Coffee 101

In this episode, Kenneth once again sits down with Andrew McCaslin of Kaldi´s Coffee to talk about coffee cupping. This time they talk through how to explain what you are smelling and tasting to others, something professionals do using the language of coffee cupping.

Kenneth and Andrew talk about how different types of defects affect the taste, what happens to roasts that do not meet the parameters, and how to achieve consistency. They also explain what the 10 different cupping attributes are, including body, uniformity, acidity, after taste and more.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Cupping is an important part of testing the roast, getting feedback, and fixing issues.
• The smell of the dry grounds is what the SCA scores fragrance on. Aroma is something different, which is explained in the episode.
• Flavor is the dominant taste or characteristic you experience from the first sip to the aftertaste.
• Coffees that have several very distinctive flavors tend to score high.
• There are different types of acidity.  For example, coffee can be citric like lemons or taste a little sour like grapes.
• The SCA does not actually have a sliding scale score for sweetness.

BEST MOMENTS

‘Acidity can range from low intensity to high.’

‘Clean cup is really all about looking for defects.’

GUEST RESOURCES

Website: https://kaldiscoffee.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-mccaslin-7a7360b9

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Award-winning single-origin specialty coffee: https://umblecoffee.com/

You’re disciplined and high achieving. You never settle. Shouldn’t the fuel that helps you reach your goals be held to those same standards? Instead of a crash-inducing cup of jo, you need coffee with optimal antioxidants and anti-inflammatories. A coffee so good that you can drink it black.

At Umble Coffee, we only roast specialty-grade arabica coffee from around the world with cupping scores 84 and above. Don’t sabotage yourself in pursuing your goals - drink coffee that tastes better and is better for you. No crash, great taste, and better long-term health benefits. That’s Umble Coffee. 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/umblecoffee/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/umblecoffee/

Twitter:  https://mobile.twitter.com/umblecoffee

ABOUT THE HOST

As a coffee lover, physician, chemical engineer, serial entrepreneur, competitive runner, writer, and family man, Kenneth knows what it’s like to push yourself to achieve goals very few accomplish. He’s one of the best specialty coffee roasters in the United States as he’s a multi-year US Coffee Roasters’ Competition Finalist. He created Umble Coffee Co with the belief that, if sourced and roasted right, coffee can taste phenomenal and be good for you.

“Life’s too short to drink bad coffee.”

Podcast Description

Coffee 101 is an educational show on all things coffee. The host, Kenneth Thomas, starts with the most basic questions about coffee and builds your knowledge from there. If you love coffee, are curious about coffee, or you’re a business just looking for a resource to train your team, Coffee 101 is without question the show for you!  Season 1 is all about coffee's journey from seed to shelf.

BUY COFFEE!: https://umblecoffee.com/

In this episode, Kenneth sits down with Andrew McCaslin of Kaldi´s Coffee to talk about the basics of cupping coffee. Or to put it another way – how to taste coffee and do it as the pros do! 

Kenneth and Andrew explain what cupping is and why it is a crucial part of delivering great-tasting coffee, every time. They take you through the entire process, step-by-step.

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• There is a global standard that is used to evaluate the taste profile of a coffee. 
• It is not uncommon to cup a roast more than once to confirm your findings and see how it holds up over time.
• Cupping is sometimes used to create coffee blends.
• The approach you take to cupping must be consistent. If it is not, there is no way you can carry out a proper side-by-side comparison.
• When cupping you need to learn how to filter out your personal tastes.
• When you cup, the coffee grounds are still in there.
• The coffee is left to steep for 4 minutes.
• Slurping and smelling deeply ensures your senses are fully awakened.
• As the coffee cools, the taste profile changes, so you need to taste it at the right temperature.

BEST MOMENTS

‘I know I've had a good day when my left eye twitches. ´

‘Cupping is just a way to evaluate coffee. ´

‘Calibration is something we spend a lot of time on whenever we have a new cupper.’

‘The standard ratio is 8.25 grams coffee to 150 ml of water. ´

GUEST RESOURCES

Website: https://kaldiscoffee.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-mccaslin-7a7360b9

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Award-winning single-origin specialty coffee: https://umblecoffee.com/

You’re disciplined and high achieving. You never settle. Shouldn’t the fuel that helps you reach your goals be held to those same standards? Instead of a crash-inducing cup of jo, you need coffee with optimal antioxidants and anti-inflammatories. A coffee so good that you can drink it black.

