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  I met Maxwell in 2012 during the UK Barista Championship, he owned a cafe in Bath, Colonna & Small's at the time. I had heard a lot about it... This man who would have the audacity to recommend people not have milk with a certain coffee or to drink it a certain way!! Who was this man?!   Well... This man, Maxwell went on to win the UK Barista Championship that year and then won it again another twice over the next 3 years. He was a 3 time World Barista Championship Finalist and has gone on to completely change the world of coffee, not only in his role as an organiser in the competitions, but through writing his book on water and now The Coffee Dictionary... He has a roastery that is expanding at this very moment and also has developed Colonna Coffee and started a premium trend of beautiful coffee in capsules.   Thank you again To Maxwell for his time and sharing his knowledge and story. it was an honour!  Enjoy the podcast... If you wish to purchase The Coffee Dictionary, here are the links:   The Coffee Dictionary by Maxwell Colonna Dashwood For the UK: http://bit.ly/CoffeeDictionaryUK For USA: http://bit.ly/CoffeeDictionaryUSA For Australia: http://bit.ly/CoffeeDictionaryOZ   P.S  Congratulations also to Dale Harris for winning this years UKBC, if you missed the episode I did last year for the competition, check this out: http://caffeinemark.com/2016/04/just-nitty-gritty-2016-ukbc   Lotsa love folks!

  In this episode of Budz & Beanz, Skip and Mark chat about balancing parenting responsibilities and high functioning weed smoking... The pros and cons and the questions we all had before we became pot smoking parents get answered... Massive shout outs to our beloved friends, sponsors & affiliates:   SAFE Clothing   Glassbongs.com.au   Dopamine.net.au   D'Munchies   Australian Vaporisers   Thank you to paraphernalia Creative for the music!   Thank you to Alann Ulises for his beats!   and a Shout out to Kevin MacLeod   MASSIVE SHOUT OUT TO UNCLE TODDS SECRET GARDEN!!!   Support me on Patreon: Caffeine Mark   Follow me: on Instagram: Caffeinemark   on Twitter: @Caffeinemark   on Facebook: CaffeineMark   You can also support the show by donating with Paypal on this link: paypal.me/caffeinemark   We love you all folks. Blaze Safe!

  Andrew Tolley from Taylor street baristas. Barista & barista trainer Cafe owner Sensory judge Head judge in the UK barista Championship. Wolrd Barista judge Absolute Legend!   Responsible for some of the best work ethics surrounding the specialty coffee industry in the UK. Taylor Street baristas set a high standard… a really high standard!! Andrew explains how he started off the Taylor street Baristas with his brother and sister and went on to open several cafes. He was responsible for setting up the barista training and maintaining a consistent level of brilliance amongst his staff… a lot of Taylor Street trained baristas went on to do really well in competition. The level of knowledge and skill that Andrew shares with his team is inspiring. Coffee prep, tea prep, roasting, disttribution… there’s not much Andrew hasnt taken part in in some way. Enjoy part 1 of our chat, we talked coffee for well over an hour, so I edited the chunky morcels of coffee love and knowledge for you to enjoy. So, get comfy, and if you have never heard of him, I have the pleasure to introduce Andrew Tolley.     Check out the website and order yourself some delicious coffee online right here: Taylor Street Baristas   follow them on Instagram @taylor_st_baristas   on Facebook: @taylor.st.baristas   Follow me: on Instagram: Caffeinemark on Twitter: @Caffeinemark on Facebook: CaffeineMark You can also support the show by donating with Paypal on this link: paypal.me/caffeinemark   or you can get yourself some Globe skate wear or a vaporiser via the affiliate link on caffeinemark.com that helps the show too...   Big Love to Dub FX and Vodovoz Music Productions for the beats!   BIG LOVE TO YOU ALL FOLKS!!! REMAIN AWSOME

