Filter Stories - Coffee Documentaries https://www.filterstories.org Coffee stories with an extra shot of history and science. Filter Stories is a podcast revealing coffee’s hidden microscopic secrets, its powerful past, and how your choice of beans impacts tens of millions of people. See the behind-the-scenes stories on Instagram @filterstoriespodcast. If you haven’t already, please subscribe to the show and review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Mon, 02 Mar 2026 05:00:00 +0100 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright James Harper Arts:Food 1440 episodic Coffee stories with an extra shot of history and science. Filter Stories is a podcast revealing coffee’s hidden microscopic secrets, its powerful past, and how your choice of beans impacts tens of millions of people. See the behind-the-scenes stories on Instagram @filterstoriespodcast. If you haven’t already, please subscribe to the show and review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! James Harper James Harper No false https://feed.podbean.com/hellobib/feed.xml https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/19763231/104a18fad09c1ac1cc15d629c1305b84.jpg Filter Stories - Coffee Documentaries https://www.filterstories.org 144 144 Surrogates: Anything but the coffee Surrogates: Anything but the coffee https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/surrogates-anything-but-the-coffee/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/surrogates-anything-but-the-coffee/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2026 05:00:00 +0100 hellobib.podbean.com/337d8f27-9818-390b-ab79-13c86278ff3b What happens when coffee disappears?

 

This is not a thought experiment! It’s happened many times in history: War, blockades, tariffs, ideology, health panics, sanctions, supply shocks. 

 

When coffee is not around, people still need something warm, comforting, and familiar. And throughout history, people have reached for coffee surrogates: roasted plants and grains engineered to look like coffee…but do they actually taste like coffee? 

 

In this episode, Jonathan and James time-travel by taste testing a truly alarming number of coffee substitutes. 

 

Spoiler: you will hear a lot of spitting! 

 

Which leads to the bigger question: can anything actually replace coffee—or will we always come crawling back?

 

 

Please spread the word about A History of Coffee!

 

Follow us on Instagram - James (@filterstoriespodcast)  and Jonathan (@coffeehistoryjm) - and tag us in an Instagram story. 

 

Write a review on Apple Podcasts

 

Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify

 

 

This free educational content for the coffee community was made possible by Mahlkönig, manufacturers of world-leading coffee grinders for 100 years for your home and cafe. 

 

 

Read Jonathan’s book, ‘Coffee: A Global History’

 

Support James’ work directly by buying him a coffee at Ko-fi.com/FilterStories

 

Read James’ article on the history of decaf technology in Standart

 

See Colin Smith’s amazing coffee museum at Smith’s Coffee in Hemel Hempstead, UK

 

Get nerdy about the intersection of AI and the occult on Karin’s Subtack, Mercurial Minutes

 

 

Do your own surrogate taste test!

 

Postum

Atomo

Orzo

Fig

Dandelion root

Dateseed

Acorn

Chickpea

Chicory Root

Camp Coffee

 

Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> What happens when coffee disappears?

 

This is not a thought experiment! It’s happened many times in history: War, blockades, tariffs, ideology, health panics, sanctions, supply shocks. 

 

When coffee is not around, people still need something warm, comforting, and familiar. And throughout history, people have reached for coffee surrogates: roasted plants and grains engineered to look like coffee…but do they actually taste like coffee? 

 

In this episode, Jonathan and James time-travel by taste testing a truly alarming number of coffee substitutes. 

 

Spoiler: you will hear a lot of spitting! 

 

Which leads to the bigger question: can anything actually replace coffee—or will we always come crawling back?

 

 

Please spread the word about A History of Coffee!

 

Follow us on Instagram - James (@filterstoriespodcast)  and Jonathan (@coffeehistoryjm) - and tag us in an Instagram story. 

 

Write a review on Apple Podcasts

 

Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify

 

 

This free educational content for the coffee community was made possible by Mahlkönig, manufacturers of world-leading coffee grinders for 100 years for your home and cafe. 

 

 

Read Jonathan’s book, ‘Coffee: A Global History’

 

Support James’ work directly by buying him a coffee at Ko-fi.com/FilterStories

 

Read James’ article on the history of decaf technology in Standart

 

See Colin Smith’s amazing coffee museum at Smith’s Coffee in Hemel Hempstead, UK

 

Get nerdy about the intersection of AI and the occult on Karin’s Subtack, Mercurial Minutes

 

 

Do your own surrogate taste test!

 

Postum

Atomo

Orzo

Fig

Dandelion root

Dateseed

Acorn

Chickpea

Chicory Root

Camp Coffee

 


Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2785 7 3 full Mother Coffee: The history and heritage of Ethiopia's wild coffee forests Mother Coffee: The history and heritage of Ethiopia's wild coffee forests https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/the-mother-of-all-coffee-trees-the-history-of-ethiopia-s-wild-coffee-forests/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/the-mother-of-all-coffee-trees-the-history-of-ethiopia-s-wild-coffee-forests/#comments Mon, 09 Feb 2026 05:00:00 +0100 hellobib.podbean.com/f23caf4c-4968-391c-8986-bb8271826ca5 Most coffee is grown on vast plantations using machines, pesticides and fertilisers. 

 

But in Ethiopia, coffee grows wild in humid forests surrounded by birds. 

 

And that wild coffee matters more than most of us realise. It is the genetic ‘library’ we can turn to find new varieties to help us keep coffee thriving in the face of climate change. 

 

But the communities who live alongside them and have safeguarded this genetic treasure often don’t earn enough from coffee to make preservation the obvious economic choice.

 

Could a great story be the answer to earn higher premiums for these communities? Could that story be that all the coffee we drink today can actually be traced back to a single “mother tree” in Ethiopia? 

 

This episode is about the history of coffee in Ethiopia, how far back the evidence goes, what counts as evidence, and what we should celebrate (and pay for) when we buy “wild” Ethiopian coffee today.

 

 

Please spread the word about A History of Coffee!

 

Follow us on Instagram - James (@filterstoriespodcast)  and Jonathan (@coffeehistoryjm) - and tag us in an Instagram story. 

 

Write a review on Apple Podcasts 

 

Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify

 

 

This free educational content for the coffee community was made possible by Mahlkönig, manufacturers of world-leading coffee grinders for 100 years for your home and cafe. 

 

Read Jonathan’s book, ‘Coffee: A Global History’ 

 

Support James’ work directly by buying him a coffee at Ko-fi.com/FilterStories

 

Discover how James makes these Filter Stories episodes by subscribing to his Substack newsletter

 

Enjoy James’ Standart article about Avicenna and the earliest (supposed) written reference to coffee

 

Read the scientific paper pinpointing where wild coffee forests are in Ethiopia 

 

Follow Solomon Tselele's work through his Facebook page

 

Learn more about the Ethiopian coffee ceremony on the Adventures in Coffee podcast

 

Series 3 of A History of Coffee is a collaboration between documentary maker James Harper of the Filter Stories coffee podcast and Jonathan Morris, Professor of History and author of ‘Coffee: A Global History’. 

 

Ethiopian forest sounds curtesy of George Vlad. Hear more nature sounds here.

 

Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> Most coffee is grown on vast plantations using machines, pesticides and fertilisers. 

 

But in Ethiopia, coffee grows wild in humid forests surrounded by birds. 

 

And that wild coffee matters more than most of us realise. It is the genetic ‘library’ we can turn to find new varieties to help us keep coffee thriving in the face of climate change. 

 

But the communities who live alongside them and have safeguarded this genetic treasure often don’t earn enough from coffee to make preservation the obvious economic choice.

 

Could a great story be the answer to earn higher premiums for these communities? Could that story be that all the coffee we drink today can actually be traced back to a single “mother tree” in Ethiopia? 

 

This episode is about the history of coffee in Ethiopia, how far back the evidence goes, what counts as evidence, and what we should celebrate (and pay for) when we buy “wild” Ethiopian coffee today.

 

 

Please spread the word about A History of Coffee!

 

Follow us on Instagram - James (@filterstoriespodcast)  and Jonathan (@coffeehistoryjm) - and tag us in an Instagram story. 

 

Write a review on Apple Podcasts 

 

Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify

 

 

This free educational content for the coffee community was made possible by Mahlkönig, manufacturers of world-leading coffee grinders for 100 years for your home and cafe. 

 

Read Jonathan’s book, ‘Coffee: A Global History’ 

 

Support James’ work directly by buying him a coffee at Ko-fi.com/FilterStories

 

Discover how James makes these Filter Stories episodes by subscribing to his Substack newsletter

 

Enjoy James’ Standart article about Avicenna and the earliest (supposed) written reference to coffee

 

Read the scientific paper pinpointing where wild coffee forests are in Ethiopia 

 

Follow Solomon Tselele's work through his Facebook page

 

Learn more about the Ethiopian coffee ceremony on the Adventures in Coffee podcast

 

Series 3 of A History of Coffee is a collaboration between documentary maker James Harper of the Filter Stories coffee podcast and Jonathan Morris, Professor of History and author of ‘Coffee: A Global History’. 

 

Ethiopian forest sounds curtesy of George Vlad. Hear more nature sounds here.

 


Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2920 7 2 full We Built This City…On Coffee: Hamburg and the making of Europe's coffee trade We Built This City…On Coffee: Hamburg and the making of Europe's coffee trade https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/when-coffee-built-a-city-hamburg-and-the-making-of-europes-coffee-trade/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/when-coffee-built-a-city-hamburg-and-the-making-of-europes-coffee-trade/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2026 05:00:00 +0100 hellobib.podbean.com/1d451208-2303-37a7-8cc9-71f12b33b58e On a long walk through Hamburg, somewhere between the fish markets and giant cranes, you might stumble a giant bronze coffee bean looks like its crash landed from space. 

 

But this giant coffee bean represents a staggering fact: one in every three cups of coffee drunk in Europe has passed through Hamburg. 

 

In the first half of this episode, we explore the many profound ways coffee shaped one of Europe’s most important cities. 

 

But then the story flips because, once coffee changed Hamburg, Hamburg began to change coffee.

 

Series 3 of A History of Coffee is a collaboration between documentary maker James Harper of the Filter Stories coffee podcast and Jonathan Morris, Professor of History and author of ‘Coffee: A Global History’. 

 

 

Please spread the word about A History of Coffee!

 

Follow us on Instagram - James (@filterstoriespodcast)  and Jonathan (@coffeehistoryjm) - and tag us in an Instagram story. 

 

Write a review on Apple Podcasts 

 

Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify

 

This free educational content for the coffee community was made possible by Mahlkönig, manufacturers of world-leading coffee grinders for 100 years for your home and cafe. 

 

Read Jonathan’s book, ‘Coffee: A Global History’ (https://amzn.to/3dihAfU)

 

Support James’ work directly by buying him a coffee at Ko-fi.com/FilterStories

 

Pick up a copy of Margrit Schulte Beerbühl’s book, Kaffee Ist Fertig! 

 

Read James’ article on Frederick the Great’s attempt to ban coffee in Standart

 

 

Go on your own Hamburg coffee tour!

 

Giant bean 

Speicherstadt Museum 

Burg Coffee Museum in the Speicherstadt

Becking, 100 year old coffee roasters

1950s Rebuilt Coffee Exchange - and an Instagram post coming on @filterstoriespodcast

 

 

Go deeper into the story of Mahlkönig’s grinders

 

Early EKs - post coming on @filterstoriespodcast

DK (aka Donkey Kong Dreiphasen Kaffeemühle)

Grind-by-Sync espresso grinders

EK Omnia

Guatemala

Matt Perger WBC routine demonstrating the EK

Filter Stories episode on grinding curves

Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> On a long walk through Hamburg, somewhere between the fish markets and giant cranes, you might stumble a giant bronze coffee bean looks like its crash landed from space. 

 

But this giant coffee bean represents a staggering fact: one in every three cups of coffee drunk in Europe has passed through Hamburg. 

 

In the first half of this episode, we explore the many profound ways coffee shaped one of Europe’s most important cities. 

 

But then the story flips because, once coffee changed Hamburg, Hamburg began to change coffee.

 

Series 3 of A History of Coffee is a collaboration between documentary maker James Harper of the Filter Stories coffee podcast and Jonathan Morris, Professor of History and author of ‘Coffee: A Global History’. 

 

 

Please spread the word about A History of Coffee!

 

Follow us on Instagram - James (@filterstoriespodcast)  and Jonathan (@coffeehistoryjm) - and tag us in an Instagram story. 

 

Write a review on Apple Podcasts 

 

Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify

 

This free educational content for the coffee community was made possible by Mahlkönig, manufacturers of world-leading coffee grinders for 100 years for your home and cafe. 

 

Read Jonathan’s book, ‘Coffee: A Global History’ (https://amzn.to/3dihAfU)

 

Support James’ work directly by buying him a coffee at Ko-fi.com/FilterStories

 

Pick up a copy of Margrit Schulte Beerbühl’s book, Kaffee Ist Fertig! 

 

Read James’ article on Frederick the Great’s attempt to ban coffee in Standart

 

 

Go on your own Hamburg coffee tour!

 

Giant bean 

Speicherstadt Museum 

Burg Coffee Museum in the Speicherstadt

Becking, 100 year old coffee roasters

1950s Rebuilt Coffee Exchange - and an Instagram post coming on @filterstoriespodcast

 

 

Go deeper into the story of Mahlkönig’s grinders

 

Early EKs - post coming on @filterstoriespodcast

DK (aka Donkey Kong Dreiphasen Kaffeemühle)

Grind-by-Sync espresso grinders

EK Omnia

Guatemala

Matt Perger WBC routine demonstrating the EK

Filter Stories episode on grinding curves


Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 3012 7 1 full Introducing: Series Three of A History of Coffee Introducing: Series Three of A History of Coffee https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/introducing-series-three-of-a-history-of-coffee/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/introducing-series-three-of-a-history-of-coffee/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2025 05:06:00 +0100 hellobib.podbean.com/905b5d83-4556-30c6-8ed8-4f1f3d87b9dd We’re back with more stories about the tiny psychoactive seed that changed the world and continues to shape our lives today.

Is it possible to follow the story not just to Ethiopia, not just to a single town, but all the way back to one tree?

We’ll uncover the uncomfortable history of Guatemala — a story about who inherited the rich volcanic soil, and who was forced to work it.

We explore what happens when our worst nightmare comes true: coffee disappears from the shelves. What did people brew instead? Was any of it actually drinkable?

And we tell the story of how coffee can shape the massive port city of Hamburg, and how Hamburg then went on to shape the global coffee world.

If we want to make coffee a more equitable industry that’s also kinder to the environment, a place to start is understanding the stories and systems that put the coffee into your cup this morning.

 

Press the ‘Subscribe’ button so you don’t miss future episodes. A History of Coffee is a collaboration between documentary maker James Harper of the Filter Stories coffee podcast and Jonathan Morris, Professor of History and author of ‘Coffee: A Global History’. Follow us on Instagram! Jonathan Morris @coffeehistoryjm and James Harper @filterstoriespodcast. This free educational content was made possible with the support of Mahlkönig, manufacturers of world-class grinders for 100 years. Subscribe to The Science of Coffee podcast

Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> We’re back with more stories about the tiny psychoactive seed that changed the world and continues to shape our lives today.


Is it possible to follow the story not just to Ethiopia, not just to a single town, but all the way back to one tree?


We’ll uncover the uncomfortable history of Guatemala — a story about who inherited the rich volcanic soil, and who was forced to work it.


We explore what happens when our worst nightmare comes true: coffee disappears from the shelves. What did people brew instead? Was any of it actually drinkable?


And we tell the story of how coffee can shape the massive port city of Hamburg, and how Hamburg then went on to shape the global coffee world.


If we want to make coffee a more equitable industry that’s also kinder to the environment, a place to start is understanding the stories and systems that put the coffee into your cup this morning.

 

Press the ‘Subscribe’ button so you don’t miss future episodes.

A History of Coffee is a collaboration between documentary maker James Harper of the Filter Stories coffee podcast and Jonathan Morris, Professor of History and author of ‘Coffee: A Global History’.

Follow us on Instagram! Jonathan Morris @coffeehistoryjm and James Harper @filterstoriespodcast.

This free educational content was made possible with the support of Mahlkönig, manufacturers of world-class grinders for 100 years.


Subscribe to The Science of Coffee podcast


Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 179 7 trailer Coffee Quality, Part 3: When the “quality” myth hits the farm Coffee Quality, Part 3: When the “quality” myth hits the farm https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/coffee-quality-part-3-when-the-quality-myth-hits-the-farm/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/coffee-quality-part-3-when-the-quality-myth-hits-the-farm/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:10:00 +0100 hellobib.podbean.com/bd89ce0a-6565-3ba4-8e89-7d29ad6fafcf For twenty years, the 2004 cupping form profoundly shaped the specialty coffee world.

 

But on the hillsides of coffee farms, some of the form’s byproducts have been disadvantaging producers. 

 

In this episode, we follow two producers whose lives collided with the myth of universal quality. These stories reveal how a single idea of “quality” can close doors for the people with the least power in the supply chain. 

 

The new coffee evaluation form, the CVA, is still young, and with any luck it will keep evolving. I hope for a form that can empower even the smallest producers. 

 

Please support my work directly at Ko-fi.com/FilterStories

 

Other ways you can help:

Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story Write a review on Apple Podcasts

Discover how I make these Filter Stories episodes by subscribing to my Substack newsletter

 

Go deeper into the story of quality:

The original Filter Stories episode about Murray Cooper in Ecuador, Firefly

Specialty Coffee Association's new Coffee Value Assessment

2004 cupping form from the Specialty Coffee Association of America

SCAA Coffee Cuppers Handbook (4th edition, 2011)

Kenneth Liberman's book, "Tasting Coffee: An Inquiry into Objectivity"

SCA's video series on the CVA presented by Peter Giuliano

 

 

Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> For twenty years, the 2004 cupping form profoundly shaped the specialty coffee world.

 

But on the hillsides of coffee farms, some of the form’s byproducts have been disadvantaging producers. 

 

In this episode, we follow two producers whose lives collided with the myth of universal quality. These stories reveal how a single idea of “quality” can close doors for the people with the least power in the supply chain. 

 

The new coffee evaluation form, the CVA, is still young, and with any luck it will keep evolving. I hope for a form that can empower even the smallest producers. 

 

Please support my work directly at Ko-fi.com/FilterStories

 

Other ways you can help:

Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify
Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story
Write a review on Apple Podcasts

Discover how I make these Filter Stories episodes by subscribing to my Substack newsletter

 

Go deeper into the story of quality:

The original Filter Stories episode about Murray Cooper in Ecuador, Firefly

Specialty Coffee Association's new Coffee Value Assessment

2004 cupping form from the Specialty Coffee Association of America

SCAA Coffee Cuppers Handbook (4th edition, 2011)

Kenneth Liberman's book, "Tasting Coffee: An Inquiry into Objectivity"

SCA's video series on the CVA presented by Peter Giuliano

 

 


Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 1800 6 15 full Coffee Quality, Part 2: How “quality” became a myth Coffee Quality, Part 2: How “quality” became a myth https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/coffee-quality-part-2-how-quality-became-a-myth/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/coffee-quality-part-2-how-quality-became-a-myth/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:05:00 +0100 hellobib.podbean.com/b8270a40-c8e9-3cac-b5c6-37dc918bca8e If you ask two specialty professionals what makes a high-quality coffee, you’ll likely get a surprisingly consistent answer: clean, sweet, juicy, bright. To an outsider, they would be forgiven for thinking coffee quality is universally defined.

 

But the truth is more sober.

 

In this episode, we examine how a simple cupping form helped create a universal idea of quality. We then look at the evidence that, in fact, it’s just the personal preferences of a small group of people masquerading as universal quality. 

 

Please support my work directly at Ko-fi.com/FilterStories

 

Other ways you can help:

Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story Write a review on Apple Podcasts

Discover how I make these Filter Stories episodes by subscribing to my Substack newsletter

 

Go deeper into the story of quality:

2004 cupping form from the Specialty Coffee Association of America

SCAA Coffee Cuppers Handbook (4th edition, 2011)

Cup of Excellence cupping form

Kenneth Liberman's book, "Tasting Coffee: An Inquiry into Objectivity"

SCA's video series on the CVA presented by Peter Giuliano

 

 

Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> If you ask two specialty professionals what makes a high-quality coffee, you’ll likely get a surprisingly consistent answer: clean, sweet, juicy, bright. To an outsider, they would be forgiven for thinking coffee quality is universally defined.

 

But the truth is more sober.

 

In this episode, we examine how a simple cupping form helped create a universal idea of quality. We then look at the evidence that, in fact, it’s just the personal preferences of a small group of people masquerading as universal quality. 

 

Please support my work directly at Ko-fi.com/FilterStories

 

Other ways you can help:

Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify
Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story
Write a review on Apple Podcasts

Discover how I make these Filter Stories episodes by subscribing to my Substack newsletter

 

Go deeper into the story of quality:

2004 cupping form from the Specialty Coffee Association of America

SCAA Coffee Cuppers Handbook (4th edition, 2011)

Cup of Excellence cupping form

Kenneth Liberman's book, "Tasting Coffee: An Inquiry into Objectivity"

SCA's video series on the CVA presented by Peter Giuliano

 

 


Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 1533 6 14 full Coffee Quality, Part 1: The birth of specialty coffee flavours Coffee Quality, Part 1: The birth of specialty coffee flavours https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/coffee-quality-part-1-the-birth-of-specialty-coffee-flavours/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/coffee-quality-part-1-the-birth-of-specialty-coffee-flavours/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:00:00 +0100 hellobib.podbean.com/d9f7ddcb-a33a-3459-a118-e17d440cfe8d For the longest time, coffees were dull and bitter. But then a small group of pioneers changed the world. 

 

In this episode, we travel back to the 1960s and ’70s to meet the trailblazers who realised coffees could taste distinctive: sweeter, brighter, cleaner. 

 

We discover how their personal preferences became a movement, then a form, and eventually a global definition of “quality”.

 

Please support my work directly at Ko-fi.com/FilterStories

 

Other ways you can help:

Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story Write a review on Apple Podcasts

Discover how I make these Filter Stories episodes by subscribing to my Substack newsletter

 

Go deeper into the story of quality:

Specialty Coffee Association's new Coffee Value Assessment

2004 cupping form from the Specialty Coffee Association of America

SCAA Coffee Cuppers Handbook (4th edition, 2011)

Michael Sheridan of CQI discussing the inter-organisational politics behind the Houston Expo announcement on Lee Safar's Map It Forward podcast

 

Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> For the longest time, coffees were dull and bitter. But then a small group of pioneers changed the world. 

 

In this episode, we travel back to the 1960s and ’70s to meet the trailblazers who realised coffees could taste distinctive: sweeter, brighter, cleaner. 

