Summary

Joined by our good friend, Anthony Mair, we visited Gäbi Coffee & Bakery in the Chinatown district of Las Vegas joined us for some fine beverages and discussions about England, photography, and coffee … and not tea.

About our Guest (via amairphoto.com)

Anthony Mair first got his hands on a DSLR camera shortly after moving to Las Vegas in 2005. Initially, he shot mainly automotive subjects, gaining clients anywhere from publications in Los Angeles, truck bed covers in Missouri, and shooting SEMA display cars for Lexus. Within two years he landed his first big break: a two month gig shooting a Japanese airline for a 32 page feature spread. This was Anthony's biggest step into the world of photography.

Anthony would eventually go on to explore other different fields in photography: food, landscapes, still life, cityscapes, and portraits. Fast forward to the present; Anthony now has a client list comprised of companies such as MGM Resorts, Hakkasan, Four Seasons Hotel, Budweiser, Christian Louboutin, Caesars Entertainment, The Cosmopolitan, USA Sevens Rugby, and many more.

With years of experience shooting a vast array of subjects he has developed a distinct style that cannot be mistaken, whether he's shooting portraits, food, interiors, or cocktails.

To learn more about Anthony and to view his work, check him out at amairphoto.com. He's also on Instagram and Facebook and Facebook as @amairphoto.

Gäbi Coffee & Bakery

Gäbi Coffee & Bakery is recently opened coffee house located on the western fringe of the Chinatown district of Las Vegas, NV. Although it’s located in a fairly common-looking Las Vegas style strip mall, it’s not difficult to find the entrance to Gäbi. Near the southwest end of the building, Interrupting the nondescript exterior concrete wall, stand an imposing wooden door. Now, we’ve got limited knowledge of history in general, but this door looks like something reminiscent of feudal era Japan. Venturing beyond this door is when the experience begins.

The theme is said to be a “Korean coffee shop experience.” We haven’t visited any Korean coffee shops prior to this, so we can’t compare. But with this being our first, we were nothing short of impressed. Upon entering, the interior is overwhelming. It’s obviously a converted warehouse space; but that conversion has been done so well. The walls and floors are concrete, and the ceiling looks like a simple warehouse interior of exposed wooden trusses and ventilation shafts, accented by rudimentary aluminum sheet metal. That combination alone would typically be cold and uninviting, but it really just serves as a stage for the what it contains. Commanding immediate attention is the steel and glass “greenhouse” right in the middle of the space. Just in front of this greenhouse is the ordering counter, which displays coffees, teas, and pastries, as well as an espresso station on the left end. The interior of the greenhouse is their bakery, where they make all their pastries and baked goods. The greenhouse contains several hanging plants, and is also flanked by large trees, which bask in the natural lighting that shines through the many skylights and bounces off of the walls and dull metallic roof. This provides an awesome feeling of being in a quaint, inside park– almost like a greenhouse-in-a-greenhouse situation.

The perimeter of the shop has various seating arrangements, ranging from couches and two-tops to rocking chairs and a large stairway-tiered bench structure that also doubles as a bookshelf. This is all accented with wood, faux grass turf, and Asian artwork and furniture adorning the walls and open spaces. Tons of light floods in from the large front windows and skylights, with string lighting, Edison bulb lamps, and track lighting bringing subtle lighting to the shadows.

The coffee offerings are what you’d expect from a coffee shop. On this stop, we tried sampled the latte, cappuccino (“The Gäbi,” to be specific), machine-brewed coffee, and manual pour overs. The textures in the latte and cappuccino were beautiful. Espresso was pulled well, and the presentation of The Gäbi cappuccino was awesome. As for the machine-brewed coffee, it’s machine-brewed coffee– a cheap, quick grab. But the manual pour over … this is where they shined. We sampled the Ethiopian and Kenyan. Fantastic, distinct notes in both. Product aside, we did have two slight gripes about the pour over offerings:

• They were sold at MP (Market Price). This creates somewhat of an ambiguous situation when you go to purchase the coffee. It presents a can-I-afford-this situation. Were we buying a live Maine lobster, or a cup of coffee? Maybe an detailed description explaining and justifying– and displaying – this price would alleviate the concern prior to ordering. After asking, it turned out that they were priced around $6, which, is slightly more expensive than most other pour over options in the city.
• The serving size was somewhere in the realm of 4-5 oz. We viewed this as a fairly small pour. Again, this is in comparison to other pour over services we’ve had. When you couple a 4.5 oz. pour with a hidden $6 price tag, you wonder if the pour over is really worth it. These concerns are only slightly washed away by the flavor and aroma experience while enjoying the coffee.