  In this episode of BUDZ & BEANZ, we visit Dave at D'Munchies at 170 King street in Newtown, Sydney... The perfect heaven for the hungry stoner! Great food, great drinks and rolling papers and weed paraphernalia for the hemp lover! Come down and check this place out!   get onto Itunes and leave a review you legendary humanoid Shout outs!   SAFE Clothing   Glassbongs.com.au   Dopamine.net.au   D'Munchies   Australian Vaporisers   Thank you to paraphernalia Creative for the music!   Thank you to Alann Ulises for his beats!   and a Shout out to Kevin MacLeod   MASSIVE SHOUT OUT TO UNCLE TODDS SECRET GARDEN!!!   Support me on Patreon: Caffeine Mark   Follow me: on Instagram: Caffeinemark   on Twitter: @Caffeinemark   on Facebook: CaffeineMark   You can also support the show by donating with Paypal on this link: paypal.me/caffeinemark   We love you all folks. Blaze Safe!

Budz & Beanz #3   OG Greatwall VS Strawberry Sour Diesel Skip the 420 Kangaroo and Caffeine Mark review Australian grown strains of cannabis.   Skip enjoys some OG Greatwall Mark vapes on some fruity Strawberry Sour Diesel (Purple Bud)   In this episode, we discover there is a flower/cafe in Gordon, Sydney that shares the same name as this podcast… They have been around a wee bit longer than our show, but none the less, there can be only ONE! and we will need to take care of this situation… Not sure how, but we will.   I (Caffeine Mark), review a lovely Ethiopian coffee run through an aeropress with the talent and delicate touch of a gorilla with roid rage!   We then move on to the herbicule part of the show, reviewing 2 more strains grown right here in Australia. OG GREATWALL & STRAWBERRY SOUR DIESEL (Purple Bud!!!)     A little tale of my weed shopping in Nimbin.   More laughs and shout outs!   SAFE Clothing   Glassbongs.com.au   Caffeinemark.com   Thank you to Sunnyside Creative for the music!   Thank you to Alann Ulises for his beats!   and a Shout out to Kevin MacLeod   MASSIVE SHOUT OUT TO UNCLE TODDS SECRET GARDEN!!!   Support me on Patreon: Caffeine Mark   Follow me: on Instagram: Caffeinemark   on Twitter: @Caffeinemark   on Facebook: CaffeineMark   You can also support the show by donating with Paypal on this link: paypal.me/caffeinemark   We love you all folks. Blaze Safe!

Welcome folks to another episode of Caffeine Mark The Podcast, the politically incorrect way to love your coffee… I am your host and instigator of caffeine mischief, I am Caffeine Mark and it is what it is! If this is the first time you are listening to this show, welcome and thank you for your attention and time, i realise that we are running out of both in this life so cheers for listening. In this glorious podcast about coffee, I interrogate Melanie Boehme, she hosts her own podcast on coffee marketing called “Adding some flavor” A subject that anyone who wants to run a business in coffee should have a minimal understanding of, from running a cafe and setting up a website for your online needs, writing a blog… until you can hire a marketing guru or a gun manager to help you on your way… Her first 6 epiosodes were hosted with the great Gwilym Davies (2009 world barista champion) You can hear his interview on this podcast right here Melanie gives us a run down on how she fell in love with coffee and invested a lot of time into building a business around her passion for the drink. She has attended numerous courses in the industry, constantly sharpening her coffee mind and knowledge. Look up her podcast on Itunes, Adding some flavor, much like this podcast and many others, they are free and yours to use to extract as much knowledge as you can and go forth and use it on your own terms in the name of coffee love. Leave a rating and review on her show and take a screen shot and send it to me to get a shout out on this show… and if you’ve got a free minute leave a rating and a review for this podcast too, I would be forever grateful for your efforts… cheers. Last week was huge for the show as I interviewed Hugh Kelly. the re-crowned Australian Barista Champion, 2016 & 2017 from ONA coffee in Canberra. I have had great feedback from that show, thank you so much & keep sharing the love! If these podcasts help you in any way, consider telling your friends and family, the most powerful marketing for us in the podcasting world is word of mouth and we would love it if you would share us around like a fine spliff. Check out Melanies website for more information: http://simel.coffee Join her Facebook page: Specialty cafe forum   If you want to look up Jenn Chen for more coffee marketing tips.   Support me on Patreon: Caffeine Mark Follow me: on Instagram: Caffeinemark on Twitter: @Caffeinemark on Facebook: CaffeineMark You can also support the show by donating with Paypal on this link: paypal.me/caffeinemark   or you can get yourself some Globe skate wear or a vaporiser via the affiliate link on caffeinemark.com that helps the show too...   Big Love to Dub FX and Vodovoz Music Productions for the beats!   BIG LOVE TO YOU ALL FOLKS!!! REMAIN AWSOME