 

We discover how their personal preferences became a movement, then a form, and eventually a global definition of “quality”.

 

Please support my work directly at Ko-fi.com/FilterStories

 

Other ways you can help:

Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify
Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story
Write a review on Apple Podcasts

Discover how I make these Filter Stories episodes by subscribing to my Substack newsletter

 

Go deeper into the story of quality:

Specialty Coffee Association's new Coffee Value Assessment

2004 cupping form from the Specialty Coffee Association of America

SCAA Coffee Cuppers Handbook (4th edition, 2011)

Michael Sheridan of CQI discussing the inter-organisational politics behind the Houston Expo announcement on Lee Safar's Map It Forward podcast

 


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What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 1410 6 13 full How specialty coffee woke up to water’s role in flavour How specialty coffee woke up to water’s role in flavour https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/how-specialty-coffee-woke-up-to-water-s-role-in-flavour/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/how-specialty-coffee-woke-up-to-water-s-role-in-flavour/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2025 05:01:00 +0200 hellobib.podbean.com/2e1d8ad3-37b6-300c-a3db-3fbaf60731e4 For the longest time, the coffee community only cared about water’s impact ruining espresso machine boilers and kettles. But what about water’s impact on coffee flavour?

 

In this episode, I tell the story of how the specialty coffee community came to understand water chemistry: the pioneering work of the computational chemist Christopher Hendon and British roaster Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood, the genesis of the SCA’s Water Quality Handbook, and where we are today understanding the impact of minerals on our water.

 

I strongly recommend listening to the two episodes before this one first Getting great water for coffee, step-by-step & The two ingredients in water that ruin your coffee, and the ancient story behind them

 

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Want to go deeper into water chemistry?

Read the SCA’s Water Quality Handbook BWT White Paper on the effects of magnesium (German) Christopher Hendon’s Instagram where he’ll announce his new version of his book, Water for Coffee Do an online Certificate of Advanced Studies at the Coffee Excellence Centre

 

Season 3 of The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations:

 

The Coffee Quest | BWT | TODDY | Algrano | Probat

 

Note: this is a reworked version of my 2022 episode Water for Brewing Coffee, including portions of my 2024 episode How to think like a scientist, part 2.

Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> For the longest time, the coffee community only cared about water’s impact ruining espresso machine boilers and kettles. But what about water’s impact on coffee flavour?

 

In this episode, I tell the story of how the specialty coffee community came to understand water chemistry: the pioneering work of the computational chemist Christopher Hendon and British roaster Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood, the genesis of the SCA’s Water Quality Handbook, and where we are today understanding the impact of minerals on our water.

 

I strongly recommend listening to the two episodes before this one first Getting great water for coffee, step-by-step & The two ingredients in water that ruin your coffee, and the ancient story behind them

 

Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee!

Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify
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Want to go deeper into water chemistry?

Read the SCA’s Water Quality Handbook
BWT White Paper on the effects of magnesium (German)
Christopher Hendon’s Instagram where he’ll announce his new version of his book, Water for Coffee
Do an online Certificate of Advanced Studies at the Coffee Excellence Centre

 

Season 3 of The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations:

 

The Coffee Quest | BWT | TODDY | Algrano | Probat

 

Note: this is a reworked version of my 2022 episode Water for Brewing Coffee, including portions of my 2024 episode How to think like a scientist, part 2.


Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 1539 6 12 full The two ingredients in water that ruin your coffee, and the ancient story behind them The two ingredients in water that ruin your coffee, and the ancient story behind them https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/the-two-ingredients-in-water-that-ruin-your-coffee-and-the-ancient-story-behind-them/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/the-two-ingredients-in-water-that-ruin-your-coffee-and-the-ancient-story-behind-them/#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2025 05:00:00 +0200 hellobib.podbean.com/401c4e35-be0d-3b8a-b948-c78a0a7cd33b 550 million years ago, earth was perfect. We had perfect water for coffee AND we were living in a vegetarian paradise!

 

But then Earth changed—violently. The planet shifted from a peaceful, plant-eating paradise to a darker, more brutal world. And in this new world, the chemistry of water was forever altered.

 

This is the wild story of how earth-shaking forces and the spirits of long-dead critters ruin your coffees today.

 

This story will help you remember the two invisible ingredients in your water that have a huge impact on coffee flavour and your brewing equipment: calcium and hydrogen carbonate.

 

Read Marcia Bjonerud’s amazing book, Reading the Rocks

 

 

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Season 3 of The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations:

 

The Coffee Quest | BWT | TODDY | Algrano | Probat

 

Note: this is a reworked version of my 2022 episode Water for Brewing Coffee.

 

Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> 550 million years ago, earth was perfect. We had perfect water for coffee AND we were living in a vegetarian paradise!

 

But then Earth changed—violently. The planet shifted from a peaceful, plant-eating paradise to a darker, more brutal world. And in this new world, the chemistry of water was forever altered.

 

This is the wild story of how earth-shaking forces and the spirits of long-dead critters ruin your coffees today.

 

This story will help you remember the two invisible ingredients in your water that have a huge impact on coffee flavour and your brewing equipment: calcium and hydrogen carbonate.

 

Read Marcia Bjonerud’s amazing book, Reading the Rocks

 

 

Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee!

Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify
Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story
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Season 3 of The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations:

 

The Coffee Quest | BWT | TODDY | Algrano | Probat

 

Note: this is a reworked version of my 2022 episode Water for Brewing Coffee.

 


Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2320 6 11 full Getting great water for coffee, step-by-step. Part 2: How to measure and treat your water Getting great water for coffee, step-by-step. Part 2: How to measure and treat your water https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/getting-great-water-for-coffee-step-by-step-part-2/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/getting-great-water-for-coffee-step-by-step-part-2/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2025 05:01:00 +0200 hellobib.podbean.com/380bd2d6-28d9-3c76-b4bf-bd03382335e1 Water massively impacts your coffee’s flavours. But most of us struggle to fix our water because water science is confusing…

 

…until now! In this special collaboration with Lucia Solis (Making Coffee podcast), I guide her through the two most important concepts you need to understand to get great-tasting water for coffee: hardness and alkalinity.

 

We go step-by-step through:

• Why these concepts matter for coffee flavour and equipment

• How to test your water at home

• How to fix it, depending on what you’re working with

 

These aren’t one of my usual narrative episodes—they’re a straightforward, practical guide to help you take control of your water.

 

By the end of these episodes, you’ll be able to say: “I know what good water for coffee is and how to get it”.

 

I hope it helps you as much as it helped Lucia.

 

Check my website for all the visuals mentioned in this episode, including: 

SCA graph for excellent water (the “map”)

Map of different water hardness across Paris

My Berlin water report

The nightmarish table of conversions…

Results from my water tests in my Berlin studio

Bottled water brands rated for their hardness and alkalinity

 

Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee! Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story Write a review on Apple Podcasts

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Resources mentioned in the episode: 

 

SCA’s Water Quality Handbook

Hardness and alkalinity dripper testing kit (also good for keeping your fishies happy)

BWT Penguin Filter Jug (what I used to use with the magnesium cartridges)

BWT BestAqua ROC (what now I use)

BWT BestBarista (for cafes)

Create your own water by adding minerals to very soft or distilled water: JoJo Hersh’s simple calculator using epsom salts and bicarbonate of soda, and Barista Hustle’s more elaborate one. 

 

Want to go deeper into water chemistry?

BWT White Paper on the effects of magnesium (German) Christopher Hendon’s book Water for Coffee Do an online Certificate of Advanced Studies at the Coffee Excellence Centre

Read The Craft and Science of Coffee Barista Hustle's Water course Some water content on YouTube by James Hoffman and Lance Hedrick

 

 

Season 3 of The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations:

 

The Coffee Quest | BWT | TODDY | Algrano | Probat

 

 

Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> Water massively impacts your coffee’s flavours. But most of us struggle to fix our water because water science is confusing…

 

…until now! In this special collaboration with Lucia Solis (Making Coffee podcast), I guide her through the two most important concepts you need to understand to get great-tasting water for coffee: hardness and alkalinity.

 

We go step-by-step through:

• Why these concepts matter for coffee flavour and equipment

• How to test your water at home

• How to fix it, depending on what you’re working with

 

These aren’t one of my usual narrative episodes—they’re a straightforward, practical guide to help you take control of your water.

 

By the end of these episodes, you’ll be able to say: “I know what good water for coffee is and how to get it”.

 

I hope it helps you as much as it helped Lucia.

 

Check my website for all the visuals mentioned in this episode, including: 

SCA graph for excellent water (the “map”)

Map of different water hardness across Paris

My Berlin water report

The nightmarish table of conversions…

Results from my water tests in my Berlin studio

Bottled water brands rated for their hardness and alkalinity

 

Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee!

Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify
Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story
Write a review on Apple Podcasts

Discover how I make these Filter Stories episodes by subscribing to my Substack newsletter

 

Resources mentioned in the episode: 

 

SCA’s Water Quality Handbook

Hardness and alkalinity dripper testing kit (also good for keeping your fishies happy)

BWT Penguin Filter Jug (what I used to use with the magnesium cartridges)

BWT BestAqua ROC (what now I use)

BWT BestBarista (for cafes)

Create your own water by adding minerals to very soft or distilled water: JoJo Hersh’s simple calculator using epsom salts and bicarbonate of soda, and Barista Hustle’s more elaborate one. 

 

Want to go deeper into water chemistry?


BWT White Paper on the effects of magnesium (German)
Christopher Hendon’s book Water for Coffee
Do an online Certificate of Advanced Studies at the Coffee Excellence Centre

Read The Craft and Science of Coffee
Barista Hustle's Water course
Some water content on YouTube by James Hoffman and Lance Hedrick

 

 

Season 3 of The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations:

 

The Coffee Quest | BWT | TODDY | Algrano | Probat

 

 


Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2597 6 10 full Getting great water for coffee, step-by-step. Part 1: Alkalinity, hardness and why it matters Getting great water for coffee, step-by-step. Part 1: Alkalinity, hardness and why it matters https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/getting-great-water-for-coffee-step-by-step-part-1/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/getting-great-water-for-coffee-step-by-step-part-1/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2025 05:00:00 +0200 hellobib.podbean.com/4ac0786f-be4b-3b1d-8d92-1f62c2da233c Water massively impacts your coffee’s flavours. But most of us struggle to fix our water because water science is confusing…

 

…until now! In this special collaboration with Lucia Solis (Making Coffee podcast), I guide her through the two most important concepts you need to understand to get great-tasting water for coffee: hardness and alkalinity.

 

We go step-by-step through:

• Why these concepts matter for coffee flavour and equipment

• How to test your water at home

• How to fix it, depending on what you’re working with

 

These aren’t one of my usual narrative episodes—they’re a straightforward, practical guide to help you take control of your water.

 

By the end of these episodes, you’ll be able to say: “I know what good water for coffee is and how to get it”.

 

I hope it helps you as much as it helped Lucia.

 

Check my website for all the visuals mentioned in this episode, including: 

SCA graph for excellent water (the “map”)

Map of different water hardness across Paris

My Berlin water report

The nightmarish table of conversions…

Results from my water tests in my Berlin studio

Bottled water brands rated for their hardness and alkalinity

 

Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee! Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story Write a review on Apple Podcasts

Discover how I make these Filter Stories episodes by subscribing to my Substack newsletter

 

Resources mentioned in the episode: 

 

SCA’s Water Quality Handbook

Hardness and alkalinity dripper testing kit (also good for keeping your fishies happy)

BWT Penguin Filter Jug (what I used to use with the magnesium cartridges)

BWT BestAqua ROC (what now I use)

BWT BestBarista (for cafes)

Create your own water by adding minerals to very soft or distilled water: JoJo Hersh’s simple calculator using epsom salts and bicarbonate of soda, and Barista Hustle’s more elaborate one. 

 

Want to go deeper into water chemistry?

BWT White Paper on the effects of magnesium (German) Christopher Hendon’s book Water for Coffee Do an online Certificate of Advanced Studies at the Coffee Excellence Centre

Read The Craft and Science of Coffee Barista Hustle's Water course Some water content on YouTube by James Hoffman and Lance Hedrick

 

 

Season 3 of The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations:

 

The Coffee Quest | BWT | TODDY | Algrano | Probat

 

 

Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> Water massively impacts your coffee’s flavours. But most of us struggle to fix our water because water science is confusing…

 

…until now! In this special collaboration with Lucia Solis (Making Coffee podcast), I guide her through the two most important concepts you need to understand to get great-tasting water for coffee: hardness and alkalinity.

 

We go step-by-step through:

• Why these concepts matter for coffee flavour and equipment

• How to test your water at home

• How to fix it, depending on what you’re working with

 

These aren’t one of my usual narrative episodes—they’re a straightforward, practical guide to help you take control of your water.

 

By the end of these episodes, you’ll be able to say: “I know what good water for coffee is and how to get it”.

 

I hope it helps you as much as it helped Lucia.

 

Check my website for all the visuals mentioned in this episode, including: 

SCA graph for excellent water (the “map”)

Map of different water hardness across Paris

My Berlin water report

The nightmarish table of conversions…

Results from my water tests in my Berlin studio

Bottled water brands rated for their hardness and alkalinity

 

Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee!

Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify
Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story
Write a review on Apple Podcasts

Discover how I make these Filter Stories episodes by subscribing to my Substack newsletter

 

Resources mentioned in the episode: 

 

SCA’s Water Quality Handbook

Hardness and alkalinity dripper testing kit (also good for keeping your fishies happy)

BWT Penguin Filter Jug (what I used to use with the magnesium cartridges)

BWT BestAqua ROC (what now I use)

BWT BestBarista (for cafes)

Create your own water by adding minerals to very soft or distilled water: JoJo Hersh’s simple calculator using epsom salts and bicarbonate of soda, and Barista Hustle’s more elaborate one. 

 

Want to go deeper into water chemistry?


BWT White Paper on the effects of magnesium (German)
Christopher Hendon’s book Water for Coffee
Do an online Certificate of Advanced Studies at the Coffee Excellence Centre

Read The Craft and Science of Coffee
Barista Hustle's Water course
Some water content on YouTube by James Hoffman and Lance Hedrick

 

 

Season 3 of The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations:

 

The Coffee Quest | BWT | TODDY | Algrano | Probat

 

 


Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 1580 6 9 full Farm to port: why specialty costs more Farm to port: why specialty costs more https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/1500-km-to-the-port-coffee-s-epic-journey-through-colombia/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/1500-km-to-the-port-coffee-s-epic-journey-through-colombia/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2025 05:00:00 +0200 hellobib.podbean.com/82446344-e302-387f-a68e-a8a7689dbfbf Every time we open a bag of beautiful specialty coffee — like Erick Bravo’s from Finca El Chaferote in Huila, Colombia — we’re drinking something that’s been on a long journey.

 

And I mean long! Over 1500 kilometers north up and down the Andes mountain range, a distance more than twice the height of France.

 

Along the way, it passes through dozens of hands, machines, and decisions. We follow it through muddy mountain sides, dusty dry mills, and hurricane-battered coastal warehouses — places where all kinds of things can go wrong. A leaky roof. An overly aggressive polishing machine. Or even theft.

 

But here’s the mystery: getting Erick’s coffee to port costs 50% more than sending a commodity coffee through the same route.

 

Why?

 

That question led me deep into Colombia’s coffee supply chains — and what I found changed how I think about the real cost of treating coffee with care.

 

 

Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee! Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story Write a review on Apple Podcasts

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Find your next favourite Colombian coffee from The Coffee Quest

 

Taste coffees from Erick Bravo’s award winning farm, Finca El Chaferote, and follow him on Instagram. 

 

 

Season 3 of The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organizations:

 

The Coffee Quest | BWT | TODDY | Algrano | Probat

Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> Every time we open a bag of beautiful specialty coffee — like Erick Bravo’s from Finca El Chaferote in Huila, Colombia — we’re drinking something that’s been on a long journey.

 

And I mean long! Over 1500 kilometers north up and down the Andes mountain range, a distance more than twice the height of France.

 

Along the way, it passes through dozens of hands, machines, and decisions. We follow it through muddy mountain sides, dusty dry mills, and hurricane-battered coastal warehouses — places where all kinds of things can go wrong. A leaky roof. An overly aggressive polishing machine. Or even theft.

 

But here’s the mystery: getting Erick’s coffee to port costs 50% more than sending a commodity coffee through the same route.

 

Why?

 

That question led me deep into Colombia’s coffee supply chains — and what I found changed how I think about the real cost of treating coffee with care.

 

 

Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee!

Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify
Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story
Write a review on Apple Podcasts

Discover how I make these Filter Stories episodes by subscribing to my Substack newsletter

 

Find your next favourite Colombian coffee from The Coffee Quest

 

Taste coffees from Erick Bravo’s award winning farm, Finca El Chaferote, and follow him on Instagram. 

 

 

Season 3 of The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organizations:

 

The Coffee Quest | BWT | TODDY | Algrano | Probat


Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 3259 6 8 full Why one Colombian farmer chose specialty, and the other walked away Why one Colombian farmer chose specialty, and the other walked away https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/why-one-colombian-farmer-chose-specialty-%e2%80%94and-the-other-walked-away/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/why-one-colombian-farmer-chose-specialty-%e2%80%94and-the-other-walked-away/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2025 05:08:00 +0200 hellobib.podbean.com/57b4be37-5245-3c91-9242-8cf017530a9f I travel to Colombia’s Huila region to answer a question that’s puzzled me for years: if specialty coffee pays more, is better for the environment, and brews tastier cups—why don’t more farmers grow it?

 

I speak with two producers in the same region whose choices couldn’t be more different. One stakes his future on specialty. The other opts out.

 

Their decisions come down to more than passion or a hard work ethic. Instead, I uncover two  starting conditions—often invisible to us buyers—that strongly shape whether a farmer chooses specialty at all.

 

If we want to see more speciality coffee grown, we need to bring down the barriers to specialty. But first we need to understand what those barriers really are.

 

The answers might surprise you. They surprised me.

 

Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee! Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story Write a review on Apple Podcasts

Discover how I make these Filter Stories episodes by subscribing to my Substack newsletter

 

Find your next favourite Colombian coffee from The Coffee Quest

 

Taste coffees from Erick Bravo’s award winning farm, Finca El Chaferote

 

Nerd out on my farm profitability estimations

 

 

Season 3 of The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organizations:

 

The Coffee Quest | BWT | TODDY | Algrano | Probat

 

Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> I travel to Colombia’s Huila region to answer a question that’s puzzled me for years: if specialty coffee pays more, is better for the environment, and brews tastier cups—why don’t more farmers grow it?

 

I speak with two producers in the same region whose choices couldn’t be more different. One stakes his future on specialty. The other opts out.

 

Their decisions come down to more than passion or a hard work ethic. Instead, I uncover two  starting conditions—often invisible to us buyers—that strongly shape whether a farmer chooses specialty at all.

 

If we want to see more speciality coffee grown, we need to bring down the barriers to specialty. But first we need to understand what those barriers really are.

 

The answers might surprise you. They surprised me.

 

Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee!

Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify
Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story
Write a review on Apple Podcasts

Discover how I make these Filter Stories episodes by subscribing to my Substack newsletter

 

Find your next favourite Colombian coffee from The Coffee Quest

 

Taste coffees from Erick Bravo’s award winning farm, Finca El Chaferote

 

Nerd out on my farm profitability estimations

 

 

Season 3 of The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organizations:

 

The Coffee Quest | BWT | TODDY | Algrano | Probat

 


Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2805 6 7 full The hard business of selling beautiful coffee, part 2 The hard business of selling beautiful coffee, part 2 https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/the-hard-business-of-selling-beautiful-coffee-part-2/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/the-hard-business-of-selling-beautiful-coffee-part-2/#comments Mon, 19 May 2025 05:05:00 +0200 hellobib.podbean.com/326ae2fe-4b89-3d4f-91d1-2ae778d0b9a6 Volume. Cheap. Lame flavours. This is the traditional way of growing coffee in Brazil, and almost every farm does it this way. 

 

But what if you wanted to produce beautiful, distinctive flavours instead—and make a living from it?

 

In this episode, we travel to Fazenda Paraíso in Minas Gerais, Brazil, where farmer Vicente Pereira and his daughter are on a steep learning curve finding buyers for their beautiful coffees. 

 

Part 2 explores what it looks like for a small Brazilian farm to find better buyers, and the challenge of achieving pricing power. 

 

Behind every beautiful coffee is a family story like this, but it’s a story we rarely get to see close up. 

 

Let’s take a closer look.

 

 

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Source your next lot of specialty green coffee on Algrano

 

Listen to Firefly to hear a cautionary tale about a specialty farm failing because they couldn't find the right buyers.

 

Try Fazenda Paraiso's and Sancoffee's coffees for yourself!

 

Season 3 of The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organizations:

 

The Coffee Quest | BWT | TODDY | Algrano | Probat

Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> Volume. Cheap. Lame flavours. This is the traditional way of growing coffee in Brazil, and almost every farm does it this way. 

 

But what if you wanted to produce beautiful, distinctive flavours instead—and make a living from it?

 

In this episode, we travel to Fazenda Paraíso in Minas Gerais, Brazil, where farmer Vicente Pereira and his daughter are on a steep learning curve finding buyers for their beautiful coffees. 

 

Part 2 explores what it looks like for a small Brazilian farm to find better buyers, and the challenge of achieving pricing power. 

 

Behind every beautiful coffee is a family story like this, but it’s a story we rarely get to see close up. 

 

Let’s take a closer look.

 

 

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Source your next lot of specialty green coffee on Algrano

 

Listen to Firefly to hear a cautionary tale about a specialty farm failing because they couldn't find the right buyers.

 

Try Fazenda Paraiso's and Sancoffee's coffees for yourself!

 

Season 3 of The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organizations:

 

The Coffee Quest | BWT | TODDY | Algrano | Probat


Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2342 6 6 full The hard business of selling beautiful coffee, part 1 The hard business of selling beautiful coffee, part 1 https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/the-hard-business-of-selling-beautiful-coffee-part-1/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/the-hard-business-of-selling-beautiful-coffee-part-1/#comments Mon, 19 May 2025 05:00:00 +0200 hellobib.podbean.com/3600710f-167e-3199-8878-9e04c812dfdb Volume. Cheap. Lame flavours. This is the traditional way of growing coffee in Brazil, and almost every farm does it this way. 

 

But what if you wanted to produce beautiful, distinctive flavours instead—and make a living from it?

 

In this episode, we travel to Fazenda Paraíso in Minas Gerais, Brazil, where farmer Vicente Pereira and his daughter are on a steep learning curve finding buyers for their beautiful coffees. 

