{"id":1625,"date":"2023-11-03T08:31:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T13:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/u3coffee.com\/?p=1625"},"modified":"2025-10-11T15:13:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T20:13:05","slug":"nathan-hamood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u3coffee.com\/interviews\/nathan-hamood\/","title":{"rendered":"Nathan Hamood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-position:center top;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"--awb-max-width:1000px;--awb-max-height:563px;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:56.3%;\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GEcURl_6-Qk?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture;\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one h3 uppercase\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:0px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Nathan Hamood<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1 h6\"><p>Managing Member, President, Director of Coffee, &amp; Co-owner, Dessert Oasis Coffee<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_5 2_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:40%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:4.8%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:4.8%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:1;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:1;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three h6 font-supreme\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\"><strong>Takeaways<\/strong><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-0 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-stretch\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:auto;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2%;--awb-width-medium:auto;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2%;--awb-width-small:auto;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:2%;--awb-spacing-left-small:2%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2 number-circle\"><p>1<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-1 fusion_builder_column_inner_3_4 3_4 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-stretch\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:75%;--awb-flex-grow:1;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.56%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.56%;--awb-width-medium:75%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.56%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.56%;--awb-width-small:50%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:1;--awb-spacing-right-small:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-small:3.84%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3 mobile-h7 no-margin-bottom\"><p>Nathan\u2019s passion for coffee started when he was only 13, thanks to his family\u2019s dessert caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-2 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-stretch\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:auto;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2%;--awb-width-medium:auto;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2%;--awb-width-small:auto;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:2%;--awb-spacing-left-small:2%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4 number-circle\"><p>2<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-3 fusion_builder_column_inner_3_4 3_4 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-stretch\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:75%;--awb-flex-grow:1;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.56%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.56%;--awb-width-medium:75%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.56%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.56%;--awb-width-small:50%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:1;--awb-spacing-right-small:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-small:3.84%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5 mobile-h7 no-margin-bottom\"><p>Nathan finds motivation and inspiration in seeing passionate members of his team develop full-time careers in coffee.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-4 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-stretch\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:auto;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2%;--awb-width-medium:auto;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2%;--awb-width-small:auto;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:2%;--awb-spacing-left-small:2%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6 number-circle\"><p>3<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-5 fusion_builder_column_inner_3_4 3_4 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-stretch\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:75%;--awb-flex-grow:1;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.56%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.56%;--awb-width-medium:75%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.56%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.56%;--awb-width-small:50%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:1;--awb-spacing-right-small:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-small:3.84%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7 mobile-h7 no-margin-bottom\"><p>Dessert Oasis\u2019s single-origin micro-lot roasts allow them to provide consistent, high-quality products for their customers and market opportunities for small coffee farmers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.2%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.2%;--awb-width-medium:60%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.2%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.2%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"><p><strong>Expertise:<\/strong> roasting, entrepreneurship, caf\u00e9 owner<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coffee insight: <\/strong>Nathan has found that their micro-lot coffees are generally at their best for about six to eight months, which he uses as a rhythm for creating new roasts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fun fact: <\/strong>Nathan started his roasting experiments with a rotisserie oven that had been converted into a drum roaster!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_2_5 2_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:40%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:4.8%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:4.8%;--awb-width-medium:40%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:4.8%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:4.8%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"279\" alt=\"Nathan Hamood&#039;s Top 3: 1.) Pour Over 2.) Black Coffee, and 3.) 3+ cups a day\" title=\"231102_U3 Top 3 Layouts_Nathan Hamood\" src=\"https:\/\/u3coffee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231102_U3-Top-3-Layouts_Nathan-Hamood.