Tamper Tantrum

Tamper Tantrum

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  • No. 68

    We may be right in the middle of our little micro-series on “The Coffee Man”, but the film's online release isn’t the only thing happening this week—the form for entry into Third Wave Wichteln’s international coffee exchange closes on December 1st! We’ve been watching the Wichteln since it first started in 2013 and couldn’t pass up the opportunity to start this week’s episode with a quick chat with one of the architects of the swap, Markus Reuter, before this year’s exchange officially kicks off.

     After we say goodbye to Markus, we jump right back into our little micro-series. Our last episode featured Jeff and Roland from Jeraff.tv about what it was like to film, create, and release “The Coffee Man”, a documentary that inadvertently followed Sasa Sestic on his journey to becoming a World Barista Champion in Seattle, but this week, Steve is joined by the coffee man himself. Together, they chat about Sasa’s move to Australia, his introduction to coffee and subsequent career, and competitiveness. Also: Hide’s cumulative awesomeness, what it was like to be in front of the camera, excellent analogies, the promise of a table tennis throw-down.

     

    1 hr 15 min
  • Live from New York: Discussion

    As we wound down the morning talks from our New York event, Steve and Colin passed the reins to Nick Cho to lead an open discussion with Meister, Colleen Anunu, Michelle Johnson, Jenn Chen, and Colin, winding together the threads of the morning into some larger—and incredibly important—areas of focus. Together, they unpack defensiveness, ask (and answer) why it’s important to apply these concepts to  the coffee industry specifically, dig into the role that specialty coffee plays in gentrification, question the coffee shop as community centre, and revisit the purpose of codes of conduct.

    Pencils out, folks, and fingers on the pause button: there aren’t any equations or numbers for you to catch here, just incredible and highly important insights that could use a little bit of introspection from the rest of us.

    1 hr 2 min
  • No. 67

    This week, we’re kicking off the mini-est of mini-series on the recently released documentary film about 2015 World Barista Champion Sasa Sestic, titled “The Coffee Man”—chances are you’ve seen some promo for the film if not actually attended one of the 180 screenings that have happened so far in 37 countries. As it’s about to make its online debut at the end of this month, we wanted to chat with both Sasa and Jeraff about their experiences making the film and bringing it to audiences.

     Episode 67—otherwise known as part one, we guess—features Australian documentary filmmakers Jeraff, Jeff Hann and Roland Fraval, chatting about telling stories, intent, authenticity, and getting to know the competitive coffee world.  

     

    46 min
  • TT NYC: "Get Woke on Power" | Jenn Chen (Coffee Marketer)

    If New York was all about diversity and bias tackled from

    a variety of different angles, Jenn Chen’s talk, “Get Woke on Power”, was an
    important primer in the massively complex topic of power and power dynamics,
    which underscore every interpersonal interaction we have on a daily basis, for
    better or for worse. Using shared, anonymised stories about how power dynamics
    have affected the tellers’ coffee careers, Jenn has identified three main areas
    of potential difficulty in navigating the use and possible abuse of power in
    the daily life of coffee professionals living and working in consuming
    countries.

     

    Misusing power doesn’t just lead to decreased emotional well-being—it impacts the physical and financial well-being of those working in
    coffee, too. Jenn’s talk is more than a call for awareness, it’s a call for
    action: whether it’s roasters considering the power producers have to control
    the stories being told about them to larger institutions stepping in to help take
    on employers who misuse employees, there is a never-ending list of areas in
    which we can “get woke” in regards to power. 

    31 min
  • TT NYC: “Get Woke on Power” | Jenn Chen (Coffee Marketer)

    If New York was all about diversity and bias tackled from

    a variety of different angles, Jenn Chen’s talk, “Get Woke on Power”, was an
    important primer in the massively complex topic of power and power dynamics,
    which underscore every interpersonal interaction we have on a daily basis, for
    better or for worse. Using shared, anonymised stories about how power dynamics
    have affected the tellers’ coffee careers, Jenn has identified three main areas
    of potential difficulty in navigating the use and possible abuse of power in
    the daily life of coffee professionals living and working in consuming
    countries.


     

    Misusing power doesn’t just lead to decreased emotional well-being—it impacts the physical and financial well-being of those working in
    coffee, too. Jenn’s talk is more than a call for awareness, it’s a call for
    action: whether it’s roasters considering the power producers have to control
    the stories being told about them to larger institutions stepping in to help take
    on employers who misuse employees, there is a never-ending list of areas in
    which we can “get woke” in regards to power. 

