ACP 053: New Orleans Coffee Crawl
The Audio Cafe: for Baristas, Coffeehouses, Coffee Lovers
Release Date: 08/26/2015
ACP 073: Visiting Trade Shows & Making Friends
The Audio Cafe: for Baristas, Coffeehouses, Coffee Lovers
Big tips for walking trade show events: 1) Bring snacks, like nuts 2) Bring water 3) Know why you’re there 4) Seek out hashtags ahead of time 5) Volunteer at the event, for an exhibitor, or at an after party Time 1:40 Zack Lyman (ZackLyman.com Instagram @ZachLymanPodcast)), lover of Hot Wings and Dr. Pepper, employee at DiedrichRoasters.com I met Zack in Portland, “I walked up to you and I was like Steve Martin” because I was wearing a 7-piece all white bunny suit 2:50 How can people get the most out of a trade show? Zach Lyman says: (1) know what you’re looking for. Or let me know...
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ACP 072: Elika Luvs Onyx Coffee Lab
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February 2019 visited this gem of a cafe in Arkansas. Just a little nerd chat about coffee. Coffee fermentation under pressure??? Elika: "Oh, man. Titles are hard. To give you an idea. "USBrC '19 V3.6" is my presentation title. Granja La Esperanza, Cerro Azul I also realized I said Shayne and I switched positions 3.5 years ago, but it was 1.5 years. I'm a liar." "Never settle for good enough" Visit www.OnyxCoffeeLab.com and thank me later!
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ACP 071: Drinking Aquavit in Norway
The Audio Cafe: for Baristas, Coffeehouses, Coffee Lovers
A magician walks into a bar in Trondheim, Norway, orders an Aquavit cocktail, twirls his mustache, then meets me, Levi. "Let’s talk Aquavit…… the Nordic spirit" 1:40 Bargician! 2:20 0:50 Aquavit ‘water of life’ 2:40 potato based spirit, barrels of aquavit 5:35 Joe Patrick, @Bargician Recipe time Iced Aquavit Cocktail 4 oz cold coffee 0.5 oz Cointreau 1 oz Aquavit Ice Hot Aquavit Cocktail 0.75 oz Cointreau 1 oz Aquavit 6 oz drip coffee Orange zest 7:40 taste it as it’s cooling 9:05 tea? Coffee? Roast? Special thanks to Joe Patrick, @Bargician on Instagram and Danny Blaha @DLBlaha....
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ACP 070: Try This Hot Mojito?
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ACP 070: Try This Hot Mojito? TIME 1:00 Wine needs to air-e-ate? Mellow out? What’s that word! Some interesting notes from Decanter.com: Clément Robert MS, head sommelier and wine buyer at 28-50 wine bars, recommends giving a wine 60 minutes, on average, to aerate. ‘If you were, for example, in the presence of a fragile wine, like an old vintage bottle, then I would not risk aerating it too much. I would probably open it in advance and try to find the right type of glass.’ In the case of most white wines, Steven Spurrier says, ‘because they don’t have tannins, the...
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ACP 069: Derrick Wessels is a Renaissance (Coffee) Man
The Audio Cafe: for Baristas, Coffeehouses, Coffee Lovers
Derrick Wessels (Instagram @Coffee_Derrick) owner of Beagle Coffee in Colorado. This episode was recorded on a pullout couch the day before US Coffee Champs Denver, December 2018. “This is a podcast, we talk about coffee” why have I never used this before? Its so simple =] TIME 1:00 how can you balance so many things like travel and work and roasting coffee? 1) Derrick uses 4 different calendars to manage his life 2) He pre-packs his daily needs in his car. Always plan to finish all your daily tasks before you return home again. Driving home to grab something you forgot kills your...
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ACP 068: Seasonal Flavors for Barista Magazine
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"Seasonal Flavors" From Barista Magazine Oct/Nov 2018 Issue 1: Barista Magazine October/November 2018 article, some additional fun flavor combinations that go with coffee specifically 2: Way easier (fast, cheap) to experiment with beverage, than to bake/create a new food item 3: Use the Flavor Bible if you want to combine ingredients 4: If you do work with a bakery, ask them what seasonal items will be coming out, or how to pair with their offerings. Maybe you can cross train people at the bakery? Maybe the chef will let you come work with them and develop new ideas? Or maybe they want to be...
