ACP 058: Tulsa Coffee Crawl
The Audio Cafe: for Baristas, Coffeehouses, Coffee Lovers
Release Date: 11/05/2016
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
The Audio Cafe: for Baristas, Coffeehouses, Coffee Lovers
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
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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
The Audio Cafe: for Baristas, Coffeehouses, Coffee Lovers
Real time recording as my friends come over and create some fun coffee cocktails. This miiiiiiiight get silly.....
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Topic
1) Tulsa, coffee crawling
2) Meeting baristas
3) Get out there and try stuff
4) Samuel Smith
Insight:
1) Ask baristas ‘where should I go next’ us yelp
2) Cold Brew nitro with vanilla and cream
3) Maple Soda uses shelf stable ingredients that don’t expire or dial in
Reason to interact:
1) Map of the places I went
2) Maple Soda and Sparkling Green Tea recipe
3) Photos of the drinks
Hello, Tulsa Cafe Crawl
What to look for on Yelp to find cool cafe
1) Stars 3-5
2) Number of reviews and photos
3) Keep track on your favorites list
4) Checkout podcast #54
Time 2:18
Visit the show notes for ISI Whipped cream recipes. I’ve seen some sped-up extraction recipes.
How can you tell if its real ice? …It melts.
Time 3:45…….
Different levels of carbonation for different brands
Real Maple or Honey does change the mouth feel, LINK to brands and their level of carbonation. Sometimes a high level of carbonation is great because some recipes have a lot of other ingredients competing for the total volume of the drink itself.
Time 4:44
Espresso Tonic recipe, Levi uses just a hint of espresso in his recipe to allow for coffee to be the background flavor, rather than having it dominate the flavor profile.
Thought - why don’t we look at espresso as a background flavor?
Time 6:50
Owl Puccino signature drink, the name plays into what the cafe used to be called. What about a signature drink called the Al-Puccino, and it can be made with almond milk?
Time 8:30
Foolish Things Coffee Company, don’t be foolish, ask questions.
Oak Aged Cold Brew Float - was cool, you can use a brand like Time & Oak to get those flavors. They used local ice cream but not enough, lost the woody-flavor but like the idea and it was fun.
Cold Brew Soda with Blueberry Shrubs at Starbucks.
Time 13:00
Do the next thing, hop on Yelp and find a cafe then ask the barista ‘where should I go next?’ and they may direct you to some wonderful place or party that only the locals know about. I also use Yelp to bookmark places I will visit in the future when you’re in that town.
Time 15:30
Why don’t we list the barista that came up with that signature drink like they do at fancy bars?