Hill of Beans

Chris and Erik are at it again. Its been over a year and they are ready to take the reigns and talk about... well Coffee, Chocolate and pretty much everything in-between .

Garageband sucks. Erik's pants ugh!

Recorded Live at EBC a couple of weeks back.

This week we talk about all thing new in late winter!

This week we discuss our new Mics and other new products, as well as The Puppy Love Event this weekend and social media in general.

Well, 2021 went out like a thundering herd of buffalo. We have finally found the time to get back together and record a new season. With new years come new challenges for all of us here in the small hamlet of Idyllwild.

This week we discuss last weekend craziness, and what's new coming for December and Christmas.

This week we get into the Holiday season! Pre Thanksgiving and the start of winter tourism. New offerings I both shops abound.

This week Erik and Chris talk about fall and the new seasonal offerings.

Well it's been a few weeks, this week we got back to recording. Our topics were for business and other fun stuff.

Erik is in El Salvador this week so we recorded this one last week. The conversation in this episode revolves mainly around traveling and sourcing new cacao and coffee.

This week Chris & Erik talk about Labor Day weekend around town, and as always we talk coffee and chocolate.

What's the holiday weekend gonna be like?

This week we talk about Pints in the Pines, new Covid regulations potentially, and the future of business in Idyllwild

This week we chat about the cooler weather and other fun stuff like breakfast burritos.

This week we talk about everything from hiring employees to updating websites.

When does summer end? Labor Day? When school starts? We discuss this and other difficulties in The Dog days of summer.

This episode we discuss the summer heat and all the new things we are currently offering!

We did it, we recorded another podcast in less than a month! Turns out we didn't have much to say, but we are still fun to listen to, huh?

As we try to become more diligent to record on the regular, we find our shops becoming busier and busier. Summer is always HOTT!

It's been way too long, but we have been busy. Here what you've missed this year.

This week we have Stevie form Idyllwild’s newest restaurant and Erik tells us about his trip to Mexico

This week we talk about the always present topic of customer suggestions for your small business.

This week we talk about new businesses were excited about and what’s happening in our shops.

With all of the uncertainty of COVID what will the end of summer look like for us and other small businesses here in Idyllwild?

After a long hiatus Chris and Erik are back to fill everyone in on all things coffee and chocolate and Idyllwild.

This week we discuss the slow season between Presidents’ Day weekend and Memorial Day weekend. What we do to occupy the down time and what it means for Idyllwild businesses.

This week we talk about taking time off from work.

After a long break from recording the podcast Erik and Chris are back talking all things coffee, chocolate and Idyllwild.

It thanksgiving week here in Idyllwild. Let us keep you up to date with what’s happening in the world of coffee and chocolate.

This week we have a short discussion about what’s been going on in Idyllwild a little bit about what we’re doing in our businesses and what’s coming down the pipeline.

This week we discuss and ramble on about what motivates us to continue running our little businesses.

This week we try and recover from the annual Art and Wine Walk and we chat about more Idyllwild stuff.

This week we discuss lots of stuff including what it takes to be a “local” in Idyllwild.

This week Chris & Erik share some fun stories about celebrities coming in to our respective businesses and other fun stuff.

This week we discuss some of the new things happening in our businesses and our respective industries.

This week Erik and Chris tell stories about the weird stuff that seems happen all the time.

In this weeks episode we discuss the end of summer and what changes we expect for the coming fall and winter seasons.

This week we chat all about what we do when we aren’t working. It’s a fun conversation with lots of joking and storytelling.... Enjoy

In this episode we discuss why hand crafted quality products are more costly and wether they are worth the added price.

This week Jessica & KATIE join us as we discuss living and doing small business in the small mountain town of Idyllwild, CA, all the while balancing work and family.

In this first episode Erik and Chris discuss “craft” and what they do.