Top Brew

Top Brew

By Joseph Darnell and Eric RauchArts
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Top Brew episodes

  • 53: Where Are My Pants?
    Eric and Joe tackle three important topics: the secret origins of Mama
    Darnell’s banana pudding, balancing Joe’s caffeine headaches with sleep
    deprivation, and review of Chick-fil-A’s regular cup of joe.
    35 min
  • 52: The Coffee Kiosk in the Basement
    Eric and Joe answer a listener message for how to roast coffee beans at
    home on the cheap with a popcorn popper, Joe describes the coffee situation
    at the county courthouse, and they share their general impressions of the
    reknown moka pot coffee maker (which is often mistakenly called an espresso
    maker).
    30 min
  • 51: The Force That Awakens
    Eric and Joe answer listeners messages, involving burr grinders, the Chemex
    coffee maker, and banana pudding. Then, in discussion, the guys share their
    first impressions of Starbucks’ all-new piping-hot Latte Macchiato. “It’s a
    latte made using ‘the inverted method’.”
    29 min
  • 50: The Face Buzzing Effect
    For episode #50, Joe is joined by special guest Myke Hurley of the Relay.FM
    podcast network. They discuss how Myke, a British chap that prefers craft
    coffee over hot tea, enjoys his fussy coffee brew ritual. They also talk
    about how they started drinking coffee thanks to sweet beverages at
    Starbucks, how caffeine affects them, and where they get their fresh coffee
    beans in the United States and back home in England.
    30 min
  • 48: Coffee in the Garden of Eden
    Eric and Joe discuss French presses, what makes them special, why we use
    them, and why you may want to up your coffee brewing game with one. We
    consider the coarseness of the grind, water temperature and more in our
    subjective examination.
    38 min
  • 47: GLaDOS Coffee is a Lie Too
    Is there a tangible difference in craft coffee and what people typically
    call commodity coffee? Joe and Eric cypher the what’s noticeably different
    from the roaster’s and enthusiast’s perspectives, because you shouldn’t
    believe everything written on a bag of GlaDOS’ coffee. Commodity and craft
    coffee look the same in your cup, but came about completely differently. At
    the end of the show, the guys recommend some craft roasters that you should
    check out.
    32 min
  • 46: The Coffee Hand Grinder Workout
    Hand grinders are often preferred over powerful electric countertop
    grinders, but why? Joe and Eric uncover the usefulness of their
    portability, durability, and other reasons you might want to add a manual
    grinder to your kitchen. And Joe makes shopping recommendations for those
    in the market for such a coffee accessory.
    29 min

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In their weekly coffee discussion, Eric Rauch and Joe Darnell plunge into the depths of the world’s favorite bevereage. It’s all about recipes and brewing techniques, roasting beans to perfection,…