{"podcast":{"title":"5THWAVE - The Business of Coffee and Hospitality","slug":"5thwave-the-business-of-coffee-and-hospitality-2776042","podcast_index_feed_id":2776042,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/5thwave-the-business-of-coffee","website_url":"https://www.worldcoffeeportal.com/5THWAVE/Podcast","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1hocJln2w8iLF0iZJF49gPHAnymBpT5n-gc3Ud7hPdk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE0NjY2LzE2NzU0/MjM1MjgtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"World Coffee Portal","episode_count":238,"summary":"A forward-thinking interview series examining the business of progressive coffee culture. The 5THWAVE Podcast is hosted by Jeffrey Young, Editor-in-Chief of 5THWAVE magazine and Founder of Allegra Group. Each episode features inspiring stories, business lessons, and thought leadership from the entrepreneurs and industry experts blazing trails to success across the world of coffee. The podcast will delve into the detail of achieving operational excellence, get to grips with green coffee sourcing and seek out the very best of global coffee culture. We’ll also examine the future of e-commerce and coffee at home, the changing face of cafés and coffee shops, and how to hone winning HR strategies – plus much more. Tune into the 5THWAVE Playlist on Spotify to listen to all the credits music featured the show: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/45goieo3qIN1xT9hSGnWeI Get in touch and tell us what topics you'd like to hear by visiting www.worldcoffeeportal.com/5THWAVEPodcast","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T14:22:59.625433+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/5thwave-the-business-of-coffee-and-hospitality-2776042"},"episode":{"title":"Precision and craft – a conversation with the founders of MAME","slug":"precision-and-craft-a-conversation-with-the-founders-of-mame","published_at":"2026-03-06T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/5thwave-the-business-of-coffee-and-hospitality-2776042/precision-and-craft-a-conversation-with-the-founders-of-mame","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/5thwave-the-business-of-coffee-and-hospitality-2776042","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/e890f3cd","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/e890f3cd/90d2b18b.mp3","summary":"In today’s episode, we’re speaking with Emi Fukahori and Mathieu Theis, Co-founders of Swiss specialty coffee business MAME . Multiple-time Swiss competition winners, Emi and Mathieu founded MAME in Zurich in 2016, driven by a shared passion for coffee tasting, sensory analysis and competition craft, combined with Japanese precision. Today, they operate eight coffee shops across Zurich and Geneva and, one most recently, Tokyo. In this conversation, Emi and Mathieu share their guiding principles for tailoring every guest experience and creating memorable coffee moments. They also discuss how they’ve drawn inspiration from Michelin-starred chefs to scale high-quality and maintain a strong brand identity as they grow internationally. Credits music: \"Lay on Grass\" by Sam Stokes in association with The Coffee Music Project and SEB Collective . Tune into the 5THWAVE Playlist on Spotify for more music from the show Sign up for our newsletter to receive the latest coffee news at worldcoffeeportal.com Subscribe to 5THWAVE on Instagram @5thWaveCoffee and tell us what topics you'd like to hear","meta_description":"In today’s episode, we’re speaking with Emi Fukahori and Mathieu Theis, Co-founders of Swiss specialty coffee business MAME . Multiple-time Swiss competit…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2224,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/5thwave-the-business-of-coffee-and-hospitality-2776042/episodes/precision-and-craft-a-conversation-with-the-founders-of-mame/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/5thwave-the-business-of-coffee-and-hospitality-2776042/precision-and-craft-a-conversation-with-the-founders-of-mame.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}