Anti Coffee Coffee Club

After a short hiatus the Bicycle Bean Boys (nickname pending approval) are back as they ramp up the anticipation, the tension of Mission to Milan: The Greatest Ever Coffee Ride. Routefinding, sartorial choices, languages, and of course the bid to become World, European or Village Sign Champion. It's a quick funny one this week. Should be alright. Watch our YouTube channel it's banging: ANTI COFFEE YOUTUBE CHANNEL Enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A collage of bonus recordings we made on our journey around the NC500. Recorded in multiple segments starting at Inverness Castle we take you to our first village sign sprint before we record our tired tones of the first night in a B&B and on to the beginning of Day 2. We then catch up in Ullapool before a monologue of Tony fixing his broken bike in Scourie. We go over our thoughts upon reaching John O'Groats and then a final word from DS Nelson back at the castle upon finishing. Listen back to Part 1 & 2 of our North Coast 500 drama to get some context to these ramblings! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Here comes the conclusion to this immense trip around Scotland's North coast. What happened to Tony's bike? Did they finish in one piece? Will we ever find out what 'pillock' means? All these questions will be answered in the next instalment of Anti Coffee. Subscribe if you like this content. And tell your friends. If you don't like this content then at least tell your enemies and you'll waste some of their time / make them stupider. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We've had a quick break, but now we're back to ramp up the next leg of our Greatest Ever Coffee Ride. This is the audio rip of our YouTube video documenting our brutal but also lovely NC500 training adventure. It could, would, and should, be viewed by clicking THIS honestly it's amazing you'll bloody love it. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A largely unedited recording from the night before our NC500 training adventure. Alcohol was consumed. Was that the appropriate preparation for three days of back-to-back 200km riding? Only one way to find out. Follow us this week on instagram @anticoffee.anticoffee for real LIVE updates and visual content (yes you will get to see our faces) as we take on what some are calling 'a poorly thought out and reckless mission'. Enjoy dreamerz! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The last proper one before we abandon civilisation for the great wild north. But let's not get too ahead of ourselves - there will still be moules frites at the Applecross Inn. In this episode we discuss some of the most important advice from our guests, we'll hear from the boss who we're hoping is VERY happy with our training (eating) progress and probably do ourselves out of any future tasty sponsorship deals. With a week to go before our first big training milestone, how are we shaping up to complete the Greatest Ever Coffee Ride. The only way to find out is by listening to Anti Coffee. Our instagram can be accessed @anticoffee.anticoffee Or our website can be perused via THIS or you can email us on podcast@anti.coffee See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our Italian culture correspondent - Leon Cerrone - joins us this week to give us some insight on one of our biggest obsessions: 'la couture'. Hear his main do's and don'ts as well as some tales from his time as a Rapha model, his coffee routine, and some very enlightening bits about mental health. It's a winner. Check out Leon's Instagram (you must): @leon_cerrone Check out Leon's video he did with Mr Porter HERE it is a piece of gold for anyone who struggles with their mental health and wants to hear more about Leon's journey. Check out Nick Frendo's charity ASCND HERE also an incredibly valuable resource for our mental health. Look after yourselves dreamerz. Until next week... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we share some CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT NEWS about our mission to complete the Greatest Ever Coffee Ride. As part of that we need some guests from whom we can absorb super powers: that's our M.O. This week we've got the crown prince of endurance: Rab Wardell. An idol of ours, a literal Local Legend, a man famous for his West Highland Way FKT movie and someone who probably spends more time on his bike than off it. Hear about how Rab almost made his heart explode with caffeine, his take on our key obsessions of Strava, Village Signs, Le Couture and of course: coffee. Enjoy dreamerz. If you're gasping on more Rab content, check out his website HERE or Wardell Cycle Coaching HERE Check out Rab's WHW FKT video HERE or some of his "Old Enough to Know Better" videos HERE See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This show - it's champs only. This week we're joined by reigning World Coffee Master Agnese Sokolovska. Having not just endured, but WON one of coffee's most intense and gruelling competitions we were keen to try and absorb some of her powers of performance to spur us on in our pursuit of The Greatest Ever Coffee Ride. Onwards we go! Thanks so much to Agnese for lending us her time (and her powers!). