No Bad Reviews: A Coffee Podcast

For many of us, the war in Ukraine dominates the news, our thoughts, and our hearts. When Jenni read an article about how coffee shops are weathering the Ukrainian War on Spruge.com, the trio decided to do a bonus episode about Ukrainian coffee culture and the war. Marking the first month of the Ukraine War, we discuss the history of Ukraine, how Putin is a real mf'er, we invite Volodymyr Zelensky...

Not-fun magic mushrooms seem to be all the rage right now so when Steph was social media advertised the most adorably packaged instant coffee mixed with adaptogenic mushrooms we knew we had a perfect episode on our hands. We try two different varieties of coffee from Wunderground Mushroom Coffee company. One claims to boost brain power while the other claims it will give us an immune system of ste...

We've been having so much fun creating Love It or Leave It bonus episodes for our Patreon subscribers that we decided to release one to everyone for St. Patrick's Day. In this episode, we hear a disturbing true story about a Jameson heir and find out if Steph and Marcus love or leave Jameson Cold Brew. To hear more Love It or Leave It episodes and to support us in producing this show you can find...

It's our very first St. Patrick's Day special episode! We decided to give you an extra long episode on account of the holiday. We celebrate Jenni's Irish heritage and learn about the English oppression of the Irish, the Great Famine, the origins of St. Patrick's Day, and the fun story of the birth of Irish Coffee. We take a "nibble" of Irish Whiskey and Cream flavored coffee from Steep & Brew...

Girl Scout cookie season is upon us so we thought it fitting to give Girl Scout cookie coffee a whirl. This episode has exorbitantly high salaries for a non-profit, potential child labor, a founder of the Specialty Coffee movement, and an American CEO with ties to Russia. We're not going to say Girl Scout cookie coffee is funding Russia, but we aren't going to say it's not. Marcus also struggles h...

In celebration of Mardi Gras, we take a story trip to New Orleans to try the iconic Café Du Monde chicory blend coffee. We imagine warm sunshine and street performers as we enjoy the origin tale of this New Orleans institution. Steph even busts out her FBI inspired Google skills in her attempts to track down the roaster of this coffee. She can't stop, won't stop and finds she just had to think lik...

Join us as Steph takes us back to 1795 in Kentucky where a German immigrant named Jacob Beam somehow figures out how to make bourbon from an ancient German family recipe, despite there being little evidence that bourbon was ever distilled in Germany in the 1700s. He does all the work of planting, harvesting, and distilling himself without any extra hands in the slave state of Kentucky. At least th...

In this week's episode we try a little uppers and downers in this Vietnamese coffee mixed with lavender flowers from Copper Cow Coffee. Debbie Wei Mullin, founder of startup Copper Cow Coffee, is on a mission to spread her love of Vietnamese culture with America and change the way we think about coffee. Listen to find out how we feel about flowers in our coffee and to hear Steph defend venture cap...

What do Nazis and the bin Laden family have to do with coffee? Find out in this week's episode of Donut Wars! We contrast and compare Krispy Kreme and Dunkin' Donuts coffee (and doughnuts!) and learn about their fascinating and, at times, dark histories. Can we find no bad reviews in these staples of Americana? "So the evil heads of power of the world, of the United States and in the Middle East,...

IT'S OUR FIRST EPISODE! We are so excited to share our coffee review podcast with the world! We are three specialty coffee industry professionals (and friends) on a quest to try any coffee and humorously give no bad reviews. In this first episode, Jenni considered choosing a Panama Gesha but instead reached for a bag of Maple Bacon from Day to Day Coffee. Listen to learn the surprising history of...