Episodes related to topic: top

Top Brew Why There Isn’t an Electric Drip Coffee Championship
Hosted by Joseph Darnell and Eric Rauch

This week on the podcast, Eric and Joe discuss the difference between waiting on a good cup of coffee, and grabbing the easiest-most-readily-available coffee for the masses. What’s in your cup? We don’t always have the best and most convenient hot beverages imaginable readily available. So, what do you do if you have to pick between the two?

Top Brew Converting Coffee Beans into Diamonds
Hosted by Joseph Darnell and Eric Rauch

This week on the podcast, Eric and Joe discuss aging coffee beans, follow-up on Celestial Seasonings’ herbal infusions, and their loves/hate relationship with decaffeinated coffees. What do we like about decaf? Where the industry is heading? The guys talk about the four types of decaf processing and their tastes.

Top Brew Quentin’s ‘Kill Bill’ Coffee Brewer
Hosted by Joseph Darnell and Eric Rauch

John Giuliano of Brewing Coffee Manually joins Joe to discuss his brewing ritual: how he stumbled upon craft coffee, roasts his own and enjoys online coffee subscriptions, collects brewing tools, and more.

Top Brew The Armless Man has Nothing to Worry About
Hosted by Joseph Darnell and Eric Rauch

This week on the show, Eric and Joe discuss Starbuck’s latest offering: cold brew coffee, and what people are saying about it. And for the main topic, the guys talk about the health risks and benefits of coffee, and what it means for your wellness, exercise, cognitive function, and more.

Top Brew The AeroPress in My Happy Meal
Hosted by Joseph Darnell and Eric Rauch

This week on the show, Eric and Joe introduce “follow-up,” discuss coffee percolators, explain how they would approach brewing large amounts of coffee for special gatherings at home, and more.

Top Brew Hand-spun Spider Webs
Hosted by Joseph Darnell and Eric Rauch

This week on the podcast, Eric and Joe talk about one of the more popular—yet lesser known—coffee makers that craft brewers love: the Hario V60. It’s the best ‘utilitarian’ coffee dripper, and has come to be Eric’s favorite brewing device.

Top Brew Founding Fathers were the Original Hipsters
Hosted by Joseph Darnell and Eric Rauch

Eric and Joe discuss Colorado craft coffee roasters, units of ounce and gram measurements, American coffee history, hot tea, Celestial Seasonings, and more.

Top Brew An International Phenomenon
Hosted by Joseph Darnell and Eric Rauch

Eric and Joe discuss Italian, Spanish, and French roasts, pairing coffee with breakfast foods, roasting your own beans at home, saddening Starbucks’ gift cards, and much more!

Top Brew A Cold Shower in a Polish Winter
Hosted by Joseph Darnell and Eric Rauch

Joe and our guest Justin Archer discuss caffeine addiction, abstaining from caffeine, and Justin’s brewing ritual. As the “optimized self” life coach of OptimizedSelf.ninja, Justin uses a variety of nutrients and suppliments — including coffee — to give himself a special edge.

Top Brew Roasting the Coffee Roasters
Hosted by Joseph Darnell and Eric Rauch

Crafting roast or industrial roasting: what’s the difference? Why can’t we produce 100 of pounds of roasted coffee in a single batch and get it to taste as well as a small batch? Do the big players like Starbucks hate us? Eric and Joe discuss this and more in this episode of Top Brew!