This weeks podcast is a special edition where Nick and Max talk about how to pick a coffee grinder. The difference between flat and conical burrs, and the impact of grind distribution and coffee fines on the flavour.

If you've wanted to know more about the mechanics of grinder technology, this is not one to miss.

Nick & Max battle the heat to push out a review of Ethical Addictions dark espresso roast. Nick relays his experience of being the only white man in a jungle, and Max explains the difference between copper and steel boilers.

We review the 200 Degree Coffee Tanzania Igale beans.

Max has to go through the Bartalks rigorous hiring process to keep HR happy.

Nick has a confession that he now regrets making public.

The Cast Iron Roasters Ethiopian coffee gets a solid review from the team.

Nick explains why messing up is human. And then messes up.

In this weeks episode, we talk about how the Luckin coffee fraud was discovered, making your own coffee scales using 3D printing, and our review of the Casa Espresso El Salvador Miramar.

Peaberry Bilbao coffee review. Max is a punk rocker.

In this special edition, we discuss the importance of swearing with style. Nick wonders if it's legal to put your children on eBay. Max tries to save the episode by doing a serious review of the award-winning Butterworth and Sons 4 bean espresso blend.

THIS EPISODE CONTAINS REFERENCES OF A SEXUAL NATURE

In this epic episode, Max and Nick explain how you can fake talking Italian, and Nick manages to insult several nations in one podcast. Nick mentions interviews coming up on Bartalks including Philippe Juglar, President of the NGO AVPA, and Lameen from Coffee with Love. 

Max has a new coffee machine and talks (super nerdy alert) about programming an Arduino to upgrade the controls.

We talk about the famous Japanese Fertility Ceremony that happens each year. (Warning this section contains sexual references)

If you want to skip all that and just listen to the review, jump about 39 minutes into the podcast.

This week we (Max) reviews Mill Town Dark Roast. Nick drank it all before remembering to take notes, so Max goes it alone on the review. Max, who renovated espresso machines, explains the differences between double boiler and heat exchange machines.

Another great brew from Brew Up. We can't help going back a few times to the roasters we like. Nick talks about the review he did on the Peak Water filter and it descends into a discussion on Water chemistry. 

If you stay to the end of the podcast, Nick reveals he has a surprising and secret talent.