Blooming Thoughts: Recent Episodes
Liam Parnell
/ Sharing coffee ideas and experiences /
A podcast made for those who love coffee, and all that comes with it. We chat to many different people who are working in the speciality coffee world and discuss a wide range of topics. Keeping the coffee community connected.
In this episode we have the incredible Panda aka Paulina Miczka aka World Aeropress Champion 2017, chat with us. We look at how her coffee journey started, and how she got to become the first woman to ever win the prestigious AeroPress Championship [Seoul 2017] ! We look at how women are represented in the coffee industry, discuss Scottish accents and discover interesting nicknames. Panda has been working within the speciality coffee industry for over 8 years and is currently starting out on a new venture in her own ceramic design business. Here she combines her love for coffee and clay in creating beautiful coffee mugs, servers, cups and even a beautiful v60! “Working with coffee for so long made me realise how important the vessel you drink from is. The shape, colour and texture all matter. Making beautiful coffee cups is what inspired me to find the wheel”. You can check out her website here https://www.miczkaceramics.com/ and even get 15% off your order with our exclusive discount code ‘Coffeelove’ (valid until 05/09/20). It would be super appreciated if you left us a kind rating/review if you’re enjoying the pod! Happy blooming & listening x https://www.instagram.com/bloomingthoughts__/
We chat with Jonny Northcutt - Head Roaster for Roasted Brown. We discuss his time competing in various coffee related competitions; latte art throwdowns' and Irish Brewers Cup. Look at how he got on and what pros and cons come with the competitive side of coffee competitions.
Tiger King and Kombucha also get a mention, in true Lockdown 2020 style.
/ Keeping the coffee community connected. /
We are thrilled to have Aidan, founder of Drip Coffee Subscription sit down and chat with us in this episode.
You’ll hear us talking about the class multi roaster coffee subscription service they offer to the UK. Discover what coffees are on offer for their May box and look at the prospect of growing the coffee community and how to do that
Head to their web shop and sign up to their subscription service to discover loads of world class coffee and check out some brew guides they have /
https://www.drip-coffee.co.uk/
In this episode we chat with Ferg Brown, founder of coffee roaster, Roasted Brown. We discover the journey that Roasted Brown has been on over the last decade. Exploring how they build strong, long lasting and sustainable relationships with coffee farmers and what the future of coffee might look like.
We discuss the impact that the Coronavirus outbreak has had for them as a company and find out about the campaign they have launched in response to help support the cafes that have closed down as a result.
Check out their online shop and buy a bag of their world class coffee.
Having worked as a barista and manager in speciality coffee, Phil discovered that there is so much to learn about coffee. He is now studying a Masters in Economic and Social History in Cambridge. His research based around coffee - looking at the origins and development of the coffee industry in Colonial Kenya. We chat more about this and look at why Africans were excluded, what it meant for those Africans who would later become coffee growers and what the long lasting affects of that could mean for the industry now. We also discover something strange he does while in the shower...
We chat with Caleb McClenahan, an apprentice coffee engineer for Bailies Coffee Roasters. We discover what an average day working as a coffee engineer looks like, chat about the importance of baristas cleaning grinders and machines and find out what coffee he is enjoying.
In this episode we are joined by Matt Irvine, a videographer, photographer and content creator. We chat about his experience with coffee, how he cooperates coffee and media and who the most photogenic barista in Belfast is. He shares some tips for those who are interested in following a similar career path to himself and we speak about the joy of subjectivity. Keeping the coffee community connected.
In this episode we chat to Jordan Cunningham, an ex barista who now lives in Australia. We look at why speciality coffee is 'special', tackle the idea that speciality cafes are 'pretentious' and find out more about what it is like to work as a barista.