Coffee 101

In this episode, Kenneth sits down with Stephen Tribble and Steph Parsons to talk about the basics of coffee varieties. You will learn about the botany of the coffee plant and what the difference is between a variety, varietal, and cultivar. 

What you learn in this episode will help you to look at the bag, read what the variety, varietal and/or cultivar are and instantly understand what it is likely to taste like. Helping you to pick a better coffee.

This topic is discussed across two episodes, and this is the first part.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Understanding what the varieties are will help you to identify the coffees you are likely to enjoy the most.
• Variety is not the same as varietal. The difference is explained, in the podcast.
• Cultivars are coffee varieties that are purposely modified. They are plants that have been crossed or cultivated selectively.
• There are several thousand heirloom coffees that occur naturally, often growing wild - especially in Ethiopia.
• Thousands of varieties are still not farmed commercially.
• About 50% of the taste is dependent on the farm. Why that is the case is explained in the podcast.
• The roaster is responsible for creating 20 to 30% of the taste.
• Even the shape of the plant has an impact on how the bean grows and, therefore, how it tastes.

BEST MOMENTS

‘You´re going to be able to identify and pick a better coffee.’

‘Varieties do make a big difference to what the actual cup tastes like.’

‘The varietal… has to do with the actual tastes associated with the beverage.’

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.

HOW TO LEAVE A REVIEW

Enjoying the show?!  We’d love for you to leave us a review. It helps us grow and educate more people about coffee! Here’s how: if you’re on apple podcasts, ‘search’ for us as if you didn’t already follow the show. When you click on the show, scroll down to ratings and you’ll see where you can leave a rating. Spotify is a little easier - follow and listen to the podcast, then you can rate and review it.

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 - Coffee's Journey From Seed to Shelf

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

In this episode, Kenneth sits down with Wes Walton, the owner and head roaster of Manuscript Coffee, to talk about the coffee tree, cherry, and bean. Kenneth and Wes explain what the bushes and trees look like as well as how the beans are extracted from the fruit and how the different processing methods used impact the way your cup of coffee tastes.

They also walk you through the taste profile for several of the most popular coffee-growing areas of the world and provide an insight into how the product produced by each of the major coffee-growing regions can be enjoyed.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Coffee is a fruit, a cherry. 
• The coffee we enjoy is brewed from the seeds of the coffee cherry.
• The coffee yield varies depending on the variety, microclimate, pruning practices, and many other things.
• It takes 3 to 5 years to get the first harvest.
• Coffee is grown in 3 major areas (Asia/Indonesia, Africa, and the Americas), which Wes breaks down into sub-regions and talks about the flavor profile for each one.
• The 'washed' process tends to reduce the vibrancy of the flavor compared to the 'natural' process.
• The parchment on the outside of the bean protects it and seals in the flavor.
• Regardless of where the coffee is grown, you want that complexity of flavor.
• Peaberry coffee is growing in popularity.

BEST MOMENTS

‘The more dense the bean, the more bells and whistles that go off in my mouth as far as complexity. ´

‘As a Q Grader, you have to be open-minded to what other peoples' preferences are.’

‘Farm practices play a huge role in specialty coffee.’

‘Bees will preferentially go to flowers that have caffeine.’

EPISODE RESOURCES

Website: https://manuscriptcoffee.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.

HOW TO LEAVE A REVIEW

Enjoying the show?!  We’d love for you to leave us a review. It helps us grow and educate more people about coffee! Here’s how: if you’re on apple podcasts, ‘search’ for us as if you didn’t already follow the show. When you click on the show, scroll down to ratings and you’ll see where you can leave a rating. Spotify is a little easier - follow and listen to the podcast, then you can rate and review it.

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 - Coffee's Journey From Seed to Shelf

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

In this episode, Kenneth sits down with Rob Hoos of Iteration Coffee and Hoos Coffee Consulting. He is a coffee roasting consultant who has visited numerous coffee farms during his career. Today, he provides insight into what modern coffee farming is like. Rob speaks about the different coffee farming business models he has seen. Everything from harvesting coffee from wild bushes to running huge heavily mechanized farms.

They also discuss some of the challenges the farmers face. Including dealing with diseases, and pests and gaining and maintaining organic certification. As well as talking about the challenge of making sure that those who work in the industry are not exploited by having to work long hours for little pay.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Many coffee farmers still run small farms. Some even pick it from wild trees.
• In places, farmers take small batches of coffee to a central processing point or a co-operative facility.
• There are also large-scale, highly mechanized farms in every country.
• In many areas, people are still working for little pay. Specialty coffee is helping to change that.
• Fighting disease and pests is expensive and can negatively impact the quality of the product.
• Naturally dried coffee has a nicer flavor profile.