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Big guest this week. At the beginning of 2022 one man perched atop the UCI World rankings - above the likes of Pog, Rog and my darling Alaphilippe. It was this man - Commonwealth Gold Medalist Mark Stewart. Winner of the New Zealand Cycling Classic. Romantic. Calibre athlete. Mindful. Strong willed. From Dundee. So we engage him on all the important subjects: cheese, mice, who's the biggest prick in the peloton, media training and of course the big one - how to beat each other for Village Signs. Will Mark's advice help us in our goal to complete the Biggest Ever Coffee Ride? Well, that's between us and the ballot box... Enjoy dreamerz. Check out Mark's vlogs, where he gives us a behind the curtain look at the life of a pro cyclist: MARK'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL or his Instagram @markstew95 or our Instagram @anticoffee.anticoffee or write to us podcast@anti.coffee and we'll definitely reply 100% guarantee. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After the alarming news from last week that our training program is...shall we say...slightly lacking at this point, we immediately turn to the world of performance enhancing activities with Power Press Coffee founder Patrick McHugh. Ex-Commonwealth games pro badminton player Paddy has turned his hand from shuttlecocks to shuttling coffee up and down the country. We rope him in to chat about the performance enhancing benefits of caffeine, how to work as a double act and how best to get your frustrations out (spoiler: it involves squeezing something until you crush it). Hope you enjoy, dreamerz. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're joined this week by the Isle of Man's greatest cycling export - of course it's Scottish National Road Race Champ Becky Storrie. Hear her alarm at the state of our training program, who her favourite cyclists are, what goes through your head when you're about to win a race, as well some glistening chat on a whole load of other topics as we enjoy a coffee together. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Every team needs a Directeur Sportif, so here's your opportunity to meet ours. A man for whom mindfulness and empathy are at the forefront of his cycling abilities: Andrew Nelson. We talk to him about how he plans to motivate our mission to Warsaw, where to get the best lobster & chardonnay on the West coast, and of course how will he prevent Tony and Todd killing each other on their adventure. It's a good'un. Hope you enjoy. We also have a Drip Pizza episode with Nelson in the bag, where you can learn more about his pizza & coffee persuasions. It'll be coming soon. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The dawn of a new adventure. Can two people do a thing? Find out what is it - that thing those people are doing. Why and how are they going to do that thing? And who is going to help them? If you like coffee and cycling then you're going to love this narrative arc. Even if you don't like any of those things you'll STILL probably like it. Welcome to Anti Coffee: your new favourite Anti. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We are joined by the inimitable Beck (Odelay!) who is one of our primo baristas and all round enthusiastic person. We basically just have a chat don't we? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Here comes the knockout punch. We've spent the series softening you up, and now it's time to deliver the killer blow via Whizzbang Whiteford and another mystery guest roaster with another fantastic mystery guest coffee. We're going out on a high. A caffeine high. Thanks for subbing, hope you enjoyed. See you next time dreamerz. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're setting them up for the knockout punch. Everyone's favourite, reluctant hero Bishop Brennan wades back into the Brew Zone TM to try and pull the wool over our eyes with another fantastic coffee from a mystery guest roaster. He doesn't realise he's dealing with a coupla normal guys who just happen to be coffee geniuses... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

May the fourth be with you. The fourth coffee that is! Wow if you like zingers like that then you're gonna love this brew-along. This time we have a mystery guest coffee from...not the Cartel....and Tony is giving us the ins and outs for it. Enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We've got them on the ropes as we near the halfway point of this season's Secret Subs. How are your caffeine tolerance levels? This one's a doozy. Float yourself over to the Chill Zone and wrap your ears around some of this. Enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Now we're doin' it. Another day another delicious coffee, am I rite? Everyone's favourite grey man, the mysterious Coco Bishop Brennan is our brewer for the week as we try in vain to get beyond the facade and delve deeper into what makes this cult hero tick. Let me tell you, the only thing we really find out is that he knows how to make a mean brew. Enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.