At Umble Coffee, we only roast specialty-grade arabica coffee from around the world with cupping scores 84 and above. Don’t sabotage yourself in pursuing your goals - drink coffee that tastes better and is better for you. No crash, great taste, and better long-term health benefits. That’s Umble Coffee. 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/umblecoffee/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/umblecoffee/

Twitter:  https://mobile.twitter.com/umblecoffee

ABOUT THE HOST

As a coffee lover, physician, chemical engineer, serial entrepreneur, competitive runner, writer, and family man, Kenneth knows what it’s like to push yourself to achieve goals very few accomplish. He’s one of the best specialty coffee roasters in the United States as he’s a multi-year US Coffee Roasters’ Competition Finalist. He created Umble Coffee Co with the belief that, if sourced and roasted right, coffee can taste phenomenal and be good for you.

“Life’s too short to drink bad coffee.”

Podcast Description

Coffee 101 is an educational show on all things coffee. The host, Kenneth Thomas, starts with the most basic questions about coffee and builds your knowledge from there. If you love coffee, are curious about coffee, or you’re a business just looking for a resource to train your team, Coffee 101 is without question the show for you! Season 1 is all about coffee's journey from seed to shelf.

BUY COFFEE!: https://umblecoffee.com/

In this episode, Kenneth sits down with Professor William Ristenpart who is the director of The UC Davis Coffee Center to discuss the efforts that are being made to engineer a better cup of coffee.

They discuss how the industry is working to reduce the level of waste generated and make better use of the byproducts. Currently, humans only consume around 3% of the coffee cherries that are harvested. That is why the industry is exploring new ways to use those waste materials, as well as working to enhance the fermentation and roasting processes so that less energy is consumed.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• A huge amount of engineering goes into taking coffee from its picked state and turning it into beans for export.
• Around 50% of the coffee cherry mass is discarded in the form of the cascara (fruit pulp) and parchment.
• Yet, that cascara waste can be used to make a tasty drink and a nice jelly.
• Every day in America, about 22 million pounds of spent coffee grounds are generated.
• Engineering during the fermentation and roasting processes can be used to get more flavor out of the beans.
• At UC Davis they run a competition that challenges students to make a great coffee using the least amount of energy and materials possible.

BEST MOMENTS

‘For every 100 pounds of coffee cherries that are harvested, humans actually consume about 3 pounds of it. ´

‘You could say that is 97% waste or you could say that is 97% opportunity.’

‘We are just trying to make everything better for everybody and the environment along the chain.’

GUEST RESOURCES

Website: https://coffeecenter.ucdavis.edu/

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Award-winning single-origin specialty coffee: https://umblecoffee.com/

You’re disciplined and high achieving. You never settle. Shouldn’t the fuel that helps you reach your goals be held to those same standards? Instead of a crash-inducing cup of jo, you need coffee with optimal antioxidants and anti-inflammatories. A coffee so good that you can drink it black.

At Umble Coffee, we only roast specialty-grade arabica coffee from around the world with cupping scores 84 and above. Don’t sabotage yourself in pursuing your goals - drink coffee that tastes better and is better for you. No crash, great taste, and better long-term health benefits. That’s Umble Coffee.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/umblecoffee/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/umblecoffee/

Twitter:  https://mobile.twitter.com/umblecoffee

ABOUT THE HOST

As a coffee lover, physician, chemical engineer, serial entrepreneur, competitive runner, writer, and family man, Kenneth knows what it’s like to push yourself to achieve goals very few accomplish. He’s one of the best specialty coffee roasters in the United States as he’s a multi-year US Coffee Roasters’ Competition Finalist. He created Umble Coffee Co with the belief that, if sourced and roasted right, coffee can taste phenomenal and be good for you.

“Life’s too short to drink bad coffee.”

CONTACT METHOD

Want to reach Kenneth? Have questions, show ideas, or want to just let us know you’re enjoying the show? The best way is to leave us a great review and put your thoughts in the comment section - Kenneth reads all of them! The second-best way is through DM on social media.

Podcast Description

Coffee 101 is an educational show on all things coffee. The host, Kenneth Thomas, starts with the most basic questions about coffee and builds your knowledge from there. If you love coffee, are curious about coffee, or you’re a business just looking for a resource to train your team, Coffee 101 is without question the show for you!  Season 1 is all about coffee’s journey from seed to shelf!

