Coffee Canon

You are reading Episode Ten: Warfare and Coffee Part One – The Civil War from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! When I say the words, “Civil War” what are the first things that pop into your mind? If you’re from the United States, it’s probably things like slavery, Abraham Lincoln, or Gettysburg. But, in fact, the thing Civil War Soldiers journaled about more than anything else was coffee. War has a way of making people appreciate … Continue reading Episode Ten: Warfare and Coffee Part One – The Civil War → The post Episode Ten: Warfare and Coffee Part One – The Civil War appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading Episode Nine: The Double R Coffee House from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! Coffee’s history includes examples of shops and cafes that didn’t fit their historical context.  On this episode of Coffee Canon, we deep-dive into one of these; a shop that was opened in 1919, but bears a striking resemblance to modern artisan coffee shops. The Double R Coffee House was ahead of its time, and its owners … Continue reading Episode Nine: The Double R Coffee House → The post Episode Nine: The Double R Coffee House appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading Episode Eight: Modern Coffee Culture from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! The way we drink and experience coffee has changed drastically. To many people, it’s become a specialty beverage where taste not only matters, but is decrypted using a multi-tiered tasters wheel consisting of 73 individual flavors. Cafes today focus not just on profit margins, but on growing standards and fair wages for farmers. Baristas take … Continue reading Episode Eight: Modern Coffee Culture → The post Episode Eight: Modern Coffee Culture appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading Episode Seven: Dutch Coffee from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! The Netherlands is only about 1,000 miles from the Arctic Circle, making farming difficult. And yet, Dutch culture is intimately tied to coffee culture and history. Many of the biggest events that turned coffee from a novelty to a commodity happened because of the Dutch. On this episode of Coffee Canon, we explore the stories and people … Continue reading Episode Seven: Dutch Coffee → The post Episode Seven: Dutch Coffee appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading Episode Six: Turkish Coffee from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! From the halls of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent to the streets of the Grand Bazaar, from the fields of Kaldi the Goat Herder to the room of an Israeli fortune teller; Turkish Coffee runs the gambit. It’s the world’s oldest brewing technique – surviving military coups, government bans, and industry monopolies. It’s unfiltered, strong, and unlike … Continue reading Episode Six: Turkish Coffee → The post Episode Six: Turkish Coffee appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading Episode Five: Season of Giving (ft. Nate Westwick from Wild Goose Coffee Roasters) from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! Around this time of year we hear stories of people giving back to the less fortunate in their communities. Whether it’s Ebenezer Scrooge from a Christmas Carol forgiving debts, or your local church donating money to a worthy cause, there’s something about the Holiday season that propels people to give. Last week, just before Christmas, … Continue reading Episode Five: Season of Giving (ft. Nate Westwick from Wild Goose Coffee Roasters) → The post Episode Five: Season of Giving (ft. Nate Westwick from Wild Goose Coffee Roasters) appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading Episode Four: Holiday Drinks from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! Today on the podcast we’re bending the rules a bit and not focusing entirely on coffee. Instead, in the spirit of Christmas, we’re broadening our scope and looking at Holiday drinks as a whole, and the traditions they come with. We’re focusing on three drinks in particular: the Pharisee, the Tom and Jerry, and Irish … Continue reading Episode Four: Holiday Drinks → The post Episode Four: Holiday Drinks appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading Episode Three: Fermenting Coffee from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! For thousands of years humans have used fermentation to preserve food, leaven bread, and brew alcohol. In 19th century Belgium lambic beers were brewed using the yeasts and bacteria naturally found in the air. Fermentation is an integral part of the way we process coffee as well, but because of function – not taste. What … Continue reading Episode Three: Fermenting Coffee → The post Episode Three: Fermenting Coffee appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading Episode Two: Italian Coffee from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! Episode Two of Coffee Canon focuses on Italian coffee. We often associate Italy with espresso, but the truth is that true espresso didn’t exist until about 1950. Developing It took the work of key inventors, businesspeople, and visionaries who saw coffee not for what it currently was, but for what it could be. In this episode … Continue reading Episode Two: Italian Coffee → The post Episode Two: Italian Coffee appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading Episode One: Japanese Coffee from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! In this first episode of Coffee Canon, we take a look at Japan: a culture rich with history and tradition. Today, Japanese people love coffee – they’ve invented entire brew methods that the rest of the world adopted – but