BEST MOMENTS

‘For example, harvesting coffee in Ethiopia where they don´t even necessarily own the trees. ´

‘Specialty coffee …. saves coffee farmers by giving them better pricing.’

‘Coffee is actually more nuanced than wine.’

EPISODE RESOURCES

Iteration Coffee: http://iteration.coffee/

Hoos Coffee: http://hoos.coffee/

Contact Rob of Hoos Coffee: [email protected]

Angel´s Cup Coffee: https://angelscup.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.

HOW TO LEAVE A REVIEW

Enjoying the show?!  We’d love for you to leave us a review. It helps us grow and educate more people about coffee! Here’s how: if you’re on apple podcasts, ‘search’ for us as if you didn’t already follow the show. When you click on the show, scroll down to ratings and you’ll see where you can leave a rating. Spotify is a little easier - follow and listen to the podcast, then you can rate and review it.

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 - Coffee's Journey From Seed to Shelf

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

In this episode, Kenneth sits down with Omar Herrera of Café Imports, out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. They come together to discuss where the coffee comes from. In particular, the coffee that comes out of Colombia, which is the country Omar mainly deals with.

Kenneth and Omar discuss how the country has managed to become the number three coffee exporter in the world and how they are able to produce such a huge range of different tasting coffees. Kenneth and Omar provide a fascinating insight into how different varieties and how they are farmed have developed over time.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• In terms of ecology, Colombia is very diverse, which means they produce coffees that have very varied taste profiles.
• Colombia has 16 recognized coffee farming areas.
• It is the 3rd largest exporter of coffee.
• The coffee traditions and customs in each region of Colombia significantly impacts the flavor profile of the bean.
• Origin is only one piece of the taste puzzle. Other factors, e.g., soil PH are discussed, in detail.
• Coffees that are grown very close geographically can still end up tasting very different from each other.

BEST MOMENTS

‘Columbia has two harvest cycles per year. ´

‘When it comes to taste, the origin is only a piece of the puzzle.’

VALUABLE RESOURCES

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

Cafe Imports: https://www.cafeimports.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.

HOW TO LEAVE A REVIEW

Enjoying the show?!  We’d love for you to leave us a review. It helps us grow and educate more people about coffee! Here’s how: if you’re on apple podcasts, ‘search’ for us as if you didn’t already follow the show. When you click on the show, scroll down to ratings and you’ll see where you can leave a rating. Spotify is a little easier - follow and listen to the podcast, then you can rate and review it.

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 - Coffee's Journey From Seed to Shelf

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

In this episode, Kenneth sits down with Stephen Tribble to discuss the waves of coffee. Or to put it another way, they discuss the different types of coffee that have been developed and enjoyed during each era. This episode covers pre-wave, first, second, third and fourth wave coffee.

They explain when each wave started, how the product was presented, prepared, and enjoyed. Finishing the episode by discussing the fourth wave, which is just starting to emerge and evolve.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Most people do not know what a coffee wave is. During the podcast, Kenneth explains what the term means.
• The first wave started during the late stages of the industrial revolution, with roasted and pre-ground coffee.
• During the first wave, the aim was to make coffee more accessible.
• The second wave saw companies like Peets and Starbucks enter the market.
• During the second wave, there was more focus on taste.
• It was the second wave that pushed the industry forwards, and created the foundations for today´s coffee culture - especially the coffee shop culture.
• Light roasts only really took off during the third wave.
• Great tasting coffee has led to more people drinking their coffee without cream or sugar.
• The industry is now more interested in the science behind what makes a great coffee.
• There is still a lot of debate about what the fourth wave is.

BEST MOMENTS

‘The waves are mainly a US thing. ´

‘During the third wave, the roast is more towards a lighter roast.’

‘The third wave focuses more on the science of coffee.’

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.

HOW TO LEAVE A REVIEW

Enjoying the show?!  We’d love for you to leave us a review. It helps us grow and educate more people about coffee! Here’s how: if you’re on apple podcasts, ‘search’ for us as if you didn’t already follow the show. When you click on the show, scroll down to ratings and you’ll see where you can leave a rating. Spotify is a little easier - follow and listen to the podcast, then you can rate and review it.

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 - Coffee's Journey From Seed to Shelf

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

In this episode, Kenneth sits down with John Lawrence the Co-founder and owner of Mudhouse Coffee Roasters in Charlottesville, Virginia. John has been creating specialty coffee for 20+ years. In 2014, he and his co-founder became licensed Q graders. They were also Roast Magazine´s Coffee Roaster of the Year, in 2017.

They talk about the specialty coffee movement and how this approach ensures that you get the best from every bean. John also speaks about the new Panamanian specialty coffee farm he is developing with a partner. He provides a fascinating insight into what it takes to source and prepare the land, plant & take care of the coffee bushes and the ecosystem they are growing in. They round off the episode by discussing the new super specialty coffees that are made with experimental varieties and processing techniques.

