Top Brew

Top Brew

By Joseph Darnell and Eric RauchArts
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Top Brew episodes

  • 25: The AeroPress in My Happy Meal
    This week on the show, Eric and Joe introduce “follow-up,” discuss coffee
    percolators, explain how they would approach brewing large amounts of
    coffee for special gatherings at home, and more.
    31 min
  • 24: Hand-spun Spider Webs
    This week on the podcast, Eric and Joe talk about one of the more
    popular—yet lesser known—coffee makers that craft brewers love: the Hario
    V60. It’s the best ‘utilitarian’ coffee dripper, and has come to be Eric’s
    favorite brewing device.
    35 min
  • 22: An International Phenomenon
    Eric and Joe discuss Italian, Spanish, and French roasts, pairing coffee
    with breakfast foods, roasting your own beans at home, saddening Starbucks’
    gift cards, and much more!
    38 min
  • 21: A Cold Shower in a Polish Winter
    Joe and our guest Justin Archer discuss caffeine addiction, abstaining from
    caffeine, and Justin’s brewing ritual. As the “optimized self” life coach
    of OptimizedSelf.ninja, Justin uses a variety of nutrients and suppliments
    — including coffee — to give himself a special edge.
    33 min
  • 20: Roasting the Coffee Roasters
    Crafting roast or industrial roasting: what’s the difference? Why can’t we
    produce 100 of pounds of roasted coffee in a single batch and get it to
    taste as well as a small batch? Do the big players like Starbucks hate us?
    Eric and Joe discuss this and more in this episode of Top Brew!
    36 min
  • 19: The First Rule of Fussy Coffee and How to Override It
    Fussy coffee doesn’t have to be hipster coffee. Truth is, you’re making
    coffee whatever way you like it — for you — when it’s done right, and that
    coffee doesn’t come with a label. Our guest, Tim Smith, discusses his brew
    ritual, how his coffee has changed with his wife around, and the large
    collection of coffee gear he uses along with his AeroPress.
    33 min
  • 18: The Caffeine Gets Tired
    This week on the podcast, Eric and Joe experimented on themselves with
    caffeine and lived to tell you about it. They discuss how caffeine works on
    your brain and blood flow. For one day, Joe drank more coffee than he had a
    legal right to.
    37 min
  • 16: The One Boring Coffeemaker to Rule Them All
    This week on the podcast, Eric and Joe discuss their life of drip
    coffeemakers and why they stay away from them now. Electric drip machines
    have fueled civilization for more than 50 years, but no matter how you
    innovate on these devices, they will not deliver great coffee.
    35 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,…