee roaster, aptly named ‘Old Smokey’ soon grew in popularity Paddy and Scott’s delicious slow-roasted coffee is now available to quite a few more people It is still made in the same slow and exacting way. This week we chat about: Life owning a coffee business Switching from the telecoms industry to coffee Owning a coffee farm and the pitfalls of trying to buy one Branding Taking on the big boys of the coffee industry  What makes a great cup of fuel and how Paddy and Scotts started You can learn more about Scott here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ambitionhunter/ You can learn more about Paddy and Scotts here: https://www.paddyandscotts.co.uk/ You can also email the show at [email protected]