You Don't Know Beans

This week, we taste test Trident Coffee's signature city roast, "Trident," sourced from Brazil Carmo de Minas. Also this week, Dan tells an incomplete story about a Man In A Can, what cocks have to do with pubs, and Allaya questions the science of whether or not monkeys like Marvin Gaye.

Music this week:

"Give Me Coffee" by  Flying Fish Sailors
Give Me Coffee ℗ 1994 Flying Fish Sailors Released on: 1994-06-01
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"The Wellerman Sea Shanty," performed on traditional instruments by Algal the Bard
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Here's some more interesting reading about the significance of cocks and pubs: "Why So Many Bars Are Named After Cocks" By Kathleen Crowther for Gastro Obscura

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This week, we welcome Stephen Hurst, founder of Mercanta, a UK-based company supplying roasters the world over with the highest quality specialty green coffee beans. Join us as Stephen talks to us about fair business practices, climate change, improving farming practices, and COVID, and how these issues are impacting the coffee industry today.

Links:

Mercanta - Ethically sourced green coffee distributed globally since 1996

London School of Coffee - Founded to help make good coffee great

Cup of Excellence - The premier coffee competition

Specialty Coffee Association (sca.coffee)

Music

Sarah Vaughan, "Black Coffee" ℗ Originally Released 1949. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

Released on: 1955-04-12

Composer, Lyricist: Paul Francis Webster
Composer, Lyricist: Sonny Burke

Jazzinuf, "Coffee and Cigarettes" Released June 26, 2020
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Coffee and pets. These are arguably two of the most important and influential elements that helped us through the pandemic.  This week, Shannon Kirkman from Animal Haven Shelter and Andrew Richter from Gotham Coffee Roasters join us as we discuss animal adoption, expertly roasted coffee, and how your coffee habit can help an animal in need. 

From now until January 6, 2022, Little Cat Coffee will donate $10 to Animal Haven for every bag of coffee purchased. You can get your fabulous beans here.

For more information on Animal Haven, please click here.

To see some of the adorable animals currently up for adoption, please check out Animal Haven's Instagram feed.

Did Little Cat Coffee pique your interest in coffee and leave you yearning for more? Check out Gotham Coffee Roasters for some more next level coffee, and be sure to drop by their store front at 23 West 19th St in New York City and say hi.

Care to join the discussion about cat stereotypes? We invite you to read the saga of Jorts the cat (possibly one of the best cat names we've encountered in a while) right here. 

Music this week came from the album, Jingle Cats: Meowy Christmas,  from Jingle Cats Records, 1993

"Ode to Joy," by Ludwig Von Beethoven

"Waltz of the flowers," by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Both performed by...erm..."cats."

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This week, we try a truly cerebral coffee that is the Roaster's Choice blend from 7 Coffee Roasters.  What do Hendrix, Cobain, and Stravinsky have in common? Try this coffee, and have a synesthesic moment. And speaking of musicians, what's up with Josef Hayden's head?

Find this week's coffee at Seven Coffee Roasters.

Still trying to wrap your head around the coffee? Well, now you can try and wrap your head around Hayden's two heads.

Music this week: "Your Coffee Is a Disaster," Yo-Yo Ma · Stuart Duncan · Edgar Meyer · Chris Thile
Not Our First Goat Rodeo  ℗ 2020 Sound Postings LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment

Released on: 2020-06-19

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Are you new to the wonderful world of coffee, or want to take your coffee drinking to the next level, but are on a budget? Don't let sticker shock send you back to instant coffee, because there IS a middle ground. This week, we talk about the gateway coffees of Trader Joe's; the coffees that don't cost much, but still give you a good coffee experience and education along the way. We talk about four coffees this week; maybe you'll find the one for you!

Find a Trader Joe's in your area: www.traderjoes.com

Coffees we tasted:

Indonesian Kintamani
Mexican Peaberry
Ethiopia Bale Mountain
Italian Roast Ground Espresso Coffee (tin)

Music this week:
Themis Saz, "Bagalma Solo" February 3, 2017
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This week, we sample a dark roast offering from Ladro Roasting called Diablo. Diablo seems to come up a lot with coffees. Also, Dan recalls his best Dante's Inferno experience, we all agree the current level of Guinness World Records is lame, and the unfortunate design flaws of the adorable koala.

Coffee:

Ladro Roasting Diablo

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Music:

Coffee · Jack Stauber's Micropop; Shop: A Pop Opera; ℗ Jack Stauber; Released on: 2020-03-08

More about Koalas: A new vaccine may curb the koala chlamydia epidemic | Popular Science (popsci.com)

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Welcome to a new season of You Don't Know Beans! If you placed bets on us messing up our first season two episode, guess what? You'd be a winner! This week's selection comes from Fiore Organic Roasting company, and is a dark, sweet and mysterious offering. Also, poultry bosses in Queens (No, like, an actual rooster), and neurotic squirrel stories. AND...details about Beantober!

Links:

Fiore Organic Roasting Company
Bean Box

Music:

"Stress" Written and performed by Jim's Big Ego. Album: Noplace Like Nowhere, CD Baby; CD Baby Sync Publishing, ASCAP, and 4 Music Rights Societies

"Foux Da Fa Fa" Written and performed by Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie; Appearing on "Flight of the Conchords," season 1 episode 8; Aug 5, 2007 

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This week, we sample Blue Thunder Blend, by Klatch Coffee, a bold, dark, and full-bodied offering. Also, rampaging Corsican beach cows, unsociable chimpanzees, and stoned reindeer. PLEASE SEND US YOUR COFFEE SUGGESTIONS (contact info below)!

Today's coffee was distributed by BeanBox.

Music this week:

Soundtrack/theme music from the 1983 John Badham film "Blue Thunder," written by Arthur B. Rubenstein.

References:

"Did 'Shrooms Send Santa And His Reindeer Flying?" As heard on NPR's "Morning Edition"

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This week, we sample Colombia Cattleya Exelso, a medium-dark roast coffee by Fundamental Coffee Co. Also, Dan rants on a Guy Fieri creation, and Allaya expresses her hang-ups regarding certain adjectives used in copy writing. A new adverb is born.

You can find Colombia Cattleya Exelso  here.

Special thanks to BeanBox Coffee.

Music this week:

"Espresso My Love," from the album, "Water," ℗ 2007 The Divers; Released on: 2007-01-01. Download it here!

"Espresso," written and performed by Aric Ogle, remixed by Aso, ℗ Lofi Publishing, Released 2019-12-08. Download it here!

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This week, we sample Broadcast Coffee Roasters offering, "Request Line Blend." Also, the show gets a new caterpillar,  Melissa approves of Broadcast's copywriters, Allaya tries lemon in her espresso, and Dan...Dan went there.

Special thanks to:

Bean Box
Broadcast Coffee Roasters

Music this week:

"Java Jive," performed by The Manhattan Transfer, written by Milton Drake, Ben Oakland. [Merlin] BicycleMusicCompany (on behalf of Craft Recordings); LatinAutorPerf, Warner Chappell, ASCAP, Sony ATV Publishing, CMRRA, LatinAutor - Warner Chappell, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA - UBEM, and 8 Music Rights Societies

"Java Jive," performed by The Ink Spots, written by Milton Drake, Ben Oakland. UMG (on behalf of Geffen*); ASCAP, CMRRA, UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA - UBEM, Sony ATV Publishing, LatinAutorPerf, Warner Chappell, LatinAutor - Warner Chappell, and 7 Music Rights Societies

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