    31 min
  • No. 66

    Is it coincidence or a clever scheduling move on our part that No. 66—released

    the Monday before we return to Cup North’s Manchester Coffee Festival this
    weekend—features the most-watched speaker to come out of our first year there?
    We’ll let you decide. In any case, this week, Colin Harmon is joined by Ross
    Brown as they talk through the building of Browns of Brockley, the early days
    of London coffee scene, and why opening a coffee shop can sometimes be a terrible,
    messy, and cringe-y—although still wonderful—thing. 

    www.nuovasimonelli.it/en/

    1 hr 15 min
  • TT NYC: "Laying the Groundwork for Diversity" | Michelle Johnson (Royal & Design)

    With her blogpost “The Black Cup of Excellence: Being Black in Specialty Coffee” from June of this year, Michelle Johnson moved the issues of race and diversity in the specialty coffee industry squarely to the fore and raised important points for us all to consider regardless of our role in the industry. Here, she provides some concrete and actionable solutions, both individually as well as ideologically, that we need to put into practice if we are to become a diverse, open, and sustainable industry.

    Again, this one is for everyone to watch: even if you think you’re already doing good work in this direction, it’s always possible to do more. Notebook and pencil recommended!  


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    Michelle Johnson is a Phoenix-based independent coffee professional, community leader, and project director for the creative startup, Royal & Design (@royalanddesign). She's lived in Phoenix for three years, but is originally from the Washington, DC area, where she was exposed to specialty coffee through Counter Culture. Even though she's no longer behind the bar full-time, Michelle is active in her local coffee community, planning semi-monthly events with her partner-in-coffee, Braden. When Michelle is not doing something coffee-related, taking photos, managing her creative partners/friends, or traveling, she's sleeping because she's doing at least one of those things when she's awake. Champagne is her 2016 drink of choice. Drake is her king. You can read her thoughts on being a Black woman in specialty coffee and other random things over at thechocolatebarista.com.

    29 min
  • TT NYC: “Laying the Groundwork for Diversity” | Michelle Johnson (Royal & Design)

    With her blogpost “The Black Cup of Excellence: Being Black in Specialty Coffee” from June of this year, Michelle Johnson moved the issues of race and diversity in the specialty coffee industry squarely to the fore and raised important points for us all to consider regardless of our role in the industry. Here, she provides some concrete and actionable solutions, both individually as well as ideologically, that we need to put into practice if we are to become a diverse, open, and sustainable industry.


    Again, this one is for everyone to watch: even if you think you’re already doing good work in this direction, it’s always possible to do more. Notebook and pencil recommended!  



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    Michelle Johnson is a Phoenix-based independent coffee professional, community leader, and project director for the creative startup, Royal & Design (@royalanddesign). She's lived in Phoenix for three years, but is originally from the Washington, DC area, where she was exposed to specialty coffee through Counter Culture. Even though she's no longer behind the bar full-time, Michelle is active in her local coffee community, planning semi-monthly events with her partner-in-coffee, Braden. When Michelle is not doing something coffee-related, taking photos, managing her creative partners/friends, or traveling, she's sleeping because she's doing at least one of those things when she's awake. Champagne is her 2016 drink of choice. Drake is her king. You can read her thoughts on being a Black woman in specialty coffee and other random things over at thechocolatebarista.com.

    29 min
  • No. 65

    Hello and welcome to the 65th episode of the Tamper Tantrum

    podcast! This week, Steve is joined by Jenn to talk through their experience as
    production partner of the afternoon lectures at the first-ever Roaster Guild of
    Europe camp in Parnu, Estonia. Wrapped in alongside with sneak-previews of
    upcoming video releases, Steve and Jenn also chat rumours, unification, feuds, and what’s happening next!

    www.nuovasimonelli.it/en/
    53 min
  • TT NYC: "Ambition" | Meister (Cafe Imports)

    Two weeks ago, we ran our first-ever US event at Taylor St. Barista’s

    Madison Avenue shop in New York and, today, we are super excited to release our
    first video of our opening speaker: the incredibly inspiring Meister. Described
    by Nick Cho as “a secular sermon”, there was no better way to kick off a day about
    understanding bias and creating a more diverse industry than with Meister’s
    look at what it means to be ambitious in coffee. Although it holds gems for
    both employees and employers working in coffee alike, Meister’s thoughts on
    ambition and management ring true to all non-traditional industries and
    endeavours.

    This, like all of the talks from NY, should be saved on one of your

    devices somewhere indefinitely and referred to whenever you start to question
    why you’re doing what you’re doing. We spent a few months with this talk as
    Meister was preparing it, and we still glean something new from it every time
    we listen.  

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    Photograph by Brian W. Jones from DCILY for Tamper Tantrum NYC. 

    27 min

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