Ep 04: "But I Need It!"

Coming Soon: The World Coffee Championships Podcast

Release Date: 10/26/2020

Authors: Specialty Coffee Association

Description:  Coming soon to the SCA Podcast channel: The World Coffee Championships podcast! Across six episodes, the series offers a glimpse behind the scenes, bringing to light some of the hidden stories woven in and around these annual events that serve as the culmination of local and regional events around the globe. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe to make sure you don't miss the launch! Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsSpotifyStitcherTransistor / RSS Feed Full Transcript"It was only like old white guys in suits, you know, and I can tell you one story about this guy. He was, like, giving a speech in front of like a big hall, like, 'women cannot make coffee because they can't tamp.'"  Welcome to new podcast series from the Specialty Coffee Association. "These kind of things just makes me personally stronger because I'm like, okay, I'm gonna show them. You know, this is just like how humans are acting, you know, if we have too many suits you will have some punks coming in. And we were the punks, you know, we were the young people coming in, and like we wanted to change."  In the next six episodes, we're going to explore the World Coffee Championships. Where did they come from? "And so starting from a blank page, I was inspired by, of all things, figure skating." How did things go wrong?  "Everyone backstage was a little bit in shock and we're all looking at each other, like what is going on? Like, is this real? Is this even allowed?" How were they fixed? "You know, a lot of baristas didn't really understand what happened in Dublin. I mean, most people probably don't even know that the Dublin event ever happened."  What changes do you want to see in these competitions? "The guy who was set up next to me... I swear to God he had a stack of like four refractometers sitting on his table. And I said, 'What do you need those for?' And he said, 'Well, I'm using them for compulsory.' "I said, 'All four of them?!'" I'm James Harper, the producer, and in each episode, we're going to hear from people who come together every year to celebrate specialty coffee and push the industry forward. "My name is Christina Jackson." "Emma Markland-Webster." "Chad Wang." "Nyakaisiki Annette." "Um Paul." "Carl Sara." "Trish Rothgeb." "Innocent." "Simi Benzadon." "Chloe King." "Mickey." "José Joaquín Ordoñez." "Maria Esther." "Heather Perry." "Cheryl Lee." "David Jameson." "Turgay Yildizli." "Sylvia Gutierrez." "Federico Bolanos." "Sergey Blinnikov." "Nicholas Cho." "Tone Liavaag." "Jingyi." "Kim Staalman." "Alf Kramer." "Danilo Acosta-Busch."  And to help tell these stories, I'm going to be joined by, "Sara Al-Ali." "Rie Moustakis." "Anna Oleksak." "Roukiat Delrue." "Kimberly Yer." "Sonja Bjork Grant." "Gloria Pedroza."  And listen, we know it's no fun that these competitions aren't happening this year, but we hope this podcast will help us feel more connected. And, if this is the first time you've ever heard of the World Coffee Championships, this series will give you an entertaining window into this world and why we love it so much. You can subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Transistor, the SCA website, or wherever you get your podcast.  "If that's something that we learn as a volunteers, it's that competitors are stressed. You are stressed. We don't stop running. And I just heard a CRASH." 

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Ep 03: "We Were the Punks"

Release Date: 11/12/2020

Authors: Specialty Coffee Association

Description: “We Were the Punks” traces the early days of the World Barista Championships from a rag-tag group of volunteers looking to raise specialty coffee awareness to a powerful, monetizable stage grappling with questions of scale and professionalism. Along the way, co-host Sonja Bjork Grant leads us through stories of spit buckets, snakeskin boots, backstage woes, intensifying competition preparation, and devastating debriefs through interviews with Tone Elian Liavaag, Emma Markland-Webster, Simi Benzadon, Paul Basset, and Heather Perry.Special Thanks to Our Series & Episode Sponsor, Victoria Arduino This series of the WCC Podcast is brought to you by Victoria Arduino. Born in the early twentieth century amid social and cultural transformation, Victoria Arduino broke with tradition and focused on progress, a mission it carries forward today. Victoria Arduino advances coffee knowledge and innovates across design, technology, and performance to produce machines that nurture coffee professionals' passion for espresso excellence. For more information, visit victoriaarduino.com. Victoria Arduino: Inspired by your passion.We’d like to thank Sonja Bjork Grant, our co-host for this episode, and our interviewees for their time in sharing their stories about the early days of the World Barista Championship, in order of appearance: Tone Elian Liavaag, Emma Markland-Webster, Simi Benzadon, Paul Basset, and Heather Perry. Thanks, too, to Igloo Media for use of audio from “Living Coffee with Paul Basset.”For a full list of those who helped across the entire series, a year-long effort, click here. Series 01 of the World Coffee Championships Podcast is a coffee documentary series produced by James Harper of Filter Productions for the Specialty Coffee Association. Learn more about this episode of the World Coffee Championships Podcast, made possible with the support of Victoria Arduino, including a full transcript and credits at sca.coffee/sca-news/listen/wcc-podcast/03-we-were-the-punks.