 

Part 1 unravels the hidden structures of Brazil’s coffee industry: how prices are set, why it’s so hard to create a specialty-focused farm, and why Vicente's farm is unsustainable if he sells his coffee the traditional way. 

 

Behind every beautiful coffee is a family story like this, but it’s a story we rarely get to see close up. 

 

Let’s take a closer look.

 

 

Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee! Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story Write a review on Apple Podcasts

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Source your next lot of specialty green coffee on Algrano

 

Listen to Firefly to hear a cautionary tale about a specialty farm failing because they couldn't find the right buyers.

 

Try Fazenda Paraiso's and Sancoffee's coffees for yourself!

 

Season 3 of The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organizations:

 

The Coffee Quest | BWT | TODDY | Algrano | Probat

Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> Volume. Cheap. Lame flavours. This is the traditional way of growing coffee in Brazil, and almost every farm does it this way. 

 

But what if you wanted to produce beautiful, distinctive flavours instead—and make a living from it?

 

In this episode, we travel to Fazenda Paraíso in Minas Gerais, Brazil, where farmer Vicente Pereira and his daughter are on a steep learning curve finding buyers for their beautiful coffees. 

 

Part 1 unravels the hidden structures of Brazil’s coffee industry: how prices are set, why it’s so hard to create a specialty-focused farm, and why Vicente's farm is unsustainable if he sells his coffee the traditional way. 

 

Behind every beautiful coffee is a family story like this, but it’s a story we rarely get to see close up. 

 

Let’s take a closer look.

 

 

Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee!

Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify
Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story
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Source your next lot of specialty green coffee on Algrano

 

Listen to Firefly to hear a cautionary tale about a specialty farm failing because they couldn't find the right buyers.

 

Try Fazenda Paraiso's and Sancoffee's coffees for yourself!

 

Season 3 of The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organizations:

 

The Coffee Quest | BWT | TODDY | Algrano | Probat


Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 1748 6 5 full The Speed of Heat: How to roast more coffee, faster! The Speed of Heat: How to roast more coffee, faster! https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/the-speed-of-heat-how-to-roast-more-coffee-faster/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/the-speed-of-heat-how-to-roast-more-coffee-faster/#comments Mon, 24 Mar 2025 05:00:00 +0100 hellobib.podbean.com/1b1bd20b-88c9-31a7-b96d-df79bc34f879 To roast coffee faster, you need to turn up the heat….right?

 

No! 

 

In this episode, we explore the three powerful methods of heat transfer that revolutionised roasting. We’ll journey from humble beginnings—when roasting three kilos took half an hour—to machines that now roast hundreds of kilos of coffee in the time it takes you to boil a kettle. 

 

But beans roasted at lightning speed look strange, and taste… well, you’ll find out. Join us as we test-drive an industrial tangential roaster where first crack remind me of fireworks crackers. 

 

We also see the whale-sized roaster so massive it’s worth you a Guinness World Record. 

 

We have the technology today to roast coffee faster than ever, so why aren’t we all roasting at recording-breaking speeds?

 

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Check out the Probat roasters mentioned in this episode:

 

Emmerich Spherical Roaster - "Pink Hydrant"

Large ball roaster - “Sputnik in a pizza oven”

G45 early drum roaster - “Old school steam train” 

Early tangential roaster

Sample tangential roaster - "Shoebox"

Neptune 4000, the largest drum roaster in the world! - "The whale"

 

And there are lots of other specialty roasters from Probat I didn't have time to showcase, including their new hydrogen powered roasters. See them all for yourself!.

 

Theodor von Gimborn's wikipedia page

 

 

Go deeper into the science of roasting

 

Read Mark Al-Shemmeri’s coffee roasting blog

Do a Certificate of Advanced Studies with the Coffee Excellence Centre

Explore Barista Hustle's online roasting learning

Learn more from Morten Münchow and his coffee roasting courses

Read Morten’s paper in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen on Roasting Conditions and Coffee Flavour

Follow Filter Stories on Instagram for my infographics

Learn more about first crack on my episode Coffee Roasting, Part 1: How heat transforms coffee beans

 

 

Season 3 is made possible by these leading coffee organizations:

 

The Coffee Quest | BWT | TODDY | Algrano | Probat

 

 

Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> To roast coffee faster, you need to turn up the heat….right?

 

No! 

 

In this episode, we explore the three powerful methods of heat transfer that revolutionised roasting. We’ll journey from humble beginnings—when roasting three kilos took half an hour—to machines that now roast hundreds of kilos of coffee in the time it takes you to boil a kettle. 

 

But beans roasted at lightning speed look strange, and taste… well, you’ll find out. Join us as we test-drive an industrial tangential roaster where first crack remind me of fireworks crackers. 

 

We also see the whale-sized roaster so massive it’s worth you a Guinness World Record. 

 

We have the technology today to roast coffee faster than ever, so why aren’t we all roasting at recording-breaking speeds?

 

---------------

 

Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee!

Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify
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Check out the Probat roasters mentioned in this episode:

 

Emmerich Spherical Roaster - "Pink Hydrant"

Large ball roaster - “Sputnik in a pizza oven”

G45 early drum roaster - “Old school steam train” 

Early tangential roaster

Sample tangential roaster - "Shoebox"

Neptune 4000, the largest drum roaster in the world! - "The whale"

 

And there are lots of other specialty roasters from Probat I didn't have time to showcase, including their new hydrogen powered roasters. See them all for yourself!.

 

Theodor von Gimborn's wikipedia page

 

 

Go deeper into the science of roasting

 

Read Mark Al-Shemmeri’s coffee roasting blog

Do a Certificate of Advanced Studies with the Coffee Excellence Centre

Explore Barista Hustle's online roasting learning

Learn more from Morten Münchow and his coffee roasting courses

Read Morten’s paper in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen on Roasting Conditions and Coffee Flavour

Follow Filter Stories on Instagram for my infographics

Learn more about first crack on my episode Coffee Roasting, Part 1: How heat transforms coffee beans

 

 

Season 3 is made possible by these leading coffee organizations:

 

The Coffee Quest | BWT | TODDY | Algrano | Probat

 

 


Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 3144 6 4 full Coffee Roasting: How baby plant food transforms into delicious coffee flavours Coffee Roasting: How baby plant food transforms into delicious coffee flavours https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/how-baby-plant-food-transforms-into-delicious-coffee-flavours/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/how-baby-plant-food-transforms-into-delicious-coffee-flavours/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2025 05:00:00 +0100 hellobib.podbean.com/b8de3d37-378d-354f-9ad0-c8ac1ea0f8fb A mother coffee plant gifts its baby everything it needs to grow—a green seed packed with food. But when we roast coffee, we hijack that gift and turn it into something else: flavor.

 

But what is flavor, at a microscopic level? What actually happens inside the bean when heat meets those nutrients?

 

In this episode, we shrink down to witness the Maillard reaction up close—a wild chain of molecular collisions that transforms baby plant food into aromas we adore. 

 

Grab your popcorn - you’re getting a front row seat at the wildest chemistry show in coffee. 

 

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Ethiopian forest sounds curtesy of George Vlad. Hear more nature sounds here. Explore Probat's roasters

 

 

Go deeper into the science of roasting

 

Do a Certificate of Advanced Studies with the Coffee Excellence Centre

Grab a copy of Anja Rahn's upcoming book on coffee science through her Instagram

Explore Barista Hustle's online roasting learning

Learn more from Morten Münchow and his coffee roasting courses

Read Morten’s paper in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen on Roasting Conditions and Coffee Flavour

Follow Sebastian Opitz on LinkedIn

Follow Filter Stories on Instagram for my infographics

 

 

Season 3 is made possible by these leading coffee organizations:

 

The Coffee Quest | BWT | TODDY | Algrano | Probat

 

 

Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> A mother coffee plant gifts its baby everything it needs to grow—a green seed packed with food. But when we roast coffee, we hijack that gift and turn it into something else: flavor.

 

But what is flavor, at a microscopic level? What actually happens inside the bean when heat meets those nutrients?

 

In this episode, we shrink down to witness the Maillard reaction up close—a wild chain of molecular collisions that transforms baby plant food into aromas we adore. 

 

Grab your popcorn - you’re getting a front row seat at the wildest chemistry show in coffee. 

 

---------------

 

Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee!

Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify
Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story
Write a review on Apple Podcasts

Discover how I make these Filter Stories episodes by subscribing to my Substack newsletter

Ethiopian forest sounds curtesy of George Vlad. Hear more nature sounds here.

Explore Probat's roasters

 

 

Go deeper into the science of roasting

 

Do a Certificate of Advanced Studies with the Coffee Excellence Centre

Grab a copy of Anja Rahn's upcoming book on coffee science through her Instagram

Explore Barista Hustle's online roasting learning

Learn more from Morten Münchow and his coffee roasting courses

Read Morten’s paper in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen on Roasting Conditions and Coffee Flavour

Follow Sebastian Opitz on LinkedIn

Follow Filter Stories on Instagram for my infographics

 

 

Season 3 is made possible by these leading coffee organizations:

 

The Coffee Quest | BWT | TODDY | Algrano | Probat

 

 


Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2863 6 3 full Fruit juice or creamy almonds? Your guide to controlling cold brew flavors Fruit juice or creamy almonds? Your guide to controlling cold brew flavors https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/cold-brew-part-2-your-guide-to-extracting-surprising-flavors/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/cold-brew-part-2-your-guide-to-extracting-surprising-flavors/#comments Sun, 16 Feb 2025 05:01:00 +0100 hellobib.podbean.com/6106be0a-6c22-30b6-838b-9043f6d62f91 When I started making cold brew this last year, I treated it like hot brew filter coffee. But no matter how I adjusted the grind or tweaked the brew time, I hardly got any differences in flavor…

 

Then it hit me: cold brew isn’t just a slower hot brew—it’s a completely different game with its own rules!

 

In this episode, I speak with leading coffee researchers who break down the microscopic dance between water and coffee that explains why cold brew plays by its own playbook.

 

And I bring you in on the brewing secret that can turn your brews from fruit juice to nutty creaminess. 

 

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Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee! Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story Write a review on Apple Podcasts

Discover how I make these Filter Stories episodes by subscribing to my Substack newsletter Explore TODDY’s cold brewing kits

 

 

Go deeper into the science of cold brew

 

Do a Certificate of Advanced Studies with the Coffee Excellence Centre

Read Jiaxin (Jessie) Liang’s equilibrium extraction SCA 25 article and her published article

Discover all of UC Davis' cold brew research through the Coffee Science Foundation

Learn how to do a cold brew cupping with Toddy

Follow Filter Stories on Instagram for my infographics

 

 

 

Season 3 is made possible by these leading coffee organizations:

 

The Coffee Quest | BWT | TODDY | Algrano | Probat

Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> When I started making cold brew this last year, I treated it like hot brew filter coffee. But no matter how I adjusted the grind or tweaked the brew time, I hardly got any differences in flavor…

 

Then it hit me: cold brew isn’t just a slower hot brew—it’s a completely different game with its own rules!

 

In this episode, I speak with leading coffee researchers who break down the microscopic dance between water and coffee that explains why cold brew plays by its own playbook.

 

And I bring you in on the brewing secret that can turn your brews from fruit juice to nutty creaminess. 

 

---------------

 

Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee!

Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify
Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story
Write a review on Apple Podcasts

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Explore TODDY’s cold brewing kits

 

 

Go deeper into the science of cold brew

 

Do a Certificate of Advanced Studies with the Coffee Excellence Centre

Read Jiaxin (Jessie) Liang’s equilibrium extraction SCA 25 article and her published article

Discover all of UC Davis' cold brew research through the Coffee Science Foundation

Learn how to do a cold brew cupping with Toddy

Follow Filter Stories on Instagram for my infographics

 

 

 

Season 3 is made possible by these leading coffee organizations:

 

The Coffee Quest | BWT | TODDY | Algrano | Probat


Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2799 6 2 full Hot vs Cold: The science behind temperature and taste Hot vs Cold: The science behind temperature and taste https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/cold-brew-part-1-how-temperature-transforms-coffee-flavors/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/cold-brew-part-1-how-temperature-transforms-coffee-flavors/#comments Mon, 03 Feb 2025 05:00:00 +0100 hellobib.podbean.com/63e08a8b-cd2c-318b-9029-5e153cc6d424 For years, I used cold brew as a last resort—the only brew method to tame dark, oily beans that were too bitter for hot water. 

 

Then one day, I took a chance on a Guatemalan Gesha and brewed it cold. The result? A massive explosion of florals I’d never tasted before. That single cup sent opened my eyes into how extraordinary cold brew can be.

 

In this episode, I speak with world-leading coffee scientists who explain why brewing with cold water tastes so different from chilled hot coffee. 

 

You’ll learn how certain flavors leap into your cup (and how others mysteriously vanish) when you lower the brew temperature.

 

You’ll also discover there are hidden “cold brew gems” in beans you thought you knew. So before you grab the kettle, consider this: sometimes all you need is cold water.

 

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Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee! Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story Write a review on Apple Podcasts

Discover how I make these Filter Stories episodes by subscribing to my Substack newsletter Explore TODDY’s cold brewing kits

 

 

Go deeper into the science of cold brew

 

Do a Certificate of Advanced Studies with the Coffee Excellence Centre

Listen to my episode on Coffee Extraction for insights into how polarity affects flavor extraction

Read the UC Davis cold brew vs chilled hot brew study

Listen to my episode on 'How to think like a scientist'

Learn how to do a cold brew cupping with Toddy

Follow Filter Stories on Instagram for my acidity infographic

Go deeper into Paul Breslin's work at the Monell Chemical Senses Centre

Discover all of UC Davis' cold brew research through the Coffee Science Foundation

 

 

Season 3 is made possible by these leading coffee organizations:

 

The Coffee Quest | BWT | TODDY | Algrano | Probat

Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> For years, I used cold brew as a last resort—the only brew method to tame dark, oily beans that were too bitter for hot water. 

 

Then one day, I took a chance on a Guatemalan Gesha and brewed it cold. The result? A massive explosion of florals I’d never tasted before. That single cup sent opened my eyes into how extraordinary cold brew can be.

 

In this episode, I speak with world-leading coffee scientists who explain why brewing with cold water tastes so different from chilled hot coffee. 

 

You’ll learn how certain flavors leap into your cup (and how others mysteriously vanish) when you lower the brew temperature.

 

You’ll also discover there are hidden “cold brew gems” in beans you thought you knew. So before you grab the kettle, consider this: sometimes all you need is cold water.

 

---------------

 

Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee!

Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify
Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story
Write a review on Apple Podcasts

Discover how I make these Filter Stories episodes by subscribing to my Substack newsletter

Explore TODDY’s cold brewing kits

 

 

Go deeper into the science of cold brew

 

Do a Certificate of Advanced Studies with the Coffee Excellence Centre

Listen to my episode on Coffee Extraction for insights into how polarity affects flavor extraction

Read the UC Davis cold brew vs chilled hot brew study

Listen to my episode on 'How to think like a scientist'

Learn how to do a cold brew cupping with Toddy

Follow Filter Stories on Instagram for my acidity infographic

Go deeper into Paul Breslin's work at the Monell Chemical Senses Centre

Discover all of UC Davis' cold brew research through the Coffee Science Foundation

 

 

Season 3 is made possible by these leading coffee organizations:

 

The Coffee Quest | BWT | TODDY | Algrano | Probat


Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2715 6 1 full Introducing: Season 3 of The Science of Coffee Introducing: Season 3 of The Science of Coffee https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/introducing-season-3-of-the-science-of-coffee/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/introducing-season-3-of-the-science-of-coffee/#comments Mon, 27 Jan 2025 06:00:00 +0100 hellobib.podbean.com/5e65ac9d-d36f-3726-8836-17d5a1cedd7e We’re back with another series of The Science of Coffee—and this time we’re diving even deeper into coffee’s hidden microscopic secrets!

 

Over the past year, narrative audio producer and coffee professional James Harper has scoured academic journals, ventured deep into coffee farms, and conducted bold tasting experiments.

 

Now, he’s weaving those discoveries into captivating audio stories that reveal why coffee tastes the way it does—and how we can make it taste even better.

 

In this new series, you’ll learn about cold brew extraction science, explore innovations in roasting, and follow the shifting business models that shape farmers’ livelihoods. You’ll also take a journey through commodity vs. specialty supply chains and examine the historical, sociological, and philosophical perspectives that define what “specialty coffee” truly means.

 

Press the “Subscribe” button so you don’t miss an episode!

https://bit.ly/3TdDnHO

 

For more coffee science and behind-the-scenes content, follow James on Instagram @filterstoriespodcast.

https://bit.ly/2Mlkk0O

 

The Science of Coffee is a spin-off series from James Harper’s documentary podcast, Filter Stories. 

https://bit.ly/3ajoT5e

 

Season 3 is made possible by these leading coffee organizations:

 

The Coffee Quest | BWT | TODDY | Algrano | Probat

Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> We’re back with another series of The Science of Coffee—and this time we’re diving even deeper into coffee’s hidden microscopic secrets!

 

Over the past year, narrative audio producer and coffee professional James Harper has scoured academic journals, ventured deep into coffee farms, and conducted bold tasting experiments.

 

Now, he’s weaving those discoveries into captivating audio stories that reveal why coffee tastes the way it does—and how we can make it taste even better.

 

In this new series, you’ll learn about cold brew extraction science, explore innovations in roasting, and follow the shifting business models that shape farmers’ livelihoods. You’ll also take a journey through commodity vs. specialty supply chains and examine the historical, sociological, and philosophical perspectives that define what “specialty coffee” truly means.

 

Press the “Subscribe” button so you don’t miss an episode!

https://bit.ly/3TdDnHO

 

For more coffee science and behind-the-scenes content, follow James on Instagram @filterstoriespodcast.

https://bit.ly/2Mlkk0O

 

The Science of Coffee is a spin-off series from James Harper’s documentary podcast, Filter Stories. 

https://bit.ly/3ajoT5e

 

Season 3 is made possible by these leading coffee organizations:

 

The Coffee Quest | BWT | TODDY | Algrano | Probat


Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 123 6 trailer Freshness and Grinding, Part 2: How grinders work deep inside Freshness and Grinding, Part 2: How grinders work deep inside https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/freshness-and-grinding-part-2-how-grinders-work-deep-inside/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/freshness-and-grinding-part-2-how-grinders-work-deep-inside/#comments Mon, 06 May 2024 05:00:03 +0200 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59683178 Deep inside your coffee grinder, tiny changes can have massive consequences.  This episode takes you deep inside Mahlkönig’s grinders to show you how coffee is ground and the importance of particle sizes on flavour.  If you’re a home coffee lover, you could easily spend thousands of dollars on your coffee grinder. But after diving deep into the R&D of grinder manufacturing, I learned that after a certain point spending more probably won’t produce a better tasting cup of coffee for you!  --------- Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee!  Discover how I make these Filter Stories episodes by subscribing to my Substack newsletter.  Write a review on Apple Podcasts Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify Explore Mahlkönig’s range of world leading grinders, trusted by baristas globally. Go deeper into the world of grinding  Take Barista Hustle’s Advanced Espresso course Learn from Lance Hedrick where the sweet spot is for buying a coffee grinder Get super nerdy with Jonathan Gagne’s writings on grinding Read up on Samo Smrke’s work on coffee fines Connect with my very knowledgeable guests  Arnaldo Rodrigues - LinkedIn Luca Lange - LinkedIn Chris Meier - LinkedIn Dario Burger - Instagram The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations:  BWT Water and More Marco Beverage Systems ROEST Sustainable Harvest Mahlkönig The Science of Coffee is a spin-off series from James Harper's documentary podcast Filter Stories

Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> Deep inside your coffee grinder, tiny changes can have massive consequences. 

This episode takes you deep inside Mahlkönig’s grinders to show you how coffee is ground and the importance of particle sizes on flavour. 

If you’re a home coffee lover, you could easily spend thousands of dollars on your coffee grinder. But after diving deep into the R&D of grinder manufacturing, I learned that after a certain point spending more probably won’t produce a better tasting cup of coffee for you! 



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Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

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Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2843 5 10 full Freshness and Grinding, Part 1: Protecting your coffee’s flavours Freshness and Grinding, Part 1: Protecting your coffee’s flavours https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/freshness-and-grinding-part-1-protecting-your-coffee-s-flavours/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/freshness-and-grinding-part-1-protecting-your-coffee-s-flavours/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2024 06:10:02 +0200 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59568791 Substack newsletter.  Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story Write a review on Apple Podcasts Explore Mahlkönig’s range of world leading grinders, trusted by baristas globally. Dive deeper into the science of coffee freshness Do a Certificate of Advanced Studies with the Coffee Excellence Centre Pick up a copy of the SCA’s Coffee Freshness Handbook Connect with my very knowledgeable guests Samo Smrke - Instagram 19 Grams Coffee Roasters in Berlin - Instagram Arnaldo Rodrigues - LinkedIn The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations: BWT Water and More Marco Beverage Systems ROEST Sustainable Harvest Mahlkönig The Science of Coffee is a spin-off series from James Harper's documentary podcast Filter Stories Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> .….Or maybe not. 

When I began creating this episode, I was convinced that ‘fresh is best’. But, after delving into the science of coffee freshness, I don’t believe that anymore. 

This episode goes deep into how diffusion and oxidation changes a coffee’s flavours.

You’ll learn what it takes to store your coffee grounds unbelievably well. So well, that if you do it right, you will struggle to taste the difference between two month old coffee compared to those same beans freshly ground!

But here’s the weirdest thing: Maybe, just maybe, you will prefer old coffee more than the fresh stuff.


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The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations:

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ROEST
Sustainable Harvest
Mahlkönig


The Science of Coffee is a spin-off series from James Harper's documentary podcast Filter Stories
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2981 5 9 full What Is Good Science? Part 2: How to think like a scientist What Is Good Science? Part 2: How to think like a scientist https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/what-is-good-science-part-2-how-to-think-like-a-scientist/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/what-is-good-science-part-2-how-to-think-like-a-scientist/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2024 05:00:03 +0200 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59277012 Substack newsletter.  Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story Write a review on Apple Podcasts Discover this episode’s sponsor BWT’s water filtration products. I use their Penguin magnesium filter cartridges and cafes can use their BestAqua ROC Dive deeper into the science of slurping, water and Signal Detection Theory Do a Certificate of Advanced Studies with the Coffee Excellence Centre Read Georgiana’s paper on soup slurping Learn more about Signal Detection Theory Explore BWT White Paper on the effects of magnesium (German) Browse Christopher Hendon’s book Water for Coffee  Take Barista Hustle's Water course  Watch James Hoffman's water video Connect with my very knowledgeable guests Morten Munchow - Coffee Mind website Jeremy Nelson - LinkedIn Samo Smrke - Instagram Georgiana Juravle - Google Scholar Young Baek - Instagram Frank Neuhausen - LinkedIn Sergio Barbarisi - LinkedIn Alessandro Genovese - LinkedIn The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations: BWT Water and More Marco Beverage Systems ROEST Sustainable Harvest Mahlkönig The Science of Coffee is a spin-off series from James Harper's documentary podcast Filter Stories Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
But why stop there? 