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/u3coffee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231102_U3-Top-3-Layouts_Nathan-Hamood.png\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-1641\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27279%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20279%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27279%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/u3coffee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231102_U3-Top-3-Layouts_Nathan-Hamood-200x62.png 200w, https:\/\/u3coffee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231102_U3-Top-3-Layouts_Nathan-Hamood-400x124.png 400w, https:\/\/u3coffee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231102_U3-Top-3-Layouts_Nathan-Hamood-600x186.png 600w, https:\/\/u3coffee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231102_U3-Top-3-Layouts_Nathan-Hamood-800x248.png 800w, https:\/\/u3coffee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/231102_U3-Top-3-Layouts_Nathan-Hamood.png 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two h4\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Nathan\u2019s Coffee Origin Story<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"><p>In 2009, Nathan\u2019s sister, who was 16, was looking for more venues where she could perform as a musician, but her age was a limiting factor. Nathan\u2019s family realized that not only were there limited venues for young musicians, but there also were few places in their community where people could gather in a focused environment to listen to live music. From that, the first incarnation of Dessert Oasis was born.<\/p>\n<p>Originally, the business focused on serving desserts and creating a venue for their community to connect, and serving coffee was just one small aspect of their model. \u201cThat was really enough exposure to kind of get my interest piqued in the world of coffee,\u201d Nathan explains. \u201cI literally used to go to my parents with these profit-analysis charts as a 13-year-old, trying to explain why it would be financially feasible for us to being roasting our own coffee and actually improving what we were doing on the coffee end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/u3coffee.com\/product\/ethiopia-biru-bekele-washed\/\">Click here to find Dessert Oasis Coffee Roasters\u2019 Ethiopia Biru Bekele roast in the U3 Coffee Exchange!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-4 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two h4\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Nathan\u2019s Current Role<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-10\"><p>Nathan says wears many hats in his family\u2019s business, Dessert Oasis Coffee Roasters, which has grown to a team of 65 people at four different locations, including an eight-person baking team specializing in <a href=\"https:\/\/docr.coffee\/pages\/cheesecake-ordering\">their signature cheesecakes<\/a>. He sources all of the company\u2019s green coffee, heads the roasting department, and develops the company\u2019s vision and financial strategy.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s also co-founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acehighco.com\/\">Ace High Company<\/a>, an all-natural-ingredient haircare company, which he founded with Dessert Oasis\u2019s current director of finance in 2016. After friends in the haircare industry helped them discover their interest in experimenting with different hair products, Nathan and his co-founder started to play with creating their own. \u201cWe started brewing these little batches of pomade in our kitchen of the Rochester shop after hours, actually,\u201d he recalls. Today they sell small-batch hair products worldwide, to haircare professionals and on their online platform.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-5 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two h4\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">What Fuels Nathan\u2019s Work<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-11\"><p>Nathan is doing his part to create more opportunities for people who are passionate about making their careers in the coffee industry. \u201cThat\u2019s one of the things that really drives me to want to continue the growth of this company\u2026to create more of those career-type roles in our organization,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n<p>Nathan wants to change how people think about working in coffee. \u201cOver the years, we\u2019ve met and worked with so many passionate, talented people who always have that compromise of that societal pressure to \u2018get a real job\u2019 or \u2018get into your actual career.\u2019\u201d At Dessert Oasis, Nathan is proud that they\u2019ve grown by finding driven people, like their baristas, who wanted to transition into full-time careers within the business.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-6 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two h4\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">What Nathan Wants Coffee Drinkers to Know<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-12\"><p>Nathan says he hopes more consumers will come to understand the amount of work required to make a phenomenal cup of coffee. He shares with his regular customers all of the labor that goes into creating Dessert Oasis\u2019s micro-lot coffees, but he says even they\u2019re sometimes surprised by the amount of labor involved\u2014from farming to sourcing to roasting to the art of brewing. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think really the real craft of it is one of the biggest surprises to so many people still,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-8 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-7 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two h4\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">How Nathan Cultivates Community through Coffee<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-13\"><p>By forging long-term relationships with their importers and farmers, Nathan says that he\u2019s able to better serve his customers, by providing high-quality, consistent, single-source micro-lot roasts.<\/p>\n<p>After experimenting with blends, Nathan realized that his customers were truly drawn to their single-origin roasts, so that\u2019s where he chose to put his energy: \u201cLet\u2019s just focus on really highlighting each origin, each lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This model allows Dessert Oasis to provide coffee lovers with a seasonal rotation of unique coffees and serve as a market for small farmers, while also educating consumers about what makes each lot unique.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-9 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-8 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three h5\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Where You Can Find Nathan<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-14\"><p><strong>Dessert Oasis Coffee Roasters:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/docr.coffee\/\">www.docr.coffee<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Instagram:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dessert_oasis_coffee_roasters\/\">@desert_oasis_coffee_roasters<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1686,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[216,70,217],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entrepreneur","category-interviews","category-roaster"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nathan Hamood | U3 Coffee<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nathan Hamood started his career in the coffee industry when he was only 13 years old. 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