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• Specialty coffee is sustainably produced and has a superior cup quality and taste.
• The term 'specialty coffee' has been around since 1974.
• There is a lot of pride in the way specialty coffee is produced and made. Everyone brings their best, at every stage of the process.
• It only takes one underripe cherry, impurity, or foreign object to ruin your cup of coffee.
• Sustainable coffee farmers take care of the soil and the ecology of the area they are farming.
• Specialty farmers protect and nourish their bushes without using chemical herbicides or pesticides.
• There is more to coffee. More to discover and learn about. Take Geisha coffee for example.
• Super specialty coffees are the next iteration.
• In time, people will start talking about the different types of coffee like they do with wine now.

BEST MOMENTS

‘Specialty coffee is a sustainably produced product, and we all have a responsibility to that.’ 

‘A defect in just one bean can destroy a cup or decanter pot.’

‘For specialty coffee, there is more to come – more to discover, learn about and create out of.’

EPISODE RESOURCES

Mudhouse Specialty Coffee Roasters 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.”

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.

HOW TO LEAVE A REVIEW
Enjoying the show?!  We’d love for you to leave us a review. It helps us grow and educate more people about coffee! Here’s how: if you’re on apple podcasts, ‘search’ for us as if you didn’t already follow the show. When you click on the show, scroll down to ratings and you’ll see where you can leave a rating. Spotify is a little easier - follow and listen to the podcast, then you can rate and review it.

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 - Coffee's Journey From Seed to Shelf

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

In this episode, Kenneth sits down with Daniel Lopez from Frothy Monkey. To talk about the two main coffee species and a third one that is showing great promise. They discuss the differences between the three. Including, how they grow, what they taste like, and how they are used.

Daniel explains how coffee is tasted and graded. They also walk through why it is hard for farmers to switch from growing Robusta to producing specialty arabica coffees. As well as talk about how the industry is working to change the taste profile of Robusta and starting to experiment with the promising Stenophylla variety.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• There are different species of coffee plant. Within each species, there are many varieties.
• We drink mostly Arabica and Robusta, but there is a new species that is generating interest.
• Coffee is tasted and tested at several stages, which results in a cupping (quality) score.
• Coffea Canephora, also known as Robusta, is used for a lot of instants and first wave coffees.
• Arabica is harder to grow than Robusta.
• Robusta has double the caffeine levels of Arabica. But the taste is nowhere near as rich or appealing.
• Robusta can be grown better and is likely to become more widely used by fresh coffee makers.
• Persuading farmers to switch to Arabica is not easy. Why, is explained in the podcast.
• Stenophylla is a promising species. It has good taste, is drought-resistant, and is easier to grow.

BEST MOMENTS

‘There are currently 131 species in the coffea genus. But Arabica and Robusta are what we mainly drink. ´

‘Arabica producers are going for higher quality and higher trade costs.’

‘Robusta can likely be good...when grown in the right temperatures by the right producers.’

’Stenophylla can taste just as good as Arabica.’

EPISODE RESOURCES

Frothy Monkey - https://frothymonkey.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.

HOW TO LEAVE A REVIEW
Enjoying the show?!  We’d love for you to leave us a review. It helps us grow and educate more people about coffee! Here’s how: if you’re on apple podcasts, ‘search’ for us as if you didn’t already follow the show. When you click on the show, scroll down to ratings and you’ll see where you can leave a rating. Spotify is a little easier - follow and listen to the podcast, then you can rate and review it.

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 - Coffee's Journey From Seed to Shelf

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

Kenneth once again sits down with Jonah Holland of the Unfiltered Coffee Company to finish their discussion about the history of coffee. In the last episode, they looked at the origins of coffee and how it reached the shores of Europe. Today, they discuss how its use grew from the late 1800s to the point it is at, now.

They touch on the impact the industrial revolution, trains, vacuum packaging, modern marketing, the percolator, espresso machine, and new roasters had. As well as explaining how some of the brand leaders got started and which innovations they used to produce and distribute their coffee.

Want to know what coffee has to do with the invention of the teabag? Just listen to find out and learn many more fascinating facts about the history of coffee.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Trains made transportation easier, which was a game-changer.
• Vacuum packing and new styles of roasters played a big role in making coffee more accessible.
• Pre-roasted coffee reduced transport costs and improved shelf life.
• The first instant coffees were awful, but many soldiers still viewed them as essential.
• When leaf rot killed off a lot of Arabica bean plants, the canephora variety replaced them. The impact this had on taste is discussed.
• Nescafe is created in 1938, which sparked the invention of the teabag.
• Instant coffee is what made dark roasts popular. Why, is explained in the podcast.
• Percolators gave way to coffee filters, French presses, and Espresso machines all of which are discussed, in the podcast.
• Fair pricing for coffee has its roots in an agreement made between the USA and Cuba, in 1962.
• The specialty coffee industry did not get started until the 1970s.
• American coffee culture has its roots in Italy.