The coffee industry is full of elaborate ways of brewing and savouring coffee: fancy drippers, cold metal balls, “slurp-able” cupping spoons.

These are very fun, but how many of them actually affect the flavour of our coffee?

I fear elaborate coffee gear is wasting our time and money. They're distracting us from the existential crises in coffee that actually require all our attention now. For example, the issue of farmers who grow delicious coffees quitting the business because it’s just getting too hard. 

But to figure out whether a popular new coffee tool was actually waste of time or not, I needed to think like a scientist. 

This episode is the journey I went on to rewire my brain: I had to learn what good evidence looks like, what to do if I can’t find good evidence, and why it’s important to focus mostly on experimental results while resisting the allure of a compelling theory. 


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Dive deeper into the science of slurping, water and Signal Detection Theory

Do a Certificate of Advanced Studies with the Coffee Excellence Centre
Read Georgiana’s paper on soup slurping
Learn more about Signal Detection Theory
Explore BWT White Paper on the effects of magnesium (German)
Browse Christopher Hendon’s book Water for Coffee 
Take Barista Hustle's Water course 
Watch James Hoffman's water video


Connect with my very knowledgeable guests
Morten Munchow - Coffee Mind website
Jeremy Nelson - LinkedIn
Samo Smrke - Instagram
Georgiana Juravle - Google Scholar
Young Baek - Instagram
Frank Neuhausen - LinkedIn
Sergio Barbarisi - LinkedIn
Alessandro Genovese - LinkedIn


The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations:

BWT Water and More
Marco Beverage Systems
ROEST
Sustainable Harvest
Mahlkönig


The Science of Coffee is a spin-off series from James Harper's documentary podcast Filter Stories
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 3314 5 8 full What Is Good Science? Part 1: How to brew coffee like a scientist What Is Good Science? Part 1: How to brew coffee like a scientist https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/what-is-good-science-part-1-how-to-brew-coffee-like-a-scientist/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/what-is-good-science-part-1-how-to-brew-coffee-like-a-scientist/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2024 05:00:01 +0100 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59127207 Substack newsletter Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story Write a review on Apple Podcasts Bring out vibrancy in your coffee with BWT’s magnesium water filters for the home and cafe Dive deeper into sensory science methodologies Take Becky Bleibaum's free introductory sensory science course!  Set up a triangulation yourself with DragonflySci’s worksheets Understand Rose Marie Pangborn’s three step process better with Morten Münchow (“Pangborn’s Razor”) Do a Certificate of Advanced Studies with the Coffee Excellence Centre Connect with my very knowledgeable guests Morten Munchow - Coffee Mind website Becky Bleibaum - LinkedIn Samo Smrke - Instagram Sophie Vo - LinkedIn The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations: BWT Water and More Marco Beverage Systems ROEST Sustainable Harvest Mahlkönig The Science of Coffee is a spin-off series from James Harper's documentary podcast Filter Stories Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
But what if most of coffee internet was wrong?

In this episode, I show you how I try to answer this question like a professional sensory scientist would. 

It’s hard. It’s frustrating. But ultimately, it’s worth it because I end up saving seven days of my life left on earth!

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Bring out vibrancy in your coffee with BWT’s magnesium water filters for the home and cafe


Dive deeper into sensory science methodologies

Take Becky Bleibaum's free introductory sensory science course! 
Set up a triangulation yourself with DragonflySci’s worksheets
Understand Rose Marie Pangborn’s three step process better with Morten Münchow (“Pangborn’s Razor”)
Do a Certificate of Advanced Studies with the Coffee Excellence Centre


Connect with my very knowledgeable guests
Morten Munchow - Coffee Mind website
Becky Bleibaum - LinkedIn
Samo Smrke - Instagram
Sophie Vo - LinkedIn



The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations:
BWT Water and More
Marco Beverage Systems
ROEST
Sustainable Harvest
Mahlkönig


The Science of Coffee is a spin-off series from James Harper's documentary podcast Filter Stories
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2781 5 7 full Organic Coffee, Part 2: Why don’t we see more organic coffee farms? Organic Coffee, Part 2: Why don’t we see more organic coffee farms? https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/organic-coffee-part-2-why-don-t-we-see-more-organic-coffee-farms/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/organic-coffee-part-2-why-don-t-we-see-more-organic-coffee-farms/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2024 05:40:01 +0100 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59019874 Substack newsletter Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story Write a review on Apple Podcasts Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify Dive deeper into organic coffee Learn more about Sustainable Harvest’s Most Valuable Producer programme, their cupping app Tastify, and explore their range of certified organic and Fairtrade coffees Explore RAOS (Cooperativa Regional Mixta de Agricultores Organicos de la Sierra)'s story for yourself Are you a coffee farmer? Get in touch with Lalo Perez Varaona Connect with my very knowledgeable guests Lalo Perez Varaona - LinkedIn Jorge Cuevas - LinkedIn Andrea Futterer - GEPA website Osman Contreras - LinkedIn Roberto Rene Gonzales - Farm website The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations BWT Water and More Marco Beverage Systems ROEST Sustainable Harvest Mahlkönig The Science of Coffee is a spin-off series from James Harper's documentary podcast Filter Stories Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
But, if it’s so great, why is less than 10% of the world’s coffee grown organically?

The fact is, going organic is hard. Much harder than growing coffee conventionally.

In this episode I show you the story of one of Central America’s most successful organic coffee cooperatives, RAOS, and the four big hurdles that stood in the way of their early founders who all dreamed of converting their farms to organic.

This story changed my understanding of farming and is now the reason I choose organic specialty coffee whenever I can.


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Explore RAOS (Cooperativa Regional Mixta de Agricultores Organicos de la Sierra)'s story for yourself

Are you a coffee farmer? Get in touch with Lalo Perez Varaona


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Lalo Perez Varaona - LinkedIn
Jorge Cuevas - LinkedIn
Andrea Futterer - GEPA website
Osman Contreras - LinkedIn
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The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations

BWT Water and More
Marco Beverage Systems
ROEST
Sustainable Harvest
Mahlkönig


The Science of Coffee is a spin-off series from James Harper's documentary podcast Filter Stories

Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2482 5 6 full Organic Coffee, Part 1: The magic of soil Organic Coffee, Part 1: The magic of soil https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/organic-coffee-part-1-the-magic-of-soil/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/organic-coffee-part-1-the-magic-of-soil/#comments Mon, 26 Feb 2024 05:00:01 +0100 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58587758 Substack newsletter! Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story Write a review on Apple Podcasts Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify Dive deeper into organic coffee Explore Sustainable Harvest’s range of certified organic and Fairtrade coffees Are you a coffee farmer? Get in touch with Lalo Perez Varaona Check out Don Rufino’s organic cooperative, RAOS Connect with my very knowledgeable guests Lalo Perez Varaona - LinkedIn Tommie Hooft van Huysduynen - LinkedIn Alison Streaker - LinkedIn The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations BWT Water and More Marco Beverage Systems ROEST Sustainable Harvest Mahlkönig The Science of Coffee is a spin-off series from James Harper's documentary podcast Filter Stories Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
Conventional coffee farming where plants are grown using agrochemicals allowed farmers to reap huge harvests these last 70 years. But these agrochemicals have been at the expense of soil health.

I travel to Honduras to explore a potential solution: organic coffee farming.

Come with me as I show you the organic farming tricks of Don Rufino, one of the region’s leading organic farmers.

He nurtures the soil around his coffee trees using mountain microorganisms, a huge diversity of shade trees, attentive tree pruning, and very funky batches of homemade bug spray.

The results speak for themselves: when I pick up a handful of his soil, it is moist, dense and writhing with life.

Could these cultivation techniques be the answer to the coffee world’s declining soil health?


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Dive deeper into organic coffee

Explore Sustainable Harvest’s range of certified organic and Fairtrade coffees
Are you a coffee farmer? Get in touch with Lalo Perez Varaona
Check out Don Rufino’s organic cooperative, RAOS


Connect with my very knowledgeable guests

Lalo Perez Varaona - LinkedIn
Tommie Hooft van Huysduynen - LinkedIn
Alison Streaker - LinkedIn


The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations

BWT Water and More
Marco Beverage Systems
ROEST
Sustainable Harvest
Mahlkönig


The Science of Coffee is a spin-off series from James Harper's documentary podcast Filter Stories
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2328 5 5 full Coffee Roasting, Part 2: Roasting made easy Coffee Roasting, Part 2: Roasting made easy https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/coffee-roasting-part-2-roasting-made-easy/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/coffee-roasting-part-2-roasting-made-easy/#comments Mon, 12 Feb 2024 05:00:02 +0100 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58418624 Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story Write a review on Apple Podcasts Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify Dive deeper into the science of roasting Explore ROEST’s innovative products for the coffee industry. Learn more from Morten Münchow and his coffee roasting courses Read Morten’s paper in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen on Roasting Conditions and Coffee Flavour Connect with my very knowledgeable guests Sverre Simonsen - LinkedIn Callum Gilmour - LinkedIn Veronica Balduc - LinkedIn Morten Münchow - Coffee Mind website Scott Rao - Instagram The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations BWT Water and More Marco Beverage Systems ROEST Sustainable Harvest Mahlkönig The Science of Coffee is a spin-off series from James Harper's documentary podcast Filter Stories Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
So, if you want to start roasting yourself, where do you start!?

In the first half of this episode, I interview one of the world's leading roasting teachers who takes me through his published scientific research to give a clear answer. It’s as simple as 80%, 15% and 5%.

And then, in the second half, I show you why roasting coffee consistently batch-after-batch is so difficult. But these problems are finally being solved with smart technologies.

I visited the ROEST engineering team in Oslo and cracked open their innovative prototype P3000 roaster to show you the technology that allows anybody to roast coffee consistently and fully automatically.

I am so impressed with these innovations, I believe they’re going to change the coffee industry.


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Dive deeper into the science of roasting

Explore ROEST’s innovative products for the coffee industry.
Learn more from Morten Münchow and his coffee roasting courses
Read Morten’s paper in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen on Roasting Conditions and Coffee Flavour

Connect with my very knowledgeable guests

Sverre Simonsen - LinkedIn
Callum Gilmour - LinkedIn
Veronica Balduc - LinkedIn
Morten Münchow - Coffee Mind website
Scott Rao - Instagram

The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations

BWT Water and More
Marco Beverage Systems
ROEST
Sustainable Harvest
Mahlkönig

The Science of Coffee is a spin-off series from James Harper's documentary podcast Filter Stories
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2780 5 4 full Coffee Roasting, Part 1: How heat transforms coffee beans Coffee Roasting, Part 1: How heat transforms coffee beans https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/coffee-roasting-part-1-how-heat-transforms-coffee-beans/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/coffee-roasting-part-1-how-heat-transforms-coffee-beans/#comments Mon, 29 Jan 2024 05:00:02 +0100 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58418622 Roest's innovative P3000 fully automatic roaster. Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee! Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story Write a review on Apple Podcasts Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify Connect with my very knowledgeable guests Mark Al-Shemmeri - LinkedIn Callum Gilmour - LinkedIn Veronica Balduc - LinkedIn Anja Rahn - LinkedInIldi Revi - LinkedIn Samo Smrke - Instagram Morten Münchow - Coffee Mind website The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations BWT Water and More Marco Beverage Systems ROEST Sustainable Harvest Mahlkönig The Science of Coffee is a spin-off series from James Harper's documentary podcast Filter Stories Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
Every coffee bean begins its life green. And if you brewed it up without first roasting it, you’d get a yellow-green cup of grass-flavoured water.

But, as soon you apply heat to a bean, the flavour can morph to from something quite vegetative to a very acidic unripe fruit, then a very sweet fruit, and eventually dark roasted flavours.

This is the magic of coffee roasting!

In this episode of The Science of Coffee, I show you a full roast in action on the ROEST P3000, taste how coffee flavours evolve from acidic to bitter, and speak to leading coffee roasting scientists to reveal the mind-bending chemical and physical transformations taking place.

See for yourself Roest's innovative P3000 fully automatic roaster.

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The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations


BWT Water and More
Marco Beverage Systems
ROEST
Sustainable Harvest
Mahlkönig

The Science of Coffee is a spin-off series from James Harper's documentary podcast Filter Stories
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2261 5 3 full Smell and Taste, Part 2: Are you and me tasting the same flavours? Smell and Taste, Part 2: Are you and me tasting the same flavours? https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/smell-and-taste-part-2-are-you-and-me-tasting-the-same-flavours/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/smell-and-taste-part-2-are-you-and-me-tasting-the-same-flavours/#comments Mon, 15 Jan 2024 07:35:02 +0100 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58196824 Marco Beverage Systems' SP9 for yourself, and discover their range of consistent and energy-efficient coffee brewers for your cafe. Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee! Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story Write a review on Apple Podcasts Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify Connect with my very knowledgeable guests Helene Hopfer - LinkedIn Joel Mainland - LinkedIn Fabiana Carvalho - Instagram Janice Wang - LinkedIn Felipe Reinoso - LinkedIn Freda Yuan - Instagram Mandy Naglich - Instagram The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations: BWT Water and More Marco Beverage Systems ROEST Sustainable Harvest Mahlkönig The Science of Coffee is a spin-off series from James Harper's documentary podcast Filter Stories Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
Join me as I explore this metaphysical mystery! I speak with leading scientists and ask: are the flavour receptors in your nose and mouth the same as mine? How does music and the shape of a cup affect what we taste? What about our different cultural backgrounds and language?

Best of all, I put all these questions to the test in the Athen’s World of Coffee trade show. Many poor unsuspecting Filter Stories spit, splutter and gasp in the name of science!

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The Science of Coffee is a spin-off series from James Harper's documentary podcast Filter Stories
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2358 5 2 full Smell and Taste, Part 1: How to be a better coffee taster Smell and Taste, Part 1: How to be a better coffee taster https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/smell-and-taste-part-1-how-to-be-a-better-coffee-taster/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/smell-and-taste-part-1-how-to-be-a-better-coffee-taster/#comments Mon, 08 Jan 2024 07:20:02 +0100 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58196666 Marco Beverage Systems' SP9 for yourself, and discover their range of consistent and energy-efficient coffee brewers for your cafe. Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee! Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story Write a review on Apple Podcasts Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify Become a better coffee taster! Pick up a copy of Mandy Naglich’s book “How To Taste” Sign up for the Specialty Coffee Association’s Sensory Skills courses Do an online sensory course with CoffeeMind Connect with my very knowledgeable guests Mandy Naglich - Instagram Linda Bartoshuk - Website Joel Mainland - LinkedIn Fabiana Carvalho - Instagram Janice Wang - LinkedIn Peter Giuliano - LinkedIn Bram De Hoog - Instagram The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations: BWT Water and More Marco Beverage Systems ROEST Sustainable Harvest Mahlkönig The Science of Coffee is a spin-off series from James Harper's documentary podcast Filter Stories Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
But here’s the thing: that flavour of passion fruit is not coming from your mouth. It’s not even coming from your nostrils. It’s being picked up behind your eyes!

In this first episode of The Science of Coffee's second series, I unravel how our sense of smell and taste works to help you be a better coffee taster.

I shrink us down microscopically and we dive into your tongue to show you why good black coffee tastes sweet, even though there’s no sugar in it.

We then travel up into our noses and get stuck in a lot of mucus. This slime might be disgusting, but we need it to be able to smell well.

And finally, with the help of tasting expert and author Mandy Naglich, I show you three effective ways you can train yourself to be a much better coffee taster without having to go on any expensive courses. The trick is to train our internal flavour prediction models!

This episode will help you deepen your appreciation of coffee and its delicious complexity.

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Do an online sensory course with CoffeeMind

Connect with my very knowledgeable guests
Mandy Naglich - Instagram
Linda Bartoshuk - Website
Joel Mainland - LinkedIn
Fabiana Carvalho - Instagram
Janice Wang - LinkedIn
Peter Giuliano - LinkedIn
Bram De Hoog - Instagram

The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations:
BWT Water and More
Marco Beverage Systems
ROEST
Sustainable Harvest
Mahlkönig

The Science of Coffee is a spin-off series from James Harper's documentary podcast Filter Stories
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2672 5 1 full Introducing: Season 2 of The Science of Coffee Introducing: Season 2 of The Science of Coffee https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/introducing-season-2-of-the-science-of-coffee/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/introducing-season-2-of-the-science-of-coffee/#comments Tue, 02 Jan 2024 11:05:01 +0100 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58103142 Subscribe button so you don't miss future episodes! https://bit.ly/3TdDnHO Follow James on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2Mlkk0O The Science of Coffee is a spin-off series from James Harper's documentary podcast Filter Stories: https://bit.ly/3ajoT5e The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations: BWT Water and More Mahlkönig Marco Beverage Systems Sustainable Harvest ROEST Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
Across 10 science stories, narrative audio producer and coffee professional James Harper takes you on a journey into coffee's hidden microscopic secrets.

James has spent the last year traveling to Central America, Greece, Norway, Switzerland and interviewing dozens of the world’s leading coffee scientists. This insights will help you appreciate coffee more deeply and make even better coffee at home.

We'll explore organic coffee growing, delve into the science of roasting, uncover optimal storage and grinding techniques, enhance your tasting skills through sensory science, and share James' journey towards thinking more like a scientist.

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The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations:
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Sustainable Harvest
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Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

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Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 136 5 trailer 4) Just Friends? America’s love affair with coffee 4) Just Friends? America’s love affair with coffee https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/4-just-friends-america-s-love-affair-with-coffee/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/4-just-friends-america-s-love-affair-with-coffee/#comments Mon, 29 May 2023 05:00:02 +0200 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53549846 @coffeehistoryjm) and James (@filterstoriespodcast) - and tag us in an Instagram story. Write a review on Apple Podcasts (http://apple.co/3jY42aJ) Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify (https://spoti.fi/3K2h4RQ) This free educational content for the coffee community was made possible by Rancilio, manufacturers of professional Italian espresso machines for your home and coffee bar for almost 100 years (https://bit.ly/3U3oLMz) Read Jonathan’s book, ‘Coffee: A Global History’ (https://amzn.to/3dihAfU) Listen to other coffee documentaries on James’ Filter Stories podcast (https://bit.ly/3ajoT5e) Download all episodes of this second series right now by subscribing to the ‘A History of Coffee’ podcast channel (http://bit.ly/2NArChO) Learn how Brazil massively expanded output in episode three of the first series of A History of Coffee: Coffee Catches Fire (https://bit.ly/2NArChO) Brew up some Yaupon Holly! (https://bit.ly/40R6IuY) Discover Deb Hunter's All Things Tudor podcast (https://bit.ly/3L5OZet) Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
And the conventional explanation is pretty straightforward: an English colonist introduces coffee to Jamestown in 1607. 150 years later Americans rebel against the British by throwing tea chests into Boston harbour and drinking coffee becomes their patriotic duty. Oh, and of course who won the civil war? The side that had the coffee.

But, actually, the truth is much more surprising, and reveals a much more counter-intuitive story of America.

In this final episode of Series Two of A History of Coffee, we offer you a story of America through the lens of a black drink, another black drink, a third black drink and perhaps even a fourth.

A History of Coffee is a collaboration between documentary maker James Harper of the Filter Stories coffee podcast and Jonathan Morris, Professor of History and author of ‘Coffee: A Global History’.
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Read Jonathan’s book, ‘Coffee: A Global History’ (https://amzn.to/3dihAfU)

Listen to other coffee documentaries on James’ Filter Stories podcast (https://bit.ly/3ajoT5e)

Download all episodes of this second series right now by subscribing to the ‘A History of Coffee’ podcast channel (http://bit.ly/2NArChO)


Learn how Brazil massively expanded output in episode three of the first series of A History of Coffee: Coffee Catches Fire (https://bit.ly/2NArChO)

Brew up some Yaupon Holly! (https://bit.ly/40R6IuY)

Discover Deb Hunter's All Things Tudor podcast (https://bit.ly/3L5OZet)

Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2664 4 4 full 3) Espresso Lungo: The slow road to Italy’s democratic espresso culture 3) Espresso Lungo: The slow road to Italy’s democratic espresso culture https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/3-espresso-lungo-the-slow-road-to-italy-s-democratic-espresso-culture/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/3-espresso-lungo-the-slow-road-to-italy-s-democratic-espresso-culture/#comments Mon, 15 May 2023 05:00:01 +0200 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53549824 @coffeehistoryjm) and James (@filterstoriespodcast) - and tag us in an Instagram story. Write a review on Apple Podcasts (http://apple.co/3jY42aJ) Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify (https://spoti.fi/3K2h4RQ) This free educational content for the coffee community was made possible by Rancilio, manufacturers of professional Italian espresso machines for your home and coffee bar for almost 100 years (https://bit.ly/3U3oLMz) Read Jonathan’s book, ‘Coffee: A Global History’ (https://amzn.to/3dihAfU) Listen to other coffee documentaries on James’ Filter Stories podcast (https://bit.ly/3ajoT5e) Download all episodes of this second series right now by subscribing to the ‘A History of Coffee’ podcast channel (http://bit.ly/2NArChO) Go deeper into the story of espresso machines: James' science podcast about Espresso Machine Technology Neapolitan coffee maker (https://bit.ly/3zZCivl) Espresso at 1906 World’s Fair in Milan (https://bit.ly/3MOX7kQ) Rancilio's Museum, Officina Rancilio 1926 (https://bit.ly/3Q7vqTI) "La Cornuta" espresso machine (https://bit.ly/41uBryd) Rancilio's Berlin Showroom, the BER Rancilio Station (https://bit.ly/3mD0lNA) Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
He discovered (and then popularises) the iconic, timeless Italian coffee experience: Rich thick coffee, an affordable price and great theatre.

But this Italian ritual is surprisingly young, so young that Howard Schultz was in school while some of it was being developed!

In this third episode of Series Two of A History of Coffee, we show you why for most of Italy’s history, coffee was thin, expensive, dull to watch…and that’s if you were lucky enough to even be drinking the real stuff at all!

A History of Coffee is a collaboration between documentary maker James Harper of the Filter Stories coffee podcast and Jonathan Morris, Professor of History and author of ‘Coffee: A Global History’.

