Coffee Talk Podcast

In Episode 10 of Coffee Talk Christopher, the manager at Glasgow’s Gordon Street Coffee, guides us through another cupping session featuring two more distinctive coffees from the Gordon Street range – El Laurel, from Peru, and Indian Gems of Aruka from, er…, India.       You can prepare for this episode by ordering the coffees we’ll be tasting from the Gordon Street Coffee website, subject to availability, but you can join in with any coffee at all.   We’d love to hear from you on these issues and with any other thoughts or questions you might have, so find us on Twitter and Facebook or just comment below!   Gordon Street Coffee are based in Glasgow and local listeners can find them in Central Station. For those a little further afield, you can keep up with the team on their Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages or buy some of their coffee on the Gordon Street Coffee website.   You can subscribe to Coffee Talk on iTunes, Pocket Casts, TuneIn, Stitcher or on your usual podcast app. Regardless of how you listen, it makes a huge difference if you can rate and review the show on iTunes, if you like it. We appreciate your support!     The post Episode 10 – Cupping: El Laurel & Indian Gems of Aruka appeared first on Coffee Talk Podcast.

In Episode 9 of Coffee Talk we chat with a new guest who has worked in the UK coffee industry since the 1980s. We look at the changes and developments over that time and ahead to new opportunities in the years to come.     We’d love to hear from you on these topics and with any other thoughts or questions you might have, so find us on Twitter and Facebook or just comment below!   Gordon Street Coffee are based in Glasgow and local listeners can find them in Central Station. For those a little further afield, you can keep up with the team on their Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages or buy some of their coffee on the Gordon Street Coffee website.   You can subscribe to Coffee Talk on iTunes, Pocket Casts, TuneIn, Stitcher or on your usual podcast app. Regardless of how you listen, it makes a huge difference if you can rate and review the show on iTunes, if you like it. We appreciate your support!     The post Episode 9 – Coffee’s Growth in the UK appeared first on Coffee Talk Podcast.

In Episode 8 of Coffee Talk we talk once again with Christopher and John, the manager and master roaster at Glasgow’s Gordon Street Coffee. Christopher discusses the environmental impact of retail coffee; while John discusses the coffee plant.     We’d love to hear from you on these topics and with any other thoughts or questions you might have, so find us on Twitter and Facebook or just comment below!   Gordon Street Coffee are based in Glasgow and local listeners can find them in Central Station. For those a little further afield, you can keep up with the team on their Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages or buy some of their coffee on the Gordon Street Coffee website.   You can subscribe to Coffee Talk on iTunes, Pocket Casts, TuneIn, Stitcher or on your usual podcast app. Regardless of how you listen, it makes a huge difference if you can rate and review the show on iTunes, if you like it. We appreciate your support!     The post Episode 8 – Coffee Cups and the Coffee Plant appeared first on Coffee Talk Podcast.

In Episode 7 of Coffee Talk we talk more with Christopher and John, the manager and master roaster at Glasgow’s Gordon Street Coffee. Christopher discusses the equipment used in the coffee shop; while John explains to us some of the health benefits derived from coffee.       We’d love to hear from you on these topics and with any other thoughts or questions you might have, so find us on Twitter and Facebook or just comment below!   Gordon Street Coffee are based in Glasgow and local listeners can find them in Central Station. For those a little further afield, you can keep up with the team on their Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages or buy some of their coffee on the Gordon Street Coffee website.   You can subscribe to Coffee Talk on iTunes, Pocket Casts, TuneIn, Stitcher or on your usual podcast app. Regardless of how you listen, it makes a huge difference if you can rate and review the show on iTunes, if you like it. We appreciate your support!     The post Episode 7 – Health Benefits of Coffee appeared first on Coffee Talk Podcast.

