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

In Episode 92 of the Orange Cactus Coffee Podcast, Mike and I talked about all kinds of things during this episode where we go of script and wing it. First topic on our radar is barrel aged coffee. My thoughts were motivated by an advertisement from Black Coffee Company in Missoula Montana. So we talked […]

In Episode 163 of the Daily Ristretto, I talked about my experience running into the manager that never called me back from Starbucks. After not calling me when she promised to the first time, she extended an offer for me to come apply again. Maybe so she can not call me again, who knows… Also, […]

In Episode 162 of the Daily Ristretto, I talked about Nick Brown’s tremendous article covering the growth of the coffee industry in the US and the 5th wave of coffee. -Jake

In Episode 161 of the Daily Ristretto, I talked about breaking my Hario scale, and its heroic journey back to life. I gave a quick run down of my favorite method for making cold brew, which is Hario’s Iced Coffee in a Bottle. Blue Bottle has a custom colored cold brew coffee maker. -Jake

In Episode 91 of the Orange Cactus Coffee Podcast, Mike and I talked way too long about using the word ‘craft’ when describing coffee. Then we talked about Sweet Maria’s decision to stock the Aillio Bullet R1. We’re pretty excited about that and hope they start carrying spare parts, replacements parts, and even the exhaust […]

In Episode 160 of the Daily Ristretto, I gave a little update about our podcast production calendar for the week, gave an update on using my Breville Barista Express espresso machine, and discussed an article I read about decaf coffee by the incomparable Michael Butterworth. -Jake

In Episode 90 of the Orange Cactus Coffee Podcast, Scott Rao answers Mike’s question about taking a sample roast profile and migrating it to a larger roaster. thank you for the question, and thank you Scott for the answer. -Jake

In Episode 159 of the Daily Ristretto, I talked about visiting Starbucks over the weekend, about dialing my espresso machine with the help of Manny G, Mike Kinakde, and Scott Rao, and then lastly about running into some folks who actually prefer Instant Decaf coffee to drink. -Jake

In Episode 89 of the Orange Cactus Coffee Podcast, we talked about getting negative feedback, out coffee experiences, the coffees were drinking, and what’s going on with us. I told a story about trying to find Half and Half at Texaco, and my experience tracking it down at Circle K. The creamer was for the single […]

In Episode 158 of the Daily Ristretto, I talked about dialing in my espresso machine, using Kalita 185 filters as a hack for the Blue Bottle dripper, and looking for help with the Vegas coffee scene. -Jake