BUY COFFEE!: https://umblecoffee.com/

In this episode, Kenneth sits down with Mark Michaelson, 2017 US Coffee Roasting Champion, to talk about how roasting impacts your coffee cup. He was head roaster at Onyx Coffee Lab and now works with San Fran Roasters and has his own coffee roasting consulting business. Mark is a coffee roasting consultant who helps his clients to take their roasts to the next level.

They discuss why the same bean tastes so different depending on how it is roasted, how the various parts of the process, in particular how the heat is applied, impact the cup - in particular, the acidity, body, sweetness, and balance.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Where the coffee is from, its density, its moisture and age are all considered when deciding how to roast.
• The dryer the bean gets the more impact minor changes in the roast process has.
• Once you reach the 2nd crack stage the acidity tends to mellow out.
• Sweetness is especially important; it rounds off the cup.
• Body is a perception on your tongue combined with the aftertaste.
• Ethiopian washed coffee has a tea-like body. The type of bean means you can´t make the body heavier than that.
• To start with, low heat is applied slowly. Once the bean warms up you can typically go with a higher heat application.
• Consumers want predictability. Developing an industry-wide standard would help them to know in advance what the taste is likely to be in their cup.
• You need to wait before drinking your freshly roasted coffee. How long is discussed in the show.
• If you want to minimize the aging of your coffee make sure it is the whole beans, not the ground.

BEST MOMENTS

‘As it ages, it´s going to lose some quality points…we typically suggest that people roast those coffees a little bit darker. ´

‘I always look at a good Kenyan from a tomato basil tasting note.’

‘The longest profile you will ever do is 12 minutes.’

‘Different coffees shine at different roast levels.’

EPISODE RESOURCES

WEBSITE: https://www.sanfranroaster.com/ 

GUEST RESOURCES

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/mark_michaelson

WEBSITE: https://www.michaelsonconsulting.coffee 

ABOUT THE GUEST

Mark Michaelson - 2017 US Coffee Roasting Champion, now has a coffee consulting firm - Michaelson Consulting, former head roaster at Onyx Coffee Lab - 2012-2021.

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Award-winning single-origin specialty coffee: https://umblecoffee.com/

You’re disciplined and high achieving. You never settle. Shouldn’t the fuel that helps you reach your goals be held to those same standards? Instead of a crash-inducing cup of jo, you need coffee with optimal antioxidants and anti-inflammatories. A coffee so good that you can drink it black.

At Umble Coffee, we only roast specialty-grade arabica coffee from around the world with cupping scores 84 and above. Don’t sabotage yourself in pursuing your goals - drink coffee that tastes better and is better for you. No crash, great taste, and better long-term health benefits. That’s Umble Coffee.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/umblecoffee/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/umblecoffee/

Twitter:  https://mobile.twitter.com/umblecoffee

ABOUT THE HOST

As a coffee lover, physician, chemical engineer, serial entrepreneur, competitive runner, writer, and family man, Kenneth knows what it’s like to push yourself to achieve goals very few accomplish. He’s one of the best specialty coffee roasters in the United States as he’s a multi-year US Coffee Roasters’ Competition Finalist. He created Umble Coffee Co with the belief that, if sourced and roasted right, coffee can taste phenomenal and be good for you.

“Life’s too short to drink bad coffee.”

Podcast Description

Coffee 101 is an educational show on all things coffee. The host, Kenneth Thomas, starts with the most basic questions about coffee and builds your knowledge from there. If you love coffee, are curious about coffee, or you’re a business just looking for a resource to train your team, Coffee 101 is without question the show for you!  Season 1 is all about coffee's journey from seed to shelf.

BUY COFFEE!: https://umblecoffee.com/

For this episode, Kenneth sat down with Eric Stone of Mudhouse Coffee Roasters to talk about the art and science of roasting. They recorded this episode in Boston while competing as finalists to determine who's the best specialty coffee roaster in America.