it wasn’t always this way. We study how and why Japan went from rejecting coffee … Continue reading Episode One: Japanese Coffee → The post Episode One: Japanese Coffee appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading Introducing Coffee Canon from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! Over the past two years I’ve been making The Boise Coffee Podcast – a show about coffee. It started out as a bit of an experiment – I was still trying to figure out if doing an audio show about coffee even made sense. I tried a variety of different formats for the show including … Continue reading Introducing Coffee Canon → The post Introducing Coffee Canon appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading S3 Episode 3: The Impact of Instant Coffee from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! This episode is all about the product which makes up over half of the global coffee market: instant coffee. As it turns out, instant coffee has more than earned it’s status as a mainstay in hotel rooms and grocery store aisles across the world – it may have even helped the U.S. win a war. This week’s … Continue reading S3 Episode 3: The Impact of Instant Coffee → The post S3 Episode 3: The Impact of Instant Coffee appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading S3 Episode 2: The History of Irish Coffee from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, this week’s episode is all about the history of Irish Coffee. Starting in a flying boat terminal in Ireland, then making its way to San Francisco, the story of how Irish Coffee made it into mainstream culture is well worth hearing. This episode of The Boise Coffee Podcast is … Continue reading S3 Episode 2: The History of Irish Coffee → The post S3 Episode 2: The History of Irish Coffee appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading S3 Episode 1: Cities And Their Coffee Cultures from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! Welcome back to The Boise Coffee Podcast! In this first episode of Season 3 I discuss how a city’s culture influences their coffee culture, then I give some tips on how to find great coffee when you’re visiting a new city. Here’s a quick rundown of those tips: Do your research. Try Googling the name … Continue reading S3 Episode 1: Cities And Their Coffee Cultures → The post S3 Episode 1: Cities And Their Coffee Cultures appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading S2 Episode 16: International Podcast/Coffee Day from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! This weekend is incredibly special: yesterday was National Coffee Day and the 7th Anniversary of BoiseCoffee.org, today is International Podcast Day, and tomorrow is International Coffee Day! This week’s episode discusses each of the holidays, as well as some of the defining moments of BoiseCoffee.org over its history. Show notes: Find out more about International … Continue reading S2 Episode 16: International Podcast/Coffee Day → The post S2 Episode 16: International Podcast/Coffee Day appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading S2 Episode 15: Italian Coffee ft. Hannah Mansfield from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! Over the last two weeks my wife, Hannah, and I were celebrating our anniversary in Italy. We got the opportunity to try coffee from the Cinque Terre, Florence, Venice, Rome, and Milan, and we learned a lot about Italian coffee culture as we went. At the end of our trip Hannah and I sat down … Continue reading S2 Episode 15: Italian Coffee ft. Hannah Mansfield → The post S2 Episode 15: Italian Coffee ft. Hannah Mansfield appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading S2 Episode 14: We Are Happy To Serve You from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! If we’re honest with ourselves, coffee shops provide a very utilitarian function during most of our week. They’re there to provide us with morning-saving caffeine-infused goodness on our way to work. In this episode we dive headlong into the world of to-go coffee by looking at the story of Leslie Buck and his famous Anthora Cup. … Continue reading S2 Episode 14: We Are Happy To Serve You → The post S2 Episode 14: We Are Happy To Serve You appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading S2 Episode 13: One Year Podcasting from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! To celebrate one year of The Boise Coffee Podcast I made an episode that highlights some of the key lessons I’ve learned while making the show. Most of the things discussed in this episode apply to the creative process in general; artists, writers, and other creatives will be able to identify with the struggles and successes … Continue reading S2 Episode 13: One Year Podcasting → The post S2 Episode 13: One Year Podcasting appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading S2 Episode 12: Developing Latte Art & Perfecting Espresso from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! Making coffee is as much an art as it is a science. As with any culinary endeavor, the amount of time and energy you put into the ingredients, the preparation, the creation, and the presentation of a cup of coffee or espresso, the better the end product will be. The ingredients of a cup of … Continue reading S2 Episode 12: Developing Latte Art & Perfecting Espresso → The post S2 Episode 12: Developing Latte Art & Perfecting Espresso appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading S2 Episode 11: Coffee Production from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! Before coffee is brewed and ground, before it is roasted, sold, or traded, and before it’s processed and picked, it must first be grown. Coffee, like most commodities, is a plant. At