The Coffee Show with Kirk Pearson Podcast
1) James Hoffmann: How Coffee Shops Can Thrive In 2025
James Hoffmann is the most recognised face in all of coffee. From winning the World Barista Champioship, his detailed coffee videos and the World Atlas for Coffee, James has for a long time been the b...Show More
2) How To Open A Cafe On A Shoestring Budget: Fabian Brito of Officer Coffee
Do you want to open a cafe but don't think you have the money? This story is something you want to hear. Fabian Brito together with his business partner Leon Holdsworth (Kirk's Sensei) bootstrapped op...Show More
3) The Key To Good Coffee? Good Water! Simon Gautherin and Nemo Pop (The Waterboys).
Simon Gautherin and Nemo Pop from Apax Labs are reshaping the way coffee is made world wide. Apax Labs make mineral concentrates to enhance the quality of coffee both pre and post extraction. Simon ha...Show More
4) Kat Melheim (Roaster Kat): How To Become A Coffee Roaster
Kat Melheim is a veteran coffee roaster who has developed a large online following for her roasting content. In this podcast Kirk and Kat go through how to enter the industry as a coffee roaster and d...Show More
5) Julijan Markovic: Esmeralda Aftermath & Why You Shouldn't Start A Business In Coffee
Julijan Markovic is the founder of Brew Methods in Melbourne Australia and is one of Australia's most talented coffee brewers of the last few years. This podcast occurs right after we tried the Best o...Show More
6) Morgan Drinks Coffee: Your Friendly Internet Barista!
How do you introduce those who need no introduction? Like this: Morgan Eckroth is the most recognisable face in the coffee industry today! With nearly 10 million followers across Youtube, Instagram an...Show More
7) Dr Dean Miller & Pete Licata: Coffee Doesn't Ruin Your Sleep!
Dr Dean Miller is a sleep and circadian scientist based in Adelaide who studies sleep and works with high performance athletes advising them on sleep to optimise performance. Pete Licata is a World Ba...Show More
8) Lucy Ward: Why Food Security Is Something The Coffee Industry Should Focus On
Lucy Ward is green coffee buyer for one of Australia's biggest and most influential coffee brands, ST ALI. Kirk and Lucy are former colleagues and discuss at length an existential threat to coffee not...Show More
9) Kirk's Take: This World Barista Championship Will Be The Most Competitive Ever
The upcoming World Barista Championship will be the hardest ever to win! There are three returning baristas that are all former podium winners that have won their respective national competitions mult...Show More
10) Rachel Peterson: Producer Of The Worlds Greatest Coffee
Rachel Peterson is one of the family members that own Hacienda La Esmeralda in Panama, which has a claim to being the most recognisable coffee farm in the entire world. Recently as the Best of Panama ...Show More