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Go deeper into the story of espresso machines:

James' science podcast about Espresso Machine Technology

Neapolitan coffee maker (https://bit.ly/3zZCivl)

Espresso at 1906 World’s Fair in Milan (https://bit.ly/3MOX7kQ)

Rancilio's Museum, Officina Rancilio 1926 (https://bit.ly/3Q7vqTI)

"La Cornuta" espresso machine (https://bit.ly/41uBryd)

Rancilio's Berlin Showroom, the BER Rancilio Station (https://bit.ly/3mD0lNA)

Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2696 4 3 full 2) A Lasting Stain: Haiti, Colonialism and Coffee 2) A Lasting Stain: Haiti, Colonialism and Coffee https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/2-a-lasting-stain-haiti-colonialism-and-coffee/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/2-a-lasting-stain-haiti-colonialism-and-coffee/#comments Mon, 01 May 2023 05:00:02 +0200 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53549776 @coffeehistoryjm) and James (@filterstoriespodcast) - and tag us in an Instagram story. Write a review on Apple Podcasts (http://apple.co/3jY42aJ) Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify (https://spoti.fi/3K2h4RQ) This free educational content for the coffee community was made possible by Rancilio, manufacturers of professional Italian espresso machines for your home and coffee bar for almost 100 years (https://bit.ly/3U3oLMz) Read Jonathan’s book, ‘Coffee: A Global History’ (https://amzn.to/3dihAfU) Listen to other coffee documentaries on James’ Filter Stories podcast (https://bit.ly/3ajoT5e) Download all episodes of this second series right now by subscribing to the ‘A History of Coffee’ podcast channel (http://bit.ly/2NArChO) Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
But today Haiti is one of the world’s poorest nations where you can’t get a bag of Haitian beans delivered to Berlin in a week for love nor money.

In this second episode of Series Two of A History of Coffee, we show you how colonialism and racism dragged Haiti into poverty, and the role of coffee at the centre of it.

Be warned: this episode contains graphic descriptions of violence.

A History of Coffee is a collaboration between documentary maker James Harper of the Filter Stories coffee podcast and Jonathan Morris, Professor of History and author of ‘Coffee: A Global History’.

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This free educational content for the coffee community was made possible by Rancilio, manufacturers of professional Italian espresso machines for your home and coffee bar for almost 100 years
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Read Jonathan’s book, ‘Coffee: A Global History’ (https://amzn.to/3dihAfU)

Listen to other coffee documentaries on James’ Filter Stories podcast (https://bit.ly/3ajoT5e)

Download all episodes of this second series right now by subscribing to the ‘A History of Coffee’ podcast channel (http://bit.ly/2NArChO)
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2853 4 2 full 1) It’s Just Coffee? How coffee houses changed the world 1) It’s Just Coffee? How coffee houses changed the world https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/1-it-s-just-coffee-how-coffee-houses-changed-the-world/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/1-it-s-just-coffee-how-coffee-houses-changed-the-world/#comments Mon, 17 Apr 2023 05:00:02 +0200 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53549736 @coffeehistoryjm) and James (@filterstoriespodcast) - and tag us in an Instagram story. Write a review on Apple Podcasts (http://apple.co/3jY42aJ) Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify (https://spoti.fi/3K2h4RQ) This free educational content for the coffee community was made possible by Rancilio, manufacturers of professional Italian espresso machines for your home and coffee bar for almost 100 years (https://bit.ly/3U3oLMz) Read Jonathan’s book, ‘Coffee: A Global History’ (https://amzn.to/3dihAfU) Listen to other coffee documentaries on James’ Filter Stories podcast (https://bit.ly/3ajoT5e) Download all episodes of this second series right now by subscribing to the ‘A History of Coffee’ podcast channel (http://bit.ly/2NArChO) Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
And chatting is powerful: ideas that emerge from these caffeine-fuelled conversations give birth to modern finance and even the founding of great artistic and scientific institutions.

Meanwhile, other ideas threaten those in power, and have led to many attempts to ban coffeeshops (and even coffee itself!) these last 500 years.

In the first episode of Series Two of A History of Coffee, we show you how the coffee shop changed the world, and we ask whether it still has what it takes to upend society.

A History of Coffee is a collaboration between documentary maker James Harper of the Filter Stories coffee podcast and Jonathan Morris, Professor of History and author of ‘Coffee: A Global History’.

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This free educational content for the coffee community was made possible by Rancilio, manufacturers of professional Italian espresso machines for your home and coffee bar for almost 100 years
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Read Jonathan’s book, ‘Coffee: A Global History’ (https://amzn.to/3dihAfU)

Listen to other coffee documentaries on James’ Filter Stories podcast (https://bit.ly/3ajoT5e)

Download all episodes of this second series right now by subscribing to the ‘A History of Coffee’ podcast channel (http://bit.ly/2NArChO)
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2721 4 1 full Introducing: Series Two of A History of Coffee Introducing: Series Two of A History of Coffee https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/introducing-series-two-of-a-history-of-coffee/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/introducing-series-two-of-a-history-of-coffee/#comments Mon, 03 Apr 2023 05:00:02 +0200 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/53412299 A History of Coffee podcast channel. A History of Coffee is a collaboration between documentary maker James Harper of the Filter Stories coffee podcast and Jonathan Morris, Professor of History and author of ‘Coffee: A Global History’. Follow us on Instagram! Jonathan Morris @coffeehistoryjm and James Harper @filterstoriespodcast. This free educational content was made possible with the support of Rancilio, manufacturers of professional Italian espresso machines for almost 100 years. Join us live at the London Coffee Festival 2023! We have three time slots for you to choose from: Saturday, 22 April, 11:00-11:30 and 14:30-15:00, and Sunday, 23 April,14:30-15:00. Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
In Series Two, we reveal how the invention of the coffee shop revolutionised societies, why colonialism, racism and coffee have kept once prosperous Haiti poor today, how Italy's revered espresso culture was created, and we debunk many myths around America's supposed love affair with coffee.

If we want to make coffee a more equitable industry that’s also kinder to the environment, a place to start is understanding the stories and systems that put the coffee into your cup this morning.

Press the ‘Subscribe’ button so you don’t miss future episodes. Listen to all the episodes at once on the A History of Coffee podcast channel.

A History of Coffee is a collaboration between documentary maker James Harper of the Filter Stories coffee podcast and Jonathan Morris, Professor of History and author of ‘Coffee: A Global History’.

Follow us on Instagram! Jonathan Morris @coffeehistoryjm and James Harper @filterstoriespodcast.

This free educational content was made possible with the support of Rancilio, manufacturers of professional Italian espresso machines for almost 100 years.

Join us live at the London Coffee Festival 2023! We have three time slots for you to choose from: Saturday, 22 April, 11:00-11:30 and 14:30-15:00, and Sunday, 23 April,14:30-15:00.
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 300 4 trailer 6) Sonic Seasoning 6) Sonic Seasoning https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/6-sonic-seasoning/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/6-sonic-seasoning/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2023 05:00:01 +0100 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52333755 Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story Write a review on Apple Podcasts Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify Explore the technology behind Fiorenzato’s AllGround home coffee grinder Get more involved in coffee science! Buy Brita Folmer’s The Craft & Science of Coffee Read the Specialty Coffee Association's 25 Magazine for cutting edge insights into coffee science, business and sustainability, including Charles Spence’s article on sonic seasoning Partner with the Coffee Science Foundation Explore Felipe Reinoso Carvalho’s sonic research, including Diego Campos’ winning World Barista Championship routine Apply to study at the UC Davis Coffee Centre Do an online course with ZHAW’s Coffee Excellence Centre Subscribe to Barista Hustle and complete their online coffee courses Become a member of the Barista Guild, Coffee Roaster’s Guild, Coffee Technicians Guild and attend their events! Connect with my very knowledgeable guests Charles Spence - Academic profile Fabiana Carvalho - Instagram Janice Wang - LinkedIn Felipe Reinoso Carvalho - LinkedIn Chahan Yeretzian - LinkedIn Bill Ristenpart - Academic profile Peter Giuliano - LinkedIn Jenn Rugolo - LinkedIn Giulia Bagato - LinkedIn Denis Girardi - LinkedIn The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations BWT Water and More Marco Beverage Systems Trabocca Eversys Oatly Fiorenzato Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
Wrong. Some scientists argue that you actually do know what it will taste like (more or less), and the act of tasting simply confirms what you have already imagined it will taste like. And that’s because a growing body of research is revealing that sight, sound and touch all affect your expectation of a coffee’s flavours.

In this episode, I explore how certain sounds might make your coffee taste sweeter, while other sounds translate to bitterness. And I expose how some cafe owners might be ruining the flavours of the high-end specialty coffee you paid for without even realising it.

In the second half, I show you why so many of our scientific questions about coffee are going unanswered. I take you deep into the future of coffee science by explaining who’s doing research into coffee science, why they’re doing it, how much it costs and how you can get involved.

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Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee!

Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story
Write a review on Apple Podcasts
Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify

Explore the technology behind Fiorenzato’s AllGround home coffee grinder


Get more involved in coffee science!

Buy Brita Folmer’s The Craft & Science of Coffee

Read the Specialty Coffee Association's 25 Magazine for cutting edge insights into coffee science, business and sustainability, including Charles Spence’s article on sonic seasoning

Partner with the Coffee Science Foundation

Explore Felipe Reinoso Carvalho’s sonic research, including Diego Campos’ winning World Barista Championship routine

Apply to study at the UC Davis Coffee Centre
Do an online course with ZHAW’s Coffee Excellence Centre
Subscribe to Barista Hustle and complete their online coffee courses

Become a member of the Barista Guild, Coffee Roaster’s Guild, Coffee Technicians Guild and attend their events!


Connect with my very knowledgeable guests

Charles Spence - Academic profile
Fabiana Carvalho - Instagram
Janice Wang - LinkedIn
Felipe Reinoso Carvalho - LinkedIn
Chahan Yeretzian - LinkedIn
Bill Ristenpart - Academic profile
Peter Giuliano - LinkedIn
Jenn Rugolo - LinkedIn
Giulia Bagato - LinkedIn
Denis Girardi - LinkedIn


The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations

BWT Water and More
Marco Beverage Systems
Trabocca
Eversys
Oatly
Fiorenzato
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 3228 3 6 full 5) Latte Foam 5) Latte Foam https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/5-latte-foam/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/5-latte-foam/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2023 05:00:03 +0100 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52333709 Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story Write a review on Apple Podcasts Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify Try Oatly Barista Edition (this episode’s sponsor) for yourself Go deeper into latte foam science! Measure your latte foam’s bubble size! Marvel at tetrakaidecahedra foam for yourself Check out Steven Abbott’s brilliant science website Learn how to create microfoam with Lance Hedrick Study milk science with Barista Hustle’s online courses Connect with my very knowledgeable guests Steven Abbott - website Rituja Upadhyay - LinkedIn Nidhi Bansal - LinkedIn Thom Huppertz - LinkedIn Sofia Eldhe - LinkedIn Toby Weedon - LinkedIn The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations BWT Water and More Marco Beverage Systems Trabocca Eversys Oatly Fiorenzato Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
I personally really, really dislike them! The foam is cold, raspy, and gets in the way of the actual coffee liquid.

How much better would your mornings be if, instead, your cappuccino had that creamy, silky “microfoam” you find in a specialty coffee cafe?

In this episode, I take you deep into the bubbles of latte foam to show you what makes them, what destroys them, and how you can craft mouth-melting lattes.

Along the way I also settle the big debate: what is the actual difference between regular Oatly and Oatly Barista Edition!?

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Try Oatly Barista Edition (this episode’s sponsor) for yourself


Go deeper into latte foam science!

Measure your latte foam’s bubble size!
Marvel at tetrakaidecahedra foam for yourself
Check out Steven Abbott’s brilliant science website
Learn how to create microfoam with Lance Hedrick
Study milk science with Barista Hustle’s online courses


Connect with my very knowledgeable guests

Steven Abbott - website
Rituja Upadhyay - LinkedIn
Nidhi Bansal - LinkedIn
Thom Huppertz - LinkedIn
Sofia Eldhe - LinkedIn
Toby Weedon - LinkedIn


The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations

BWT Water and More
Marco Beverage Systems
Trabocca
Eversys
Oatly
Fiorenzato
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2584 3 5 full 4) Espresso Technology 4) Espresso Technology https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/4-espresso-technology/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/4-espresso-technology/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2023 05:00:02 +0100 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/52332150 Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story Write a review on Apple Podcasts Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify Learn more about how Eversys espresso machines (this episode’s sponsor) produce high quality espressos Listen to my A History of Coffee podcast series with Prof. Jonathan Morris Pictures of the espresso machines featured in this episode Angelo Moriondo (1884, “Big water boiler with gnarly bits”) La Pavoni Ideale (1905, "Fire hydrant") Gaggia Tipo Classica (1947, “Lever”) Faema E61 (1961, “Retro 60s toaster”) Eversys (2022, “push button”) Want to go deeper into espresso machine technology? Coffee Technician Guild’s Educational Courses Barista Hustle’s The Espresso Machine course Read Prof. Jonathan Morris’ book ‘Coffee: A Global History’ Do your own coffee museum tour in Italy! MUMAC (Milan) Rancilio Officina 1926 (Milan) Accademia del Caffè Espresso (Florence) Connect with my very knowledgeable guests Jonathan Morris - Instagram Hylan Joseph - LinkedIn Giorgio Rancilio - LinkedIn Anna Cento - LinkedIn Carlos Gonzàlez - LinkedIn Silvia Bartoloni - LinkedIn Jonathan Besse - LinkedIn The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations BWT Water and More Marco Beverage Systems Trabocca Eversys Oatly Fiorenzato Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
But, who woke up one morning and thought to themselves, ‘I’m going to build a contraption that forces a tiny amount of super hot water with incredible pressure through a bed of very finely ground coffee’?

Well, the fact is, the first “espresso” machine built 150 years ago was awful in almost every way. Worst of all, if you gave that coffee to anybody on the street, nobody would say it’s even an espresso!

But, over the decades, problems begat solutions that begat more problems that culminated in espresso machines like Eversys that produce gorgeous espressos at just the push of a button.

And it’s got me wondering: what is the perfect espresso machine? How far can we go?

But, before clicking play, be warned: this story gets explosive and bloody!

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Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee!

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Learn more about how Eversys espresso machines (this episode’s sponsor) produce high quality espressos

Listen to my A History of Coffee podcast series with Prof. Jonathan Morris


Pictures of the espresso machines featured in this episode

Angelo Moriondo (1884, “Big water boiler with gnarly bits”)
La Pavoni Ideale (1905, "Fire hydrant")
Gaggia Tipo Classica (1947, “Lever”)
Faema E61 (1961, “Retro 60s toaster”)
Eversys (2022, “push button”)


Want to go deeper into espresso machine technology?

Coffee Technician Guild’s Educational Courses
Barista Hustle’s The Espresso Machine course
Read Prof. Jonathan Morris’ book ‘Coffee: A Global History’


Do your own coffee museum tour in Italy!

MUMAC (Milan)
Rancilio Officina 1926 (Milan)
Accademia del Caffè Espresso (Florence)


Connect with my very knowledgeable guests

Jonathan Morris - Instagram
Hylan Joseph - LinkedIn
Giorgio Rancilio - LinkedIn
Anna Cento - LinkedIn
Carlos Gonzàlez - LinkedIn
Silvia Bartoloni - LinkedIn
Jonathan Besse - LinkedIn


The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations

BWT Water and More
Marco Beverage Systems
Trabocca
Eversys
Oatly
Fiorenzato
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2563 3 4 full 3) Plant Genetics 3) Plant Genetics https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/3-plant-genetics/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/3-plant-genetics/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2022 06:00:02 +0100 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51669986 https://bit.ly/2Mlkk0O Write a review on Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/3sf87MV Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3yHkjcV Learn more about how Trabocca, this episode’s sponsor, works with coffee farmers: https://bit.ly/3Tjn8bV Support the work of World Coffee Research: https://bit.ly/3VtyoV6 Become a member of Kew Gardens: https://bit.ly/3yFZ8b0 Find some of Alvans Mutero’s (https://bit.ly/3T0NHTy) and Thiriku’s (https://bit.ly/3CCxHQJ) coffee to taste for yourself Learn more about cloning coffee plants on my other podcast, Adventures in Coffee - https://bit.ly/3EFBmzG Want to listen to more documentary podcasts about coffee? Check out Filter Stories - https://bit.ly/3zb5vnO Connect with my very knowledgeable guests: Sarada Krishnan - LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/3rW9dwB) and Research Gate (https://bit.ly/3VvzDTq) Aaron Davis - Kew Gardens (https://bit.ly/3CAicZg) Hanna Neuschwander - LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/3MvW2Mi) Bernard Gichimu - LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/3VrOIFJ) Learn more about the coffee varieties discussed on this episode: SL 28 - https://bit.ly/3MvNIw6 SL 34 - https://bit.ly/3rTX2QX Ruiru 11 - https://bit.ly/3CXmDPf Batian - https://bit.ly/3EEls8M The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations: BWT Water and More - https://bit.ly/3EEpuxN Marco Beverage Systems - https://bit.ly/3T2YDzY Trabocca - https://bit.ly/3Tjn8bV Eversys - https://bit.ly/3CBkp6X Oatly - https://bit.ly/3exvlKS Fiorenzato - https://bit.ly/3T3nmUQ Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
But, I’m concerned this is going to get harder and harder for you in the future.

Climate change is making coffee taste worse while also pushing farmers into financial hardship.

In this episode we explore how genetic development can produce a coffee tree that might save the day. Is there a wild coffee tree happily growing in the forests somewhere that could be our silver bullet? What about if we mix existing documented species together?

But, the big problem is that genetic research is slow, and farmers can’t wait around. So, in the second half, we learn how coffee farmers in Kenya are trying to fix the problem right now.

And I’m actually tentatively hopeful the beans you brew in the morning are not going to get worse. But, it all depends on you, me and the coffee industry making a couple of changes right now.

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Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee!
Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story - https://bit.ly/2Mlkk0O
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Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3yHkjcV

Learn more about how Trabocca, this episode’s sponsor, works with coffee farmers: https://bit.ly/3Tjn8bV

Support the work of World Coffee Research: https://bit.ly/3VtyoV6

Become a member of Kew Gardens: https://bit.ly/3yFZ8b0

Find some of Alvans Mutero’s (https://bit.ly/3T0NHTy) and Thiriku’s (https://bit.ly/3CCxHQJ) coffee to taste for yourself

Learn more about cloning coffee plants on my other podcast, Adventures in Coffee - https://bit.ly/3EFBmzG

Want to listen to more documentary podcasts about coffee? Check out Filter Stories - https://bit.ly/3zb5vnO

Connect with my very knowledgeable guests:
Sarada Krishnan - LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/3rW9dwB) and Research Gate (https://bit.ly/3VvzDTq)
Aaron Davis - Kew Gardens (https://bit.ly/3CAicZg)
Hanna Neuschwander - LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/3MvW2Mi)
Bernard Gichimu - LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/3VrOIFJ)

Learn more about the coffee varieties discussed on this episode:
SL 28 - https://bit.ly/3MvNIw6
SL 34 - https://bit.ly/3rTX2QX
Ruiru 11 - https://bit.ly/3CXmDPf
Batian - https://bit.ly/3EEls8M


The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations:

BWT Water and More - https://bit.ly/3EEpuxN
Marco Beverage Systems - https://bit.ly/3T2YDzY
Trabocca - https://bit.ly/3Tjn8bV
Eversys - https://bit.ly/3CBkp6X
Oatly - https://bit.ly/3exvlKS
Fiorenzato - https://bit.ly/3T3nmUQ
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 3795 3 3 full 2) Coffee Extraction 2) Coffee Extraction https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/2-coffee-extraction/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/2-coffee-extraction/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2022 06:00:02 +0100 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51669857 https://bit.ly/2Mlkk0O Write a review on Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/3sf87MV Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3yHkjcV Explore this episode’s sponsor Marco Beverage Systems SP 9 brewer and how it delivers consistent brews in the cafe (https://bit.ly/3Tgh18r) Listen to the Adventures in Coffee episode about making dramatically different brews using the Aeropress: https://bit.ly/3TghsQ7 Want more to listen to more documentary podcasts about coffee? Check out Filter Stories - https://bit.ly/3zb5vnO Want to go deeper into coffee extraction? Mackenzie Batali’s fractionation research - https://bit.ly/3CFnvH0 UC Davis’ brewing control chart research - https://bit.ly/3CLoiGz Take courses on coffee brewing with the Specialty Coffee Association - https://bit.ly/3EQFoVV Study at the UC Davis Coffee - https://bit.ly/3TwSgod Read ‘The Craft and Science of Coffee’ - https://bit.ly/3zb7bN8 Connect with my very knowledgeable guests: Samo Smrke - LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/3EKrjtg) and Instagram (https://bit.ly/3IdrfRz) Bill Ristenpart - Academic profile (https://faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu/ristenpart/) Mackenzie Batali - LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/3s7VRxr) Peter Giuliano - LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/3yT66tv) Danny Pang - LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/3Sd9mqq) David Walsh - LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/3VEH7Uo) The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations: BWT Water and More - https://bit.ly/3EEpuxN Marco Beverage Systems - https://bit.ly/3T2YDzY Trabocca - https://bit.ly/3Tjn8bV Eversys - https://bit.ly/3CBkp6X Oatly - https://bit.ly/3exvlKS Fiorenzato - https://bit.ly/3T3nmUQ Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
So, what exactly is happening at a microscopic level when water swirls through coffee grinds? Why does boiling water extract certain flavours, while letting the kettle cool for five minutes make it taste markedly different?

In this episode, we dive deep into the academic research conducted at the UC Davis Coffee Center so you can choose your flavour adventure: Do you like your coffees when they’re a sour bomb? A floral caress on the lips? A smokey drag on a pipe? Or a treacle of sweet syrup?

We also explore why it can be so difficult getting the same flavours from the same beans consistently. And finally, I equip you with tools so you can begin finding your perfect brew.

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Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee!
Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story - https://bit.ly/2Mlkk0O
Write a review on Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/3sf87MV
Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3yHkjcV

Explore this episode’s sponsor Marco Beverage Systems SP 9 brewer and how it delivers consistent brews in the cafe (https://bit.ly/3Tgh18r)

Listen to the Adventures in Coffee episode about making dramatically different brews using the Aeropress: https://bit.ly/3TghsQ7

Want more to listen to more documentary podcasts about coffee? Check out Filter Stories - https://bit.ly/3zb5vnO


Want to go deeper into coffee extraction?

