kopi luwak

In this week’s episode we discussed everything that happened in 2023. We had a lot of great episodes this year, and there were some big world events that happened. On top of that, Stoney had his injury, but despite that and other bumps in the road we had another great year of this podcast. In fact, it has been our best one yet and we can’t wait for the year ahead.

Our Links:
Retrospect

In this week’s episode we try some of the most expensive coffee in the world! Also, we talked about an interesting fellow by the name of Arthur Stilwell. He lived a curious life and claimed his success was told to him by fairies.

Our Links:
Retrospect

In this week’s episode we review everything that happened to us, as well as all the things we discussed in 2022. There were a lot of ups and downs this past year. Regardless, at least we had the opportunity to still come and chat over some nice coffee together.

Our Links:
Retrospect

I've known Chris Topher since we were 17 years old. 

We met at a friend's fancy dress 18th birthday party. 

I went as Leonardo, the ninja turtle, and when I couldn't work out what his costume was, he told me he was Frank Abignail Jr from the movie Catch Me If You Can. He's been obsessed with scamming, swindling, deceiving, defrauding and grifting since his high school days, so it was no surprise to me that when it was his turn to choose an episode topic, he went straight for ' Coffee Scams'.

In this episode, we each bring our own coffee 'scam' to the table to discuss if it really is a scam or just brilliant marketing. Fairtrade coffee, multi-level marketing schemes and the famous Kopi Luwak coffee are all in our crosshairs on the hardest-hitting episode in the short history of this podcast.

Also in this episode: Cane toads are in Kunanurra, and Filament Coffee has a brand new (hot) coffee product  ✌️

Sumatra is one of the most popular, easily recognized coffee growing regions in the world. Sumatra is an island and just one of the many coffee-growing regions in Indonesia. To understand Sumatra and the coffee grown there we must first understand Indonesia as a whole.

In this episode of the podcast we will examine the history of coffee growing in Indonesia from the time of Dutch colonial rule to the present day. Indonesian coffee has a rich history that is complicated with abuse, poverty, and starvation of the local population and coffee farmers.

The semi-washed or wet-hulled coffee processing technique is unique to Indonesia and particularly Sumatra. This technique results in specific flavors that are commonly associated with coffees from this region.

We will briefly cover and highlight specific coffee growing regions in Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Flores, and Bali). Indonesia is also home to very unique coffee. Old Brown Java is a specific coffee from the island of Java that is processed in a way that mimics the conditions of coffee in the hull of ships during the colonial era. Kopi Luwak is the most expensive and one of the most unique coffees in the world. This is literally shit coffee. Wild civet cats, which are small nocturnal mammals, feed on ripe coffee cherries. Kopi Luwak is coffee made from coffee beans collected from the feces of the civet cat. No, I’m not kidding. I can’t make that shit up (you’re welcome for the pun).