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  • Episode the 37th

    We might have gone meta—this week on the podcast, Colin is joined by none other than Tamper Tantrum’s Wilson, Jenn Rugolo. Podcast No. 37 is features fond reminiscence of the early days at 3FE and Tamper Tantrum, how we misuse numbers, the importance of play in learning, and an extended meditation on the supposed fourth wave and how it might appear.

    Also covered: how much we love Peter G, when arguments on the internet are only about winning, Colin’s inability to remember things, the need for a service-led design in coffee qualifications, and the difference in the ways we show empathy and compassion behind bar.

    46 min
  • CoLab: Prague : Joanna Alm

    Joanna Alm is definitely a name you should know if you

    work in specialty coffee-- after running a coffee bar in Oslo for a few years,
    she moved home to Sweden, and started working at Drop in 2010. A few years
    ago, Joanna became partner in the company and is now the CEO, head roaster, and
    green coffee buyer at Drop Coffee. If you're not familiar with Drop, you might recognize
    Joanna from World Coffee Roasting Championship: she won the Swedish Roasting
    Championship two years in a row, placing 3rd (2014) and 2nd (2015) at the worlds.

    Joanna's talk, "Espresso: Letting the origin speak

    from the cup", is all about her vision, for both roasters and baristas, to
    work with coffee in a way that keeps the most possible tasty flavours in the
    final cup. A strong argument for moving away from roasting for brew method so
    that we can better focus on showcasing what is inherently present in the
    quality of the green bean, Joanna's talk offers a look at the vision driving one
    of specialty coffee's most well-known and respected brands. 

    44 min
  • Episode the 36th

    We've gone all out for solubility! This week, Steve visits Jem Challender of Prufrock Coffee for a face-to-face chat about Prufrock's "test roast solubility quality control protocol", which has sparked much conversation and debate about how science and sensory sit together in coffee.

    In addition to tackling some difficult questions about where responsibility lies (with baristas? with roasters?), Steve and Jem also discuss the early days of Monmouth, the Prufrock basement piano, and Prufrock's seedy beginnings alongside a shop specialising in "dignified erotica."


    1 hr 19 min
  • CoLab: Prague - Adam Neubauer
    Some of you may recognise Adam Neubauer from this year's World Barista Championship in Seattle--the 2015 Czech champion made it into the semifinals with his presentation highlighting every part of the coffee's journey. Adam is head barista of both the beautiful EMA Espresso Bar and Cafe Lounge in Prague - our host city for the first ever CoLab event with Barista Guild of Europe. 
    Adam's talk, "Barista as psychologist", is an incredibly engaging exploration of how concepts from the field of psychology can be used to improve both barista skills and customer experience. Covering studies from psychology heavy-weights Lieberman and Seligman as well as those more directly applicable to the coffee industry (Velasco, Jones, King, and Spence), this is a talk that you won't want to miss, particularly if you spend any time behind bar!
    34 min
  • Episode the 35th

    This week, Steve & Col kick back on their respective couches at

    home as they work their way through recent Big Grill shenanigans, big travel
    plans, the African Fine Coffees Association’s Taste of Harvest program, and the
    start of a conversation about a recent trend in the conflagration of solubility
    with quality.

    Also covered: sore thighs, paella pans, exciting plant stock producing

    tasty coffee in Malawi, building direct trade relationships in Africa, and the
    moral question involved when you buy coffee from countries with problematic government.

    Check out photos from Colin’s bike ride and the Big Grill shenanigans

    by visiting his instagram account.


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    Tamper Tantrum Podcasts are brought to you by Nuova Simonelli. 


    44 min
  • CoLab: Prague : Morning Panel Q&A

    CoLab: Prague saw the return of the extended Q&A session to the

    Tamper Tantrum stage for the first time since the first-ever panels at World of
    Coffee Nice, 2013. We’re really not sure why there was such a hiatus with this
    feature—it always provides additional insight that we wouldn’t have gotten to
    otherwise!

