Kiss My Glass: Why can't we be friends

March 26, 2018 4:42 PM PT

Mike Arquines landed far away from his original career path — nursing — but is relieved that the deviation led him to a point where he gets to wake up happy to do what he does every day.

As the head roaster and co-owner of Mostra Coffee, as well as the chef/owner of The LAB Dining Sessions, it could be said that Arquines is one of the biggest collaborators in all of San Diego. In the five years since Mostra first opened, from beer to other coffee roasters and dinners, he has been a part of hundreds of collaborations.

In this episode of Kiss My Glass, host Edwin Real of Facebook group Eating and Drinking In San Diego talks to Arquines about:

Veering away from the “expected” career path
Interning at Le Bernardin by Eric Ripert in New York City
Opening Cork & Craft in Rancho Bernardo
Five year anniversary of Mostra Coffee
Bottle it and they will come, what it’s like at special release events with Mostra Coffee
If breweries can collaborate, why not coffee roasteries, too?
San Diego is a cold brew city
The whale maker: More than 300 collaborations worldwide in the past five years
Hip hop collaboration
The secondary market for specialty collaborations
Has a collaboration ever gone wrong?
Building camaraderie in the process of collaboration
Future plans for expanding
At home coffee tools

Kiss My Glass is a collaboration between PACIFIC and Facebook group Eating and Drinking in San Diego.

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