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Announcing Nespresso and Kettle Winners
Thank you for your comments on my last post. I'll be thinking about how best to incorporate the suggestions made moving forwards and very much appreciate your support.In the meantime, there are contest winners to announce: The Nespresso Vertuo will be going to Patrick in the UK110V Kettles: The Fellow Stagg EKG is headed to Connor in the USA The Bonavita is headed to Jessica in the USA The Fel...
The Barisieur Video
Hi everyone. I thought this video was a pretty good time to write something about the channel and future plans, and it is a bit of a long one. Also I should answer the question you might have about today’s video: “Why did you make this?!”If you haven’t seen it yet, then I’d probably recommend watching before continuing on:https://youtu.be/UALN1ZoN6bAThe Short Answer:Honestly it started w...
Contests for Kettles and a Nespresso Vertuo
Hope you are all doing well. There are three contests for you this time!We decided to run two separate temperature-controlled kettle contests based on available models in separate voltages: 230V Kettles:https://gleam.io/5NDmi/win-a-220v-temperaturecontrolled-electric-kettle 110V Kettles:https://gleam.io/pKtvI/win-a-110v-temperaturecontrolled-electric-kettle And here is the contest to win the weird...
DF64 Winner & An Updated Code
A couple of announcements for your Thursday today:The DF64 grinder was won by Anders in Denmark!There is an updated Square Mile discount code, as it renews every three months. Unlike the Tens Hundreds Thousands code, which is tier specific and found in a previous post from last year, the Square Mile code is open to all of you. It will work for bags of coffee, not merch or subscriptions I'm afr...
Announcement for Under £1,500 Espresso Machines
Hello!I hope you are enjoying your June as best as you can. We’ve now heard back from all five winners so I can confirm where the under £1,500 machines are heading to.The winners are: Lelit Mara X: Paul in the UK Rocket Appartamento: Stijn in Belgium Profitec 500: Emma in the UK Rancilio Silvia Pro: Matthew in the UK Sage / Breville Dual Boiler: James in the USA (willing to live the transformer...
The DF64 Grinder Contest
Thank you all for your continued support for the channel. This one is for those of you who enjoy hacking and modifying your coffee equipment: Contest for the DF64 / G-IOTA / Solo / Turin 64SDhttps://gleam.io/mm5Tr/win-a-df64giotasoloturin-64sd-grinder
Contest for the Under £1,500 Espresso Machines
For those of you interested in one of the espresso machines below for your home, here are links to submit your entry in the contests to win these machines: Lelit Mara X https://gleam.io/vkIMH/win-a-lelit-marax-espresso-machine Rocket Appartamento https://gleam.io/FlonU/win-a-rocket-appartamento-espresso-coffee-machine Profitec 500 https://gleam.io/TcvbK/win-a-profitec-500-espresso-machine-with-pid...
Announcing AeroPress & AeroPress Accessory Winners
A quick update! The 5 AeroPress winners and the 8 AeroPress accessory winners have all been contacted and we have now heard back from all of them.AeroPresses are on their way to: Jordan in the USA Megh in the USA Igor in Ukraine Chase in the USA Jesus in the USAAeroPress accessories are headed to: Riaan in the UK CW in Malaysia Christopher in the USA Brad in the Philippines Seamus in Canada Yuki i...
A quick Taika related update
You may remember I made a video a while back about Taika, who I work with.Two things:They're now shipping shelf-stable product anywhere in the US. If you use code JAMES you get 20% off anything and everything, and shipping on orders over $65 is free.https://taika.co/products/While they do a mixed pack, I will also say the Macadamia nut latte is superb.Secondly, I'm working out how to bring...
Win an An AeroPress Accessory and (or) an AeroPress
We weren't sure when the day would come, but the AeroPress series has arrived and is now somehow almost over! I have two contests linked here, one to enter if you'd like to win one of the AeroPress accessories I tested and the other from which 5 Patrons will be drawn to win an AeroPress - for those who don't already have one!Here are the contest links:https://gleam.io/iqZWO/win-an-aero...
Announcing Contest Winners for Gaggia Setups, Interesting Brewers, and the Bripe
Hello everyone!Here are announcements for contests that have recently closed from the last three product videos: Andy from Ireland won the Gaggia Classic Sage setup Mao-Fa in the Netherlands won the Gaggia Classic Iberital setup Giorgos in the Netherlands won the Espro Bloom Johannes in Germany won the Fellow Stagg X dripper Klemen in Slovenia won the Origami Antony in Belgium won the Hsiao drippe...
The renewed Square Mile discount code
Hello all you lovely patrons!While some discounts, like the one for Tens Hundreds Thousands, are tier specific the Square Mile discount code is open to all. It renews every three months.Here it is:PATREONPAU2010It works for bags of coffee, not for merch or subscriptions I'm afraid, but I hope it is useful and delicious!*Edited for a typo in the code, sorry! Thank you for catching it quickly an...
Win an Interesting Brewer and/or a Bripe
Hi all, Hope you are enjoying absurdity in your week so far. This post holds links to two contests you can enter enter to win one of the six interesting brewers and the Bripe. *NB: For the moment, the Bripe is only available for distribution in the US and Canada, so we will only be able to get the Bripe sent to these two countries. I appreciate that this narrows down the possible applicants, and I...
Win a Gaggia Classic Espresso Setup
Hello everyone,My apologies for the delay on posting this from The Best Cheap Espresso Setup video. The 2 Gaggia Classic setup contests, one with an Iberital MC-2 grinder, and the other with a Sage grinder, are now live: https://gleam.io/gRTVE/win-a-gaggia-classic-espresso-setup-iberital-version https://gleam.io/1vmdZ/win-a-gaggia-classic-espresso-setup-sage-versionNext post will be with a link to...
