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freese

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About freese

Co-founder at Taika. Prev: Co-founder at Sudden Coffee (YC W17), world's 9th best barista

http://twitter.com/kalfreese

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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…