curious coffee episode one

In this episode I'm chatting to Vel Genov the inventor and producer of the Zerno Z1 grinder. In this interview we talk about the story of the Z1, grinder alignment, different burr styles and more. To find out more about the Zerno grinder you can check out their website zerno.co To find out more about my venture see: www.curious-coffee.com/ Follow me on instagram: @micsmox and @_curiouscoffee_ If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and share it with your coffee friends. Thank you! The music is by Noa Erni - check out his album The Mental Traveller

In this second episode I'm chatting to Maxwell Dashwood about the business of coffee. In this second part of the interview we talk a lot more about my business concept and at the end we also talk about his upcoming book - Water for Coffee 2 To find out more about Maxwell you can check out his website https://maxwelldashwood.com/ To find out more about my venture see: www.curious-coffee.com/ Follow me on instagram: @micsmox and @_curiouscoffee_ If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and share it with your coffee friends. Thank you! The music is by Noa Erni - check out his album The Mental Traveller

In this episode I'm chatting to Maxwell Dashwood about the business of coffee. We spoke for almost two hours and there is a clear cut about half way through, so I turned it into a two-parter. To find out more about Maxwell you can check out his website https://maxwelldashwood.com/ To find out more about my venture see: www.curious-coffee.com/ Follow me on instagram: @micsmox and @_curiouscoffee_ If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and share it with your coffee friends. Thank you! The music is by Noa Erni - check out his album The Mental Traveller

In this episode I'm chatting to Fey Chen about competitions, judging, sensory skills and more To find out more about Fey you can follow her on Instagram @kinaluga To find out more about my venture see: www.curious-coffee.com/ Follow me on instagram: @micsmox and @_curiouscoffee_ If you have any questions following today's episode, you can message me or Fey directly via Instagram or my website. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and share it with your coffee friends The music is by Noa Erni - check out his album The Mental Traveller

In this episode I'm chatting to Nick Chapman about water for coffee and how to dial in water recipes to get the most out of your coffee. Nick is an expert on the subject and the founder of Lotus coffee products To find out more about the lotus drops visit their site: https://lotuscoffeeproducts.com/ If you want to make your own coffee water from scratch, you could start here: https://www.baristahustle.com/blog/diy-water-recipes-the-world-in-two-bottles/ To find out more about my venture see: https://www.curious-coffee.com/ Follow me on instagram: @micsmox and @_curiouscoffee_ The music is by Noa Erni - check out his album The Mental Traveller

In this episode I'm speaking to Wouter Strietman designer and maker of the wonderful Strietman CT2 lever espresso machine. The conversation focusses on lever espresso machines and gives great insight into the philosphy behind the CT2. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed speaking to Wouter. For more information about the CT2 see https://www.strietman.net/ For more information about curious coffee check out my website https://www.curious-coffee.com/ The music is by Noa Erni The photo of Wouter Strietman is by Nicholas Wilkins

In this episode I'm talking to Steffen Lav - managing director of Aillio Europe and coffee roaster. The discussion covers approaches to roasting and roasting on the Aillio Bullet. To find out more about Aillio check out their website https://aillio.com/ To find out more about my venture see www.curious-coffee.com Follow me on Instagram - @micsmox and _curiouscoffee_ If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and share it with your coffee buddies. Thank you! The music is by Noa Erni - check out his album The Mental Traveller

In this first episode I reflect on where home baristas might be going wrong, what might be distracting you and what we should be focussing on if we want to brew better coffee and have more fun doing it.