In Episode 6 of Coffee Talk we chat again with Christopher and John, the manager and master roaster at Glasgow’s Gordon Street Coffee. Christopher discusses the ins and outs of managing a busy coffee shop; while John chats about the equipment he uses to roast his coffee beans.     Among the topics we discuss with in this episode are: • Particular challenges faced in running a coffee shop; • Initiatives Christopher is particularly proud of; • The best equipment to choose for roasting beans; and • The importance of human input into the roasting process.   We’d love to hear from you on these topics and with any other thoughts or questions you might have, so find us on Twitter and Facebook or just comment below!   Gordon Street Coffee are based in Glasgow and local listeners can find them in Central Station. For those a little further afield, you can keep up with the team on their Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages or buy some of their coffee on the Gordon Street Coffee website.   You can subscribe to Coffee Talk on iTunes, Pocket Casts, TuneIn, Stitcher or on your usual podcast app. Regardless of how you listen, it makes a huge difference if you can rate and review the show on iTunes, if you like it. We appreciate your support!     The post Episode 6 – Running a Coffee Shop appeared first on Coffee Talk Podcast.

In Episode 5 of Coffee Talk Christopher, the manager at Glasgow’s Gordon Street Coffee, guides us through a cupping session featuring two of the more distinctive coffees available at Gordon St, the dark roast Full French and the medium roast Peruvian Feminino.     Among the topics we discuss with in this episode are: • How cupping works and what its purpose is; • The differences between the coffees we are tasting; • How to carry out a cupping session at home; and • Where to get the beans we use in the cupping session for this episode.   You can prepare for this episode by ordering the coffees we’ll be tasting from the Gordon Street Coffee website. The two we’ve gone for are the Full French and the Peruvian Feminino, but you can join in with any coffee at all.   We’d love to hear from you on these issues and with any other thoughts or questions you might have, so find us on Twitter and Facebook or just comment below!   Gordon Street Coffee are based in Glasgow and local listeners can find them in Central Station. For those a little further afield, you can keep up with the team on their Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages or buy some of their coffee on the Gordon Street Coffee website.   You can subscribe to Coffee Talk on iTunes, Pocket Casts, TuneIn, Stitcher or on your usual podcast app. Regardless of how you listen, it makes a huge difference if you can rate and review the show on iTunes, if you like it. We appreciate your support!     The post Episode 5 – Cupping: Full French & Peruvian Feminino appeared first on Coffee Talk Podcast.

In Episode 4 of Coffee Talk we speak again to Christopher, the manager at Glasgow’s Gordon Street Coffee, along with his colleague Aimee. This week we’re finding out about the differences in coffee culture in the UK compared to Australia and about latte art from Aimee and we’ll chat with Christopher about different options for creating great coffee at home.     Among the topics we discuss with in this episode are: • How coffee culture in Australia influenced Aimee; • The differences between that culture and the developing coffee culture in the UK; • Latte art, what it is and how it’s done; • Why the coffee we make at home is never quite as good as in a coffee shop; • Options for making coffee at home; and • Whether the beans Gordon Street choose for their espresso influence sales for home use.   We’d love to hear from you on these issues and with any other thoughts or questions you might have, so find us on Twitter and Facebook or just comment below!   Gordon Street Coffee are based in Glasgow and local listeners can find them in Central Station. For those a little further afield, you can keep up with the team on their Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages or buy some of their coffee on the Gordon Street Coffee website.   Next week’s episode is a cupping session with Christopher from Gordon Street. You can prepare by ordering the coffees we’ll be tasting from their website. The two we’ve gone for are the Full French and the Peruvian Feminino, but you can join in with any coffee at all.   You can subscribe to Coffee Talk on iTunes, Pocket Casts, TuneIn, Stitcher or on your usual podcast app. Regardless of how you listen, it makes a huge difference if you can rate and review the show on iTunes, if you like it. We appreciate your support!     The post Episode 4 – Making Espresso at Home appeared first on Coffee Talk Podcast.

