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

In Episode 96 of the Daily Ristretto, I talked about my morning seeing Black Swan Espresso, from Newark, NJ, put a picture of a blueberry muffin out on Twitter, and how it set me off on a mission to get one. I follow Black Swan Espresso out on Twitter and Facebook. -Jake

In Episode 95 of the Daily Ristretto, I talked about trying Polish Aeropress Champion Jan Szurek’s recipe. Jan combined 30 grams of coffee with 135 grams of water at 188 degrees. Stir for 5 seconds, and start plunging at the minute mark, taking 25 seconds to slowly press. Then add 200 more grams of water. […]

Mike and I were back in our home studio. We had a bit of a session where we didn’t really have a whole lot of time to plan and prepare like we normally do. We kind of recap our work up to this point, and I had serious doubt about releasing this episode. I just […]

In Episode 94 of the Daily Ristretto, I talked about my morning trip to YellowLeaf Coffee and my trip to the Prescott Valley Library’s Teen Film Festival last night. They didn’t serve any coffee, but a local business could’ve easily partnered with them and left a lasting impact on the audience. As promised, here’s the […]

In episode 93 of the Daily Ristretto, I talked about cold brew at home, Smugglers Coffee’s Dread Pirate Roberts, and drink device preference. -Jake

Mike and I recorded Episode 68 from the Food Court of the Prescott Gateway Mall, right outside Peavine Coffee. We were going for a summer-infused all iced, all cold drink session, but we ended up with a concentrated Nitro Cold Brew, a Breve, and a some cranberry coffee cake. Peavine, after a year, switched their […]

In Episode 92 of the Daily Ristretto, I talked about the Dread Pirate Roberts coffee we received from Smugglers Coffee and my first use of the Mecraft Coffee Dripper. I think I may actually have too many coffee brew devices now, but I feel like I need more. I want to try them all. -Jake

In Epsiode 91, I’m totally geeking out over my correspondence with Kevin, who sent my brain spinning. He talked about new (to me) brewers, like the Yama Silverton, and about how different coffees taste different with different brew methods. Great stuff. Great ideas. Great projects to start working on. Tim Wendelboe serves different coffees in […]

In Episode 90 of the Daily Ristretto, I talked about trying to dial in the Bonavita Immersion Dripper using some advice that Kevin, a listener, sent in. Well, I messed it up but appreciate your advice very much. Please keep sending it in. I also talk about some negative feedback we received for our Saguaro […]

In Episode 89 of the Daily Ristretto, I talked about my first experience with the Bonavita Immersion Dripper, revealed the KingCup is up on the store for our site, and talked about patience in business. Howard Bryman’s excellent article in Daily Coffee News about Bump n Grind Coffee in Maryland was a timely reminder about […]