BUDZ & BEANZ #2   In this episode of Budz and Beanz, Skip The 420 Kangaroo and Caffeine Mark review a couple of Australian grown cannabis strains.   Skip smokes some CBD Critical Cure through a beautiful glass bong   Caffeine Mark vaporises some Vanilla Kush with an Arizer Solo   If you wish to contact or follow Skip: you can find him on Facebook Instagram Snapchat Support Caffeine Mark on Patreon: Caffeine Mark Follow me: on Instagram: Caffeinemark on Twitter: @Caffeinemark on Facebook: CaffeineMark You can also support the show by donating with Paypal on this link: paypal.me/caffeinemark   Big shout out to SAFE clothing and glassbongs

Hugh Kelly is a young and unbelievably talented barista. Two times Australian National Barista Champion. His talent is equaled only by his modesty and open mind to the world and ideas of specialty coffee. It was an honour to be able to chat with Hugh as he returned from Melbourne after competing in and winning this years Australian Barista Championship. Under the guidance of 2015 World Barista Champion and owner of ONA Coffee Sasa Sestic, Hugh has everything he needs to take on the World Title in Korea. In this interview, we chat about how he started his journey in coffee and competition, and eventually how he went on to win the Australian Title.   He explains in quite some detail the methods of extraction used in some of his signature drinks and how he mixes and matches flavours... A few tips for competing baristas and an all around great coffee chat. Thank you for listening & Enjoy!   If you want to find out more about ONA Coffee: www.onacoffee.com.au Follow Hugh on Facebook Hugh Kelly and Instagram hugh_t_kelly   Support me on Patreon: Caffeine Mark Follow me: on Instagram: Caffeinemark on Twitter: @Caffeinemark on Facebook: CaffeineMark You can also support the show by donating with Paypal on this link: paypal.me/caffeinemark for more coffee madness be sure to go to Caffeinemark.com   Shout to DUB FX for the use of his great beats. and Vodovoz Music Productions for the track Dreamer.   Keep loving coffee folks and remain awesome!

The first australian podcast of its kind, BUDZ & BEANZ hosted by Skip the 420 Kangaroo and Caffeine Mark, proving that the australian cannabis community is thriving and growing all the time. Over the next 3 months, this weekly podcast will be discussing all subjects and stories around CANNABIS & COFFEE. If you wish to contact or follow Skip: you can find him on Facebook Instagram Snapchat Support Caffeine Mark on Patreon: Caffeine Mark Follow me: on Instagram: Caffeinemark on Twitter: @Caffeinemark on Facebook: CaffeineMark You can also support the show by donating with Paypal on this link: paypal.me/caffeinemark   Big shout out to SAFE clothing and ozbongs

  The Gentleman Barista, James Nicholas from Mettricks coffee in Southampton. Fresh out of competing in the UK Barista Championship, James chats about his preparing for the competition, designing a signature drink, hypnotising the judges by using a very well groomed moustache… And picking the right coffee grinder.   We take a few detours on this coffee chat but it is peppered with little jems of knowlege and coffee history…   One of my favourite bits of this chat is talking about the gentleman who stole an aeropress from one of the Mettricks shops as they were giving away free coffee to support charity and he ended up the starring on CCTV images that made it around the world in social media scrum…   I hope you enjoy the interview, remember to leave a review on Itunes and check out caffeinemark.com for more carzy coffee  behaviour.   Love you all!   To contact James Nicholas on Facebook. Mettricks Southampton   Support me on Patreon: Caffeine Mark Follow me: on Instagram: Caffeinemark on Twitter: @Caffeinemark on Facebook: CaffeineMark You can also support the show by donating with Paypal on this link: paypal.me/caffeinemark   Big Shout out to Dub Fx and Vodovoz Music Productions for the use of their fine beats

