Thread by @Roamfu

Boy, do I have a story for you. I heard of Roam for the first time back in Jan 22, 2020 in a cafe called Tightrope.

In 2019, a crazy serendipity happened in the same cafe, which eventually led me to start a chocolate business called Flowstate.ph

Thread

https://twitter.com/cwdaniels/status/1298433542419099648

The crazy serendipity happened one Saturday. I went to the cafe because my brother said they were experimenting with a chocolate drink from a producer called @MalagosChoco (an award winning local chocolate maker).

I've had an academic interest in cacao since around 2018, but it became a bit of an obsession when I had a Ratatouille moment in a cacao farm in February 2019 medium.com/flowstate-choc…
gfycat.com/unfoldedapprop…

Anyhow, the cafe was a bit full, so I sat in the common table. I couldn't help but overhear the conversation of two guys in the same table. There was a fellow who was talking about coffee and cacao.

Turns out he was a Canadian coffee consultant, who has been obsessed about cacao and has been traveling around the world visiting cacao farms.

So two guys from opposite sides of the world happen to have the same obsession sit in the same table in the same cafe at the same time.

I introduced myself to him. Even if I didn't reach out, we would have been introduced. The owner of the coffeeshop knew of our common interest, and introduced us later, not knowing that I already introduced myself. His name is Vassily Lissouba

https://twitter.com/mattperger/status/583496461419208704

Vassily later introduced me to cacao farmers in Davao, who later became my suppliers. He's no stranger to serendipities in coffeeshops. In fact, he sat in the common table for that reason. He explains in this podcast I did with him zerothreetwo.com/podcast/vassil…

I had to close down Flowstate during the pandemic but my brother @petercorazo continues the story under his own brand BRGY Cacao instagram.com/brgy.cacao/

He is now farming cacao and producing chocolates.

https://twitter.com/petercorazo/status/1296478436811247619

In Liz Gilbert's mythology of inspiration, you could be a conduit for an idea meant for someone else.

I was possessed by that idea for around 9 months lol medium.com/flowstate-choc… It seems my brother is now the one possessed

https://twitter.com/kcorazo/status/1278159158630481920

I think a coffeeshop deliberately fabricating serendipity for its clientele is a great idea. Not only through an online community, but the owner making introductions based on common interests.

IRL version of what I'm trying to do online

https://twitter.com/Roamfu/status/1294261146665381888

Why not use Roam as a CRM, but instead of using it to sell, use it to see serendipities among your patrons then fabricate it for them?

https://twitter.com/kcorazo/status/1255673913473826819