CoffeeGeek Podcast 045 - Black Gold the Movie, New Coffees and Equipment

Show Notes Black Gold, Superautos and More with Mark and Beata This episode brought to you by 1stincoffee.com, your one-stop shop for anything and everything espresso or coffee related! Intro - Tom’s Diner by Suzanne Vega (0:11) New coffees we’ve tried lately   - West Coast Roasting’s Espresso Torro (4:04) - Intelligentsia’s Kid O is back! (7:21) - Ecco Caffè’s Bolivian 2005 Cup of Excellence and Daterra Espresso (7:57) - Novo Coffee’s wild forest coffees (9:53) Black Gold – Mark and Beata’s review (11:07) - Starbucks’ portrayal in the movie (12:27) - The rise in the New York “C” price  (14:04) - Tadesse Meskela of the Oromia Coffee Farmers’ Coop and building schools in Ethiopia (16:53) - A few criticisms (19:18) New espresso machine news! - La Marzocco GS3 – delivery dates have gone out (23:04) - Krups’ new superauto coming out this fall (26:34) Contest results!  (37:18) - Haiku contest winner: Jeremey Barrett of Sugar Land, Texas (37:43) - Zoka DVD contest winner: Travis from Bellingham, Washington (email us by 9/12!) (39:31) News about CoffeeGeek (40:16) - A fix to the forum search functionality is in the works (40:22) - The Marketplace, a place for advertisers to announce their latest products, is coming (41:19) - The annual Holiday Gift List is returning (hopefully) in mid-November (43:05) Mark’s latest magazine articles - City Food, Restaurant coffee and Mark’s challenge (45:15) - Imbibe Magazine, Espresso 101 (51:43) Wrap up (53:53) - Next podcast: the Imbibe Magazine episode Outro  – Tom’s? by Michael Stipe