A LETTER TO LISTENERS & READERS
That was a long summer. Not a bad one. Certainly not bad in the way last year was epically bad. I actually left the house. I saw some family. I saw some friends. I relearned how to button pants. I drank a lot of great coffee.
I used to only make French press coffee’s at home. Then I switched–for a time–to a Chemex brewer. Then to a V60 pour over. Finally, to my current method which is kind of a pain. I brew my coffee in a French press and then pour it through a V60 filter into my mug. I started doing it to eliminate some of the oils in my coffee. I kept doing it because I just like it. In my head it gives my coffees a smoother taste. I’m drinking a coffee I brewed and filtered right now. It is the Rebel Rebel blend from Visitor Coffee Roasters out of Imperial Beach.
However you drink your coffee, I hope you’ll spend some of that time listening to Season 3 of the R!WC podcast. This season I interview 10 great new coffee professionals (see the list), and have in-depth chats about coffee with returning Coffee Smarter experts Siri Simran Khalsa (Lofty Coffee) and Chris O’Brien (Coffee Cycle Roasting), and bring in some special guest experts like Jay Ruskey (Frinj Coffee) to talk about big topics like climate change impacts on coffee.
I’ll also be bouncing around SoCal dropping off stickers, buying coffees for essential workers, and trying to get a little coffee smarter all season long. It’s going to be fun. New episodes will be dropping every Tuesday and Thursday until late-December.
That was a long summer. Welcome back.
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BE COOL. DRINK GREAT COFFEE.
Along with our paid subscribers, this show exists because I’ve gotten the support of a bunch of great coffee industry professionals to help keep the lights on. I can’t thank my Roast! Industry Legacy Partners enough. Welcome Camp Coffee Company & Frinj Coffee to the fold!
I’ll be featuring these coffee companies on the show all season long, because I really do support them in my every day life. I’ve had coffee (and whiskey) from four of these roasters just this week!
Zumbar Coffee & Tea • First Light Coffee Whiskey • Leap Coffee • Steady State Roasting • CAFÉ LaTERRE • Mostra Coffee • Cape Horn Coffee Importers • Marea Coffee • Coffee Cycle • Frinj Coffee • Camp Coffee Company
COFFEE VOCAB
QUOTES IN CLOSING
“I'd rather take coffee than compliments just now.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
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