Worth a Shot: Recent Episodes
Vaughan McVilly
Passionate about coffee we chat all things coffee and everything that goes along with it. Hosted by Vaughan McVilly a coffee lover who loves Cars, Bikes and Moto's and joined by resident gurus, Gareth Pike Founder of Quattro Coffee Roasters and industry legend and Mitchel Johnson a mad coffee scientist and owner of Brewlab. The boys chat all things coffee from farming to sourcing to roasting to brewing and often go off on coffee culture chats about bikes, classic cars and cafe racer moto's.
After a few weeks off we are out of lockdown and into our bean love. Our Guest this episode is Professional Cyclist and coffee lover Heinrich Haussler! Fresh from finishing in the top 10 at this years Paris Roubaix we get to talk all things coffee and bikes!
We chat to the one and only Australian Coffee pioneer Toby Smith, founder of Toby's Estate and the man behind Varia Brewing. We discuss early days of Toby's coffee crusades and we chat about farming and roasting processes. We discover more about his coffee Farm in Panama and we find out that Gareth can win a bike race.....
Today we continue the journey of 'opening your own cafe'. We have arguably one of Australia's most successful cafe entrepreneurs, Danny Colls, joining us as we discuss fit-outs, finance and fantastic staff... and where to find them!
La Marzocco is rapidly approaching its 100th anniversary, starting in 1927 and today is still one of the premier Italian Coffee Machine Manufacturers. In Episode 4 we chat to Luigi Anselmi Sales Manager for La Marzocca Australia. He has a long history in the coffee game, he is italian and has an amazing mostache! He has been in the industry most of his life including working with Gruppo Cimbali, Saeco, Segafredo and San Marco.
This week Timothy Sweet joins us from San Remo Coffee Machines. We get nerdy about water for coffee and talk brewing at home. We also help you with Life choices and talk about what to do if you by a car that has a mural covering every panel!
On this weeks show we talk to Danny Colls - Melbourne Cafe serial Entrepreneur and founder of some Australia's most internationally awarded cafes and restaurants.
We also hear about a long lost Porsche that Gareth drove across Australia with his dad!
Introduction to our new podcast.
Vaughan McVilly hosts this 30min podcast all about coffee. In this first episode you get to learn a little more about our two resident guru's Gareth Pike and Mitchell Johnson and they discuss the 2021 Quattro Coffee Roasters Giesha Range.