Jeff Hann, Responsible for the 2016 documentary “The Coffee Man” where he followed Sasa Sestic (2015 World Barista Champion) in his discovery of the specialty coffee world, competing in and winning the Australian Barista Championship and the World barista Championship. Jeff travelled to Ethiopia with Sasa in search of the Holy Grail of coffee. In this interview he chats about his journey into the coffee world and behind the scenes look at the world barista championship. Mixing and meeting with the greats in the specialty coffee industry: Maxwell Colonna Dashwood, Hidenori Izaki, John Gordon, Hugh Kelly…   Shout outs to Sasa and The ONA crew.   Confessions of filtering coffee through a sock while on holiday in Prague.   Shout out to Vodovoz Music Productions: https://www.youtube.com/user/VodovozVideo   Support me on Patreon: Caffeine Mark Follow me: on Instagram: Caffeinemark on Twitter: @Caffeinemark on Facebook: CaffeineMark You can also support the show by donating with Paypal on this link: paypal.me/caffeinemark

Hi guys,   Welcome back to a little catch up episode of the show, after taking care of some family matters, making several videos (which you can find on the Caffeinemark FB page)... I have recorded several interviews I can't wait to share with you! The show will be a year old soon, which calls for some more fun... There's an Ebook that will be available very soon! "Memoirs of a Baked Barista" A new intro for the podcast! A new weekly show with Skip The 420 Kangaroo! Stuff to give away! from Keep cups to vibrators! everything a barista needs! Coming soon: -Jeff Hann from The Coffee Man Film -Melanie Bohme from Adding some flavor podcast -Michael Cameron from Barista Hustle -Andrew Tolley from Taylor st Baristas -The Gentleman barista himself is back for a chat! Stay tuned folks for more coffee fun with some naughtiness!!!   Lotsa love   Caffeine Mark

In part 2 of this chat with the Great Frank Andrews, we dive deeper into the subject of self awareness on a personal and professional level. What it takes to be great in the industry and how some just remain in the mundane and mediocre... how to question with logic in hand and try not to punch yourself into an argument about cup sizes. All of these things are debated in several different perspectives here... Enjoy folks.   You can find out more about Frankie's Beans at: http://www.frankiesbeans.com.au Follow Frank on Instagram and Facebook   You can also support me on Patreon: Caffeine Mark Follow me: on Instagram: Caffeinemark on Twitter: @Caffeinemark on Facebook: CaffeineMark You can also support the show by donating with Paypal on this link: paypal.me/caffeinemark   Or just chill and check out caffeinemark.com  

Frank Andrews is a man! A man on a coffee mission!!! What that mission is, you will find out in these upcoming episodes on the show... He worked in the corporate world, and then dipped his toes into roasting coffee at home and eventually dived head first into buying a little cafe that he failed to name (there is a story behind that...) and is now getting ready to open the doors of his second shop in Kings Cross Sydney. So, enjoy the chat with the great man himself. You can find out more about Frankie's Beans at: http://www.frankiesbeans.com.au Follow Frank on Instagram and Facebook   You can also support me on Patreon: Caffeine Mark Follow me: on Instagram: Caffeinemark on Twitter: @Caffeinemark on Facebook: CaffeineMark You can also support the show by donating with Paypal on this link: paypal.me/caffeinemark   Or just chill and check out caffeinemark.com up to you.    