The experience at Gäbi was awesome. It’s the perfect place to stop in for a cup or ten. It’s the perfect place to read a book, or to host a study group. It’s the perfect place to let your kids get some early morning energy out while you read the paper and enjoy a pastry. Oh, and after browsing their social feeds, it also seems like the perfect place to take that cute I-didn’t-know-you-were-taking-my-photo selfie for Instagram.

Gäbi Coffee & Bakery

Address: 5808 Spring Mountain Road, Suite 104

Phone: 702-209-3880

Open daily from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Facebook | Instagram | Yelp

Kelvin Home Coffee Roaster on Kickstarter

Looking to get into roasting coffee beans? The Kelvin Home Coffee Roaster appears to be the perfect entry level roaster.

Miscellaneous

The Breville The Smart Grinder Pro that Anthony was raving about

We’ve been eyeballing the Breville Barista Touch as a possible entry-level home espresso machine

Credits

Intro music credit:“Substance” by Grizzly Beats. Used under Creative Commons License.

Social Media:

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Coffee Talky

Episode** 6 – Black Rifle Coffee | Paul Goodman**

Paul Goodman LAT, ATC CSCS

Owner, Trainers Room, LLC

Trainers Room is an athletic/medical supply company, featuring their own line of athletic tape. trainersroom.com

Black Rifle Coffee Company

“Black Rifle Coffee Company offers premium products, delivers the highest quality customer experience, and serves as the premier coffee company to the conservative customer; while honoring those who protect, defend, and support our communities and our country.”

www.blackriflecoffee.com

Kanye Loving Candace Owens from Fox News

**Kanye Tweet:** I love the way Candace Owens thinks
**Candace Owens:** I’m freaking out. @kanyewest ....please take a meeting with me. I tell every single person that everything that I have been inspired to do, was written in your music. 
I am my own biggest fan, because you made it okay. I need you to help wake up the black community. 

hiphopdx.com/news/id.46574/title.kanye-wests-tweet-about-candace-owens-has-twitter-divided#

Become A Coffee Roaster

Kickstarter: the Power Roaster – a home coffee roaster

This kickstarter project gives you the ability to roast coffee beans in your own home.

“Roast coffee in your own home with our Power Roaster - Experience the amazing kick of fresh roasted coffee, it will energize your mind!”

“Simple and elegant in design and easy to use, the Power Roaster is capable of roasting enough coffee for a household in 6 minutes or less.  As good, and even better, than any home or commercial machine on the market, it is designed for simplicity so that anybody can use it with no unnecessary dials or gauges, It is also very affordable and will actually start saving you money in a few month's time.”

Dr. Amy Yasko - “Nutrigenomics”

www.dramyyasko.com/our-unique-approach/nutrigenomics/

Mycotoxins

Wikipedia – Mycotoxin

Mycotoxins and Green Coffee

Shoutouts

Intro music credit:“Substance” by Grizzly Beats. Used under Creative Commons License.

Follow Coffee Talky on Social Media:

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Our Last Podcast – FUBAR

We had serious technical issues with our recording application, Adobe Audition, while recording episode 5 last week with our first guest. We have since switched over to Rogue Amoeba's Audio Hijack.

Barista Olympics

Agnieszka Rojewska is the 2018 London Coffee Masters Champion. George couldn't help but reminisce on his encounter with a “Dong Latte” years ago.

Black while in Starbucks

Two men were arrested in a Philadelphia neighborhood Starbucks for using the restroom and waiting at a table for a meeting with a colleague, but not ordering anything.

Sambalatte Fazenda Guariroba

George picked up a really nice bag of Fazenda Guariroba from Sambalatte on his way into the Coffee Talky studio.

Episode 5 Reference Links

Seattle Coffee Gear

Hario V60 Coffee Dripper

Chemex

Aeropress

California Court Rulings to Label Coffee for Cancer Risk

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/30/health/coffee-cancer-court-decision-warning-label-california/index.html

• Acrylamide - chemical created in the roasting process.
• Important to note. There’s been no link to cancer or death in humans
  but large doses of the chemical gives rats cancer.

American Institute for Cancer Research: Coffee Doesn’t need a Cancer Warning

http://blog.aicr.org/2018/03/30/coffee-doesnt-need-cancer-warning/

On a “cancer worry” scale from 0 to 10, coffee should be solidly at 0 and smoking at 10; they should not have similar warning labels.

Instagram Influencers House Cleaning

Instagram is looking to clean house on fake accounts / fake influencers

https://creatorhype.com/instagram-change-kill-fake-influencers/

Is Bruno Mars a Cultural Appropriator?

