Behind The Brew Coffee Podcast

Our esteemed guest is none other than Anne Cooper of Equilibrium Master Roasters. She brings a careers worth of knowledge and understanding about all things roasting. We chat about blend development, flavour and roast analysis and understanding market segments for roasters. This is a packed episode and full of roasting gold nuggets!

He did what we all dream of, relocate to a tropical paradise and live your dreams. Yep, Shae Macnamara founder of Expat.Roasters is our guest today. An Aussie making serious waves in Bali, Indonesia with exceptional coffee and style. We discuss starting a new business, working with other cultures, competitions and a whole range of other things. This was recorded on my phone, while in Bali, so the audio isn't as good as normal, but you'll soon forget and get sucked into Shae's amazing mind.

We chat with multiple brewers cup finalist, training extraordinaire and all round nice guy David Train. In this episode we cover staff training, trouble shooting filter coffee, impacts of water on coffee and his approach to competitions. You can also enjoy my completely-blocked-sinus intro!!! haha. Enjoy.

In this episode we delve deep in with Australian Brewers Cup champion Heath Dalziel. We talk cafe ownership, ethos and motivation for new stores, relationships with suppliers, comps and competition prep, water, water, and more water plus a sneaky origin trip story.

This show features Adam Marley from Monastery Coffee dropping truth bombs on the coffee supply chain, roasting comps collaborative projects and a whole lot of good coffee talk.

In this episode we kick off 2019 with a bang. Roger Bright, owner and operator of Open House Coffee Roasters in Queensland shares his 10 years experience in customer/client relations and how to work together for the greater good. We talk cashflow, origin trips, flavour profiles, roasting techniques and just how to be a better human!

Meet the dynamic duo Mike and Ciaran from Vertue Coffee Roasters, we cover a range of café related topics, staffing, leadership, asset acquisition and a whole lot more!!

In this episode we chat with a total coffee veteran and legend, Chris Natoli from Talk Coffee, born and bred into coffee from childhood. Chis has a great outlook on life and coffee, we hear all about café ownership, staff culture, relationships with greens suppliers and a lot more.

The first episode in our next season, Dave from FTA Coffee is an all round superstar, sharing his journey through the coffee world, what its like to be a greens trader and a few cool origin stories.

In this episode we get to know Georgia Major, a Q grader and coffee QC at H&A Bennetts. Georgia is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to flavour, tasting, cupping, and green beans. If you want to learn more about tasting coffee then this is the episode for you.