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freese
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About freese
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Comment #20393130
TAIKA | San Francisco (Onsite) | Head of Business Ops (1st Employee & Founding Team) We help people live a healthier lifestyle by redesigning consumer products most of us consume d…
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Comment #17474368
I never finished my undergrad. Just got my EB-1 GC after having an O-1, didn't seem to be a problem at all. Also had some help with Peter in the process - thanks!
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Comment #17076334
This is really cool, and I love the name and its connection to Airbnb founding story
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Comment #13945585
Email me and I make get you a travel box
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Comment #13945553
We've been planning a pop up for a while now. First one will probably be in SF, then hopefully around the continent!
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Comment #13940227
Totally agree with you! Email me if you're interested in staying in loop with our decaf version
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Comment #13940221
...yet there's a lot of research showing that sugar IS helluva drug. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2235907/ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jan/05/is-sugar-…
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Comment #13940178
This is really great to hear. We've had a good amount of demand for decaf option and are working on it. Email me and I'll keep you in the loop
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Comment #13940167
We're hearing this from more and more people. Luckily, there are some great decaf whole bean coffees but if something sucks it's the decaf instant coffee. We're working on a decaf …
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Comment #13940156
We're decidedly anti-artisanal coffee. Our mission is to take really good coffee and make it accessible and approachable to the mainstream coffee drinkers. My 83-year-old grandmoth…
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Comment #13940140
Instant coffee is liquid, brewed coffee that then gets dehydrated. 1) grind the coffee 2) brew it however you like 3) cool the coffee from 90C --> cold 4) freeze the coffee 5) free…
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Comment #13940094
Luckily there are so many great roasters with online stores now that getting fresh beans has never been easier.
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Comment #13940079
The cool thing with instant coffee is that the whole concept is something that just works much better at scale - sourcing, roasting, brewing etc. We have solid plans to bring the c…
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Comment #13940056
We hear this a lot. Same goes for me - I wake up before my wife and she's really happy when I'm drinking Sudden at home instead of grinding and brewing.
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Comment #13940047
Email me and I'll fix some for you
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Comment #13940036
Here's a short review by Oliver Strand, the coffee critic at NYTimes: https://nyti.ms/2mK8Frw
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Comment #13937775
email me and I'll send you two!
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Comment #13937759
This it the whole idea - we don't try to replace all your coffee rituals but rather help you drink great coffee when you otherwise wouldn't be able to.
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Comment #13937758
Thanks for giving us a try!
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Comment #13937450
Hahaa! Awesome. The circle or die cut one?
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Comment #13937443
When I was starting to work on Sudden I knew that the biggest challenge would be around the perception of instant coffee. It's a lot of work but we have a pretty solid plan and tra…
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Comment #13937435
drinking water is but hot water for brewing coffee comes from big tanks that get really gross
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Comment #13937429
Currently we promise 4-6 month shelf life. We recently started to flush the tubes with nitrogen. As long as you keep the coffee in dark, cool and dry place it will last probably lo…