This is a little video I made for fun... Just testing different ideas and formats for future projects. This is just a rant to unite US baristas to help save their country one coffee at a time. for more videos you can check out the Caffeinemark page on youtube...   If you have any ideas you want to propose, contact me @ mark@caffeinemark.com Let me know if you like this or not. Big Love!   Support me on Patreon: Caffeine Mark Follow me: on Instagram: Caffeinemark on Twitter: @Caffeinemark on Facebook: CaffeineMark You can also support the show by donating with Paypal on this link: paypal.me/caffeinemark    

  In the most gorgeous Circular Quay in Sydney, in the Gateway Building is nestled a lovely little coffee gem, known as THE ESPRESSO ROOM... In this little den of caffeine, only the best is served in the form of ONA coffee from the bat cave of brilliance itself in Canberra, The ONA ROASTERY! At the head of this distribution of this devilish dark brew, here in Sydney, is the gorgeous Freya Crickmore, a lady with an outstanding passion for coffee and knowledge and patience beyond my sphere of understanding. It takes a special set of skills to manage a cafe, and the team that revolves around the success of said cafe must be well taken care of, and Freya has these skills. She shared with me a few of her tips and tricks as a barista, manager and people person... I hope I'm using that term correctly... And what it's like working along side coffee legends such as Sasa Sestic & Hugh Kelly and how in sharing the passion for coffee it builds a beautiful and solid community of well energised, happy people... So please, kick back, chill out and enjoy my chat with Freya.   Support me on Patreon: Caffeine Mark Follow me: on Instagram: Caffeinemark on Twitter: @Caffeinemark on Facebook: CaffeineMark You can also support the show by donating with Paypal on this link: paypal.me/caffeinemark    

This is part 2 of my coffee chat with Rob Forsyth from Forsyth coffee in Naremburn in Sydney... This gentleman has so much knowledge and stories about coffee, that I had to break this up into 2 parts and we had so much more to chat about... so hopefully I will sit down again soon and we shall continue the caffeine interrogation. Here we chat more about the history of the barista competition and unions that were put in place to govern over all the judging and competing.  It gets a little technical and historical but I love the fact that I can share this, it is so full of coffee gold. Thank you again to Rob Forsyth!   Quote of the show "instant coffee is like chimo in a cup"   Enjoy! Share the Love! check out Robs facebook pages: Forsyth coffee and tea you can also check out The Forsyth Cafe walking tour Support me on Patreon: Caffeine Mark  Follow me: on Instagram: Caffeinemark on Twitter: @Caffeinemark on Facebook: CaffeineMark You can also support the show by donating with Paypal on this link: paypal.me/caffeinemark  

This is part 1 of my coffee chat with Rob Forsyth from Forsyth coffee in Naremburn in Sydney... This gentleman has so much knowledge and stories about coffee, that I had to break this up into 2 parts and we had so much more to chat about... so hopefully I will sit down again soon and we shall continue the caffeine interrogation.   And there is a record amount of shout outs in this show!!! Enjoy! Share the Love! check out Robs facebook pages: Forsyth coffee and tea you can also check out The Forsyth Cafe walking tour Support me on Patreon: Caffeine Mark  Follow me: on Instagram: Caffeinemark on Twitter: @Caffeinemark on Facebook: CaffeineMark You can also support the show by donating with Paypal on this link: paypal.me/caffeinemark  

This is part 16 of a 10 part mini self help for Baristas when their in the heat of the action! As Baristas... We love coffee, but we have a few pet hates. These are words of wisdom to help you deal with those moments without getting too much blood on your apron. Dedicated to the poor barista that has to deal with hearing other peoples issues and just patch them up by feeding them coffee and weed.   Anyway... enjoy! Lotsa Love from Caffeine Mark   Remain awesome folks!   and Namaste Bitches! Check out caffeinemark.com For all your vaping needs check out: http://bit.do/Caffeinevape    

After a minor relapse, Caffeine Mark moved to a recovery centre instead of the rehabilitation centre and has started a new journey of his quest to beat coffee by playing the bassoon.   In this episode we also have a chat with his room mate and addict T-Bag Spice who explains how he helps service the bassoon.   Enjoy and share the love.   Check out caffeinemark.com and support the podcast or you can also support by donating a dollar or 2 to Paypal.me/caffeinemark thanks all and remain awesome!