• Filter Stories - Coffee Documentaries

  • By: James Harper
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Filter Stories - Coffee Documentaries

By: James Harper
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  • Coffee stories with an extra shot of history and science.

    Filter Stories is a podcast revealing coffee’s hidden microscopic secrets, its powerful past, and how your choice of beans impacts tens of millions of people.

    See the behind-the-scenes stories on Instagram @filterstoriespodcast.

    If you haven't already, please subscribe to the show and review us on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!
    Copyright James Harper
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Episodes
  • What Is Good Science? Part 1: How to brew coffee like a scientist
    Mar 25 2024
    Should you rinse your filter paper before making a filter coffee? Almost everybody in coffee internet says you should.

    But what if most of coffee internet was wrong?

    In this episode, I show you how I try to answer this question like a professional sensory scientist would.

    It’s hard. It’s frustrating. But ultimately, it’s worth it because I end up saving seven days of my life left on earth!

    Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee!

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    Bring out vibrancy in your coffee with BWT’s magnesium water filters for the home and cafe


    Dive deeper into sensory science methodologies

    Take Becky Bleimbaum’s free introductory sensory science course!
    Set up a triangulation yourself with DragonflySci’s worksheets
    Understand Rosemary Pangborn’s three step process better with Morten Münchow (“Pangborn’s Razor”)
    Do a Certificate of Advanced Studies with the Coffee Excellence Centre


    Connect with my very knowledgeable guests
    Morten Munchow - Coffee Mind website
    Becky Bleibaum - LinkedIn
    Samo Smrke - Instagram
    Sophie Vo - LinkedIn



    The Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisations:
    BWT Water and More
    Marco Beverage Systems
    ROEST
    Sustainable Harvest
    Mahlkönig


    The Science of Coffee is a spin-off series from James Harper's documentary podcast Filter Stories
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    46 mins
  • Organic Coffee, Part 2: Why don't we see more organic coffee farms?
    Mar 13 2024
    Farming coffee organically is amazing because soils are more alive, birds and insects are more plentiful, farmers avoid getting sick with agrochemicals. But, if it’s so great, why is less than 10% of the world’s coffee grown organically?The fact is, going organic is hard. Much harder than growing coffee conventionally. In this episode I show you the story of one of Central America’s most successful organic coffee cooperatives, RAOS, and the four big hurdles that stood in the way of their early founders who all dreamed of converting their farms to organic.This story changed my understanding of farming and is now the reason I choose organic specialty coffee whenever I can. Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee!Discover how I make these Filter Stories episodes by subscribing to my Substack newsletterFollow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram storyWrite a review on Apple PodcastsLeave a 5 star rating on SpotifyDive deeper into organic coffeeLearn more about Sustainable Harvest’s Most Valuable Producer programme, their cupping app Tastify, and explore their range of certified organic and Fairtrade coffeesExplore RAOS (Cooperativa Regional Mixta de Agricultores Organicos de la Sierra)'s story for yourselfAre you a coffee farmer? Get in touch with Lalo Perez VaraonaConnect with my very knowledgeable guestsLalo Perez Varaona - LinkedInJorge Cuevas - LinkedInAndrea Futterer - GEPA websiteOsman Contreras - LinkedInRoberto Rene Gonzales - Farm websiteThe Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisationsBWT Water and MoreMarco Beverage SystemsROESTSustainable HarvestMahlkönigThe Science of Coffee is a spin-off series from James Harper's documentary podcast Filter Stories
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    41 mins
  • Organic Coffee, Part 1: The magic of soil
    Feb 26 2024
    The world’s farming soils are deteriorating quickly.Conventional coffee farming where plants are grown using agrochemicals allowed farmers to reap huge harvests these last 70 years. But these agrochemicals have been at the expense of soil health. I travel to Honduras to explore a potential solution: organic coffee farming.Come with me as I show you the organic farming tricks of Don Rufino, one of the region’s leading organic farmers. He nurtures the soil around his coffee trees using mountain microorganisms, a huge diversity of shade trees, attentive tree pruning, and very funky batches of homemade bug spray. The results speak for themselves: when I pick up a handful of his soil, it is moist, dense and writhing with life. Could these cultivation techniques be the answer to the coffee world’s declining soil health?Please spread the word about The Science of Coffee!Discover how I make these Filter Stories episodes by subscribing to my Substack newsletter! Follow me on Instagram and tag me in an Instagram storyWrite a review on Apple PodcastsLeave a 5 star rating on SpotifyDive deeper into organic coffeeExplore Sustainable Harvest’s range of certified organic and Fairtrade coffeesAre you a coffee farmer? Get in touch with Lalo Perez VaraonaCheck out Don Rufino’s organic cooperative, RAOSConnect with my very knowledgeable guestsLalo Perez Varaona - LinkedInTommie Hooft van Huysduynen - LinkedInAlison Streaker - LinkedInThe Science of Coffee is made possible by these leading coffee organisationsBWT Water and MoreMarco Beverage SystemsROESTSustainable HarvestMahlkönigThe Science of Coffee is a spin-off series from James Harper's documentary podcast Filter Stories
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    39 mins

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