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

In Episode 82 of the Orange Cactus Coffee Podcast, Mike and I talked about Mike finally getting his December Dripper. He makes some coffee for me with it, and he really likes it. It looks very clean, and functions fairly well. It came really late, and only after he received his dripper did he finally […]

In Episode 143 of the Daily Ristretto, I shared some of my thoughts after experiencing International Coffee Day. -Jake

In Episode 81 of the Orange Cactus Coffee Podcast, Andre asks Scott Rao about  waste reduction when dialing in a batch brew. He asks if Scott pours out bad extractions and loses a lot of coffee, if he has creative ideas for using bad extraction for other purposes, and about the impact a bad batch […]

In Episode 142 of the Daily Ristretto, I talked about the health scare with Death Wish Coffee and about International Coffee Day. -Jake

In Episode 141 of the Daily Ristretto, I talked about the recent 2017 Golden Bean contest. Will from Press Coffee in Phoenix earned himself a Gold award, and was interviewed by Daily Coffee news on the art of roasting. We get asked why we promote other brands on our podcast and website. Granted, this could […]

In episode 140 of the Daily Ristretto, I talked about my unfortunate adventures in drinking spider coffee over the weekend. Also, I talked about my French Press and an unfortunate science experiment involving potatoes. -Jake

In Episode 139 of the Daily Ristretto, I talked about Mikey getting his December Dripper in the mail (finally), about the beans we’re using for our new Saguaro offering (coming soon), and also about some Guerrilla techniques that you have all shared with me about getting our coffee out to the public. Thank you. -Jake

In Episode 80 of the Orange Cactus Coffee Podcast, Mike and I talked about his December Dripper order that has still not shown up yet. Mike can’t get December Dripper to answer his e-mails, can’t get a dripper from his Kickstarter backing before the SCA or Prima Coffee can, and can’t find the deleted Instagram […]

In Episode 79 of the Orange Cactus Coffee Podcast, Scott Rao is back to answer more of your questions. This time around, he tackles batch brew vs pour overs. Simply put, if you’re selling 10 or more cups of filter coffee an hour, Scott recommends using a batch brewer. If you’re selling less than that […]

In Episode 138, I talked about receiving my coffee order from MadCap and from Brandywine. The first had better packaging, the second had better coffee. At least for my taste buds. I also talked about leaving a previous recording on the shelf in the midst of business. -Jake