In Episode 3 of Coffee Talk we speak again to Christopher and John, the manager and master roaster respectively at Glasgow’s Gordon Street Coffee. This week we’re finding out about coffee culture in the UK from Christopher and speaking to John about flavours and taste profiles of different coffee beans.     Among the topics we discuss with in this episode are: • How coffee culture has developed in the UK over the past 15-20 years; • The influence of big coffee chains on that development; • How that culture might develop further in the coming years; • Which flavours might be easiest for an uneducated palate to discern; • How to craft a good coffee blend; and • Whether any particular flavours are more commercially popular than others.   We’d love to hear from you on these issues and with any other thoughts or questions you might have, so find us on Twitter and Facebook or just comment below!   Gordon Street Coffee are based in Glasgow and local listeners can find them in Central Station. For those a little further afield, you can keep up with the team on their Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages or buy some of their coffee on the Gordon Street Coffee website.   You can subscribe to Coffee Talk on iTunes, Pocket Casts, TuneIn, Stitcher or on your usual podcast app. Regardless of how you listen, it makes a huge difference if you can rate and review the show on iTunes, if you like it. We appreciate your support!     The post Episode 3 – Taste Profiles appeared first on Coffee Talk Podcast.

In Episode 2 of Coffee Talk we catch up with Christopher and John, the manager and master roaster respectively at Glasgow’s Gordon Street Coffee, to discuss some different ways to prepare coffee and the ethics of fairly traded coffee.     Amongst the topics we discuss with in this episode are: • How different coffees are prepared; • The popularity of different coffees; • How different coffee cultures introduce different variations; • What trends are coming for coffee drinkers; • The difference between Fairtrade coffee and fairly traded coffee; • The benefit to coffee farmers of an ethical buying approach; • The drawbacks of some fair trade schemes; and • John’s palate and how it affects the blends he produces.   We’d love to hear from you on these issues and with any other thoughts or questions you might have, so find us on Twitter and Facebook or just comment below!   Gordon Street Coffee are based in Glasgow and local listeners can find them in Central Station. For those a little further afield, you can keep up with the team on their Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages or buy some of their coffee on the Gordon Street Coffee website.   You can subscribe to Coffee Talk on iTunes, Pocket Casts, TuneIn, Stitcher or on your usual podcast app. Regardless of how you listen, it makes a huge difference if you can rate and review the show on iTunes, if you like it. We appreciate your support!     The post Episode 2 – Fairly Traded Coffee appeared first on Coffee Talk Podcast.

This is Coffee Talk, a new podcast for coffee lovers, enthusiasts and the coffee-curious. In Episode 1 we meet Christopher and John, the manager and master roaster respectively at Glasgow’s Gordon Street Coffee, to discuss some coffee basics and get to know them a little.     Amongst the topics we discuss with in this episode are: • Christopher and John’s respective backgrounds in coffee; • Popular ways to serve coffee; • The coffees they serve and how they help to guide customers to the right coffee for them; • What makes a master roaster?; • How John chooses and buys beans for roasting; • The ins and outs of the coffee roasting process; • How the roasting of the coffee affects flavours; and • What Fairtrade coffee is and what that label represents.   We’d love to hear from you on these issues and with any other thoughts or questions you might have, so find us on Twitter and Facebook or just comment below!   Gordon Street Coffee are based in Glasgow and local listeners can find them in Central Station. For those a little further afield, you can keep up with the team on their Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages or buy some of their coffee on the Gordon Street Coffee website.   You can subscribe to Coffee Talk on iTunes, Pocket Casts, TuneIn, Stitcher or on your usual podcast app. Regardless of how you listen, it makes a huge difference if you can rate and review the show on iTunes, if you like it. We appreciate your support!     The post Episode 1 – Coffee Basics appeared first on Coffee Talk Podcast.

Welcome to Coffee Talk, a podcast about coffee and coffee culture. Over the next ten weeks we’ll be trying to expand our coffee knowledge with help from the team at Gordon Street Coffee in Glasgow, Scotland.     We’ll be looking at ways coffee is served, where the beans come from and how the flavours differ, equipment used for coffee both in the home and commercially, the development in coffee culture over recent years and much, much more besides.   If you have any questions or ideas for future episode we’d love to hear them, so please get in touch.   We hope you enjoy the show and look forward to receiving your feedback. You can find us on twitter at @coffeetalkpod, over on our Facebook page or you can join in with the comments here on the website.     The post Welcome to Coffee Talk appeared first on Coffee Talk Podcast.