It's New Orleans: Louisiana Eats

On this week s show, we re taking a look at the coffee and tea scene across Louisiana. We begin with Geoffrey Meeker, owner of French Truck Coffee. It took only one cup of coffee from San Francisco to inspire him to become a New Orleans coffee purveyor. Now, Geoffrey and his team are at the vanguard of what many are calling the third wave coffee movement. Then, we visit one of the many coffee shops that serve French Truck Coffee, a diminutive restaurant in New Orleans s 7th Ward called Pagoda Cafe. There, we demystify the flat white, a specialty coffee drink with origins on the other side of the world. Next, we switch from coffee to tea and meet the only tea educator in Louisiana, Garrett Johnson. He s spreading the gospel of fine loose leaf tea through a series of lectures and gatherings in the Shreveport area. Garrett invites us to the table to learn about traditional hot tea and sample some of his favorite brews. Finally, we take a tour of Luzianne Tea in New Orleans East and speak with Malcolm and Scott S