Description: The CoffeeGeek Podcast explores every aspect of quality coffee and espresso, from absolute beginner and newbie issues, questions, comments and how tos, on up to uber-Geek intensive stuff like interviews with some of the top pros in the industry, and micro-focusing discussions on the finer points of the beverages. With one or two episodes a week, this is sure to be your fix about quality coffee and espresso. Brought to you by the folks at CoffeeGeek.com.
Show Notes This episode talks about some great coffees available this summer, a new Barista outreach program from the Cup of Excellence, and a feature interview with Carl Sara.
00:00 Start 00:45 Sponsored by 49th Parallel Roasters 03:29 World Barista Championship Recorded Streams 05:58 Great Coffees in the Summer Intro 06:37 Mainstream Media backlash against "culinary" coffee 07:41 Fox Business Video of Matt Milletto handling dump talking heads well 09:12 Chicago Tribune Article about Intelligentsia ending 20oz coffee sizes 12:29 Commodity / Utility Coffee and Culinary Coffee can co-exist 16:38 Consumers who like culinary coffee - less than 20%? 19:51 Breaking down the top 20% of coffee drinkers 25:38 The iced espresso debate 30:10 Commodity coffee and culinary coffee have their place. 32:27 Cup of Excellence Barista Program 37:43 Great Coffees for July and August! 38:08 Esmeralda Microlot Batch 8 from Counter Culture Coffee 39:40 Summer Solstace Blend and Kenya Gauriri Auction lot from Intelligentsia Coffee 41:17 Kenya AA Ruiru Auction Lot from Batdorf and Bronson 42:23 Sumatra Blue Batak Peaberry from Great Plains Coffee Roasters 43:55 Sponsored by 49th Parallel Roasters 44:16 Next episode - exclusive reviews of 49th Parallel Coffees 45:07 Interview with Carl Sara 1:22:29 Show Wrapup
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Show Notes
This episode talks about some great coffees available this summer, a new Barista outreach program from the Cup of Excellence, and a feature interview with Carl Sara.
00:00 Start
00:45 Sponsored by 49th Parallel Roasters
03:29 World Barista Championship Recorded Streams
05:58 Great Coffees in the Summer Intro
06:37 Mainstream Media backlash against "culinary" coffee
07:41 Fox Business Video of Matt Milletto handling dump talking heads well
09:12 Chicago Tribune Article about Intelligentsia ending 20oz coffee sizes
12:29 Commodity / Utility Coffee and Culinary Coffee can co-exist
16:38 Consumers who like culinary coffee - less than 20%?
19:51 Breaking down the top 20% of coffee drinkers
25:38 The iced espresso debate
30:10 Commodity coffee and culinary coffee have their place.
32:27 Cup of Excellence Barista Program
37:43 Great Coffees for July and August!
38:08 Esmeralda Microlot Batch 8 from Counter Culture Coffee
39:40 Summer Solstace Blend and Kenya Gauriri Auction lot from Intelligentsia Coffee
41:17 Kenya AA Ruiru Auction Lot from Batdorf and Bronson
42:23 Sumatra Blue Batak Peaberry from Great Plains Coffee Roasters
43:55 Sponsored by 49th Parallel Roasters
44:16 Next episode - exclusive reviews of 49th Parallel Coffees
45:07 Interview with Carl Sara
1:22:29 Show Wrapup
00:00 Intro 00:40 Sponsored by 49th Parallel Roasters 02:09 SCAA Minneapolis Post Show Report 02:28 Show Reports on CoffeeGeek 03:39 Elektra Nino at SCAA 05:04 Baratza Vario Grinder at SCAA 12:18 Great grinder for restaurants 13:22 Hottop Coffee Roaster 16:14 Ascaso Espresso Machines 19:32 Whole Latte Love at the SCAA 20:57 Handpresso Manual Espresso Maker 22:34 Mark goes on a USBC RANT! 28:45 SCAA Wrapup 29:03 49th Parallel Roasters 29:34 Connecting Worlds: The Coffee Trail, a Photo Book 31:57 Interview with George Howell 32:42 George talks about Connecting Worlds: The Coffee Trail 39:14 Vacuum packing green coffee, a growing trend 43:50 Wine analogies with coffee 46:36 "Blends hide the farmer" - George explains 51:13 Can espresso blends ever celebrate the farmer as much as s/o does? 57:19 Cup of Excellence discussion 58:24 Trends in coffee - farm names vs. brand names 1:01:09 Terroir Coffee - New coffees 1:09:48 Show wrapup - did Mark get punked?
00:00 Intro 00:40 Sponsored by 49th Parallel Roasters 02:09 SCAA Minneapolis Post Show Report 02:28 Show Reports on CoffeeGeek 03:39 Elektra Nino at SCAA 05:04 Baratza Vario Grinder at SCAA 12:18 Great grinder for restaurants 13:22 Hottop Coffee Roaster 16:14 Ascaso Espresso Machines 19:32 Whole Latte Love at the SCAA 20:57 Handpresso Manual Espresso Maker 22:34 Mark goes on a USBC RANT! 28:45 SCAA Wrapup 29:03 49th Parallel Roasters 29:34 Connecting Worlds: The Coffee Trail, a Photo Book 31:57 Interview with George Howell 32:42 George talks about Connecting Worlds: The Coffee Trail 39:14 Vacuum packing green coffee, a growing trend 43:50 Wine analogies with coffee 46:36 "Blends hide the farmer" - George explains 51:13 Can espresso blends ever celebrate the farmer as much as s/o does? 57:19 Cup of Excellence discussion 58:24 Trends in coffee - farm names vs. brand names 1:01:09 Terroir Coffee - New coffees 1:09:48 Show wrapup - did Mark get punked?
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Description: The CoffeeGeek Podcast explores every aspect of quality coffee and espresso, from absolute beginner and newbie issues, questions, comments and how tos, on up to uber-Geek intensive stuff like interviews with some of the top pros in the industry, and micro-focusing discussions on the finer points of the beverages. With one or two episodes a week, this is sure to be your fix about quality coffee and espresso. Brought to you by the folks at CoffeeGeek.com.