one time it was wild, and now it’s cultivated. In previous episodes I’ve covered the history of coffee, showing that individual people were … Continue reading S2 Episode 11: Coffee Production → The post S2 Episode 11: Coffee Production appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading S2 Episode 10: Crema.co ft. Emily McIntyre from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! This week on The Boise Coffee Podcast I’m joined by fellow coffee fanatic, and founder/coffee director at Crema.co, Emily McIntyre. Emily and I originally connected over Twitter and after talking with her I was intrigued by her company. In this episode we discuss how she got started in coffee, the future of coffee subscription services, the … Continue reading S2 Episode 10: Crema.co ft. Emily McIntyre → The post S2 Episode 10: Crema.co ft. Emily McIntyre appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading S2 Episode 9: The Chemex – A Synthesis of Logic and Madness from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! Peter Schlumbohm was a larger-than-life inventor, marketer, and idea-man. At over 6 ft tall and around 300lbs, he was a hard man to miss. He loved food, women, and coming up with new ways of streamlining and solving old problems. Schlumbohm filed a patent for a brand-new coffee brewing device on April 13, 1939. By … Continue reading S2 Episode 9: The Chemex – A Synthesis of Logic and Madness → The post S2 Episode 9: The Chemex – A Synthesis of Logic and Madness appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading S2 Episode 8: The AeroPress from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! Alan Adler founded his company, Aerobie, around his flying disc by the same name. He essentially perfected the Frisbee, then went on to sell 1.4 million of them in just two years. Not only that, Alan’s flying disc broke the Guinness World Record for the world’s farthest throw.  Alan has three parts to him: he’s an inventor, … Continue reading S2 Episode 8: The AeroPress → The post S2 Episode 8: The AeroPress appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading S2 Episode 7: Good Grounds Coffee ft. Mary Lansden Rees-Jones from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! I’m joined this week by Mary Lansden Rees-Jones (formerly Brewbaker), one of the founders and the current Managing Director at Good Grounds Coffee Co. Good Grounds is a coffee pre-financing, export/trading company based in Congo and the United States. Mary and her husband Huw, along with their business partner Dan, have developed a sole partnership … Continue reading S2 Episode 7: Good Grounds Coffee ft. Mary Lansden Rees-Jones → The post S2 Episode 7: Good Grounds Coffee ft. Mary Lansden Rees-Jones appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading S2 Episode 6: Loyalty Programs and Coffee from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! The Pareto principle states that for many events, 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. For a business, this means that 80% of sales comes from 20% of customers. One of the keys to having a successful company, then, is to find those 20% of customers and keep them coming back for … Continue reading S2 Episode 6: Loyalty Programs and Coffee → The post S2 Episode 6: Loyalty Programs and Coffee appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading S2 Episode 5: The Five Attempts to Ban Coffee from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! Coffee brings people together. It encourages conversations, stimulates thought, and provokes epiphany. Everyone seems to agree with this – or do they? It turns out that throughout history, not everyone has supported coffee or even believed it to be healthy. Sometimes these people have been motivated for political purposes. More often than not, however, fear … Continue reading S2 Episode 5: The Five Attempts to Ban Coffee → The post S2 Episode 5: The Five Attempts to Ban Coffee appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading S2 Episode 4: Family Coffee Break from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! In this episode of The Boise Coffee Podcast I take a breather from the normal routine to have a conversation with my wife and my parents about our coffee roots. Thanks to my mom, Susan, my dad, Dennis, and Hannah – my beautiful wife! If you’d like to get in touch with my dad, you can … Continue reading S2 Episode 4: Family Coffee Break → The post S2 Episode 4: Family Coffee Break appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading S2 Episode 3: Coffee Flavors and Aromas from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! In this episode of The Boise Coffee Podcast I discuss coffee flavors and aromas, and how you can use the Coffee Taster’s Flavor Wheel to put words to what you experience when you try a new coffee. You can see all three versions of the wheel below. In January 2016 the SCAA came out with … Continue reading S2 Episode 3: Coffee Flavors and Aromas → The post S2 Episode 3: Coffee Flavors and Aromas appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading S2 Episode 2: The History of Coffee Pt. 2 – “The Favorite Drink of the Civilized World” from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! In this follow up to The History of Coffee Part 1 I discuss how coffee made its way from Europe to the United States, South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and beyond. Focusing in on the 17th-19th centuries, I tell the stories of key individuals who pushed coffee forward and made it the multi billion dollar … Continue reading S2 Episode 2: The History of Coffee Pt. 2 – “The Favorite Drink of the Civilized World” → The post S2 Episode 2: The History of Coffee Pt. 2 – “The Favorite Drink