Coffee stories with an extra shot of history and science. Filter Stories is a podcast revealing coffee’s hidden microscopic secrets, its powerful... more
Deep inside your coffee grinder, tiny changes can have massive consequences. This episode takes you deep inside Mahlkönig’s grinders to... more
For your coffee to taste its best, it’s crucial you buy fresh roasts and grind fresh.….….Or maybe not. When I began... more
In the last episode, I discovered that rinsing my Chemex filter papers was a waste of time! As a result... more
Should you rinse your filter paper before making a filter coffee? Almost everybody in coffee internet says you should. But what... more
Farming coffee organically is amazing because soils are more alive, birds and insects are more plentiful, farmers avoid getting sick... more
The world’s farming soils are deteriorating quickly.Conventional coffee farming where plants are grown using agrochemicals allowed farmers to reap huge... more
Roasting coffee can be maddening. Just 4° Celsius is enough to make the same green beans taste distinctly different! And... more
What flavours do you want from your coffee?Every coffee bean begins its life green. And if you brewed it up... more
Ever wonder why you and your friends can taste the same coffee, but you can’t agree on the flavour notes?... more
So you’ve just taken a sip of a very rare coffee, and flavours of passion fruit explode in your mouth.But... more
We're back with another series of The Science of Coffee!Across 10 science stories, narrative audio producer and coffee professional James... more
America is coffee-obsessed. From Central Perk’s red couch being the centre of major plot twists in Friends to the fact... more
One morning back in the ‘80s, Howard Schultz walks out of his Milan hotel, stumbles into an espresso bar, and... more
Haiti was once the biggest, most profitable coffee growing region in the world. But today Haiti is one of the... more
A coffee shop is a lot more than just a place to drink coffee. The seats and sofas encourage you... more
We're back with more stories about the tiny psychoactive seed that changed the world and continues to shape our lives... more
Imagine you’ve got a cup of coffee in front of you. You haven’t tasted it yet. You therefore don’t know... more
When was the last time you picked up a cappuccino with a mountain of foam perched on top? Maybe these... more
A good espresso is a sublime experience: rich, sweet, and wonderfully caffeinated. But, who woke up one morning and thought... more
How can you make better coffee at home? Well, an easy way is to buy higher quality beans. But, I’m... more
How can you make better coffee at home? Well, an easy way is to buy higher quality beans. But, I’m concerned this... more