Posts Tagged ‘Video’

Video 7 – News, thank yous and labels

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

I suspect I am going to start struggling for post titles soon!

Sorry about the macbook filming again today – no more from now on (honest!).

Relevant links:

Josh’s Video

The Coffee Boys

The tasting will be this Friday (The 17th, not the 16th) from 4pm to 6pm.  I only need 10 minutes of your time to quickly pop in and taste 5 coffees that we will be brewing over and over.  No need to RSVP or anything, but a note in the comments would be nice.

On a side note – I know this post wasn’t published when it was supposed to be, but the video was uploaded on time so I count that as a win and not a fail.  So there!

Video 6 – A visit to Gwilym

Monday, July 13th, 2009

I forgot my video camera, but thankfully I had made a little video on Sunday.  The title says it all really.

Questions for next week in the comments please!

Video 5 – The return of the absurd

Friday, July 10th, 2009

So to wrap up my first successful week (which has been both harder and easier than I imagined):

Related links:

Previous Absurd Latte Art Challenge

Prizes:

12 Month Subscription – Square Mile Coffee Roasters

12 Month Subscription – Transcend Coffee Roasters

(Update: Thanks to Poul Mark for his generous offer of coffee from Transcend!  Awesome!)

If you are up to the challenge post a link to your work in the comments – I will accept photos or video.  C’mon!  Have a go!  It’s very silly…..

Video 3 – Espresso Vs Espresso

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

I should make clear now, because I don’t think I do in the video, that I am not saying one opinion is better (or more correct) than the other. I just wanted to talk about the divide in ideas out there when it comes to brewing espresso – I am not trying to upset anyone, though I suspect I might….

Related links:

Gwilym’s WBC Performance

Video 2 – Three books

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Today’s isn’t so controversial…. (sorry for the noise from the trains overhead!)

The books:

The Devil’s Cup: Coffee – Stewart Lee Allen

Espresso made in Italy – Enrico Maltone

The Paradox of Choice – Barry Schwarz

Do please let me know of any coffee books you love in the comments!

Video 1 – Crema

Monday, July 6th, 2009

Episode links:

Coffeegeek article on crema

Coffee Collective Blog post

The Coffee Collective

A brave commitment to videoblogging

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

I’ve been thinking for a while that I’d like to do more video blogging, so with this post I am forcing my own hand.  I know lots of people are already doing this so I should probably explain my motivation:

Anyone who starts their own business can probably tell you how easy it is to let it consume your life, and your time.  I wanted a project that would get me into the habit of reclaiming some time during the day/week to do something I enjoy and learn along the way.

So starting from Monday I am aiming to upload a new video every weekday.  At the least I want to upload 5 videos a week.  I am going to try and make this last for 4 weeks.  Then, in all probability, it will stop.

Don’t expect high production values, snappy editing or anything longer than 5 mintues – think more 2-3.  I will be recording as I go so feel free to comment on them and get involved, your interaction will make it a lot more fun for me.

Topics will be whatever is buzzing round my head that day, though I do have a few in mind.

Wish me luck – if I pull this off we’ll all probably be a bit surprised.