Who is Triple Crown Coffee?

We have the privilege of speaking with the one and only, Cookie Monster and Triple Crown Coffee!

Today we begin the show with an EPIC trail name story. By far one of the funniest and best stories we have heard in a long time, if you assume the name Cookie Monster comes from liking cookies, well you are not wrong, but there is so much more behind it!

We laugh our way into learning about Cookie Monster's 25+ years of adventure life. Beginning with his passion to explore overseas, and then transitioning to a passion in 2008 with his first thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail, to revolving his life around the trail. Or more accurately adventure life, he has lived a very colorful and wonderful life full of variety and we dive into the thoughts and feelings behind it.

We dive into the similarities and "differences" between the international travel community and the trail community. We chat about his love and passion of the community that continues to make him the best version of himself.

We chat about the ethos and daily life working for a company such as REI and Patagonia, and dive deeper into what these companies came to represent to Cookie Monster's experience.

We chat about Triple Crown Coffee, and how the company was born from a thru-hiker, and then stayed within the community. We chat about Cookie Monster's passion combining with his work, and how he still finds joy within each. We chat about giving back as he put it " support the trails, one cup at a time." We chat about ethically sourcing coffee and maintaining the entire supply chain to make sure that every piece of the puzzle is equitable.

We chat about trails, we chat about business, we chat about giving back, we chat about how every pound that Triple Crown Coffee sells, a $1 is donated back to the trail.

Too many wonderful quotes to list, Cookie Monster has a very eloquent way of talking and framing thoughts, we really enjoyed his take on many of the subjects that continue to have us wondering.

Truly a wonderful chat with Cookie Monster & Triple Crown Coffee, thanks again for sharing some of your story with us.

FAVORTIE QUOTES:

"Trail is a mirror, trail is a reflection, of the journey we have through life"

"The interesting thing about goals is they continually move, as soon as you "score" one goal, it becomes what's next?"

"Thru-hiking is such a gift and blessing in my life... I want to make sure these trails are protected into propriety"

To learn more about Triple Crown Coffee and get involved check out the link below:

Website: Triplecrowncoffee.com

Email: info@triplecrowncoffee.com

To learn more about who we are click the link below:

Website: https://www.elevenskys.com/

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