Tasting Notes

Matt is joined by Doug to drink some Verve Coffee Roasters coffee. They enjoy it, talk a little bit about roast color and mouthfeel, Woot! BUY THIS COFFEE: https://www.vervecoffee.com/collections/single-origin/products/leonicio-castellon This coffee can also be purchased at drinktrade.com use code mattjnovak for 50% off your first bag of coffee

Matt & Aaron catch up about Aaron's travels to Atlanta and some tasty treats he brought back as well as sip on a Rwanda roast from 3 hearts Roastery. They also chat about some cafes like Brother moto and East Pole Coffee. BUY COFFEE: https://threeheartcoffee.com/current-offerings/j7pt8mboc2w77l62p9kgks6i7jyr4e

Matt Flies solo & discusses Slate's roast of an Ethiopian natural Chelchele. He also touches on making an effort to increase transparency and consistency with brew method for the podcast and fanboys out a little bit about Slate. BUY THIS COFFEE: https://slatecoffee.com/product/ethiopia-chelchele/

Matt is joined by friends Dan & Doug along with podcast regular Mike Tria. The four goof off for a while, taste some coffee and chat about Velo Roasters, Gender equality and New Jersey Diners. Buy the coffee here: https://www.velocoffee.com/coffee/blue-label-coffee-name-country-of-origin-1-htt53 Sign up for email updates: StatesofCoffee.com

Matt & Mike tackle another Velo coffee! This bean comes from Ethiopia and is pretty wild - we discuss a bit about Velo and their sweet little tasting tins and even go into cleaning your grinder a little bit with Urnex grinder cleaner. Buy Coffee Here: https://www.velocoffee.com/coffee/bxncfg68egx2tr4b8m790emwo4splv-8h35e-wjnrx

Matt & Mike talk about Velo Coffee Roasters Kenyan Coffee. They discuss tomato flavors including its soup version and this awesome coffee. BUY THIS COFFEE HERE: https://www.velocoffee.com/coffee/los-robles-apxfx-rksad Sign up for States of Coffee Emails: StatesofCoffee.com

Alex Joins Matt on a special cupping episode of Tasting Notes digging into Counter Culture's Burundi Processing set we talk about all three coffees, guess which is which and mess around with the idea that we know what we're doing! Buy the set here: https://counterculturecoffee.com/shop/coffee/buziraguhindwa-processing-set buy the book we talk about here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.co Sign up for USoC emails here: StatesofCoffee DrinkTrade.com + code mattjnovak for 50% off your first bag

Aaron finally joins the podcast! Matt mocks him for his brewing style and they chat briefly about Austin Texas and its coffee scene

Mike Tria is back with Matt and they found a coffee the can't recommend! That's it, we've found a coffee we couldn't recommend and we rolled with it - many thoughts on what good marketing and sneaky branding can do and might have decided we should be doing blind tastings moving forward. Probably not going to happen! Sign up for website updates at StatesofCoffee.com

Mike Tria Joins Matt to talk about some Vessel beans! Dan Folgado drops in for a hot second. MUCH SLURPING. We talk about how we don't talk about essential oils. We also talk about how long to leave your coffee before its no good. • Vessel Beans - https://vesselroasters.com/ • Dan Folgado Music - https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Aq62f21p4niQnsbTP2Lm6?si=btjbmDcSS264EUXtjDteAQ

Matt talks with Jonathan Jarrow of Harbinger Coffee. They discuss hospitality, LA coffee scene, starting a small business in a non-coffee town and what makes a cafe visit great. Check out Jonathan's shops in Fort Collins, CO. or online at https://harbingercoffee.com/ Drink Trade direct link: http://trdcfe.me/mattjnovak

Matt's flying solo, talking about boozey fruits and this mighty tasty Ethiopian coffee roasted by Dapper & Wise - additionally talking about the nifty coffee canister that Fellow now makes. COFFEE: https://dapperandwise.com/collections/all CANISTER: https://fellowproducts.com/atmos/

Matt is joined by friend Mike Tria to discuss Sey's Nelson Ramirez Roast. We talk a little bit about Brooklyn and the fellow kettle also - you can buy this coffee at: https://www.seycoffee.com/products/nelson-ramirez-cup-of-excellence/ and you can sign up for United States of Coffee updates at statesofcoffee.com additionally we talked a bit about the cup of Excellence you can find more info at: https://allianceforcoffeeexcellence.org/ The fellow kettle can be found at: https://fellowproducts.com/shop/stagg/

Matt is joined by friend Mike Tria to discuss Harbinger's Colombian Cauca. There's some slurping - you can buy this coffee at: https://harbingercoffee.com/product/colombia-cauca/ and you can sign up for United States of Coffee updates at statesofcoffee.com

Matt sits down with workmates Alex and Doug to sip on another Boxcar roast and also talk about pizza boxes as coffee filters. - If you're not in Boulder go to www.boxcarcoffeeroasters.com to buy tastes coffee seeds. Head to Statesofcoffee.com to sign up to be notified when we launch our cafe listings. Also in the pod's opinion, the best way to buy filters is through Prima Coffee here: https://prima-coffee.com/equipment/hario/vcf-02-100w

Matt sits down with a fiery cup of coffee from Boxcar Roasters in Boulder Colorado - Also discusses the trials and tribulations of traveling through TSA with many many bags of coffee - If you're not in Boulder go to www.boxcarcoffeeroasters.com to buy tastes coffee seeds. Head to Statesofcoffee.com to sign up to be notified when we launch our cafe listings.

Matt tackles a bag of Wild Forest roast from Brooklyn based coffee company, Devocion. Visit the shop in Brooklyn or Manhattan or buy online here: https://www.devocion.com/

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