Eric and Kenneth discuss the subject of roasting coffee in-depth including the different types of coffee roasters, how temperature imoacts the roast, the roast curve, halogen roasting, first and second crack, and tipping just to name a few of the subjects covered. They explain how the look, smell and even the noise the beans make when in the roaster at the various stages of the roast impact your cup of coffee.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The way your coffee is roasted has about a 30% impact on how it tastes. 
• Small sample roasters are used to evaluate new batches of beans, identify the flavor profile, and manipulate those flavors to create the best overall taste.
• The same bean, roasted in different ways, can taste extraordinarily different.
• A new variable in roasting is emerging which uses halogen as the heat source.
• The roast profile curve is the order in which key stages of the roasting process occur - Kenneth and Eric walk you through this curve.
• Light roasts are more sensitive to changes in the roasting process than dark roasts.
• It is particularly important to cool the beans down as fast as possible to stop the cooking process at the right temperature once roasting is complete.
• The water content and density of the bean have a significant impact on your roast.

BEST MOMENTS

‘Our sample drum roaster also has airflow moving through the drum, so you´re roasting with both convection and conduction. ´

‘There are countless ways you can manipulate the flavor of a coffee.’

‘Once you're past the first crack, if you apply too much heat you run the risk of making some roaster errors.’

EPISODE RESOURCES

Link to episode 6: What is Specialty Coffee? With John Lawrence who is also from Mudhouse Coffee Roasters: https://omny.fm/shows/coffee-101/what-is-specialty-coffee

Link for Stronghold coffee roaster mentioned in the episode that uses radiant heat - https://www.roastronix.com/

GUEST RESOURCES

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/mudhousecoffeeroasters

WEBSITE: https://mudhouse.com/

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Award-winning single-origin specialty coffee: https://umblecoffee.com/

You’re disciplined and high achieving. You never settle. Shouldn’t the fuel that helps you reach your goals be held to those same standards? Instead of a crash-inducing cup of jo, you need coffee with optimal antioxidants and anti-inflammatories. A coffee so good that you can drink it black.

At Umble Coffee, we only roast specialty-grade arabica coffee from around the world with cupping scores 84 and above. Don’t sabotage yourself in pursuing your goals - drink coffee that tastes better and is better for you. No crash, great taste, and better long-term health benefits. That’s Umble Coffee. 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/umblecoffee/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/umblecoffee/

Twitter:  https://mobile.twitter.com/umblecoffee

ABOUT THE HOST

As a coffee lover, physician, chemical engineer, serial entrepreneur, competitive runner, writer, and family man, Kenneth knows what it’s like to push yourself to achieve goals very few accomplish. He’s one of the best specialty coffee roasters in the United States as he’s a multi-year US Coffee Roasters’ Competition Finalist. He created Umble Coffee Co with the belief that, if sourced and roasted right, coffee can taste phenomenal and be good for you.

“Life’s too short to drink bad coffee.”

Podcast Description

Coffee 101 is an educational show on all things coffee. The host, Kenneth Thomas, starts with the most basic questions about coffee and builds your knowledge from there. If you love coffee, are curious about coffee, or you’re a business just looking for a resource to train your team, Coffee 101 is without question the show for you!  Season 1 is all about coffee's journey from seed to shelf.

BUY COFFEE!: https://umblecoffee.com/

In this episode, Kenneth sits down with Katie to talk about why everyone should give drinking decaffeinated coffee a go. He explains how to choose a good quality decaf and use it to make a tasty drink that is also good for your health. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• Decent quality decaf tastes as good as regular coffee.
• Decaf does not extract as much, so you need to use a bit more coffee to make a good quality cup.
• Decaffeinated coffee is good for you. Kenneth explains, in detail, why that is.
• Drinking the decaf coffee that has been produced without the use of chemicals is probably best.
• People who find that regular coffee makes them restless or find it hard to sleep can still enjoy the decaf version.
• Decaf coffees tend not to affect your stomach or bowels as much.
• Decaffeinated coffee is not a diuretic like regular coffee is.

BEST MOMENTS

‘You can drink decaf coffee to hydrate yourself and that will jack up the antioxidants and anti-inflammatories.´

‘Regular coffee can be a bit more acidic than decaf, which can affect your gut.’

‘Coffee or caffeine does not cause anxiety, but it can exacerbate it.’ 

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Award-winning single-origin specialty coffee: https://umblecoffee.com/

You’re disciplined and high achieving. You never settle. Shouldn’t the fuel that helps you reach your goals be held to those same standards? Instead of a crash-inducing cup of jo, you need coffee with optimal antioxidants and anti-inflammatories. A coffee so good that you can drink it black.

