Jeff Newton first met Kian Abedini, the founder of Compelling & Rich Coffee a few months back at The Iron Barista. Kian competed that night in a much cooler version of Iron Chef. The event was sponsored by Demitasse, hosted at Chimney Coffee and MC’d by the crazy cats from The LA Coffee Club.
Jeff kept in touch with Kian after the competition and a few weeks ago they met up at Awesome Coffee to talk about his three year journey from restaurant consultant, to roaster, to founder of Compelling & Rich. And how in that short period, his determination to ‘advance coffee’ has led to him receiving multiple 90+ ratings of his roasts by Coffee Review.
To read the entire interview, click on the link below. In the meantime, enjoy Jeff's photos below.
