Go With Your Palate
Go With Your Palate
Joe Wagner
E85 Buunni Coffee | Joe Wagner
48 minutes Posted Dec 19, 2025 at 7:00 pm.
Coffee & Wine myth busting
How coffee is picked (backyard coffee)
Wine vs Coffee (Ripeness, Sourcing)
Arabic vs Robusta
Welcome Buunni Coffee (Sarina & Elias)!
Coffee origin love story
From Ethiopia to NYC (A true coffee love story)
First day opening Buunni Coffee
Hard Grind pays off! (work ethic inspo)
Coffee and Wine world inclusion (building community not elitism)
Different coffee preparations (drip vs pod)
Brewing traditions (generational resurgence)
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đŸŽ™ïž Go With Your Palate: Sarina & Elias | Brewing Love, Culture & Community with Buunni Coffee This week, we brew up something special with Sarina Prabasi and Elias Gurmu, the husband-and-wife duo behind Buunni Coffee—a brand rooted in Ethiopian coffee culture and built into one of Manhattan’s most beloved community-driven cafĂ©s. Sarina and Elias share their inspiring journey of bringing their love story—and their love for coffee—from Ethiopia to New York City, navigating one of the mo...