BEST MOMENTS

‘During WWI and WW2, the rations that went with our soldiers were not green coffee, it was instant coffee. ´

‘Mass production gets coffee further and further into the hands of the consumer.’

‘In the 1950s, 98% of Americans drank coffee.’

EPISODE RESOURCES

Unfiltered Coffee Company - https://unfilteredcc.com/

The Coffee Song, Frank Sinatra - https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-coffee-song/1442925179?i=1442925624

Black Coffee, Ella Fitzgerald - https://music.apple.com/us/album/black-coffee/1427384015?i=1427387817

SCA Certified Brewers - https://sca.coffee/certified-home-brewer

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.

HOW TO LEAVE A REVIEW

Enjoying the show?!  We’d love for you to leave us a review. It helps us grow and educate more people about coffee! Here’s how: if you’re on apple podcasts, ‘search’ for us as if you didn’t already follow the show. When you click on the show, scroll down to ratings and you’ll see where you can leave a rating. Spotify is a little easier - follow and listen to the podcast, then you can rate and review it.

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 - Coffee's Journey From Seed to Shelf

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

In this episode, Kenneth sits down with Jonah Holland of The Unfiltered Coffee Company to talk about the history of coffee. They talk about the Legend of Kaldi and why it is unlikely a goat herder started the trend of drinking coffee made from roasted beans. Kenneth explains how the early forms of coffee, Keisha, cascara, and Kahwa are made and how they evolved into the drink we know today. 

They explain how coffee ended up being widely drank in Europe as well as where it had a big impact on how society worked. Kenneth and Jonah explain how the way coffee was grown, exported, made, sold, and drank, evolved. This episode takes you up to the late 1800s. Next week, Kenneth will cover the history of coffee from the 1900s to the modern-day.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• We don't have a specific date for when coffee was first brewed. But there are some interesting theories.
• Coffee fruits and possibly other parts of the plant were first regularly consumed, in drink form, in Africa.
• Turkish coffee is probably the earliest example of the drink we recognize today.
• Coffee beans were not initially roasted to enhance the taste.
• Early European coffee was mostly water and alcohol.
• The Dutch were responsible for propagating coffee on Java.
• Governments tried to ban coffee.
• Coffee was important to soldiers who fought on both sides of the civil war.

BEST MOMENTS

‘Around 1450’s the dried coffee cherry was starting to be exported to Yemen. ´

‘Europe started drinking coffee around the 1600s.’

‘When they were running low on coffee they roasted okra seeds.’

GUEST RESOURCES

Website: https://unfilteredcc.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.

HOW TO LEAVE A REVIEW

Enjoying the show?!  We’d love for you to leave us a review. It helps us grow and educate more people about coffee! Here’s how: if you’re on apple podcasts, ‘search’ for us as if you didn’t already follow the show. When you click on the show, scroll down to ratings and you’ll see where you can leave a rating. Spotify is a little easier - follow and listen to the podcast, then you can rate and review it.

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 - Coffee's Journey From Seed to Shelf

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

In this episode, Kenneth sits down with Stefan Tribble to talk about why people like coffee so much. He explains how caffeine is metabolized by the body and the mechanism that stops you from feeling sleepy. As well as how athletes and others use coffee to help them to perform better. Kenneth also talks about the differences between synthetic and natural caffeine.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Historically people drank coffee for the caffeine hit. It really does help to keep you awake and energized.

Taste is now playing a bigger role in why we like coffee. But the caffeine is still the star.

It takes most people between 30 minutes and 2 hours to benefit from the caffeine.

Athletes can improve their performance by 1 to 3% by drinking coffee at the right times.

Tasting a coffee that is familiar to you is a powerful way to take yourself to a different place, mentally.

Coffee shops have been bringing people together for centuries.

BEST MOMENTS

‘Coffee tastes good and it gives me a pick me up … the two main reasons I am into coffee.´

‘Every single cell in your body is good at taking in coffee.’

‘Athletes can improve their performance by 1 to 3% by drinking coffee.

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.

HOW TO LEAVE A REVIEW

Enjoying the show?! We’d love for you to leave us a review. It helps us grow and educate more people about coffee! Here’s how: if you’re on apple podcasts, ‘search’ for us as if you didn’t already follow the show. When you click on the show, scroll down to ratings and you’ll see where you can leave a rating. Spotify is a little easier - follow and listen to the podcast, then you can rate and review it.

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 - Coffee's Journey From Seed to Shelf

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