At Umble Coffee, we only roast specialty-grade arabica coffee from around the world with cupping scores 84 and above. Don’t sabotage yourself in pursuing your goals - drink coffee that tastes better and is better for you. No crash, great taste, and better long-term health benefits. That’s Umble Coffee. 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/umblecoffee/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/umblecoffee/

Twitter:  https://mobile.twitter.com/umblecoffee

ABOUT THE HOST

As a coffee lover, physician, chemical engineer, serial entrepreneur, competitive runner, writer, and family man, Kenneth knows what it’s like to push yourself to achieve goals very few accomplish. He’s one of the best specialty coffee roasters in the United States as he’s a multi-year US Coffee Roasters’ Competition Finalist. He created Umble Coffee Co with the belief that, if sourced and roasted right, coffee can taste phenomenal and be good for you.

“Life’s too short to drink bad coffee.”

Podcast Description

Coffee 101 is an educational show on all things coffee. The host, Kenneth Thomas, starts with the most basic questions about coffee and builds your knowledge from there. If you love coffee, are curious about coffee, or you’re a business just looking for a resource to train your team, Coffee 101 is without question the show for you!  Season 1 is about coffee's journey from seed to shelf.

BUY COFFEE!: https://umblecoffee.com/

This episode is all about decaffeinated coffee. Kenneth tells you about the history, the 5 most common processes that are used to produce it, and some of the pros and cons of this style of coffee. He then digs deep into how the Swiss Water method was developed with Erin Reed from Swiss Water. She is part of a dedicated team of people who make high quality decaffeinated coffees using a process that is 100% chemical free.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Caffeine was first extracted from coffee beans in 1820.
• There are at least five ways to remove the caffeine from coffee beans. 
• In Brazil, they are working on developing a coffee tree variety that would produce caffeine free beans.
• Decaffeinated beans roast a little differently. Kenneth explains those differences.
• Methylene chloride or ethyl acetate can be used in both chemical extraction processes, but only tiny amounts are left behind by the end of those processes.
• The Swiss Water method achieves caffeine removal rates of around 99.9%.

BEST MOMENTS

‘Sanka is one of the oldest established coffee decaf varieties.'

‘You can’t actually remove 100% of caffeine from coffee.’

‘At Swiss Water, they cup (taste) every single batch of coffee pre and post decaffeination for quality assurance.’

GUEST RESOURCES

Website: https://www.swisswater.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swisswater/

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Award-winningsingle-origin specialty coffee:https://umblecoffee.com/

You’re disciplined and high achieving. You never settle. Shouldn’t the fuel that helps you reach your goals be held to those same standards? Instead of a crash-inducing cup of jo, you need coffee with optimal antioxidants and anti-inflammatories. A coffee so good that you can drink it black.

At Umble Coffee, we only roast specialty-grade arabica coffee from around the world with cupping scores 84 and above. Don’t sabotage yourself in pursuing your goals - drink coffee that tastes better and is better for you. No crash, great taste, and better long-term health benefits. That’s Umble Coffee. 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/umblecoffee/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/umblecoffee/

Twitter:https://mobile.twitter.com/umblecoffee

ABOUT THE HOST

As a coffee lover, physician, chemical engineer, serial entrepreneur, competitive runner, writer, and family man, Kenneth knows what it’s like to push yourself to achieve goals very few accomplish. He’s one of the best specialty coffee roasters in the United States as he’s a multi-year US Coffee Roasters’ Competition Finalist. He created Umble Coffee Co with the belief that, if sourced and roasted right, coffee can taste phenomenal and be good for you.

“Life’s too short to drink bad coffee.”

Podcast Description

Coffee 101 is an educational show on all things coffee. The host, Kenneth Thomas, starts with the most basic questions about coffee and builds your knowledge from there. If you love coffee, are curious about coffee, or you’re a business just looking for a resource to train your team, Coffee 101 is without question the show for you! Season 1 is all about coffee's journey from seed to shelf.

BUY COFFEE!: https://umblecoffee.com/

In this episode, Kenneth sits down with Mark Inman of Sustainable Harvest to talk about coffee certifications. They discuss each of the recognized certifications, explaining what they mean and the standards the farmers have to follow to gain each of them.

