The Orange Cactus Coffee Podcast: Coffee | Specialty Coffee | Roasting & Brewing | Espresso Mike Kinkade & Jake Goble

In Episode 98 of the Orange Cactus Coffee Podcast, Mike and I sat down with Adam Holliefield from Press Coffee at The Porch. While celebrating his 21st birthday, he visited downtown Prescott and hung out with us for a few hours. Bergies Coffee Roast House. Adam, born and raised in Gilbert, AZ, spent the first […]

In Episode 177 of the Daily Ristretto, I talked about my recent business projects for building Orange Cactus Coffee. -Jake

In Episode 176 of the Daily Ristretto, I talked about the Specialty Coffee Market in the United States and what I’m doing with this information. There was Michael Butterworth’s article and Simran Sethi’s article that both drew attention to an infographic put out by the SCA. that infographic boiled down some of the NCA’a recent […]

In Episode 175, I talked about drinking espresso at home. It was spurred on by my own experience of adding espresso at home (the Breville Barista Express) and an excellent article by Michael Butterworth over at The Coffee Compass. -Jake

In Episode 173 of the Daily Ristretto, I talked about our new website and the new cards we got in the mail today from moo.com. Absolutely love that site for paper products. -Jake

In Episode 174 of the Daily Ristretto, I talked about the fantastic article Brian Colmenares wrote for our site a week ago that detailed his experience at Aroma Coffee Roasters in Walnut, Ca. Also, I talked about the work of the incomparable Jennifer Ferreira on coffee consumption across the world. -Jake

In Episode 97 of the Orange Cactus Coffee podcast, Mike and I talked about the Handground grinder, the Prismo by Fellow, and Sudden Coffee. We also, as always, give you a peak behind the curtain at the way we think about coffee, business, and coffee business. Handground. Handground is a hand grinder (obviously) that is […]

In Episode 172 of the Daily Ristretto, I wanted to answer many of you who reached out to us to ask why we weren’t nominated for a Coffee Podcast Award set forth by Sprudge. Sprudge is an online coffee site that gives out awards called Sprudgies. Their awards started in 2009 where they bring attention […]

In Episode 96 of the Orange Cactus Coffee Podcast, Mike and I talked about our visit to The Porch. It’s a newer coffee shop in Prescott that shares a space with a church. We really enjoyed the great service and the lively atmosphere. We also ran into some old friends while hanging out. The mochas […]

In Episode 171 of the Daily Ristretto, I talked briefly about my trip to BOSS Coffee in North Scottsdale, about DailyVee Episode 343 and putting yourself out of business, about the new Starbucks roasters in Shanghai (again), and lastly about moving coffee forward. -Jake