of the Civilized World” appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading S2 Episode 1: The History of Coffee Pt. 1 from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! I’m super excited to bring you Season 2 of The Boise Coffee Podcast, and we’re kicking it off right with a two-part season premiere. I haven’t written or talked much about the history of coffee, and I thought I’d take this opportunity to give a little context to the drink we know and love. In … Continue reading S2 Episode 1: The History of Coffee Pt. 1 → The post S2 Episode 1: The History of Coffee Pt. 1 appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading Season 2 Preview from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! Hey everyone! After taking the holidays off, I’m ready to get back to podcasting. Season 2 of The Boise Coffee Podcast will start in early February with a two episode season premiere on the history of coffee. After that, I’ll be changing my schedule to a new episode every two weeks. If you’re interested in … Continue reading Season 2 Preview → The post Season 2 Preview appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading S1 Episode 8: Social Networks and Coffee ft. Gilles Brunner from Algrano from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! A lot of firsts on this week’s episode of The BoiseCoffee Podcast! First week live-streaming the entire podcast – if you missed it, be sure to tune in next week on Meerkat and Periscope (follow me at both @ColinMansfield and @BoiseCoffee). More importantly, this was the first week where I interview someone. Gilles Brunner is … Continue reading S1 Episode 8: Social Networks and Coffee ft. Gilles Brunner from Algrano → The post S1 Episode 8: Social Networks and Coffee ft. Gilles Brunner from Algrano appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading S1 Episode 7: #KillTheKCup Pt. 2 – The Environment from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! This long-awaited next installment of the BoiseCoffee Podcast #KillTheKCup saga is here! I took a month off to get married, and am ready to return to getting this podcast out weekly. You can listen to Part 1 here. This week’s episode is a bit shorter than most, but it is succinct in its brevity. The … Continue reading S1 Episode 7: #KillTheKCup Pt. 2 – The Environment → The post S1 Episode 7: #KillTheKCup Pt. 2 – The Environment appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading S1 Episode 6: #KillTheKCup Pt. 1 from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! This installment of The BoiseCoffee Podcast continues a long tradition here on the site: talking about all the reasons you should avoid Keurig coffee makers and the brew they produce. This is the first of a two-part episode, and I focus on the history of Keurig and the math behind why it is an extremely … Continue reading S1 Episode 6: #KillTheKCup Pt. 1 → The post S1 Episode 6: #KillTheKCup Pt. 1 appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading S1 Episode 5: Fair Trade vs. Direct Trade from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! Episode 5 of The BoiseCoffee Podcast centers around two very different, yet connected ways of sourcing coffee: Fair Trade, and Direct Trade. In this installment I outline the history of FLO, and give my reasons why I believe that Direct Trade – as outlined by Intelligentsia here – answers many of the questions and fills … Continue reading S1 Episode 5: Fair Trade vs. Direct Trade → The post S1 Episode 5: Fair Trade vs. Direct Trade appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading S1 Episode 4: Cold Brew from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! In this 4th installment of The BoiseCoffee Podcast I talk about cold brew coffee – what it is, how you make it, and why it’s suddenly become a cultural phenomenon this summer. For a quick guide on brewing, check out this post from earlier this summer. I recommend using the Toddy Cold Brew system, available … Continue reading S1 Episode 4: Cold Brew → The post S1 Episode 4: Cold Brew appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading S1 Episode 3: Home Brewing from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! Episode 3 of the BoiseCoffee Podcast centers around the five essentials for home brewing: A high quality burr grinder Freshly roasted, delicious coffee beans A way to brew Some type of water kettle A kitchen scale that reads in grams While there are many other elements and things to consider when brewing coffee at home, … Continue reading S1 Episode 3: Home Brewing → The post S1 Episode 3: Home Brewing appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading S1 Episode 2: Coffee Waves from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! This week’s episode of the BoiseCoffee Podcast centers around the three waves of coffee, starting in the 40s and moving through time until today. Also, if you like the audio clips that bookend the episode, check the links below to watch the full videos. Have questions or want to discuss the three waves? Hit me … Continue reading S1 Episode 2: Coffee Waves → The post S1 Episode 2: Coffee Waves appeared first on Boise Coffee.

You are reading S1 Episode 1: Let’s Order Coffee from Boise Coffee. Please share it with friends! I’m super excited to announce the brand-new hot-off-the-press BoiseCoffee Podcast! After much deliberation, I’ve decided that Podcasting is too fun to pass up. These short-form (usually 15-45 min) episodes will be aimed at coffee newcomers and veterans alike. In this pilot episode I refer to my 2011 post The Definitive Guide to Ordering Coffee and … Continue reading S1 Episode 1: Let’s Order Coffee → The post S1 Episode 1: Let’s Order Coffee appeared first on Boise Coffee.