Inside the World of High-End Coffee | Annals of Obsession | The New Yorker 

“I’ve probably spent 200 hours working on my Grindr” - girl, same.

I was pretty interested until buddy wondered what coffee paired best with fish.

Where’s Jordan Schlansky

I don't care what anybody says. I love hipster coffee. They do really know their stuff (most of the time). I use to be one of those who would use excessive amounts of cream and sugar/syrups/sauce to mask the bitterness of bad coffees. Now, I can enjoy coffee black for good quality coffee. Since, it's a luxury to get that type of coffee. I've also scaled down on drinking coffee. And that's been a good thing too. I just know how to appreciate coffee more.

I love this trend. For 5-10 bucks daily, I can geek out on a piece of my life that is ordinarily mundane and share it. At the office, I have a hand grinder, hario v60, kettle, paper and some decent coffee. With that, I get a social and sharing experience that I look forward to daily. My favorite part is that also bridges the gaps between teams.

Watching this is 2am makes we want to drink coffee before bed...now I will wait to the morning but it’s gonna like Christmas tomorrow.

I'm probably going out on a limb but...While I can see why some of the people in this video can be seen as "hipsters" or "a little too into coffee." I'm quite certain that the majority of those commenting with immature / mocking comments both don't drink specialty coffee and or seek to enjoy and explore the craft behind the foods they eat and beverages they drink. People should be able to develop a passion and appreciation for whatever they want without being mocked by those who don't have any desire to delve past what's right in front of them (e.g.fast food, processed foods, cheap beer, chain store coffee...) (especially in the US).

Tobin Polk (1:19) looks exactly like someone I would imagine with the name Tobin Polk

i cant beLIEVE THAT GUYS RATT TAIL

The cool thing about coffee is that you can drink the best coffee in the world for like $25 a bag. There are your Kona and Geisha coffees that are much more rare but they aren't necessarily better. There are plenty of award winning coffees for a very affordable price.

Of course this guy's name is Tobin

I love that specialty coffe is being more and more popular every year!

I must say, I get these people. I have an idea in my mind, of what should the perfect cup of coffee taste like, and I'm pretty sure all these people feel it the same and are willing to spend years on a quest to find it.

I suppose I can make a general statement in regards to the hipster influence if you will. I always believed the most negative aspect of hipsterdom is taking and using coffee traditions and such and adding such an ego and a sense of entitlement to their knowledge. There is nothing wrong with professionalism, passion, and pride in your product in regards to coffee, but it is when you act superior for your knowledge, that to me is a disservice to the passion and traditions. (Insert death metal, jazz, craft beer, and the like for coffee, for other examples)

My old SM trained us on proper grind and fixing the grinder in the store. It's probably one of the most important parts to me being a barista.

The elephant in the room is the brutal bathroom experience all these caffeine heads experience daily.

I’m the type of idiot to pay $29 for a cup of coffee if I’m feeling “adventurous” I’ll just admit it.

I'm really tempted to drink my next cup of coffee with the spoon!

I’m watching this while drinking Nescafé

finally a video about people just like me who are also obsessed with coffee and who understand me I feel seen

Couldn’t tell if this was a Portlandia Sketch

I like the idea of pairing coffee with different foods

There are some pretty cool people associated with speciality coffee: James Hoffmann and Tim Wendelboe are few that come to mind. Then there is this dude out here talking about paring coffee with fish as coffee culture... SMH!

The best coffee ever is found in small towns around the coffee axis in Colombia, drinking coffee there blends amazingly with the authenticity of the places and people.

They seem to have a competitive interaction with the beer and wine industry!

I'm happy just getting my bowl o brown in flea bottom.

See, look how happy everyone is... coffee makes the world better and safer!

How about doing the same for really good tea.

The waves of coffee thing originated with Trish Rothgeb in 2002, not that long ago. Second wave coffee is my favorite, and Starbucks is a weak example of it. It began with Alfred Peet in Berkeley in the 1970s. I worked for a roaster in Oakland in the 90s, and the older Italian gentleman who started it said that many of the very hard bean, high grown coffees were no longer available. Those coffees withstood the intensity of dark roasting, yielding complex and full bodied cups. Somehow along the way, the so called third wave became obsessed with basically a cupping roast, which for some of us is way too underdeveloped. In the end, it's all a matter of taste.

Great stuff!

"How many people know the farmer who grew their beer?" I don't think this guy knows much about beer

"Omg Ricardo this was fermented only 11 Hours and 46 minutes!" -.-

Love this show.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE ME SOME COFFEE!!!

It's all a hustle, gotta respect it

Acidity and sourness isn’t associated with high brew temperatures... low temperatures produce sourness. ‘Acidity’ is such a broad term it almost means nothing on its own. High temperatures often result in over extraction and can highlight the inherent ‘roast’ notes in the coffee (which isn’t good by the way)

wow, very cool !

wonderful things we can do when we have the time money and technology. this wasn't possible 60 years ago. it's really neat.