Mackenzie Batali’s fractionation research - https://bit.ly/3CFnvH0
UC Davis’ brewing control chart research - https://bit.ly/3CLoiGz
Take courses on coffee brewing with the Specialty Coffee Association - https://bit.ly/3EQFoVV
Study at the UC Davis Coffee - https://bit.ly/3TwSgod
Read ‘The Craft and Science of Coffee’ - https://bit.ly/3zb7bN8


Connect with my very knowledgeable guests:
Samo Smrke - LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/3EKrjtg) and Instagram (https://bit.ly/3IdrfRz)
Bill Ristenpart - Academic profile (https://faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu/ristenpart/)
Mackenzie Batali - LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/3s7VRxr)
Peter Giuliano - LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/3yT66tv)
Danny Pang - LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/3Sd9mqq)
David Walsh - LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/3VEH7Uo)


The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations:

BWT Water and More - https://bit.ly/3EEpuxN
Marco Beverage Systems - https://bit.ly/3T2YDzY
Trabocca - https://bit.ly/3Tjn8bV
Eversys - https://bit.ly/3CBkp6X
Oatly - https://bit.ly/3exvlKS
Fiorenzato - https://bit.ly/3T3nmUQ
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 3189 3 2 full 1) Water For Brewing Coffee 1) Water For Brewing Coffee https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/1-water-for-brewing-coffee/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/1-water-for-brewing-coffee/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2022 06:00:02 +0200 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51669797 A newer, updated version of this episode is out — listen here instead!

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Water really matters when you’re brewing coffee. Different waters can dramatically change how a single coffee will taste. But what is the right water for the best coffee? In this episode I will give you the answer, but I will first take you back billions of years to tell you the story of a single mineral and how it's responsible for making our coffees taste lame. Because here’s the thing: water science is chemistry, and chemistry is very complicated and easily forgettable. But with a great story, I’m hoping you’ll remember! In the second half, I show you why Christopher Hendon’s book Water for Coffee made a big splash in the coffee community, but also why some academic chemists are critical of the book, and how this all manifested in the creation of the Specialty Coffee Association’s Water Quality Handbook. And, to cap it all off, I offer you some environmentally conscious ways to get hold of good water for coffee, so your coffee brews can finally explode in flavour. —--- Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee! Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story - https://bit.ly/2Mlkk0O Write a review on Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/3sf87MV Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3yHkjcV Discover this episode’s sponsor BWT’s water filtration products. I use their Penguin cartridges (http://bit.ly/3Xiuq2a) and cafes can use their BestAqua ROC (https://bit.ly/3EPLIx9) Read Marcia Bjornerud’s amazing book, Reading The Rocks: https://bit.ly/3EQIYj4 Want more to listen to more documentary podcasts about coffee? Check out Filter Stories - https://bit.ly/3zb5vnO Want to go deeper into water chemistry? SCA’s Water Quality Handbook: https://bit.ly/3TyWM5X BWT White Paper on the effects of magnesium (German): https://bit.ly/3TqOFbq How to add magnesium to your soft water out of the tap (scroll to bottom): https://bit.ly/3s5WYOm Christopher Hendon’s Water for Coffee: https://amzn.to/3Tbo3LS Certificate of Advanced Studies at Zurich’s Coffee Excellence Center online course: http://bit.ly/3xlIOel Read ‘The Craft and Science of Coffee’: https://bit.ly/3zb7bN8 Barista Hustle's Water course - https://bit.ly/3z8zSKA James Hoffman's water video - https://bit.ly/3Duxn8f Connect with my very knowledgeable guests: Samo Smrke - LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/3EKrjtg) and Instagram (https://bit.ly/3IdrfRz) Chahan Yeretzian - Linkedin (https://bit.ly/3S4emO1) Frank Neuhausen - LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/3gg4Fie) Marcia Bjornerud - Academic profile (https://bit.ly/3eCYuEi) Christopher Hendon - LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/3EXULMe) and Instagram (https://bit.ly/3eAUuo3) The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations: BWT Water and More - https://bit.ly/3EEpuxN Marco Beverage Systems - https://bit.ly/3T2YDzY Trabocca - https://bit.ly/3Tjn8bV Eversys - https://bit.ly/3CBkp6X Oatly - https://bit.ly/3exvlKS Fiorenzato - https://bit.ly/3T3nmUQ

Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> A newer, updated version of this episode is out — listen here instead!

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Water really matters when you’re brewing coffee. Different waters can dramatically change how a single coffee will taste.

But what is the right water for the best coffee?

In this episode I will give you the answer, but I will first take you back billions of years to tell you the story of a single mineral and how it's responsible for making our coffees taste lame. Because here’s the thing: water science is chemistry, and chemistry is very complicated and easily forgettable. But with a great story, I’m hoping you’ll remember!

In the second half, I show you why Christopher Hendon’s book Water for Coffee made a big splash in the coffee community, but also why some academic chemists are critical of the book, and how this all manifested in the creation of the Specialty Coffee Association’s Water Quality Handbook.

And, to cap it all off, I offer you some environmentally conscious ways to get hold of good water for coffee, so your coffee brews can finally explode in flavour.

—---

Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee!
Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram story - https://bit.ly/2Mlkk0O
Write a review on Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/3sf87MV
Leave a 5 star rating on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3yHkjcV

Discover this episode’s sponsor BWT’s water filtration products. I use their Penguin cartridges (http://bit.ly/3Xiuq2a) and cafes can use their BestAqua ROC (https://bit.ly/3EPLIx9)

Read Marcia Bjornerud’s amazing book, Reading The Rocks: https://bit.ly/3EQIYj4


Want more to listen to more documentary podcasts about coffee? Check out Filter Stories - https://bit.ly/3zb5vnO

Want to go deeper into water chemistry?

SCA’s Water Quality Handbook: https://bit.ly/3TyWM5X
BWT White Paper on the effects of magnesium (German): https://bit.ly/3TqOFbq
How to add magnesium to your soft water out of the tap (scroll to bottom): https://bit.ly/3s5WYOm
Christopher Hendon’s Water for Coffee: https://amzn.to/3Tbo3LS
Certificate of Advanced Studies at Zurich’s Coffee Excellence Center online course: http://bit.ly/3xlIOel
Read ‘The Craft and Science of Coffee’: https://bit.ly/3zb7bN8
Barista Hustle's Water course - https://bit.ly/3z8zSKA
James Hoffman's water video - https://bit.ly/3Duxn8f

Connect with my very knowledgeable guests:
Samo Smrke - LinkedIn (https://bit.ly/3EKrjtg) and Instagram (https://bit.ly/3IdrfRz)
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What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 3703 3 1 full Introducing: The Science of Coffee Introducing: The Science of Coffee https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/introducing-the-science-of-coffee/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/introducing-the-science-of-coffee/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2022 05:00:02 +0200 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/51523139 https://bit.ly/3TdDnHO The Science of Coffee is a spin-off series from James Harper's documentary podcast Filter Stories. Follow James on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2Mlkk0O Listen to Filter Stories: https://bit.ly/3zb5vnO The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations: BWT Water and More Marco Beverage Systems Trabocca Eversys Oatly Fiorenzato Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
Across six episodes, documentary maker and coffee professional James Harper takes you deep into the world of water for coffee, coffee extraction, plant genetics, espresso technology, latte foam and sonic seasoning.

Subscribe to The Science of Coffee here: https://bit.ly/3TdDnHO

The Science of Coffee is a spin-off series from James Harper's documentary podcast Filter Stories.
Follow James on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2Mlkk0O
Listen to Filter Stories: https://bit.ly/3zb5vnO

The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations:
BWT Water and More
Marco Beverage Systems
Trabocca
Eversys
Oatly
Fiorenzato
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 219 3 trailer Coffee’s Ticking Time Bomb Coffee’s Ticking Time Bomb https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/coffee-s-ticking-time-bomb/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/coffee-s-ticking-time-bomb/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2022 05:30:02 +0100 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48727293 https://bit.ly/300V4jS Sign up for the 2022 Barista League's High Density (free!) conference here: https://bit.ly/3BjAI78 Read Stuart McCook’s excellent book, Coffee Is Not Forever: https://bit.ly/3320rob And follow his Instagram: https://bit.ly/3sJ2OVI Follow Hansa Coffee on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3sOyLfr Listen to James’ stories about El Salvador here: https://spoti.fi/3Lcnuhg Help other people find the show by leaving a rating on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3JYduHY Help others find the show by creating a screengrab of this episode on your podcast player and sharing it on your Instagram stories. Tag us and we’ll reshare it! Scott Bentley / Caffeine Magazine: https://bit.ly/3oijQ91 Jools Walker / Lady Velo: http://bit.ly/39VRGew James Harper / Filter Stories: https://bit.ly/2Mlkk0O A massive thanks to Lawrence Goldberg of Hansa Coffee, Ajantha Palihawadana, Professor Stuart McCook and Harm van Oudenhoven. Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
But that's really odd, because Sri Lanka has the perfect climate to grow coffee, and was once one of the biggest coffee growing countries in the world.

But Sri Lanka was the victim of an ecological ticking time bomb. And this bomb is still ticking, and is going to explode again.

In this special episode of Adventures in Coffee, producer James Harper takes co-hosts Scott and Jools on an adventure back in time, across Ethiopia, Yemen, Sri Lanka to trace the origins of this ticking bomb, and what it’s going to take to defuse it.

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And follow his Instagram: https://bit.ly/3sJ2OVI

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Listen to James’ stories about El Salvador here: https://spoti.fi/3Lcnuhg

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James Harper / Filter Stories: https://bit.ly/2Mlkk0O

A massive thanks to Lawrence Goldberg of Hansa Coffee, Ajantha Palihawadana, Professor Stuart McCook and Harm van Oudenhoven.
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2699 1 1 full Is really expensive coffee really worth it? Is really expensive coffee really worth it? https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/is-really-expensive-coffee-really-worth-it/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/is-really-expensive-coffee-really-worth-it/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2021 05:00:18 +0200 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44946340 http://bit.ly/AIC_Survey You can listen to more episodes from Adventures in Coffee here: https://bit.ly/300V4jS Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
Today I'm sharing the most popular episode from Adventures in Coffee, a sister podcast to Filter Stories that I co-created.

I'd love to know what you thought of these Adventures in Coffee episodes so we can make an even better show for series 2. Just drop your thoughts in this 5 minute survey here: http://bit.ly/AIC_Survey

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How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 1955 1 1 full Coffee Cycle Saturdays Coffee Cycle Saturdays https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/coffee-cycle-saturdays/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/coffee-cycle-saturdays/#comments Thu, 27 May 2021 05:00:09 +0200 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44911522 https://bit.ly/300V4jS Read Jool's book, Back In The Frame: https://amzn.to/2NTbb0r Piano music written and performed by James Harper. Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
Listen to more episodes from Adventures in Coffee here: https://bit.ly/300V4jS

Read Jool's book, Back In The Frame: https://amzn.to/2NTbb0r

Piano music written and performed by James Harper.
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 1470 1 1 full 6) The Future of Coffee? 6) The Future of Coffee? https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/6-the-future-of-coffee/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/6-the-future-of-coffee/#comments Thu, 13 May 2021 05:00:10 +0200 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44777223 https://bit.ly/37eMS3F) and Twitter (https://bit.ly/3jNr9ou) & James’ Filter Stories Instagram (https://bit.ly/2Mlkk0O) and Twitter (https://bit.ly/3baTsJk) Help other people find the show by leaving a review on... Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/3jY42aJ Castbox: http://bit.ly/38sXdcH Read Jonathan’s book, ‘Coffee: A Global History’ here: https://amzn.to/3dihAfU Listen to the bonus episode on the ‘A History of Coffee’ podcast channel: http://bit.ly/2NArChO Music featured in this episode: La Traviata, Brindisi (Verdi) by MIT Symphony Orchestra: https://bit.ly/3eGUsIf Infant Holy, Infant Lowly by Ann Alee: https://bit.ly/2SKlaY6 Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
Or, at least, that’s what many specialty coffee companies would like you to believe. The truth is a lot less rosy.

In this final episode of A History of Coffee, Jonathan and James explore where the specialty coffee movement came from, whether it will succeed in arresting coffee’s race-to-the-bottom, and look into the future to understand what might be the future of coffee.

A History of Coffee is a collaboration between James Harper of the Filter Stories - Coffee Documentaries podcast and Jonathan Morris, Professor of History and author of ‘Coffee: A Global History’.

Visit Jonathan’s Instagram (https://bit.ly/37eMS3F) and Twitter (https://bit.ly/3jNr9ou)
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Listen to the bonus episode on the ‘A History of Coffee’ podcast channel: http://bit.ly/2NArChO

Music featured in this episode:
La Traviata, Brindisi (Verdi) by MIT Symphony Orchestra: https://bit.ly/3eGUsIf
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly by Ann Alee: https://bit.ly/2SKlaY6
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2825 1 1 full 5) Desperately Seeking Sustainability 5) Desperately Seeking Sustainability https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/5-desperately-seeking-sustainability/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/5-desperately-seeking-sustainability/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2021 05:00:09 +0200 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44433306 https://bit.ly/37eMS3F) and Twitter (https://bit.ly/3jNr9ou) & James’ Filter Stories Instagram (https://bit.ly/2Mlkk0O) and Twitter (https://bit.ly/3baTsJk) Help other people find the show by leaving a review on... Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/3jY42aJ Castbox: http://bit.ly/38sXdcH Read Jonathan’s book, ‘Coffee: A Global History’ here: https://amzn.to/3dihAfU Future episodes are already out on the ‘A History of Coffee’ podcast channel: http://bit.ly/2NArChO Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
Certifications make it easy for consumers to put their ethics into practice. But, hidden beneath the glossy sticker is a maze of complications and paradoxical outcomes.

In this fifth episode of A History of Coffee, Jonathan and James explore where coffee certifications came from, how they tried to stop coffee’s devastating race to the bottom and assess whether they succeeded.

A History of Coffee is a collaboration between James Harper of the Filter Stories - Coffee Documentaries podcast and Jonathan Morris, Professor of History and author of ‘Coffee: A Global History’.

Visit Jonathan’s Instagram (https://bit.ly/37eMS3F) and Twitter (https://bit.ly/3jNr9ou)
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Help other people find the show by leaving a review on...
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Future episodes are already out on the ‘A History of Coffee’ podcast channel: http://bit.ly/2NArChO
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2243 1 1 full 4) A Dark Bitter Powder 4) A Dark Bitter Powder https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/4-a-dark-bitter-powder/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/4-a-dark-bitter-powder/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2021 06:00:04 +0200 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43824284 https://bit.ly/37eMS3F) and Twitter (https://bit.ly/3jNr9ou) & James’ Filter Stories Instagram (https://bit.ly/2Mlkk0O) and Twitter (https://bit.ly/3baTsJk) Help other people find the show by leaving a review on... Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/3jY42aJ Castbox: http://bit.ly/38sXdcH Read Jonathan’s book, ‘Coffee: A Global History’ here: https://amzn.to/3dihAfU Future episodes are already out on the ‘A History of Coffee’ podcast channel: http://bit.ly/2NArChO Coffee and brewing equipment featured in this episode 1930 and 2020 “World Blend” roasted by Smiths Coffee (UK): http://bit.ly/3rtR2g1 Comandante hand grinder: http://bit.ly/3qmTSCN Sage electric grinder: http://bit.ly/2Zf3NyC Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
By adding milk and sugar to your instant, you helped bring new growers - and consumers - into coffee, but arguably contributed to a crisis that left hundreds of thousands of people malnourished.

In this fourth episode of A History of Coffee, Jonathan and James explore how the popularity of instant coffee dramatically alters the balance of power amongst coffee growing countries. Coffee as a global commodity takes on a life of its own, sweeping millions of farmers into a race to the bottom.

A History of Coffee is a collaboration between James Harper of the Filter Stories - Coffee Documentaries podcast and Jonathan Morris, Professor of History and author of ‘Coffee: A Global History’.

Visit Jonathan’s Instagram (https://bit.ly/37eMS3F) and Twitter (https://bit.ly/3jNr9ou)
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Future episodes are already out on the ‘A History of Coffee’ podcast channel: http://bit.ly/2NArChO

Coffee and brewing equipment featured in this episode

1930 and 2020 “World Blend” roasted by Smiths Coffee (UK): http://bit.ly/3rtR2g1
Comandante hand grinder: http://bit.ly/3qmTSCN
Sage electric grinder: http://bit.ly/2Zf3NyC
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2173 1 1 full 3) Coffee Catches Fire 3) Coffee Catches Fire https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/3-coffee-catches-fire/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/3-coffee-catches-fire/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2021 04:00:06 +0200 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43673287 https://bit.ly/37eMS3F) and Twitter (https://bit.ly/3jNr9ou) & James’ Filter Stories Instagram (https://bit.ly/2Mlkk0O) and Twitter (https://bit.ly/3baTsJk) Help other people find the show by leaving a review on... Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/3jY42aJ Castbox: http://bit.ly/38sXdcH Read Jonathan’s book, ‘Coffee: A Global History’ here: https://amzn.to/3dihAfU Future episodes are already out on the ‘A History of Coffee’ podcast channel: http://bit.ly/2NArChO Coffee and brewing equipment featured in this episode: Marcelo Carvalho Ferraz, Boa Vista, Dom Viçoso. Roasted by Supremo (Germany): http://bit.ly/37UW79u Comandante hand grinder: http://bit.ly/3qmTSCN Sage electric grinder: http://bit.ly/2Zf3NyC Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
But why does Brazil grow so much? And who is drinking these lakes of caffeine?

In this third episode of A History of Coffee, Jonathan and James explore how industrialisation dramatically and permanently strips away Brazil’s forests, and why coffee becomes a part of the American dream.

A History of Coffee is a collaboration between James Harper of the Filter Stories - Coffee Documentaries podcast and Jonathan Morris, Professor of History and author of ‘Coffee: A Global History’.

Stay tuned for the upcoming Instagram live session where we unpack how the British produced coffee in Sri Lanka, and why so many Indians die.

Visit Jonathan’s Instagram (https://bit.ly/37eMS3F) and Twitter (https://bit.ly/3jNr9ou)
& James’ Filter Stories Instagram (https://bit.ly/2Mlkk0O) and Twitter (https://bit.ly/3baTsJk)

Help other people find the show by leaving a review on...
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Read Jonathan’s book, ‘Coffee: A Global History’ here: https://amzn.to/3dihAfU

Future episodes are already out on the ‘A History of Coffee’ podcast channel: http://bit.ly/2NArChO

Coffee and brewing equipment featured in this episode:

Marcelo Carvalho Ferraz, Boa Vista, Dom Viçoso. Roasted by Supremo (Germany): http://bit.ly/37UW79u
Comandante hand grinder: http://bit.ly/3qmTSCN
Sage electric grinder: http://bit.ly/2Zf3NyC
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2406 1 1 full 2) Slavery, Suffering and Affordable Luxury 2) Slavery, Suffering and Affordable Luxury https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/2-slavery-suffering-and-affordable-luxury/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/2-slavery-suffering-and-affordable-luxury/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2021 04:00:07 +0100 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43509184 Why do we get upset when we’re charged $36 for an ordinary cappuccino? The answer flies us to the Caribbean where white Europeans make black Africans suffer. In this second episode of A History of Coffee, we uncover how colonialism squeezes the price of coffee, and how that changes European culture forever. Future episodes are already out on the ‘A History of Coffee’ podcast channel! http://bit.ly/2NArChO Press Subscribe so you don't miss future episodes! A History of Coffee is a collaboration between James Harper of the Filter Stories - Coffee Documentaries podcast and Jonathan Morris, Professor of History and author of ‘Coffee: A Global History’. Stay tuned for the upcoming Instagram live session where we unpack how the British produced coffee in Sri Lanka, and why so many Indians die. Visit Jonathan’s Instagram (https://bit.ly/37eMS3F) and Twitter (https://bit.ly/3jNr9ou) & James’ Filter Stories Instagram (https://bit.ly/2Mlkk0O) and Twitter (https://bit.ly/3baTsJk) Help other people find the show by leaving a review on... Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/3jY42aJ Castbox: http://bit.ly/38sXdcH Read Jonathan’s book, ‘Coffee: A Global History’ here: https://amzn.to/3dihAfU Future episodes are already out on the ‘A History of Coffee’ podcast channel: http://bit.ly/2NArChO

Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> Why do we get upset when we’re charged $36 for an ordinary cappuccino?

The answer flies us to the Caribbean where white Europeans make black Africans suffer.

In this second episode of A History of Coffee, we uncover how colonialism squeezes the price of coffee, and how that changes European culture forever.

Future episodes are already out on the ‘A History of Coffee’ podcast channel! http://bit.ly/2NArChO

Press Subscribe so you don't miss future episodes!

A History of Coffee is a collaboration between James Harper of the Filter Stories - Coffee Documentaries podcast and Jonathan Morris, Professor of History and author of ‘Coffee: A Global History’.

Stay tuned for the upcoming Instagram live session where we unpack how the British produced coffee in Sri Lanka, and why so many Indians die.

Visit Jonathan’s Instagram (https://bit.ly/37eMS3F) and Twitter (https://bit.ly/3jNr9ou)
& James’ Filter Stories Instagram (https://bit.ly/2Mlkk0O) and Twitter (https://bit.ly/3baTsJk)

Help other people find the show by leaving a review on...
Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/3jY42aJ
Castbox: http://bit.ly/38sXdcH

Read Jonathan’s book, ‘Coffee: A Global History’ here: https://amzn.to/3dihAfU

Future episodes are already out on the ‘A History of Coffee’ podcast channel: http://bit.ly/2NArChO


Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2558 1 1 full 1) A Five Gun Salute to the Origins of Coffee 1) A Five Gun Salute to the Origins of Coffee https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/1-a-five-gun-salute-to-the-origins-of-coffee/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/1-a-five-gun-salute-to-the-origins-of-coffee/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2021 04:00:20 +0100 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43509116 http://bit.ly/2NArChO Press Subscribe so you don't miss future episodes! Watch James and Jonathan bust coffee myths at the Barista League's High Density conference, for free: http://bit.ly/3pxtlSa A History of Coffee is a collaboration between James Harper of the Filter Stories - Coffee Documentaries podcast and Jonathan Morris, Professor of History and author of ‘Coffee: A Global History’. Visit Jonathan’s Instagram (https://bit.ly/37eMS3F) and Twitter (https://bit.ly/3jNr9ou) to see Ethiopian coffee ceremonies and historical interpretations of Kaldi. Explore James’ Filter Stories Instagram (https://bit.ly/2Mlkk0O) and Twitter (https://bit.ly/3baTsJk) to marvel at ancient coffee growing techniques in the mountains of Yemen. Help other people find the show by leaving a review on... Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/3jY42aJ Castbox: http://bit.ly/38sXdcH Read Jonathan’s book, ‘Coffee: A Global History’ here: https://amzn.to/3dihAfU Future episodes are already out on the ‘A History of Coffee’ podcast channel: http://bit.ly/2NArChO Coffee and brewing equipment featured in this episode: Ethiopia - Dimtu Tera Farm, Guji, Odo Shakiso. Roasted by 19 Grams (Berlin): https://bit.ly/3jQxRKv Yemen - Hasan Al-Salool, Jewain village, West Haraz. Roasted by Darkwoods (UK): http://bit.ly/3db7yxf Comandante hand grinder: http://bit.ly/3qmTSCN Sage electric grinder: http://bit.ly/2Zf3NyC Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
Why did it take so long for humans to invent the cup of coffee?