Understanding all of this will help you to choose a coffee that fits in with your values and the way you want to live your life.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Organic coffee is about more than chemical free farming. It is designed to support the environment.
• ROC certification encourages a more advanced level of organic farming.
• For small farms, it is cost prohibitive to go through the certification process.
• If you see certifications that are different from those discussed in the show, the chances are they are misleading or even fake.
• Rainforest Alliance is focused on farm safety and the preservation of biological species.
• Fairtrade certification creates a minimum floor price to ensure small farmers can make a profit. Coffee is severely underpriced.
• Fairtrade America is different from Fair Trade USA.
• Carbon neutral certification is still being developed.
• Direct trade is not as good as it sounds. Mark explains why.

BEST MOMENTS

‘USDA organic is an offshoot of just the organic certification. ´

‘There are a handful of chemicals that are systemic that go into the root system and attack the oils of the coffee.’

‘Coffee continues to be a crazy good foodie bargain.’

EPISODE RESOURCES

USDA’s National Organic Program standards : (https://www.ams.usda.gov/about-ams/programs-offices/national-organic-program)

Rainforest Alliance standards: https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/

Bird Friendly Standards: https://nationalzoo.si.edu/migratory-birds/bird-friendly

Fair Trade International (Fair Trade  America) - https://www.fairtrade.net/standard

Fair Trade USA - https://www.fairtradecertified.org/business/standards

GUEST RESOURCES

Website: https://www.sustainableharvest.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sustharv/ on Instagram for Sustainable Harvest

Mark Inman Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/norcalglobetrotter/ on Instagram for Mark Inman

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Award-winning single-origin specialty coffee: https://umblecoffee.com/

You’re disciplined and high achieving. You never settle. Shouldn’t the fuel that helps you reach your goals be held to those same standards? Instead of a crash-inducing cup of jo, you need coffee with optimal antioxidants and anti-inflammatories. A coffee so good that you can drink it black.

At Umble Coffee, we only roast specialty-grade arabica coffee from around the world with cupping scores 84 and above. Don’t sabotage yourself in pursuing your goals - drink coffee that tastes better and is better for you. No crash, great taste, and better long-term health benefits. That’s Umble Coffee. 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/umblecoffee/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/umblecoffee/

Twitter:  https://mobile.twitter.com/umblecoffee

ABOUT THE HOST

As a coffee lover, physician, chemical engineer, serial entrepreneur, competitive runner, writer, and family man, Kenneth knows what it’s like to push yourself to achieve goals very few accomplish. He’s one of the best specialty coffee roasters in the United States as he’s a multi-year US Coffee Roasters’ Competition Finalist. He created Umble Coffee Co with the belief that, if sourced and roasted right, coffee can taste phenomenal and be good for you.

“Life’s too short to drink bad coffee.”

Podcast Description

Coffee 101 is an educational show on all things coffee. The host, Kenneth Thomas, starts with the most basic questions about coffee and builds your knowledge from there. If you love coffee, are curious about coffee, or you’re a business just looking for a resource to train your team, Coffee 101 is without question the show for you! Season 1 is all about coffee's journey from seed to shelf.

BUY COFFEE!: https://umblecoffee.com/

In this episode, Kenneth sits down with Juan Carlos Arango, owner of Arango Specialty Coffee, a family-focused Columbian specialty green coffee importer. They discuss how coffee is imported. Juan Carlos explains the ins and outs of the process, highlighting some of the challenges that are faced by importers by sharing interesting stories about what has happened to him while importing coffee.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Dealing with bureaucracy and paperwork is very time-consuming.
• In certain parts of Columbia local political unrest creates additional challenges, for example, dealing with guerilla groups.
• A lack of shipping capacity is becoming an increasingly common issue.
• If customs decides to do a bag-by-bag search, it costs the importer a lot of money, regardless of whether customs find any issues.
• Customers (roasters) may want to taste the coffee again once it has arrived in the warehouse, so samples are usually sent out.
• Juan Carlos explains why they match farmers with customers and encourage long-term business relationships between them.

BEST MOMENTS

‘I think one of the biggest challenges we have is logistics.' ´

‘We work a lot with pre-shipping samples.’

‘We want to understand the business model of our customer so that we can offer them the best coffee lots that we have.’

‘The biggest mistake you can make is not learning from your mistakes.’