Pick the espresso machines for the up to £1,500 category
Hi all!It's time for me to go shopping for the next round of espresso machine testing and because there isn't a lot at £1,000 I thought we could take the step up to £1,500.If you'd like to see a machine reviewed then please complete this incredibly short survey here:https://forms.gle/CeyLTwejP1caWwmS6You can vote multiple times if you want to suggest a few different machines. I can b...
A Patreon Update
Hello everyone!As many of you have noticed, this community has grown a lot in the last month or so. I promise it isn't tired hyperbole when I say that this has massively exceeded what I ever thought possible. As a community, you're investing into the channel and I want to talk about that investment and what it means.Firstly, I'm hiring. I need some more help producing videos, and the g...
Upcoming Live Craft Chocolate Tasting
I'll be doing another chocolate tasting event with my friend Spencer at Cocoa Runners in three weeks. This will be a live virtual event with chocolate tasting kits on sale for those who'd like to taste along with us. We'll be tasting 6 different bars and talking about their origins, tasting notes, and the comparison between craft chocolate and specialty coffee. If you're interested...
Update on Grinder Week Winners
Hello!Thank you for all your support and enthusiasm over grinder week! The 5 winners for the grinder week machines have been contacted and we have now heard back from all of them.The winners are: Lagom P64 by Option-O: Guilherme from Brazil EG-1 by Weber Workshops: Frederick from the USA Monolith Flat MAX by KafaTek: Manuel from Belgium EK43S by Mahklönig: Matt from the UK The Levercraft Ultra: T...
Contests for Grinder Week
To celebrate the arrival of next week's grinder week and my gratitude for being able to create it for you, I'll be running contests to win each of the 5 grinders. To enter, there will be a different question to answer for each grinder. Aside from the EG-1 (which can work on 90v - 240v, 50 or 60Hz) the machines are all on 230V and 50hz. Please be aware of this before entering, and we will t...
Announcement for XeoLeo & Baratza Giveaways
I hope everyone is managing enough rest and coffees these days. A couple of announcements from the recent XeoLeo and Baratza Encore giveaways: Chris from Iowa in the US won the XeoLeo grinder! All 50 winners for the Baratza Encore giveaways have been drawn and deliveries are being made for them. The winners were based in: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Hong Kong, In...
Direct Messages
Hey all,A less fun message for everyone today. The Patreon has grown and grown, and is an incredible community now. As this group has grown to nearly 5,000 people, the number of DMs has grown too. In the past, I said I would reply to everyone and in the last couple of months I've really struggled to do that. I think I have to accept that in order to do that, I'd have to reduce the time I s...
Updated Square Mile Discount Code
Hi all,UPDATE: I should have been clearer for new folk - this doesn't work for equipment or subscriptions, just coffee on the main page. Sorry!UPDATE 2: Apologies if this shows up in your notifications again. I had to update it because it turns out the preview for people who hadn't joined Patreon still showed the code. (I'll be having words with Patreon about this.)Just an update to yo...
Patreon Only Video
Hi all,I made a little video, just having a little rumination on the end of year stuff, on why we drink coffee, on why we want better coffee.I decided not to release it on YouTube, so this is just for you lovely Patreon supporters.Thanks - wishing you the best (coffee) for 2021!James
Win a XeoLeo Grinder & An Announcement
Here's the link to enter the contest to win the XeoLeo Grinder:https://gleam.io/Tjawk/win-a-xeoleo-grinderThe winner of the Fellow Ode grinder was Osmin from the US - congrats!Take care!James
Feb 2021 - The Channel And Patreon
Hi all,This is just a quick post to give you a heads up on a video that goes live (probably) tomorrow and to answer a potential question about patreon.I'm not going to be making any videos during the month of February.Instead the plan is to turn the channel over to four guest creators who will each post one video a week. I'll be paying them all the ad revenue as well as giving them each a ...
Win a Fellow Ode Grinder + Flair Neo Winner Announcement
Hi everyone,Here is the link to a contest for the Fellow Ode grinder:https://gleam.io/7SDxo/win-a-fellow-ode-grinderIMPORTANT: This is a 120V unit, not suitable for 220-240V power.The most inspiring suggestion will be selected as the winner, to adhere with contest rules on Patreon.The winner of my previous contest was:Peter from Ontario, Canada, who won the Flair Neo. Congratulations Peter!Take ca...
Cappuccino/Flat White Cups are live!
Hi all,We've managed to clear customs a little earlier on the new cups and they're now in stock here.As before, this is a single, one-off run ( if your tier has a discount code, it'll obviously work here too). The idea was to wrap an espresso bar around the cup, and we love the work that artist Christy Lundy created.We hope you like it!
The Ugly Coffee Christmas Jumper
It's here, and you lovely patrons get the first look!We worked with artist Michael B. Myers to create the most intensely coffee Christmas jumper we could. There's a lot going on here: pour overs, coffee flowers, latte art, portafilter sleeves and more!These are all knitted to order, rather than being printed, which is why they are a bit expensive. However, we decided we'd rather do it ...
Live craft chocolate tasting
Hi all,I know there've been a lot of posts today - sorry this didn't make it into an earlier one!I'm going to be doing a live chocolate tasting with my good friend Spencer of Cocoa Runners. It's a fun idea where we taste our way through a variety of bars and we'll talk about how they're relevant to me and my life. (Imagine it as This Is Your Life, but with chocolate and als...
Discount codes
Hi all,Just a quick one with a couple of discount codes and some new merch news:Firstly - your Square Mile discount lapsed and was only just renewed but you'll need this code: PATREONCOE2010 which will give you 10% off coffee.Secondly, we have some new merch releasing very soon. With everything going on I got a little obsessed with the idea of a coffee doomsday brew bunker, and so we turned th...
