This was a really fun one.

In this latest episode, we dive into three crucial coffee questions:

1. Is the specialty coffee shop in trouble? Can they survive today just making good coffee, or are they doomed to shut their doors without moving into roasting or food service?
2. How can we fix the World Barista Championship so that it's more financially inclusive for all competitors; and
3. What does your coffee date's order tell you about them?

Also in this episode:

Coffeenomics: C-Price looking has risen, good golly.
Health Advice: Chris' first date no-nos
Ad Read: TOPHER15 gets you 15% off
Listener Question: Ethyl is suffering from caffeine withdrawal.

For delicious coffee delivered to your door, visit www.filament.coffee to order online today. Podcast listeners save 15% when they use code TOPHER15 at checkout.

Episode references:

https://perfectdailygrind.com/2023/01/is-the-world-barista-championship-too-expensive/
https://www.bonobology.com/dates-coffee-tells/

We're back for 2023!

In this episode, we dive into the story of the US-based coffee roaster who was ripped off $250,000 trying to make it in the wholesale market. Were they unlucky, or did they just stuff up their contract? What would Filament do?

We discuss the future of espresso, in Italy and everywhere else. Is it on the way out? We talk about the palate preference of coffee lovers in 2023, low caffeine options, exotic species, the comeback of blends, the availability of super-automatic espresso machines, re-adjusting to traditional brewing methods, freezing roasted coffee for storage, and growth of the home barista.

Then Chris tells you 5 ways to get steamy under the milk wand with that cute barista you've been daydreaming about.

Also in this episode:

Coffeenomics: C-Price looking good
Health Advice: Don't Quit, Live in the moment.
Ad Read: TOPHER15 gets you 15% off
Listener Question: The Woodvale Pattie Bandit

For delicious coffee delivered to your door, visit www.filament.coffee to order online today. Podcast listeners save 15% when they use code TOPHER15 at checkout.

Episode references:

https://www.modest.coffee/2022/12/how-we-got-grifted/
https://www.withstarsinhereyes.com/post/howtoflirtwiththatcutebarista

Good golly we had some laughs reading these in 2022.

We absolutely love hearing from our listeners, and reading out what you write to us in the Listener Question segment has become a favourite of ours.

To celebrate a brand new year of the podcast, we've put together a mix of the best questions of 2022 for you all to enjoy.

We'd like to thank every one of our listeners, but in particular thank you so much to Margaret Moore, Ian Clasp, Al Cappuccino, Beryl Knoppy and David Rotas; the Listener Questions segment simply couldn't happen without listeners like you.

Visit www.filament.coffee to order delicious black coffee, made by us, to your home or work. Podcast listeners save 15% when you use code TOPHER15 at checkout.

2022: The year that was in coffee. 

Matt Muhl joins us again this episode, this time to wrap up the highs and lows of coffee in 2022 whilst we enjoy two very unique coffee cocktail creations from Chris and Aaron.

Aaron creates a delicious, unique take on the classic Negroni and Chris wows us with a little trick he learned when traveling to make a coffee cocktail for the discrete grocery shopper.

We remember our own personal highlights of 2022, we discuss our 2023 resolutions and Chris introduces a guest that you literally will not believe.

Also in this episode: 

• We diagnose Aaron's self-diagnosed condition 
• We do some shout-outs to Brendan's family members 
• We each give our best fiction book recommendations; AND
• The final Health Advice With Chris for 2022

Thank you to our listeners for your support in 2022,  we hope you all enjoy listening as much as we love recording. See you all in 2023 for more.

Visit www.filament.coffee to order delicious black coffee, made by us, to your home or work. Podcast listeners save 15% when you use code TOPHER15 at checkout. 

Joined by Matt Muhl from Brightside Coffee to celebrate our Christmas Special episode, we get into the spirit of the silly season right from the start.

The original title of this Christmas Special episode was "Coffee in Beer" as we followed a similar theme to last year and responsibly enjoyed a couple of local coffee-based beers whilst we recorded this one.

It was quickly overshadowed by the timeless ritual that is gift giving as we each brought in a gift that we made ourselves. Aaron wrote a song, and brought in some fruit, Brendan wrote some poetry, and good golly if we didn't almost die of laughter when Chris presented a hand-drawn picture of us that we still cannot believe. See our socials for a censored version.

Also in this episode; we remember our favourite gifts, talk about our go-to Christmas movies, and a very special Christ-Mas Health Advice with Chris for the holiday season.

Visit www.filament.coffee to order delicious black coffee, made by us, to your home or work. 

Merry Christmas to all our lovely listeners, have a safe and enjoyable break and remember, you save 15% when you use code TOPHER15 at checkout.

When did people stop taking dogs for walks in parks and start taking them everywhere they go? Dogs have their own beaches, dogs are on trains, dogs are in taxis, and this week; we discuss dogs in cafes. 