    This week’s video is the morning panel from CoLab: Prague with Chahan

    Yeretzian, Erna
    Tosberg, and Tibor Varady—Steve
    and Kalle dig further into their presentations after the barrage of information
    that was the morning session: where we’ve gone wrong with water profile
    recommendations, what it’s like to be backstage at the WBC, why some staff
    leave, and a big follow up on the science of extraction and aroma. Also
    covered: what it’s like to watch a barista comp from the outside of the
    competition niche, why baristas should be more humble with their pocket science,
    a few thoughts on how we could improve competitions, and ways in which we could
    collaborate as an industry to learn more about how coffee works. 

    1 hr 11 min
  • Episode the 34th

    This week, Steve and Colin return to an old,

    familiar format: just the two of them having all the (too?) honest chats.
    Podcast No. 34 covers several big announcements, Steve’s trip to Bolivia and
    Colombia,  Colin’s trip to San Sebastian, and the Cup of Excellence’s
    decision to shut down some of the competitions this year. 

    Also included: a series of unfortunate comments
    about touching that can be turned into handy message alerts (“please continue
    to keep touching us, we really enjoy it”), sincere apologies from both Mr.
    Harmon and Mr. Leighton (one more sincere than the other), and some very
    exciting news about the state of coffee farms in Bolivia. 


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    Tamper Tantrum podcasts are brought to you by Nuova Simonelli. 

    52 min
  • CoLab: Prague : Tibor Varady

    We’re willing to admit here at TTHQ that we knew CoLab:

    Prague’s third speaker pretty well: a long-time friend and annoyingly
    intelligent guy, Tibor Varady is a former environmental lawyer turned owner of
    one of Hungary’s prime coffee destinations, Espresso Embassy, as well as a
    finalist in both 2013 World Brewers Cup and World Aeropress Championship.

    Tibor’s talk is refreshingly candid and insanely useful to

    anyone wanting to either start or progress a career in specialty coffee.
    Speaking very frankly about how he reviews and interviews prospective
    candidates, Tibor offers a much-needed glimpse into the mind of many specialty
    coffee shop owners when it comes to hiring.

    Curious about Espresso Embassy? You can find out more about Tibor’s shop here. 

    39 min
  • Episode the 33rd
    This week, we step away from the hustle and bustle of all the fun happening with the specialty coffee community on the interwebs, turning our attention to something we should all focus on a bit more: understanding what happens at origin. With the help of good friend Alejandro Martinez of Finca Argentina in El Salvador, we take a look at what happens on the farm seasonally, what changes you might see on a farm that sells "specialty" vs. "commodity", and how things are changing. Also covered: the ideal relationship between a farmer and a buyer, the impact of leaf rust on El Salvador, and biodynamic gnomes (or why you maybe shouldn't stay at Ale's house alone). 
    Ale had a slight complication with his microphone around 46 minutes in to recording, but just bear with us, it fixes itself within the minute. Baristas who talk about origin in competition without actually ever having been there: this podcast's for you!
    1 hr 2 min
  • CoLab: Prague : Erna Tosberg

    Our second speaker at the Barista Guild of Europe’s CoLab event is a familiar face to those on the competition circuit: Erna Tosberg, a barista and trainer working for roestbar Munster, represented Germany at the 2014 WBC. A passionate advocate for coffee education, she was also involved in the first-ever Barista Camp (Athens, 2014) as an AST and is responsible for Kaffeschule Munster, a coffee school associated with roestbar: “because the more people know about coffee as a product, the more they will appreciate high-quality coffee.”

    In her talk, Erna poses a question that frequently crops up in our community: do we need barista competitions? Walking the audience through her perspective both as a competitor and as a trainer, Erna thoughtfully explores the positives and negatives of our current competition platform and lands on a very firm answer.

    You can keep up with all of Erna’s work with roestbar here and her work with kaffeschule munster here.

    25 min

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