A little bored during a very long flight I put this together. Nothing to do with coffee but was a fun thing to pass the time.
I hope you enjoy.
This is a list of "some" of the others sites/projects we have at Has Bean we like to call the "Has Bean Empire" please take a look give us some feedback on the other things we do.
So a big reason for wanting to make this trip was to go picking pulping of my own coffee. I've never been able to say I have picked the coffee I roast as pickings have been on farms that we have been unable to buy everything from.
I think that the roast style has nothing to do with the brew method of the coffee, nor do I believe that you should roast coffee differently for those different styles.
Pre ground coffee, a compromise too far, or a way of bringing in the masses?
Here I explore and share some of my favourtie people I follow on the phenomenon known as twitter
I take an in-depth look into all the elements that go into making espresso blends
A few weeks ago I was on Wine Library TV, drinking and talking wine with Gary Vaynerchuk
I went down to see Willie Harcourt-Cooze and see how he roasts his cocoa and we drank some coffee
Getting away from work and down to Penrith for the UK's most talked about festival

A little bored during a very long flight I put this together. Nothing to do with coffee but was a fun thing to pass the time.
I hope you enjoy.

So this week is the world barista championships. Lots will be written post this, but a project we did with David Walsh (theotherblackstuff) was this for the advertisements for the live streaming.
For those in the know I hope funny for those who don’t still enjoyable both videos posted below
Ultimate Barista Showdown pt1 from Stephen Leighton
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OK I’m going to do what every blogger does. I’m going to say sorry for not posting for such a long time. I seem to have forgotten how to blog. I also seem to have forgotten how to tweet and to audioboo.
I could do with your help to show me how to do it again, but for now to keep you with me just a little here is a video from the Irish Barista Championships. The editing could be better, the clips may not be the best but I am a bean browner who wants to do video, I will try to do better but for now enjoy.
I do have some ideas I would like to share, and I will try to get them put my head and into word on this very computer, but I may cheat with some video too. Enjoy
IBC 2010 from Stephen Leighton on Vimeo.

Our importers have just been out to Colombia to visit the coop from Conseca. Jose brought me this amazing video back and kindly translated it for me too. I hope you enjoy it made me happy.
Colombia Conseca from Stephen Leighton on Vimeo.

Last week we recorded the latest in the Tamper Tantrum after the opening of Third floor Espresso in Dublin
With special guest Oda Misje Haug it was a bit of a rushed, alcohol fueled affair but good fun. With great clip for our 5 things feature thanks to Mr David Walsh that makes me giggle each time.
You can of course watch it at http://www.tampertantrum.com or watch it below
But we have had many requests to make an MP3 Audio version too. So You can download it to your Ipod or generic MP3 Player subscribing through the itunes link here or you can listen to it below but you will miss out on Davids wonderful clip and Oda eating battered sausages and chips.