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ACP 067: Small Pantry, Big Menu
The Audio Cafe: for Baristas, Coffeehouses, Coffee Lovers
Inspired by the “Cooking With Syrups” article in May 2018 issue of Fresh Cup Magazine, this episode is really about leveraging ingredients to pair items together and sell a tasty treat along with that delicious beverage.
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ACP 066: Lee Carter is in the Hot Seat
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Last weekend Lee Carter and his dog Zero drove over to my place in Madison, Wisconsin to chat for a bit. We saw some dive bars. We had some bar food. Then when we spent an hour relaxing and talking about beverages. Lee Carter is the co-founder of Five Watt and Big Watt Beverage Company in Minneapolis, MN. Enjoy the chat between 3 friends. Recipe - The Year of the Chai: 2 oz Oregon Chai Extra Spicy Super Concentrate, 2 oz carrot juice, 6 oz Oatly Barista Edition, steam together, top with ground all spice. For pictures of the mystery location, visit or @Audio_cafe on...
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ACP 065: King of the Hill, a Barista TNT
The Audio Cafe: for Baristas, Coffeehouses, Coffee Lovers
Join myself and Andrew Gomez as we chat about a home barista party. Recorded suuuper late at night after many enjoyable alcoholic beverages. At the intro I mention this cold brew cocktail: “The Cold Brew Rock-Slider” 0.5 oz DaVinci Gourmet Cold Brew Concentrate, 0.5 chocolate liqueur, 1 oz Baileys Almond Liqueur, 3 oz Oatly, ice. ‘King of the Hill’ barista event: tickets are $1, all the tickets go into a hat, 2 names are drawn, the winning pour is on ‘the hill’ as the current ‘King of the Hill,’ 2 new challengers come up and pour, if the King of the Hill gets 1 of the 3 votes...
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ACP 064: Making Cold Brew Coffee Cocktails
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Real time recording as my friends come over and create some fun coffee cocktails. This miiiiiiiight get silly.....
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If you want to know what it looks like when a New Orleans resident takes over a cafe space from a big chain that had intense colors and wornout floors, you should look up Pulp And Grind on 644 Camp St in the Warehouse District. Look them up on Yelp, or visit this episodes show notes to finout what-the-fuss is going on with those Bagel Bombs they’re cooking up.
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While we were there Becca made me some chai she’s working on, we tried some of their juices….. Woohoo! But… (music stop) I don’t exactly have a recording of that. Because. We accidentally locked our phones and bags in the back room. With the backup keys….. ooops.
4:20
Flashforward with me now past all of that and to us leaving, where you get to hear us leaving with those same keys we accidentally locked in the back room! From there we got a ride from one cafe to the next spot.
8:20
High Volt Coffee, lifted counter space. We tried 3 different drinks, (1) Bulletproof style coffee with butter and coconut oil, (2) Coke with espresso and vanilla syrup, on ice, (3) semi green banana, almond milk, espresso, cocoa nibs, ice, agave.
14:00
District Donuts location - did you hear my excitement about the Maple Sriracha doughnut?
15:45
Revelator Coffee, totally got lost on ‘637 Tchoupitoulas’ before running into Brandon Paul Weaver. Very sleek space, minumalist, very limited and specific menu.
17:00
Thanks to a special barista from Spitfire Coffee
New Orleans is an old city, 1920 larger population than today, 384,000 residents. NOLA being a very traditional sport where things don’t change quick, its richly STEEPED in traditions and character.
Backup and thank Byron, Spitfire Coffee off St Peter for making my list. That part of the city has buildings older than America itself.
20:00 what was that cocktail Brandon?
20:30 Freshcup Bethany PDX
No I did not visit Cafe Du Monde… Also Spitfire is awesome.