GUEST RESOURCES

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arangospecialtycoffee 

www.arangospecialtycoffee.com

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Award-winning single-origin specialty coffee: https://umblecoffee.com/

You’re disciplined and high achieving. You never settle. Shouldn’t the fuel that helps you reach your goals be held to those same standards? Instead of a crash-inducing cup of jo, you need coffee with optimal antioxidants and anti-inflammatories. A coffee so good that you can drink it black.

At Umble Coffee, we only roast specialty-grade arabica coffee from around the world with cupping scores 84 and above. Don’t sabotage yourself in pursuing your goals - drink coffee that tastes better and is better for you. No crash, great taste, and better long-term health benefits. That’s Umble Coffee.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/umblecoffee/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/umblecoffee/

Twitter:  https://mobile.twitter.com/umblecoffee

ABOUT THE HOST

As a coffee lover, physician, chemical engineer, serial entrepreneur, competitive runner, writer, and family man, Kenneth knows what it’s like to push yourself to achieve goals very few accomplish. He’s one of the best specialty coffee roasters in the United States as he’s a multi-year US Coffee Roasters’ Competition Finalist. He created Umble Coffee Co with the belief that, if sourced and roasted right, coffee can taste phenomenal and be good for you.

“Life’s too short to drink bad coffee.”

CONTACT METHOD

Want to reach Kenneth? Have questions, show ideas, or want to just let us know you’re enjoying the show? The best way is to leave us a great review and put your thoughts in the comment section - Kenneth reads all of them! The second-best way is through DM on social media.

Podcast Description

Coffee 101 is an educational show on all things coffee. The host, Kenneth Thomas, starts with the most basic questions about coffee and builds your knowledge from there. If you love coffee, are curious about coffee, or you’re a business just looking for a resource to train your team, Coffee 101 is without question the show for you!  Season 1 is all about coffee's journey from see to shelf.

BUY COFFEE!: https://umblecoffee.com/

In this episode, Kenneth sits down with Gino Roverssi who oversees Operations at Dinamica Coffee Exporters which is based in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Kenneth and Gino discuss how coffee is prepared, packaged, sold, and exported.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• A typical coffee sack weighs about 154LBs (69 kgs).
• A standard shipping container can hold around 275 69 kg bags of coffee.
• GrainPro Bags are a highly effective way to protect coffee during transport and storage.
• Some countries do not use GrainPro Bags. Others only use them at certain times of the year.
• Coffee bag numbers tell you which country it comes from, the company that exported it, and the sale lot number.
• Once the beans have been dry milled, they are sometime further separated by density and color.

BEST MOMENTS

‘A jute bag is kind of like a burlap sack. ´

‘The role of the exporter is to protect the quality of the coffee.’

‘You have to take care of that coffee like it is a baby.’

EPISODE RESOURCES

Website: http://www.dinamica.coffee/

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dinamica.coffee/

LinkedIn: Dinamica // Green Coffee Exporters | LinkedIn

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Award-winning single-origin specialty coffee: https://umblecoffee.com/

You’re disciplined and high achieving. You never settle. Shouldn’t the fuel that helps you reach your goals be held to those same standards? Instead of a crash-inducing cup of jo, you need coffee with optimal antioxidants and anti-inflammatories. A coffee so good that you can drink it black.

At Umble Coffee, we only roast specialty-grade arabica coffee from around the world with cupping scores 84 and above. Don’t sabotage yourself in pursuing your goals - drink coffee that tastes better and is better for you. No crash, great taste, and better long-term health benefits. That’s Umble Coffee. 

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ABOUT THE HOST

As a coffee lover, physician, chemical engineer, serial entrepreneur, competitive runner, writer, and family man, Kenneth knows what it’s like to push yourself to achieve goals very few accomplish. He’s one of the best specialty coffee roasters in the United States as he’s a multi-year US Coffee Roasters’ Competition Finalist. He created Umble Coffee Co with the belief that, if sourced and roasted right, coffee can taste phenomenal and be good for you.

“Life’s too short to drink bad coffee.”

Podcast Description

Coffee 101 is an educational show on all things coffee. The host, Kenneth Thomas, starts with the most basic questions about coffee and builds your knowledge from there. If you love coffee, are curious about coffee, or you’re a business just looking for a resource to train your team, Coffee 101 is without question the show for you! Season 1 is all about coffee's journey from seed to shelf.

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