I would love to go to one of these coffee conventions

As a European with 300 years of coffee consumtion history, it blows my mind to hear that: a) it all started with instant coffee... b) Starbucks made fresh ground and brewed coffee known to the American people... c) the way these statements are casually made as if they were a global phenomenon... that only applies for the US, the rest had a coffee culture long before that... (e.g. Dallmeyr, Café Procope etc...) Now I understand why by Americans, Europeans are seen as "cultured".

I want to join events like this!

It'll be interesting to see how these third wave roasters and coffee shops handle the pandemic situation. It seems like trying to sell premium coffee for a premium price will become ever more difficult as we see a regression to even a first wave setting where people mostly want affordable coffee.

I wanna watch this video all day

This video was so enjoyable!!! I Love coffee. Please, make more vídeos like that one.

In cologne shops, they use coffee beans to neutralize the smell when testing many colognes... I wonder what they use here? Cologne?

Italy, go ahead and laugh at us...deserved.

When's that Coffee 'Sommolier' docuflix coming out?

Never had SEY but I've had Blue bottle. Is it better?

Great value Coffee ☕ is probably the best

Oh great $29 a cup of coffee!

Ava's roasteria is pretty good

I also enjoy master/bating/and/art as it is more. 🖼️🖌️🧸

This comment section is gold

In a world of people that think a Dbl/Dbl is coffee, or most takeout coffee is coffee, This is over the top.

As long as they do not break into how normal people enjoy or even gallop a cup of coffee, I am fine.

Am interested to know more about speciality coffee am a specialy Barista with 4 years of experience in Dubai as a barista

We love this content!!!! SO AMAZING!!!! Great job :)

Pls how can I register for the classes

but have you tried Nespresso?

$29 for a cup of coffee isn't the worst thing but i just hope all the farmers and growers get paid fair wages, not just minimum wage

Meanwhile you can get the best espresso shot of your life in Rome’s central train station.

Dude, I don't usually comment, but let's just say I had to like and comment this video!

Oh........"Annals". I thought you were going to explain why coffee is used for enemas.

Yes but what's your favorite Aldi brand high-end coffee? Do you like the Organic Whole Bean Peru or Barissimo Kenya AA? Other perhaps?

I own- everything. No select, house or donut shop blends, please. ☕️🧸🍰

Is no one going to mention that mantail? 1:19

It's when you know the economy is due for a downturn

WOWOWOW

It's nice that they recognize the farmers on the pack but I hope those farmers get their full rights to the land they till and maximum profits. Agrarian reform and climate justice, now that's how to honor farmers.

Amen! Why can’t we!

try vietnamese coffee, i tried 1 cup in the afternoon and i went to bed with 2 eyes open

Even a 15-second whoosh through the history of the coffee industry is cheapened and ground way too coarse if it fails to mention George Howell. The idea that there was no specialty coffee business or industry before Starbucks is an advertisement for the limited horizons of youth...

What is the best coffee for people with GERD? Thanks before

I am curious of how many boogers, and nose hair fell into each pot.

Gevalia Passport Collection Columbia! The best period

Lmaoo $29 per cup, it better give me superpowers.

Can these people make a good flat white though?

I need coffee, but I just enjoy wine- that’s why I would never pay $12 for a glass of coffee- definitely an interesting video though

Meanwhile I drink ice cold black generic grocery store coffee made in a plastic singlebrew machine every morning lmao

Was that Nintendo lo fi music?

I think Peter Mckinnon did something for coffee lovers on youtube lol

That’s amazing.. How about I sell you some unique Yemeni coffee beans..any coffee imports are interested???

You know what your problem is? You’re putting the coffee up on a pedestal.

Specialty coffee was a large part of Ottoman empire culture and arab and middle eastern societies before that. Why does that not make it into your first wave?

The whole 'history' part of this is pretty USA-centric. It's almost as if those 500 years of Yemeni, Ottoman, & European development didn't happen at all. Plus, if you're going to play off the whole 'commodity' vs 'specialty' coffee thing, surely you'd at least mention the London Stock Exchange and all that.

Should we call it Coffeephilia or Coffilia...I'm a coffee lover anyways and this is stunning

Please add edited captions to your videos.

Well yeah, that's what we expected

This is the most first world thing ever

Theres no coffee in the world thats more delicious than Alderwood roasting blend! Just picture the difference between bbq ribs cooked in firewood and propane gas

OK, I lasted as far as 2'29" then my mind rebelled.

oh for the love

Any speciality coffee 'nerd' who mentions starbucks (even four years ago) is not the nerd they think they are.

surprise: coffee tastes the same often

im pairing my coffee to my cigarette.. it has to be the right taste to go with the amazing taste and smell of a cigarette :)

Kom igen nu tar vi en kaffe! :)

So the supply of fine coffee is driven by the demand of the consumer. Therefore a better product is developed. Good job guys, you have figured out capitalism. Keep it up because it works.

"The farmer who grew the beer" dude you can't grow beer, you brew it. the brewer brews it, and the farmer grows hops.

1:55 yeah what's coffee

I'd be okay with this if the farmers are also making as much as these coffee artisans. ALOT OF THESE COFFEE FARMERS ARE EXPLOITED!