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Ep 06: "Worlds Apart"

Release Date: 12/03/2020

Authors: Specialty Coffee Association

Description: This week, we’re excited (and a little bit sad) to release the sixth and final episode of the World Coffee Championships Podcast’s first series. “Worlds Apart” tells the stories of the World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship and the World Brewers Cup, two competitions that take vastly different approaches to growing the specialty coffee community. Along the way, co-host Kimberly Yer leads us through stories of unlikely inspiration, the value of setting expectations, the push and pull of subjectivity and objectivity, and the shape of things to come through interviews with Dave Jameson, Cheryl Lee Su Yin, Nick Cho, Chad Wang, and Kristina Jackson.Special Thanks to Our Series Sponsor, Victoria Arduino This series of the WCC Podcast is brought to you by Victoria Arduino. Born in the early twentieth century amid social and cultural transformation, Victoria Arduino broke with tradition and focused on progress, a mission it carries forward today. Victoria Arduino advances coffee knowledge and innovates across design, technology, and performance to produce machines that nurture coffee professionals' passion for espresso excellence. For more information, visit victoriaarduino.com. Victoria Arduino: Inspired by your passion.Special Thanks to Our Episode Sponsor, Licor 43This episode of the WCC Podcast is brought to you with support from Licor 43. Licor 43 is a premium liqueur produced in Cartagena, Spain, from a secret Spanish family recipe of 43 natural ingredients including Mediterranean citrus fruit and selected botanicals. Licor 43 shares complementary tasting notes with coffee, and it loves putting extraordinary things together. Learn more about how Licor 43 calls on cocktail and coffee professionals around the world to showcase their expertise and creativity with their Barista and Bartenders Challenge. Licor 43: Tastes better together.We’d like to thank Kimberly Yer, our co-host for this episode, and our interviewees for their time in sharing their stories about the evolution of the World Coffee in Good Spirits Championship and the World Brewers Cup, in order of appearance: Dave Jameson, Cheryl Lee Su Yin, Nick Cho, Chad Wang, and Kristina Jackson. For a full list of those who helped across the entire series, a year-long effort, click here. Series 01 of the World Coffee Championships Podcast is a coffee documentary series produced by James Harper of Filter Productions for the Specialty Coffee Association. Learn more about this episode of the World Coffee Championships Podcast, made possible with the support of Victoria Arduino and Licor 43, including a full transcript and credits at sca.coffee/sca-news/listen/wcc-podcast/06-words-apart

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Ep 05: "Turn It On"

Release Date: 11/26/2020

Authors: Specialty Coffee Association

Description: “Turn It On” tells the stories of the World Coffee Roasting Championship and the Cezve/Ibrik Championships, two competitions with incredibly close-knit communities at their heart. Along the way, co-hosts Anna Oleksak and Sara Al-Ali lead us through stories about navigating subjectivity, all kinds of development, and the lengths we go to for coffee (and love) through interviews with Trish Rothgeb, Sylvia Gutierrez, Lee Yiming, Yuan Jingyi, Sergey Blinnikov, and Turgay Yildizli.Special Thanks to Our Series Sponsor, Victoria Arduino This series of the WCC Podcast is brought to you by Victoria Arduino. Born in the early twentieth century amid social and cultural transformation, Victoria Arduino broke with tradition and focused on progress, a mission it carries forward today. Victoria Arduino advances coffee knowledge and innovates across design, technology, and performance to produce machines that nurture coffee professionals' passion for espresso excellence. For more information, visit victoriaarduino.com. Victoria Arduino: Inspired by your passion.Special Thanks to Our Episode Sponsor, Loumidis PapagalosThis episode of the WCC podcast is made possible with support from Loumidis Papagalos. For over a century, Loumidis Papagalos has been evolving ibrik coffee tradition in Greece, offering unique moments to true coffee lovers. In 2020 Loumidis Papagalos celebrates its first 100 years, always nourishing passion around ibrik coffee and supporting its way forward. To learn more visit nestlenoiazomai.gr/loumidis. Loumidis Papagalos, the true expert in coffee!We’d like to thank Anna Oleksak and Sara Al-Ali, our co-hosts for this episode, and our interviewees for their time in sharing their stories about the evolution of the World Coffee Roasters Championship and the Cezve/Ibrik Championship, in order of appearance: Trish Rothgeb, Sylvia Gutierrez, Lee Yiming, Yuan Jingyi, Sergey Blinnikov, and Turgay Yildizli. Thanks also to our roaster participants in James’ “How would you roast…?” game—Valentina Moksunova, David Rosali, Chad Goddard, Ariel Bravo, and Marian Aguilar—and to Lobotryasi and Specialty Turkish Coffee for audio permissions. For a full list of those who helped across the entire series, a year-long effort, click here. Series 01 of the World Coffee Championships Podcast is a coffee documentary series produced by James Harper of Filter Productions for the Specialty Coffee Association. Learn more about this episode of the World Coffee Championships Podcast, made possible with the support of Victoria Arduino and Loumidis Papagalos, including a full transcript and credits at sca.coffee/sca-news/listen/wcc-podcast/05-turn-it-on

