Joined by our good friend, Anthony Mair, we visited Gäbi Coffee & Bakery in the Chinatown district of Las Vegas joined us for some fine beverages and discussions about England, photography, and coffee … and not tea.

This week we've got our first guest, Paul Goodman, on the podcast! We sample goods from Black Rifle Coffee, and fall down the rabbit hole discussing the body/brain optimization, media, politics, and (of course) guns.

The ups and downs of podcasting are real! We talk about our failure recording Episode 5 the previous week, George's Chicago trip, the Barista Olympics, being black in Starbucks, and sip on Sambalatte's Fazenda Guariroba.

In episode 4 we bring in a Stumptown Coffee haul from Whole Foods, discuss coffee carcinogens causing cancer, social media influence, and cultural appropriation.

We stop by Mothership Coffee Roasters in Henderson, NV, get slightly political about gun violence protests, and discuss the Amsterdam model of “weed lounges” possibly coming to Vegas.

We go beast mode and get Bulletproof-er with Bulletproof® Coffee and discuss pairing coffee with hip-hop.

Our first episode! We drink Vesta Coffee's Yabitu Koba – Ethiopian heirloom, recap the weekend, and discuss the rise of hockey in Vegas desert.