In this first episode of A History of Coffee, Jonathan and James unpack how humans figured out that delicious flavours were contained in the roasted seeds of a coffee tree’s cherries.

The answer has nothing to do with dancing goats...but, in some ways, it has everything to do with a shepherd in the forests of Ethiopia.

Future episodes are already out on the ‘A History of Coffee’ podcast channel! http://bit.ly/2NArChO

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What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2395 1 1 full Introducing: A History of Coffee Introducing: A History of Coffee https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/introducing-a-history-of-coffee/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/introducing-a-history-of-coffee/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2021 05:30:11 +0100 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43508928 http://bit.ly/2NArChO Press the Subscribe button so you don’t miss future episodes. Read Jonathan’s book, ‘Coffee: A Global History’ here: https://amzn.to/3dihAfU Follow Filter Stories on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2Mlkk0O Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
Across six episodes, documentary maker James Harper and professional historian Jonathan Morris narrate how humans race coffee across oceans to keep up with demand for this addictive drink.

Coffee creates enormous fortunes for some, and misery for others. Sometimes the environment benefits, but more often it is plundered.

If we want to make coffee a more equitable industry that’s also kinder to the environment, a place to start is understanding the stories and systems that put the coffee into your cup this morning.

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Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 253 1 trailer A Girl on a Coffee Farm A Girl on a Coffee Farm https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/a-girl-on-a-coffee-farm/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/a-girl-on-a-coffee-farm/#comments Sun, 24 May 2020 16:03:32 +0200 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/28204168 https://sritson.com/Good-Hands-in-Coffee-Beta Buy your next coffee from a marginalized farmer: http://www.marginalizedfarmers.org/ Leave a review for Filter Stories on Castbox! https://castbox.fm/channel/2604177?country=us Need help on your podcast? Email James at hello@filterstories.org Sign up to the Filter Stories newsletter here: www.eepurl.com/dD-sY1 Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories Piano music composed and performed by James Harper A big thanks to Jake Warga, Ellen Rolfes, Michael McDowell, Janina Grabs, Helena Wolf, Jenn Rugolo, Vasant Chari, Ed Maine, Rachel Knapp, Adam Harper, Pia Klein, Andrew Johnson Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
This might sound trivial, but I’m going to take you on a journey to show you why this undermines an industry worth over $30 Billion.

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Piano music composed and performed by James Harper

A big thanks to Jake Warga, Ellen Rolfes, Michael McDowell, Janina Grabs, Helena Wolf, Jenn Rugolo, Vasant Chari, Ed Maine, Rachel Knapp, Adam Harper, Pia Klein, Andrew Johnson
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2418 1 1 full Be careful what you dream (it may come true) Be careful what you dream (it may come true) https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/be-careful-what-you-dream-it-may-come-true/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/be-careful-what-you-dream-it-may-come-true/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2020 06:00:10 +0100 https://api.spreaker.com/episode/24335878 http://www.marginalizedfarmers.org/ Leave a review for Filter Stories on Castbox! https://castbox.fm/channel/2604177?country=us Sign up to the Filter Stories newsletter here: www.eepurl.com/dD-sY1 Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories Guitar song “Frantic" composed and performed by Håkon Vadet (hawkonn72@gmail.com). Produced and mixed by Ekaterina Zueva Need a voice over professional? Visit https://hannahvoice.com Federico Bolaños' new roastery - https://www.instagram.com/alquimiacoffee/ Alejandro Mendez's roastery - https://www.instagram.com/4_monkeyscoffee/ Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://soundfoundryberlin.com/ Piano music composed and performed by James Harper Filter Stories logo design: https://headquarters.studio/ A big thanks to Federico Bolaños, William Hernandez, Alejandro Mendez, Victor Flores Menéndez, Geraldo Diaz Editorial thanks: Hannah Smith, Jasper Marlow, Pia Klein, Adam Harper, Andrew Johnston Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
When Federico Bolaños fulfills his dream of helping a young Salvadoran win one of the hardest championships in coffee, he wants to aim higher.

But his business partners tell him he risks losing their business.

What Federico does next will change his life and El Salvador in ways he wants, and in ways he doesn’t.

At the end of it all, I ask him: did you make the right choice?

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Guitar song “Frantic" composed and performed by Håkon Vadet (hawkonn72@gmail.com). Produced and mixed by Ekaterina Zueva

Need a voice over professional? Visit https://hannahvoice.com

Federico Bolaños' new roastery - https://www.instagram.com/alquimiacoffee/

Alejandro Mendez's roastery - https://www.instagram.com/4_monkeyscoffee/

Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://soundfoundryberlin.com/

Piano music composed and performed by James Harper

Filter Stories logo design: https://headquarters.studio/

A big thanks to Federico Bolaños, William Hernandez, Alejandro Mendez, Victor Flores Menéndez, Geraldo Diaz

Editorial thanks: Hannah Smith, Jasper Marlow, Pia Klein, Adam Harper, Andrew Johnston
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 1418 1 1 full Why El Salvador isn’t bringing back coffee Why El Salvador isn’t bringing back coffee https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/why-el-salvador-isn-t-bringing-back-coffee/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/why-el-salvador-isn-t-bringing-back-coffee/#comments Tue, 28 Jan 2020 06:00:20 +0100 tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/750512134 http://www.marginalizedfarmers.org/ Leave a review for Filter Stories on Castbox! https://castbox.fm/channel/Filter-Stories---Coffee-Documentaries-id1392173?country=us Sign up to the Filter Stories newsletter here: http://www.eepurl.com/dD-sY1 Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories Piano music composed and performed by James Harper Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://domedgleysound.com/ Filter Stories logo design: https://headquarters.studio/ A big thanks to Álvaro Castro Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
But there are many Salvadorans who want to grow coffee again and give Trump fewer reasons to build a wall. What’s holding them back?

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Piano music composed and performed by James Harper

Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://domedgleysound.com/

Filter Stories logo design: https://headquarters.studio/

A big thanks to Álvaro Castro
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 982 1 1 full A Eulogy for Tito A Eulogy for Tito https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/a-eulogy-for-tito/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/a-eulogy-for-tito/#comments Thu, 19 Dec 2019 16:30:38 +0100 tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/730930483 http://muchogustopanama.com/ Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
We honor him by playing the season finale of the Duolingo Spanish Podcast.

Correction: Tito passed away from a gunshot wound and not a heart attack. It's unknown at this stage whether it was suicide or murder.

Visiting Panama? I recommend Oscar as your guide: http://muchogustopanama.com/
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 1574 1 1 full Is your coffee building Trump’s wall? Part 5: How can we support marginalised coffee producers? Is your coffee building Trump’s wall? Part 5: How can we support marginalised coffee producers? https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/is-your-coffee-building-trump-s-wall-part-5-how-can-we-support-marginalised-coffee-producers/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/is-your-coffee-building-trump-s-wall-part-5-how-can-we-support-marginalised-coffee-producers/#comments Wed, 04 Dec 2019 03:00:13 +0100 tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/722268001 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/filter-stories/id1428327760 Shape the future of Filter Stories by taking this 10 minute survey: https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/YWH3LZM Sign up to the Filter Stories newsletter here: http://www.eepurl.com/dD-sY1 Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories Piano music composed and performed by James Harper Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://domedgleysound.com/ Filter Stories logo design: https://headquarters.studio/ A big thanks to: Cesar Magana, Mauricio Escalón, Álvaro Castro, Emilio Lopez Diaz, Marco Ariz, Francescopaolo Marolla, Walter Retana, United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation El Salvador, Rony Cordero, Cafe Salkantay Santa Ana, Jodie Cárcamo, Manuel Jesus Lopez, David Velasquez, Gilberto Baraona, Hugo Hernandez, Sara Cortez, Consejo Salvadoreño de Cafe, Tyler Wright, Josh Fontecha, Robert Durrette, Farmers First Coffee, Mauricio Benjamin Bautista Arucha, Israel Márquez, San Carlos Dos Cooperative, Sixto Ramos, Policar Siciliano, Helena Merivel Dias de Jimenez, Olga Carmel Ramirez, Azules Piedras Cooperative, Luis Ortez Ordoñez, Roberto Figero, Jesus Salvador Ortez, Victor Flores, Bronwen Serna Editorial thanks: Hannah Smith, Tina Ghelani, Adam Harper, Raymond Detweiler, Melanie Böhme, Andrew Johnson, Karin Vališová, Jesse Hartman, Matthias Staeheli Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
Or do they?

Over five episodes, we explore a story of El Salvador. We confront massacres, wide inequalities and the specialty coffee you drink today.

Buried deep in this story is a group of people our coffee dollars are neglecting across the world.

Part 5 explores how we can direct our coffee dollars towards historically marginalised farmers across the world.

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If you haven't already, please subscribe to the show and review us on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/filter-stories/id1428327760

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Piano music composed and performed by James Harper

Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://domedgleysound.com/

Filter Stories logo design: https://headquarters.studio/

A big thanks to: Cesar Magana, Mauricio Escalón, Álvaro Castro, Emilio Lopez Diaz, Marco Ariz, Francescopaolo Marolla, Walter Retana, United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation El Salvador, Rony Cordero, Cafe Salkantay Santa Ana, Jodie Cárcamo, Manuel Jesus Lopez, David Velasquez, Gilberto Baraona, Hugo Hernandez, Sara Cortez, Consejo Salvadoreño de Cafe, Tyler Wright, Josh Fontecha, Robert Durrette, Farmers First Coffee, Mauricio Benjamin Bautista Arucha, Israel Márquez, San Carlos Dos Cooperative, Sixto Ramos, Policar Siciliano, Helena Merivel Dias de Jimenez, Olga Carmel Ramirez, Azules Piedras Cooperative, Luis Ortez Ordoñez, Roberto Figero, Jesus Salvador Ortez, Victor Flores, Bronwen Serna

Editorial thanks: Hannah Smith, Tina Ghelani, Adam Harper, Raymond Detweiler, Melanie Böhme, Andrew Johnson, Karin Vališová, Jesse Hartman, Matthias Staeheli
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 1384 1 1 full Is your coffee building Trump’s Wall? Part 4: The Rich and the Marginalised Is your coffee building Trump’s Wall? Part 4: The Rich and the Marginalised https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/is-your-coffee-building-trump-s-wall-part-4-the-rich-and-the-marginalised/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/is-your-coffee-building-trump-s-wall-part-4-the-rich-and-the-marginalised/#comments Tue, 26 Nov 2019 00:17:55 +0100 tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/718510117 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/filter-stories/id1428327760 Shape the future of Filter Stories by taking this 10 minute survey: https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/YWH3LZM Sign up to the Filter Stories newsletter here: http://www.eepurl.com/dD-sY1 Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories Piano music composed and performed by James Harper Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://domedgleysound.com/ Filter Stories logo design: https://headquarters.studio/ A big thanks to: Cesar Magana, Mauricio Escalón, Álvaro Castro, Emilio Lopez Diaz, Marco Ariz, Francescopaolo Marolla, Walter Retana, United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation El Salvador, Rony Cordero, Cafe Salkantay Santa Ana, Jodie Cárcamo, Manuel Jesus Lopez, David Velasquez, Gilberto Baraona, Hugo Hernandez, Sara Cortez, Consejo Salvadoreño de Cafe, Tyler Wright, Josh Fontecha, Robert Durrette, Farmers First Coffee, Mauricio Benjamin Bautista Arucha, Israel Márquez, San Carlos Dos Cooperative, Sixto Ramos, Policar Siciliano, Helena Merivel Dias de Jimenez, Olga Carmel Ramirez, Azules Piedras Cooperative, Luis Ortez Ordoñez, Roberto Figero, Jesus Salvador Ortez, Victor Flores, Bronwen Serna Editorial thanks: Hannah Smith, Tina Ghelani, Adam Harper, Raymond Detweiler, Melanie Böhme, Andrew Johnson, Karin Vališová, Jesse Hartman, Matthias Staeheli Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
Or do they?

Over five episodes, we explore a story of El Salvador. We confront massacres, wide inequality and the specialty coffee you drink today.

Buried deep in this story is a group of people our coffee dollars are neglecting across the world.

Part 4 asks whether we are denying economic opportunities to the same people our parents and grandparents did?

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If you haven't already, please subscribe to the show and review us on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/filter-stories/id1428327760

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Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories

Piano music composed and performed by James Harper

Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://domedgleysound.com/

Filter Stories logo design: https://headquarters.studio/

A big thanks to: Cesar Magana, Mauricio Escalón, Álvaro Castro, Emilio Lopez Diaz, Marco Ariz, Francescopaolo Marolla, Walter Retana, United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation El Salvador, Rony Cordero, Cafe Salkantay Santa Ana, Jodie Cárcamo, Manuel Jesus Lopez, David Velasquez, Gilberto Baraona, Hugo Hernandez, Sara Cortez, Consejo Salvadoreño de Cafe, Tyler Wright, Josh Fontecha, Robert Durrette, Farmers First Coffee, Mauricio Benjamin Bautista Arucha, Israel Márquez, San Carlos Dos Cooperative, Sixto Ramos, Policar Siciliano, Helena Merivel Dias de Jimenez, Olga Carmel Ramirez, Azules Piedras Cooperative, Luis Ortez Ordoñez, Roberto Figero, Jesus Salvador Ortez, Victor Flores, Bronwen Serna
Editorial thanks: Hannah Smith, Tina Ghelani, Adam Harper, Raymond Detweiler, Melanie Böhme, Andrew Johnson, Karin Vališová, Jesse Hartman, Matthias Staeheli
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 1356 1 1 full Is your coffee building Trump’s wall? Part 3: Requiem for a Coffee Republic Is your coffee building Trump’s wall? Part 3: Requiem for a Coffee Republic https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/is-your-coffee-building-trump-s-wall-part-3-requiem-for-a-coffee-republic/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/is-your-coffee-building-trump-s-wall-part-3-requiem-for-a-coffee-republic/#comments Wed, 20 Nov 2019 16:14:00 +0100 tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/715884580 https://thecoffeepodcast.com/2019/09/30/e137-perspectives-on-the-coffee-price-crisis-history-of-coffee-price-part-i/ Also listen to the Specialty Coffee Association’s podcast with Janina Grabs on the future of the coffee market: https://scanews.coffee/podcast/59/reco-podcast-dr-janina-grabs-on-overcoming-the-single-exit-fallacy-s1-ep-4/ If you haven't already, please subscribe to the show and review us on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/filter-stories/id1428327760 Shape the future of Filter Stories by taking this 10 minute survey: https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/YWH3LZM Sign up to the Filter Stories newsletter here: http://www.eepurl.com/dD-sY1 Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories Piano music composed and performed by James Harper Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://domedgleysound.com/ Filter Stories logo design: https://headquarters.studio/ A big thanks to: Cesar Magana, Mauricio Escalón, Álvaro Castro, Emilio Lopez Diaz, Marco Ariz, Francescopaolo Marolla, Walter Retana, United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation El Salvador, Rony Cordero, Cafe Salkantay Santa Ana, Jodie Cárcamo, Manuel Jesus Lopez, David Velasquez, Gilberto Baraona, Hugo Hernandez, Sara Cortez, Consejo Salvadoreño de Cafe, Tyler Wright, Josh Fontecha, Robert Durrette, Farmers First Coffee, Mauricio Benjamin Bautista Arucha, Israel Márquez, San Carlos Dos Cooperative, Sixto Ramos, Policar Siciliano, Helena Merivel Dias de Jimenez, Olga Carmel Ramirez, Azules Piedras Cooperative, Luis Ortez Ordoñez, Roberto Figero, Jesus Salvador Ortez, Victor Flores, Bronwen Serna Editorial thanks: Hannah Smith, Tina Ghelani, Adam Harper, Raymond Detweiler, Melanie Böhme, Andrew Johnson, Karin Vališová, Jesse Hartman, Matthias Staeheli Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
Or do they?

Over five episodes, we explore a story of El Salvador. We confront massacres, wide inequality and the specialty coffee you drink today.

Buried deep in this story is a group of people our coffee dollars are neglecting across the world.

In Part 3, we discover what it takes to almost kill coffee completely.

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Listen to the Coffee Podcast’s series on the history of the coffee price: https://thecoffeepodcast.com/2019/09/30/e137-perspectives-on-the-coffee-price-crisis-history-of-coffee-price-part-i/

Also listen to the Specialty Coffee Association’s podcast with Janina Grabs on the future of the coffee market: https://scanews.coffee/podcast/59/reco-podcast-dr-janina-grabs-on-overcoming-the-single-exit-fallacy-s1-ep-4/

If you haven't already, please subscribe to the show and review us on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/filter-stories/id1428327760

Shape the future of Filter Stories by taking this 10 minute survey: https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/YWH3LZM

Sign up to the Filter Stories newsletter here: http://www.eepurl.com/dD-sY1

Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories

Piano music composed and performed by James Harper

Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://domedgleysound.com/

Filter Stories logo design: https://headquarters.studio/

A big thanks to: Cesar Magana, Mauricio Escalón, Álvaro Castro, Emilio Lopez Diaz, Marco Ariz, Francescopaolo Marolla, Walter Retana, United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation El Salvador, Rony Cordero, Cafe Salkantay Santa Ana, Jodie Cárcamo, Manuel Jesus Lopez, David Velasquez, Gilberto Baraona, Hugo Hernandez, Sara Cortez, Consejo Salvadoreño de Cafe, Tyler Wright, Josh Fontecha, Robert Durrette, Farmers First Coffee, Mauricio Benjamin Bautista Arucha, Israel Márquez, San Carlos Dos Cooperative, Sixto Ramos, Policar Siciliano, Helena Merivel Dias de Jimenez, Olga Carmel Ramirez, Azules Piedras Cooperative, Luis Ortez Ordoñez, Roberto Figero, Jesus Salvador Ortez, Victor Flores, Bronwen Serna
Editorial thanks: Hannah Smith, Tina Ghelani, Adam Harper, Raymond Detweiler, Melanie Böhme, Andrew Johnson, Karin Vališová, Jesse Hartman, Matthias Staeheli
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 1558 1 1 full Is your coffee building Trump’s wall? Part 2: El Savage Is your coffee building Trump’s wall? Part 2: El Savage https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/is-your-coffee-building-trump-s-wall-part-2-el-savage/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/is-your-coffee-building-trump-s-wall-part-2-el-savage/#comments Tue, 12 Nov 2019 13:47:16 +0100 tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/711668704 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/filter-stories/id1428327760 Shape the future of Filter Stories by taking this 10 minute survey: https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/YWH3LZM Taste Maria’s coffee and support Filter Stories by joining the Indiegogo crowdfund here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/filter-stories-who-grew-your-morning-coffee/x/22081911#/ Sign up to the Filter Stories newsletter here: http://www.eepurl.com/dD-sY1 Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories Piano music composed and performed by James Harper Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://domedgleysound.com/ Filter Stories logo design: https://headquarters.studio/ A big thanks to: Cesar Magana, Mauricio Escalón, Álvaro Castro, Emilio Lopez Diaz, Marco Ariz, Francescopaolo Marolla, Walter Retana, United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation El Salvador, Rony Cordero, Cafe Salkantay Santa Ana, Jodie Cárcamo, Manuel Jesus Lopez, David Velasquez, Gilberto Baraona, Hugo Hernandez, Sara Cortez, Consejo Salvadoreño de Cafe, Tyler Wright, Josh Fontecha, Robert Durrette, Farmers First Coffee, Mauricio Benjamin Bautista Arucha, Israel Márquez, San Carlos Dos Cooperative, Sixto Ramos, Policar Siciliano, Helena Merivel Dias de Jimenez, Olga Carmel Ramirez, Azules Piedras Cooperative, Luis Ortez Ordoñez, Roberto Figero, Jesus Salvador Ortez, Victor Flores, Bronwen Serna Editorial thanks: Hannah Smith, Tina Ghelani, Adam Harper, Raymond Detweiler, Melanie Böhme, Andrew Johnson, Karin Vališová, Jesse Hartman, Matthias Staeheli Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
Or do they?

Over five episodes, we explore a story of El Salvador. We confront massacres, wide inequality and the specialty coffee you drink today.

Buried deep in this story is a group of people our coffee dollars are neglecting across the world.

In Part 2, we reveal why our economist nicknames his own country "El Savage.”

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Taste Maria’s coffee and support Filter Stories by joining the Indiegogo crowdfund here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/filter-stories-who-grew-your-morning-coffee/x/22081911#/

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Piano music composed and performed by James Harper

Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://domedgleysound.com/

Filter Stories logo design: https://headquarters.studio/

A big thanks to: Cesar Magana, Mauricio Escalón, Álvaro Castro, Emilio Lopez Diaz, Marco Ariz, Francescopaolo Marolla, Walter Retana, United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation El Salvador, Rony Cordero, Cafe Salkantay Santa Ana, Jodie Cárcamo, Manuel Jesus Lopez, David Velasquez, Gilberto Baraona, Hugo Hernandez, Sara Cortez, Consejo Salvadoreño de Cafe, Tyler Wright, Josh Fontecha, Robert Durrette, Farmers First Coffee, Mauricio Benjamin Bautista Arucha, Israel Márquez, San Carlos Dos Cooperative, Sixto Ramos, Policar Siciliano, Helena Merivel Dias de Jimenez, Olga Carmel Ramirez, Azules Piedras Cooperative, Luis Ortez Ordoñez, Roberto Figero, Jesus Salvador Ortez, Victor Flores, Bronwen Serna

Editorial thanks: Hannah Smith, Tina Ghelani, Adam Harper, Raymond Detweiler, Melanie Böhme, Andrew Johnson, Karin Vališová, Jesse Hartman, Matthias Staeheli
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 1458 1 1 full Is your coffee building Trump’s wall? Part 1: A tale of two El Salvadors Is your coffee building Trump’s wall? Part 1: A tale of two El Salvadors https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/is-your-coffee-building-trump-s-wall-part-1-a-tale-of-two-el-salvadors/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/is-your-coffee-building-trump-s-wall-part-1-a-tale-of-two-el-salvadors/#comments Thu, 07 Nov 2019 01:05:50 +0100 tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/708957691 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/filter-stories/id1428327760 Shape the future of Filter Stories by taking this 10 minute survey: https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/YWH3LZM Taste Maria’s coffee and support Filter Stories by joining the Indiegogo crowdfund here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/filter-stories-who-grew-your-morning-coffee#/ Sign up to the Filter Stories newsletter here: http://www.eepurl.com/dD-sY1 Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories Piano music composed and performed by James Harper Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / http://www.domedgleysound.com/ Filter Stories logo design: http://www.headquarters.studio/ A big thanks to: Cesar Magana, Mauricio Escalón, Álvaro Castro, Emilio Lopez Diaz, Marco Ariz, Francescopaolo Marolla, Walter Retana, United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation El Salvador, Rony Cordero, Cafe Salkantay Santa Ana, Jodie Cárcamo, Manuel Jesus Lopez, David Velasquez, Gilberto Baraona, Hugo Hernandez, Sara Cortez, Consejo Salvadoreño de Cafe, Tyler Wright, Josh Fontecha, Robert Durrette, Farmers First Coffee, Mauricio Benjamin Bautista Arucha, Israel Márquez, San Carlos Dos Cooperative, Sixto Ramos, Policar Siciliano, Helena Merivel Dias de Jimenez, Olga Carmel Ramirez, Azules Piedras Cooperative, Luis Ortez Ordoñez, Roberto Figero, Jesus Salvador Ortez, Victor Flores, Bronwen Serna Editorial thanks: Hannah Smith, Tina Ghelani, Adam Harper, Raymond Detweiler, Melanie Böhme, Andrew Johnson, Karin Vališová, Jesse Hartman, Matthias Staeheli The British Ambassador’s wife was acted by Heather Simons Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
Or do they?