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The Clay Table

Release Date: 04/11/2021

Authors: Ernest and Nicette

Description: Welcome to The Clay Table Podcast where we talk about all things coffee, including opening our very first specialty coffee bar and roastery in Cape Town, South Africa; coffee farmers in Africa; coffee trading practices; communities impacted by coffee farming; world championships; economics of coffee; coffee consumption; and a whole lot in-between.Your hosts - Ernest and Nicette - Co-Founders and Co-Owners of Clay Pigeon Trading, Swart Coffee Company, and Cape Matcha. This podcast is an expression session., so nothing is scripted. The conversation is driven by our passion.

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Calamaro's Podcasts

Release Date: 03/28/2021

Authors: Calamaro

Description: From short spins a cakes to Fixed 42 World Championships

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Spincake

Release Date: 08/06/2020

Authors: Calamaro

Description: From Short Spins and Cakes to Fixed 42 World Championships

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Radio | Frisbee Rob

Release Date: 04/07/2021

Description: Frisbee Rob is a motivational speaker and frisbee ambassador with 6 Guinness World Records and 13 World Championships.

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SBL Shootaround

Release Date: 08/18/2020

Authors: sblshootaround

Description: SBL Shootaround Podcasts.Women's - Randy Miegel (2-time Grand Final coach, 2-time Coach of the Year, Goldfields Giants 20th Anniversary Team captain)Men's - Ben Ettridge (2 championships/6 Grand Finals Joondalup Wolves, 2 World Championships, 218 games)

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Power Play With Nicholas Pohla

Release Date: 12/27/2021

Authors: Nicholas Pohla

Description: Talking all things hockey. Not just the NHL but the AHL, ECHL, College Hockey, Junior Hockey, World Juniors, U18s, World Championships, and Olympics.

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Chasin' Championships

Release Date: 04/26/2022

Authors: Skyler and Shayne Whitney

Description: Join me and my father as we talk about our two favorite sports (Baseball and Football) and listen to our passionate opinions and theories when it comes to the the NFL and MLB with a primary focus being on the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Steelers.

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The World Juniors Podcast

Release Date: 04/30/2021

Authors: Nathan Gatt

Description: This podcast dove into the backstory behind an initiallly controversial move by one team after winning the Gold Medal at the 2021 World Junior Hockey Championships.

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Ken Shamrock

Release Date: 09/08/2020

Authors: Ken Shamrock

Description: Ken Shamrock is one of the most widely recognized MMA fighters in the world. He is a legendary American Mixed Martial Arts fighter & former professional wrestler. Ken Shamrock is best known for his participation in the Ultimate Fighting Championships, Pride Fighting Championships the World Wrestling Federation, Total Nonstop Wrestling Action and Pancrase.

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Between Two Urns

Release Date: 04/26/2022

Authors: Ben Richardson

Description: A dive into the world of coffee roasting, the coffee industry and life in general. Ben invites you to join the conversation, as he navigates the world of coffee and coffee professionals.

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Rowing Story

Release Date: 08/12/2020

Authors: Helena Smalman-Smith

Description: A history of GB women's international rowing from 1951, covering the Women's European Rowing Championships from 1954-1973, and the women's rowing events at the World Championships from 1974 and Olympic Games from 1976. Written by Helena Smalman-Smith and read by Catriona MacLachlan. Read the full story at https://rowingstory.com/

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