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

Introduction. Mike and I struggled to stay on topic while I fought through the last days of a cold and sore throat that left me sounding a little off. While we were recording, we were interrupted twice by the mail arriving- we received our mailing boxes for our hats (see product update below), and we […]

Coffee Review. Mike and I met up and drank some terrible tasting Bones Coffee. But hey, on the bright side, Bones had sweet stickers on their packaging. That’s really what drew me to them, anyway: their branding. The 4 ounce sample bags showed up in a padded USPS envelope, but besides that the bags were […]

Let me begin by apologizing for the pacing and tangent chasing nature of this episode. As I was still battling my cold and sound drunk, high, or whatever, I can assure you I was not. I was just sick. We start by clarifying what we’re doing with regards to giving negative, but honest reviews. Firehouse […]

I struggled through a cold and sore throat, and Mike put up with me all the way to the end of the show. I talked about how I’m making an airpot of coffee every evening for my football families, and what that process looks like. Manny G Recommends: Coast 2 Coast Roast, a coffee swap […]

Mike and I talked about the Monsooned Malabar coffee we received from Ghostly Roaster and we brewed it in a Chemex 6-Cup brewer. I shared the rest of my Press Coffee experience. After the cupping, I visited one of their cafes in Tempe. I wrote about the cafe experience as well. Press Coffee was running […]

Mike and I talked about the samples mugs that we received from The Created Co. and drank Peixoto Coffee. Manny G Recommends: Manny G recommends the Coffee Awesome Podcast. Brew Tip of the Week: Use good water. Check out our blind taste test between Spring Water and Third Wave Water. I told the story of […]

Manny G recommended the Kohi coffee app to us as a way to coach you through your morning pour over. Manny says he uses it every day, and it comes highly recommended. Since he’s providing so many recommendations, we decide to give him his own segment: Manny G recommends. Whether he goes for it or […]

I make a mess of the introduction to our podcast and call us the Cat and Cloud Podcast. It was so embarrassing, I wanted to edit it out and delete it. But the mistake was so genuine and Mike’s reaction was so funny, that I left it in. We’re not Cat and Cloud. They’re the […]

For Episode 27, Mike and I talk about going to meet-ups and festivals. This was a result of having read an awesome article by Jennifer Ferreira about the London Coffee Festival scene on cafespaces.wordpress.com. Great article and great site. I received my Bodhi Leaf Coffee in the mail, and we reviewed it. It came recommended […]

Mike and I talk about coffee news, coffee related business dealings, and review some tasty Peixoto coffee from right here in Arizona. Coffee News. I talked about how much I’ve benefitted form reading the blog at thecoffeerecipe.com. I came across this blog at the same time I was thinking I need to find more coffee […]