Over five episodes, we explore stories of El Salvador. We confront massacres, wide inequalities and the specialty coffee you drink today.

Buried deep in this story is a group of people our coffee dollars are neglecting across the world. People who decide to migrate north.

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If you haven't already, please subscribe to the show and review us on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/filter-stories/id1428327760

Shape the future of Filter Stories by taking this 10 minute survey: https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/YWH3LZM

Taste Maria’s coffee and support Filter Stories by joining the Indiegogo crowdfund here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/filter-stories-who-grew-your-morning-coffee#/

Sign up to the Filter Stories newsletter here: http://www.eepurl.com/dD-sY1

Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories

Piano music composed and performed by James Harper

Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / http://www.domedgleysound.com/

Filter Stories logo design: http://www.headquarters.studio/

A big thanks to: Cesar Magana, Mauricio Escalón, Álvaro Castro, Emilio Lopez Diaz, Marco Ariz, Francescopaolo Marolla, Walter Retana, United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation El Salvador, Rony Cordero, Cafe Salkantay Santa Ana, Jodie Cárcamo, Manuel Jesus Lopez, David Velasquez, Gilberto Baraona, Hugo Hernandez, Sara Cortez, Consejo Salvadoreño de Cafe, Tyler Wright, Josh Fontecha, Robert Durrette, Farmers First Coffee, Mauricio Benjamin Bautista Arucha, Israel Márquez, San Carlos Dos Cooperative, Sixto Ramos, Policar Siciliano, Helena Merivel Dias de Jimenez, Olga Carmel Ramirez, Azules Piedras Cooperative, Luis Ortez Ordoñez, Roberto Figero, Jesus Salvador Ortez, Victor Flores, Bronwen Serna

Editorial thanks: Hannah Smith, Tina Ghelani, Adam Harper, Raymond Detweiler, Melanie Böhme, Andrew Johnson, Karin Vališová, Jesse Hartman, Matthias Staeheli

The British Ambassador’s wife was acted by Heather Simons
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 1637 1 1 full Big and Small in El Salvador: Part 3 Big and Small in El Salvador: Part 3 https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/big-and-small-in-el-salvador-part-3/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/big-and-small-in-el-salvador-part-3/#comments Tue, 17 Sep 2019 23:53:51 +0200 tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/682579175 Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
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Taste Maria’s coffee and support Filter Stories by joining the Indiegogo crowdfund here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/filter-stories-who-grew-your-morning-coffee#/

See the Filter Stories live show in Berlin on the 1st and 4th of October 2019: https://www.facebook.com/events/494233377792673/

Sign up to the Filter Stories newsletter here: www.eepurl.com/dD-sY1

Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories

Piano music composed and performed by James Harper

More episode information here: www.medium.com/@FilterStories

Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / www.domedgleysound.com/

Filter Stories logo design: www.headquarters.studio/

A big thanks to: Ignacio Gutiérrez, Maria Zoila Pineda de Rivera, Oscar Rivera, Marco Ariz, Hotel La Palma, Piero Cristiani

Editorial thanks: Hannah Smith, Tina Ghelani
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 1095 1 1 full Big and Small in El Salvador: Part 2 Big and Small in El Salvador: Part 2 https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/big-and-small-in-el-salvador-part-2/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/big-and-small-in-el-salvador-part-2/#comments Tue, 20 Aug 2019 02:36:07 +0200 tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/668283407 https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/filter-stories-who-grew-your-morning-coffee#/ Listen to the About Face podcast here: https://www.aboutfacepodcast.com Sign up to the Filter Stories newsletter here: www.eepurl.com/dD-sY1 Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories Piano music composed and performed by James Harper More episode information here: www.medium.com/@FilterStories Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / www.domedgleysound.com/ Filter Stories logo design: www.headquarters.studio/ A big thanks to: Maria Zoila Pineda de Rivera, Oscar Rivera, Marco Ariz, Ignacio Gutiérrez Editorial thanks: Janina Grabs, Jenn Rugolo, Tina Ghelani, Adam Harper Maria and Santos were acted by Ana Kavalis and Eneko Sanz Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
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Taste Maria’s coffee by joining the Filter Stories Indiegogo crowdfund here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/filter-stories-who-grew-your-morning-coffee#/

Listen to the About Face podcast here: https://www.aboutfacepodcast.com

Sign up to the Filter Stories newsletter here: www.eepurl.com/dD-sY1

Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories

Piano music composed and performed by James Harper

More episode information here: www.medium.com/@FilterStories

Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / www.domedgleysound.com/

Filter Stories logo design: www.headquarters.studio/

A big thanks to: Maria Zoila Pineda de Rivera, Oscar Rivera, Marco Ariz, Ignacio Gutiérrez

Editorial thanks: Janina Grabs, Jenn Rugolo, Tina Ghelani, Adam Harper

Maria and Santos were acted by Ana Kavalis and Eneko Sanz
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 1653 1 1 full Big and Small in El Salvador: Part 1 Big and Small in El Salvador: Part 1 https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/big-and-small-in-el-salvador-part-1/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/big-and-small-in-el-salvador-part-1/#comments Tue, 06 Aug 2019 00:26:47 +0200 tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/661669025 https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/filter-stories-who-grew-your-morning-coffee#/ Sign up to the Filter Stories newsletter here: www.eepurl.com/dD-sY1 Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories Piano music composed and performed by James Harper More episode information here: www.medium.com/@FilterStories Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / www.domedgleysound.com/ Filter Stories logo: www.headquarters.studio/ A big thanks to: Maria Zoila Pineda de Rivera, Oscar Rivera, Marco Ariz, Ignacio Gutiérrez Editorial thanks: Janina Grabs, Jenn Rugolo, Tina Ghelani, Adam Harper Maria was acted by Ana Kavalis Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
But what's it like for a small coffee farmer getting into this specialty coffee club today?

We dive into El Salvador’s Cup of Excellence to contrast the experience of two producers.

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Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories

Piano music composed and performed by James Harper

More episode information here: www.medium.com/@FilterStories

Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / www.domedgleysound.com/

Filter Stories logo: www.headquarters.studio/

A big thanks to: Maria Zoila Pineda de Rivera, Oscar Rivera, Marco Ariz, Ignacio Gutiérrez

Editorial thanks: Janina Grabs, Jenn Rugolo, Tina Ghelani, Adam Harper

Maria was acted by Ana Kavalis
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 1646 1 1 full Unseen Bean: Part 2 Unseen Bean: Part 2 https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/unseen-bean-part-2/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/unseen-bean-part-2/#comments Tue, 02 Jul 2019 01:47:14 +0200 tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/644935656 http://www.theunseenbean.com/ More Piano music on Coffee People Zine: https://www.coffeepeople.org/pages/musicv01 Sign up to the Filter Stories newsletter here: https://www.eepurl.com/dD-sY1 Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories Piano music composed and performed by James Harper More episode information here: https://www.medium.com/@FilterStories Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://www.domedgleysound.com/ Filter Stories logo: https://www.headquarters.studio/ A big thanks to: Gerry Leary, Ever Meister, Ben Cole, Kat Melheim, Sam Neely, Becca Brenowitz, Brian Hergert Editorial thanks: Lerato Maphanyane, Andrew Johnson, Adam Harper, Diksha Dutta Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
We investigate why by putting ourselves in Gerry's shoes and experiencing the coffee world as a blind man.

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Gerry’s roastery: http://www.theunseenbean.com/

More Piano music on Coffee People Zine: https://www.coffeepeople.org/pages/musicv01

Sign up to the Filter Stories newsletter here: https://www.eepurl.com/dD-sY1

Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories

Piano music composed and performed by James Harper

More episode information here: https://www.medium.com/@FilterStories

Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://www.domedgleysound.com/

Filter Stories logo: https://www.headquarters.studio/

A big thanks to: Gerry Leary, Ever Meister, Ben Cole, Kat Melheim, Sam Neely, Becca Brenowitz, Brian Hergert

Editorial thanks: Lerato Maphanyane, Andrew Johnson, Adam Harper, Diksha Dutta
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 1294 1 1 full Unseen Bean: Part 1 Unseen Bean: Part 1 https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/unseen-bean-part-1/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/unseen-bean-part-1/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2019 09:33:39 +0200 tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/638412162 http://www.theunseenbean.com/ Sign up to the Filter Stories newsletter here: http://www.eepurl.com/dD-sY1 Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories Piano music composed and performed by James Harper Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/filterstoriespodcast/ More episode information here: http://www.medium.com/@FilterStories Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / http://www.domedgleysound.com/ Filter Stories logo: http://www.headquarters.studio/ A big thanks to: Gerry Leary, Ever Meister, Ben Cole Editorial thanks: Lerato Maphanyane, Tim Ridley, Luka Kelman, Andrew Johnson, Adam Harper. Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
But Gerry demolishes expectations over and over again.

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Gerry’s roastery: http://www.theunseenbean.com/

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Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories

Piano music composed and performed by James Harper

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/filterstoriespodcast/

More episode information here: http://www.medium.com/@FilterStories

Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / http://www.domedgleysound.com/

Filter Stories logo: http://www.headquarters.studio/

A big thanks to: Gerry Leary, Ever Meister, Ben Cole

Editorial thanks: Lerato Maphanyane, Tim Ridley, Luka Kelman, Andrew Johnson, Adam Harper.
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 1345 1 1 full Venezuela Venezuela https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/venezuela-1731339904/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/venezuela-1731339904/#comments Tue, 14 May 2019 02:00:00 +0200 tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/621353145 www.itunes.apple.com/de/podcast/filte…327760?l=en&mt=2 Sign up to the Filter Stories newsletter here: http://www.eepurl.com/dD-sY1 Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories Piano music composed and performed by James Harper More episode information here: http://www.medium.com/@FilterStories Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / http://www.domedgleysound.com/ Filter Stories logo: http://www.headquarters.studio/ A big thanks to: Cesar Eduardo Bermejo and Cesar Andres Bermejo of Brew Coffee Company, John Matías, Manual Barsallo of Paddle Coffee Roasters, Giancarlo Effio of Mentiritas Blancas Editorial thanks: Tanya Newton, Tyler Wright, Jack Butcher, Adam Harper, Tom Jarz Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
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If you haven't already, please subscribe to the show and review us on iTunes! www.itunes.apple.com/de/podcast/filte…327760?l=en&mt=2

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Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories

Piano music composed and performed by James Harper

More episode information here: http://www.medium.com/@FilterStories

Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / http://www.domedgleysound.com/

Filter Stories logo: http://www.headquarters.studio/

A big thanks to: Cesar Eduardo Bermejo and Cesar Andres Bermejo of Brew Coffee Company, John Matías, Manual Barsallo of Paddle Coffee Roasters, Giancarlo Effio of Mentiritas Blancas

Editorial thanks: Tanya Newton, Tyler Wright, Jack Butcher, Adam Harper, Tom Jarz
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 1354 1 1 full Stateless Stateless https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/stateless/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/stateless/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2019 02:00:00 +0200 tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/585320253 https://itunes.apple.com/de/podcast/filter-stories/id1428327760?l=en&mt=2 Sign up to the Filter Stories newsletter here: http://www.eepurl.com/dD-sY1 Piano music composed and performed by James Harper Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories UNHCR Statelessness: https://www.unhcr.org/stateless-people.html & https://www.unitedstateless.org More episode information here: https://www.medium.com/@FilterStories Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://www.domedgleysound.com/ Filter Stories logo: https://www.headquarters.studio/ A big thanks to: Mikhail Sebastian, Lindsay Jenkins, Valerie Lowson, David Baluarte, Chris Boian Editorial thanks: Karin Vališová, Volkart Wildermuth, Kinga Peçak Episode image © UNHCR Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
He doesn’t want to be there and he’s trying to get off. But he can’t. There are boats and planes, but none will let him on.

Mikhail is a victim of an invisible curse that affects up to tens of thousands of people who work in coffee.

There is a good chance you’ve drank a coffee that was grown, picked or brewed by a stateless person.

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Piano music composed and performed by James Harper

Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories

UNHCR Statelessness: https://www.unhcr.org/stateless-people.html & https://www.unitedstateless.org

More episode information here: https://www.medium.com/@FilterStories

Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://www.domedgleysound.com/

Filter Stories logo: https://www.headquarters.studio/

A big thanks to: Mikhail Sebastian, Lindsay Jenkins, Valerie Lowson, David Baluarte, Chris Boian

Editorial thanks: Karin Vališová, Volkart Wildermuth, Kinga Peçak

Episode image © UNHCR
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

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What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 1895 1 1 full Sofía Sofía https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/sofia-1731339908/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/sofia-1731339908/#comments Sun, 10 Mar 2019 01:00:00 +0100 tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/563288403 https://itunes.apple.com/de/podcast/filter-stories/id1428327760?l=en&mt=2 Sign up to the Filter Stories newsletter here: http://www.eepurl.com/dD-sY1 Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories Piano music composed and performed by James Harper Transparent Trade: http://www.transparenttradecoffee.org Project Alianza: http://www.projectalianza.org Janina Grabs’ blog: https://janinagrabs.com More episode information here: https://medium.com/@FilterStories Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://domedgleysound.com Filter Stories logo: https://headquarters.studio A big thanks to: Sofia's family and the farm owner, Camila de la Vega, Janina Grabs, Tyler Wright, Amanda Eastwood Editorial thanks: Kate Leismer, Heather Simons, Adam Harper Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
But Sofía needs school and a lot of luck. Every morning in her blue and white school uniform she walks for an hour to school. The road is deserted and her family knows she may be attacked. And then she walks home.

Each coffee we drink holds the hopes of Sofía living a life off this farm. Or is that just wishful thinking?

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Piano music composed and performed by James Harper

Transparent Trade: http://www.transparenttradecoffee.org

Project Alianza: http://www.projectalianza.org

Janina Grabs’ blog: https://janinagrabs.com

More episode information here: https://medium.com/@FilterStories

Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://domedgleysound.com

Filter Stories logo: https://headquarters.studio

A big thanks to: Sofia's family and the farm owner, Camila de la Vega, Janina Grabs, Tyler Wright, Amanda Eastwood

Editorial thanks: Kate Leismer, Heather Simons, Adam Harper
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 1843 1 1 full Aquiares Aquiares https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/aquiares/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/aquiares/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2019 08:53:20 +0100 tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/535113138 https://itunes.apple.com/de/podcast/filter-stories/id1428327760?l=en&mt=2 Join the Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jamesharper/filter-stories-youve-heard-the-story-now-taste-the?ref=30q5cc Sign up to the Filter Stories newsletter here: http://www.eepurl.com/dD-sY1 Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories More episode information here: https://medium.com/@FilterStories Piano music composed and performed by James Harper Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://domedgleysound.com/ Filter Stories logo: https://headquarters.studio/ A big thanks to: Ariel Bravo, the Robelos, Fabio Gadea Mantilla, Carlos Fernando Chamorro Editorial thanks: Kinga Pecak, Daniel Orgera, Anja Krieger. Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
This is Alfonso. He's hugged Fidel Castro and President Reagan chartered a private plane so he could attend a photoshoot at the White House.

In the 1980s, Alfonso almost gets murdered three times for trying to bring democracy to Nicaragua.

And all the while, his sanctuary, the coffee farm “Aquiares", begins collapsing too.

This story reveals the blood and tears that could fill your morning cup of coffee.

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Piano music composed and performed by James Harper

Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://domedgleysound.com/

Filter Stories logo: https://headquarters.studio/

A big thanks to: Ariel Bravo, the Robelos, Fabio Gadea Mantilla, Carlos Fernando Chamorro

Editorial thanks: Kinga Pecak, Daniel Orgera, Anja Krieger.
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2225 1 1 full Tito, the Panamanian rebel Tito, the Panamanian rebel https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/tito-1731339910/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/tito-1731339910/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2019 11:39:41 +0100 tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/507275514 https://itunes.apple.com/de/podcast/filter-stories/id1428327760?l=en&mt=2 Visiting Panama? Ask for Oscar: http://muchogustopanama.com/ Follow Filter Stories on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/filterstoriespodcast/ Sign up to the Filter Stories newsletter: http://www.eepurl.com/dD-sY1 Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories Episode transcript: https://medium.com/@FilterStories Piano music composed and performed by James Harper Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://domedgleysound.com/ Filter Stories logo: https://headquarters.studio/ More about Filter Stories here: https://www.filterstories.org/ Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
Which is why he makes a terrible decision: he buys a coffee farm instead of getting an education. Tito is now stuck, chained to a system that will keep him poor.

But Tito doesn’t give up without a fight. He will spend the next 30 years trying to prove he hasn't made the worst decision of his life.

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Piano music composed and performed by James Harper

Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://domedgleysound.com/

Filter Stories logo: https://headquarters.studio/

More about Filter Stories here: https://www.filterstories.org/
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 1804 1 1 full Amish Amish https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/amish/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/amish/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2018 14:21:11 +0200 tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/470582316 https://itunes.apple.com/de/podcast/filter-stories/id1428327760?l=en&mt=2 Follow Filter Stories on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/filterstoriespodcast/ Sign up to the Filter Stories newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dD-sY1 Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories Episode transcript: https://medium.com/@FilterStories Piano music composed and performed by James Harper Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://domedgleysound.com/ Filter Stories logo: https://headquarters.studio/ More about Filter Stories here: https://www.filterstories.org/ Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
But young Raymond is curious and explores the outside world. His father reacts by moving the family into an even more isolated community.

Fast-forward 20 years and Raymond is pulling espressos in Melbourne.

How did Raymond escape? And how did he end up as a barista in Melbourne?

Trigger warning: this episode contains references to sexual abuse.

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Piano music composed and performed by James Harper

Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://domedgleysound.com/

Filter Stories logo: https://headquarters.studio/

More about Filter Stories here: https://www.filterstories.org/
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 2270 1 1 full Berries and Lemon Berries and Lemon https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/berries-and-lemon/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/berries-and-lemon/#comments Tue, 18 Sep 2018 09:59:17 +0200 tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/501525063 https://itunes.apple.com/de/podcast/filter-stories/id1428327760?l=en&mt=2 Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/filterstoriespodcast/ Sign up to the Filter Stories newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dD-sY1 Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories Episode transcript: https://medium.com/@FilterStories Piano music composed and performed by James Harper Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://domedgleysound.com/ Filter Stories logo: https://headquarters.studio/ More about Filter Stories here: https://www.filterstories.org/ Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
But he has a plan: he’s going to win the World Barista Championships to change coffee drinking culture in Kenya forever.

But, he's all alone and up against the richest barista teams in the world. Can he do it?

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Piano music composed and performed by James Harper

Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://domedgleysound.com/

Filter Stories logo: https://headquarters.studio/

More about Filter Stories here: https://www.filterstories.org/
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 1646 1 1 full Firefly Firefly https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/firefly-1731339914/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/firefly-1731339914/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2018 12:32:56 +0200 tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/488957619 https://www.facebook.com/murraycooperphoto Follow Filter Stories on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/filterstoriespodcast/ Sign up to the Filter Stories newsletter: http://www.eepurl.com/dD-sY1 Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories Episode transcript: https://www.medium.com/@FilterStories Piano music composed and performed by James Harper Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://www.domedgleysound.com/ Filter Stories logo: https://www.headquarters.studio/ More about Filter Stories here: https://www.filterstories.org/ Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
While he struggles, his farm is splashed across Instagram and roasters say they have his interests at heart. 

This is the real story behind the glossy Instagram posts. The reality might change how you look at your next cup of coffee. 

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Piano music composed and performed by James Harper

Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://www.domedgleysound.com/

Filter Stories logo: https://www.headquarters.studio/

More about Filter Stories here: https://www.filterstories.org/
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 1886 1 1 full Asheville Asheville https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/asheville-1731339915/ https://hellobib.podbean.com/e/asheville-1731339915/#comments Thu, 16 Aug 2018 18:58:51 +0200 tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/474657267 https://itunes.apple.com/de/podcast/filter-stories/id1428327760?l=en&mt=2 Interested in hearing more under-represented female voices in specialty coffee? Check out the Boss Barista podcast: http://bossbarista.com/bossbarista Follow Filter Stories on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/filterstoriespodcast/ Sign up to the Filter Stories newsletter: http://www.eepurl.com/dD-sY1 Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-Stories Episode transcript: https://www.medium.com/@FilterStories Piano music composed and performed by James Harper Filter Stories logo: https://www.headquarters.studio/ More about Filter Stories here: https://www.filterstories.org/ Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here. How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.   Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]>
Her cafe will soon be featured in the New York Times and grab international attention.

But it has nothing to do with the coffee.

Rather, Sarah's bosses will hurt many women in her community.

This is the real story about misogyny damaging the life of a young woman, her struggle to regain control and bring her community back together.

This is the first ever episode of Filter Stories, the untold stories hidden in your cup of coffee.

Trigger warning: this episode contains misogynistic language.

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Piano music composed and performed by James Harper

Filter Stories logo: https://www.headquarters.studio/

More about Filter Stories here: https://www.filterstories.org/
Check out Standart, the award-winning coffee magazine. Get a free magazine and a free bag of coffee by clicking here.

How does Perfect Moose detect what kind of milk is in the pitcher? Click here to find out.
 
Visiting World of Coffee San Diego? Pull a shot on the gorgeous Slayer Steam Single

What does the Marco MilkPal look like to you? WALL-E? Something Steve Jobs would be proud of? Check it out here.]]> James Harper false No 1732 1 1 full