We've debated dog owner etiquette a little in the last couple of episodes and we get into it once and for all. As three non-dog owners, we apologise in advance, but as you'll find— we are absolutely correct.

Of course, that's not before we rate ten of the hottest Christmas gift ideas for the coffee lover in your life, as Aaron takes us through his stocking stuffers. 

Chris brings us an opinion piece from five years ago about how all coffee drinkers are liars without having an opinion on it.  He says he searched "most pretentious coffee article ever" to find it. 

Plus:

• Health Advice: should you peel prawns to keep the peace if you’re fatally allergic?
• The latest market update in Coffeenomics; AND... 
• A listener question that is a little too close to home... for Brendan.
  
  Visit www.filament.coffee to order delicious black coffee, made by us, to your home or work. Podcast listeners save 15% when you use code TOPHER15 at checkout.
  
  Articles referenced in this episode:
  
  Buzzfeed, Stephen LaConte: https://www.buzzfeed.com/stephenlaconte/coffee-is-bad-people-who-drink-it-are-bad

This week, we discuss the future of Arabica coffee with the very real threats that coffee leaf rust and climate change will have on this coffee species.

This is only after our resident herbivore, Aaron, tells us all about Cultural Omnivores and their modern-day choices between elite and popular coffee spots. Are you a Cultural Coffee Omnivore?

Also in this episode, Aaron updates us on the C-Price and probably Korean coffee giant, Dong Suh, in his Coffeenomics segment and Chris tells us his top three dog breeds.

For delicious black coffee delivered to your door, visit www.filament.coffee to order online today. Podcast listeners get 15% off their first order with code TOPHER15 at checkout 🙌

Have you ever ordered a couple of coffees and had the Barista assume the almond flat white was for the lovely lady, and the long black which she ordered was for the gentleman? It happens more than you think so this week, we try to get to the bottom of it.

Also; inflation and the price of a cup of coffee. Inflation isn't slowing down abroad or here in Australia - the cost of a cup of coffee has never been higher... but is it actually high enough? Given all the magic that goes into bringing a morning coffee to you, surely it's still a bargain?

And if that isn't enough economics of coffee: Aaron updates us on the C-Price and Dong Suh's Maxim White Gold in his Coffeenomics segment and Chris helps a helpless lady stuck in the car with her rehab on Health advice with Chris.

For delicious black coffee delivered to your door, visit www.filament.coffee to order online today. Podcast listeners get 15% off their first order with code TOPHER15 at checkout 🙌

Articles referenced in the episode:

Perthnow.com.au, Ben O'Shea: https://www.perthnow.com.au/opinion/ben-oshea/ben-oshea-why-its-too-late-for-perth-to-master-affordable-coffee--c-8284956

TheGuardian.com, https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/05/uk-restaurant-and-coffee-prices-rise-by-up-to-26-in-two-years#:~:text=Analysis%20by%20coffee%20supplier%20UCC,by%20as%20much%20as%2022%25

Goodfood.com.au, Matt Holden https://www.goodfood.com.au/drinks/mugshot-is-your-barista-sexist-20141111-11kfpw

The weather is warming up and cold brew coffee is back in the minds of coffee lovers all over Australia. A quick search online of "how to make cold brew coffee" yields hundreds of recipes, all with different ratios, different brew times, and different roast profiles.

Where do you start? Should you make enough for the whole week or just enough for tomorrow?

In this episode, Brendan and Chris break down our step-by-step guide for making the best Cold Brew coffee at home.  Unfortunately, Aaron couldn't make the recording, and we briefly discuss our decision to push on and record without him.

Our guide might seem a little bit backward; let's start selecting the right brew time to fit your schedule, and let's leave the coffee until last.

Listen in and we'll tell you, step by step how to make fresh, delicious, and fuss-free cold brew coffee at home.

And hey — prefer to buy cold brew instead?

Head on over to www.filament.coffee to order Filament Coffee cold brew cans delivered to your door.

PS - Podcast listeners get 15% off their first order by using code TOPHER15 at checkout.

Another edition of Pies & Pulses; and on this episode, we discuss the highest price for coffee ever sold after the recent Ethiopia Cup of Excellence awards. 

The winning coffee sold for a whopping $1300 Australian dollars per kilo green!

Also in this episode; Coffee & Cigarettes - why do they go so well together? A recent study hypothesises a pairing as iconic as beetroot and chocolate.  

Is it the unique flavour combination? Is it simply habit, or is it something else?

And Starbucks has a Venti problem with their staff unionising.

Plus:

• Margaret Moore returns for Moore;
• Chris reads Filament's Mission Statement;
• The second edition of Aaron's Coffeenomics; AND... 
• The listeners have voted on their preferred Chris Topher segment, tune in to find out the winner, and hear the maiden broadcast— do not miss this one.

Visit www.filament.coffee to order delicious cold brew or drip filter coffee to your home or work. 

Podcast Listeners save 15% on their first order. Use code TOPHER15 at checkout.