Watch The Grapevine video on YouTube as they discuss cultural appropriation

https://youtu.be/Z9NTvCyprsA

Stumptown Coffee

We brewed and sipped on Stumptown's DTLA blend as well as a Stumptown sparkling cold brew

https://www.stumptowncoffee.com

Shoutouts
Intro music credit:“Substance” by Grizzly Beats. Used under Creative Commons License.

Follow Coffee Talky on Social Media:
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National Walkout Day
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/03/14/thousands-students-across-u-s-walk-out-class-today-protest-gun-violence/420731002/

Mothership Coffee Roasters & Bakery
2708 N GREEN VALLEY PKWY
Everyday 7a-6p
(702) 456-1869
mothershipcoffee.com

Coffees sampled

• Mexico Sierra Azul
• Ethiopia Sidamo
• Nitro Cold Brew + Hops

Greg's New Career: Hand Model
Big time retired actor Greg lended his helping hands to a video shoot starring his left and right hands. (thanks to Chris Jones, Brian & Jennifer Henry)

The Coffee Joint
Coffee Shop in CO - “The Coffee Joint” - First coffee shop to legally allow the consumption on property. $5 cover charge includes 1 cup of coffee OR if you show your weed receipt from the dispensary next door you get in for free.

Shoutouts
Intro music credit:“Substance” by Grizzly Beats. Used under Creative Commons License.

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Show Notes

Making Bulletproof® Coffee | Cougar Catnip - CT002

(please note that some links below maybe affiliate/Amazon affiliate links)

Coffee Talky Bulletproof Recipe

1. 8oz of brewed Bulletproof coffee
2. 1 tablespoon of coconut oil
3. 1 tablespoon of pasture butter
4. Put oil and butter into a deeper jar / container. Pour brewed coffee over the oil and butter. The jar will need to be deep enough so you can hit it with the emulsion blender. Warning: the liquid will rise when you turn the blender on.
5. Keep the blender on long enough to mix all the ingredients
6. Preference: add a small dash of the pink Himalayan salt. This will cut any bitterness you may have from the coffee. Don’t overdo it.

Items used in our Bulletproof recipe

• Bulletproof coffee beans: https://www.bulletproof.com
• Trader Joe’s organic coconut oil: http://amzn.to/2t368PP
• Kerrygold unsalted butter: http://amzn.to/2GRpMQL
• Pink Himalayan salt: http://amzn.to/2F6AJh3
• Emulsion Blender: http://amzn.to/2F6BDdr

Additional items to add to your bulletproof coffee

• Ceylon Cinnamon: http://amzn.to/2GV26LB
• Organic Ground Cloves: http://amzn.to/2F240cM
• Vanilla Powder: http://amzn.to/2F2yyiD

Cafe Steez
a service that pairs coffee with hip hop records. All shipped to your house. Must have record player: http://sprudge.com/meet-cafe-steez-the-new-subscription-pairing-coffee-hip-hop-130781.html

Netflix Debt
Correction on Netflix debt. It’s not $5Bz it’s $20Bz: http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-netflix-debt-spending-20170729-story.html

Shoutouts
Shout out to Shewchuk for hooking up this episodes coffee fix: @shewchuk

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Broken “Manual” Coffee Maker

Greg’s Broken Version No.1 (purchased during the Kickstarter campaign) was very similar to the Version No.2 - http://www.manual.is/pourover/
New Version No.3 - http://www.manual.is/coffee/ - Manual was founded and is directed by Craighton Berman http://studio.craightonberman.com —a designer who has work in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago and was the first designer to use Kickstarter to launch a product.

Vesta Coffee Roasters

Vesta Coffee Roasters is a coffee shop and roasting house located at 1114 S. Casino Center Blvd. #1, Las Vegas, NV 89104, in downtown Las Vegas, NV.

In this episode we brewed and sipped Ethiopia Yabitu Koba.

Check out Vesta
Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @vestacoffee.
vestacoffee.com

Cuban Coffee

• Cafe Bustelo
• Cafe Las Llave
• The Original Bialetti Moka Express - Cuban Coffee Maker

Vegas Golden Knights

If you're a hockey fan, here's more info about the Vegas Golden Knights.

Miscellaneous

What the hell did Greg say about Oregon being the most racist state at some point in U.S. history?- https://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/exclusion_laws/#.WpNSJmaZMsl

In defense of his home state, George figured a “top ten” list format site listing Oregon as the 34th most racist state would offer some redemption: - https://www.thetoptens.com/most-racists-states-us/page2.asp