The Matchbook Coffee Podcast

I am going to let Nicole speak for herself in this beautiful write-up she did for her release on the Matchbook Coffee Project website: 

"This release has allowed me the time to look at the small things: how I put my art together, what things I would love to receive in a box were I to get one, but also what cup of coffee is my absolute favorite to share and commiserate over. 

I’ve selected the El Salvador Muchas Aguas. I wanted to select something that really captured what I get excited about in my everyday drinker. The cup has balanced acidity, great body, and sweetness. Something that reminds me of eating pie, or compote on french toast, or nougaty candies with bits of fruit. Matchbook hasn’t featured an El Salvador, so I knew it was the coffee. 

My final reflection: Coffee changed my life in ways I never expected. Coffee captivates, and I think when we really get into coffee, it just can’t be helped.

This release is my love letter to roasts past and roasts still to come.

My love letter to coffee."

 -Nicole

Brynn has been involved in coffee for years now, bouncing around the pacific northwest they had a long-running fascination with the coffee industry & roasting in particular but not until landing in Oakland CA did they find an opportunity and safe space to begin roasting. Brynn has roasted a beautiful Brazilian coffee for us this month and if you have not ordered your bag yet we still have a few kicking around so don't miss out.

Enjoy this episode as we discuss Brynn's journey to roasting as well as some preferred brewing methods. 

Today we are speaking with Adrian Lopez of Grand Coffee, he has roasted a delicious Ethiopia Abiyot Ageze for the Matchbook release this month. We discuss his budding coffee interest while a college student in New York as well as the way roasting coffee has evolved his understanding of this very special bean.

-All the best from the MCP crew

P.S. If you want to get your bag of his roast click here: https://matchbookcoffeeproject.com/products/mcp-066-adrian-lopez

P.P.S. To keep up with his work over at Grand Coffee head on over here: https://www.grandcoffeesf.com/

 

Marissa & Ethan of Tanbrown Coffee are the featured roasters for this latest Matchbook release. Initially brought together by a shared Asian American experience Marissa & Ethan are firm believers in the qualities of the coffee coming from Asia, in this Podcast we talk about how they approach coffee and also what they chose to roast for Matchbook. 

Check out more of the good work Tanbrown does at @ Tanbrown.coffee

If you want to grab a bag of what they roasted head over to: Matchbookcoffeeproject.com

This month's featured roaster is Marvin Duncan, quality control manager at PERC coffee in Savannah Georgia. In our interview, we talk about Marvin’s Matchbook release, how a failed date at a coffee shop opened his eyes to how awesome Coffee can be, and what his preferred brewing methods are. WARNING to Chemex and Espresso lovers Marvin might make you question your preferred brewing method.

Check out more of the good work Marvin does at PERC @ Perccoffee.com

If you want to grab a bag of his roast check out Matchbookcoffeeproject.com before it's gone. 

We are excited to feature Chelsea Thoumsin this month as our Matchbook Release and in this episode we discuss Chelsea's great work with "Get chu some gear" and why she thinks combining decaf with caffeinated beans is a winning combo for her Matchbook release 

Chelsea competed and won in the Cup Taster’s Nashville Qualifier and currently is the green coffee buyer for Counter Culture in North Carolina.

Find out more about Chelsea on her Instagram @chelsea.tastes.things

We're so excited to announce that Renata Henderson of Cxffeeblack in Memphis, Tenn., is the featured roaster for February here at Matchbook! 

For Renata, roasting evokes history and connection that goes far beyond what's in front of her. We hope that you feel that magic as you listen. 

2022 is gonna be a big year at Matchbook!

We're kicking things off with Sara Gibson and Kimberly Zash of Sightseer Coffee in Austin, Texas. They aim to work with women across the supply chain—from women farmers and women-led coops to exporters to importers—their goal is to empower women and honor the amount of work women do to keep the supply chain of coffee going. 

Ashley Griffeth is the roaster for the month of December here at Matchbook. Originally, we had someone else slated to roast this month, but plans changed and we were honestly sort of scrambling. A friend recommended I talk to Ashley, who is the co-founder of Loom Coffee in Greensboro, North Carolina, and I don't think we could have envisioned a better partnership if we tried.    Ashley began Loom in early 2020, when she was laid off at her job because of the pandemic. But then she partnered with a former regular customer named Chris to start a coffee company — but they wanted to do things differently. One of the principles behind Loom is to only work with coffee shops working to pay their staff a living wage. We get into how this works and how the last two years have shaped and made Ashley the roaster that she is today.

Tio Fallen is the featured roaster for the month of November, and we couldn't be more excited to celebrate the confluence of coffee and music that this release represents. 

Tio is the founder of Three Keys Coffee in Houston, and was the 2021 Glitter Cat Roasting Competition winner. With Three Keys, Tio finds the commonalities between coffee and music easily — coffee has tasting notes, it can evoke multiple senses, and the flavors of a particular coffee can speak differently from one drinker to the next. 

In this episode, we talk about how Tio got into coffee and how he makes connections in his life — not just to music and coffee, but through food, community, and establishing a sense of place. Tio's coffee is called "Toot Your Own Horn," so we hope this coffee encourages you to reflect on your own victories and celebrate all your accomplishments, both big and small.