transcend coffee video podcast

From Burundi, Africa, Poul talks about his tour of washing stations and working with coffee producers to increase quality, the prices paid and ultimately the quality of life for the hard working coffee farmers in this small African country.

Poul interviews 2011 World Barista Champion Alejandro Mendez and his mentor and trainer Federico Bolanos from Viva Espresso in El Salvador.

Poul interviews Camilo Merizalde, just outside of Cali, Colombia about his experimental coffee farm where he's planning to grow unique varietals in greenhouses.

From Armenia, Colombia, Poul talks to coffee farmer Fabian Torres about the changing world of growing and producing specialty coffee.

Poul talks to Nick Cho, organizer of the US Brewers Cup - a new competition featuring manual brewing methods ? and Andy Sprenger, the 2011 US Brewers Cup Champion.

Transcend Coffee founder Poul Mark updates us on what he and the Transcend crew have been up to recently. Includes footage of the new Downtown Edmonton cafe on Jasper Avenue, and the new Probat UG22 roaster.

Watch the antics as we quite literally fire up our new (to us) vintage Probat UG22 roaster for the very first time.

Poul interviews the one and only Aida Batlle, from the legendary Finca Kilimanjaro about her success as an award winning coffee farmer and the somewhat controversial topic of zero defect coffee.

Poul interviews chef Ben Chalmers, formerly of Jack's Grill, soon to be cooking at Edmonton's new Corso 32. They discuss restaurant coffee and using coffee as a culinary ingredient.

From the Transcend Coffee vault comes an interview with renowned specialty coffee consultant Tracey Allen, originally filmed back in April 2010 at the SCAA show. This video was almost shelved due to audio difficulties, but it has been resurrected and the engaging conversation is certainly worth watching.