The coffee episode had landed! Well at least 1/2 half of it. Fred joins me live from Times Square as we discuss the ins and outs of various coffee experiences in Japan. Scott Lockman provides a cameo from Allez France in Tokyo. It’s always interesting in these parts.

And since I ended up having much more material than I anticipated, this special will be brought to you in two, yes two, episodes. Combine a little bit of background noise from the skype / laptop mic, and voila … a perfectly listen-able episode for your coffee curiosity satisfying pleasure. Enjoy!

Show Notes:

* Intro Music – “Hologram Jesus” by Pthalo

* Coffee Music – “Coffee Man” by Calvin Owens

* The “Detroit Story”

* Some high-level comparisons of coffee shops in Japan

* Starbucks

* Discussion on sugar types

* Coffee even at Mos Burger

* McDonalds

* Allez France (direct from Scott Lockman of Tokyo Calling)

* Vending Machine Coffee

* Boss coffee – since 1992

* Vending machine photo link we discuss

* “Black” coffee

* Coffee cans

* What makes vending machine coffee great

* Machine brewed coffee – Flavia machine at work