Filter Stories - Coffee Documentaries

2) Slavery, Suffering and Affordable Luxury

Why do we get upset when we’re charged €36 for an ordinary cappuccino?The answer flies us to the Caribbean where white Europeans make black Africans suffer. In this second episode of A History of Coffee, we uncover how colonialism squeezes the price of coffee, and how that changes European culture forever. Future episodes are already out on the ‘A History of Coffee’ podcast channel! http://bit.ly/2NArChOPress Subscribe so you don't miss future episodes!A History of Coffee is a collaboration between James Harper of the Filter Stories - Coffee Documentaries podcast and Jonathan Morris, Professor of History and author of ‘Coffee: A Global History’.Stay tuned for the upcoming Instagram live session where we unpack how the British produced coffee in Sri Lanka, and why so many Indians die. Visit Jonathan’s Instagram (https://bit.ly/37eMS3F) and Twitter (https://bit.ly/3jNr9ou) & James’ Filter Stories Instagram (https://bit.ly/2Mlkk0O) and Twitter (https://bit.ly/3baTsJk)Help other people find the show by leaving a review on...Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/3jY42aJCastbox: http://bit.ly/38sXdcHRead Jonathan’s book, ‘Coffee: A Global History’ here: https://amzn.to/3dihAfUFuture episodes are already out on the ‘A History of Coffee’ podcast channel: http://bit.ly/2NArChO

1) A Five Gun Salute to the Origins of Coffee

Here’s a surprising fact: coffee was only invented around the time Michelangelo was chiselling his statue of David. Why did it take so long for humans to invent the cup of coffee?In this first episode of A History of Coffee, Jonathan and James unpack how humans figured out that delicious flavours were contained in the roasted seeds of a coffee tree’s cherries.The answer has nothing to do with dancing goats...but, in some ways, it has everything to do with a shepherd in the forests of Ethiopia. Future episodes are already out on the ‘A History of Coffee’ podcast channel! http://bit.ly/2NArChOPress Subscribe so you don't miss future episodes!Watch James and Jonathan bust coffee myths at the Barista League's High Density conference, for free: http://bit.ly/3pxtlSaA History of Coffee is a collaboration between James Harper of the Filter Stories - Coffee Documentaries podcast and Jonathan Morris, Professor of History and author of ‘Coffee: A Global History’.Visit Jonathan’s Instagram (https://bit.ly/37eMS3F) and Twitter (https://bit.ly/3jNr9ou) to see Ethiopian coffee ceremonies and historical interpretations of Kaldi. Explore James’ Filter Stories Instagram (https://bit.ly/2Mlkk0O) and Twitter (https://bit.ly/3baTsJk) to marvel at ancient coffee growing techniques in the mountains of Yemen. Help other people find the show by leaving a review on...Apple Podcasts: http://apple.co/3jY42aJCastbox: http://bit.ly/38sXdcHRead Jonathan’s book, ‘Coffee: A Global History’ here: https://amzn.to/3dihAfUFuture episodes are already out on the ‘A History of Coffee’ podcast channel: http://bit.ly/2NArChO Coffee and brewing equipment featured in this episode:Ethiopia - Dimtu Tera Farm, Guji, Odo Shakiso. Roasted by 19 Grams (Berlin): https://bit.ly/3jQxRKvYemen - Hasan Al-Salool, Jewain village, West Haraz. Roasted by Darkwoods (UK): http://bit.ly/3db7yxfComandante hand grinder: http://bit.ly/3qmTSCNSage electric grinder: http://bit.ly/2Zf3NyC

Introducing: A History of Coffee

A History of Coffee is the story of how a tiny psychoactive seed changed the world and shapes our lives today. Across six episodes, documentary maker James Harper and professional historian Jonathan Morris narrate how humans race coffee across oceans to keep up with demand for this addictive drink. Coffee creates enormous fortunes for some, and misery for others. Sometimes the environment benefits, but more often it is plundered. If we want to make coffee a more equitable industry that’s also kinder to the environment, a place to start is understanding the stories and systems that put the coffee into your cup this morning. Future episodes are already out on the ‘A History of Coffee’ podcast channel! http://bit.ly/2NArChO Press the Subscribe button so you don’t miss future episodes.Read Jonathan’s book, ‘Coffee: A Global History’ here: https://amzn.to/3dihAfUFollow Filter Stories on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2Mlkk0O

A Girl on a Coffee Farm

Sofía is a teenager living on a coffee farm and was going to school five days a week. But a year later, she’s studying only on Saturdays. This might sound trivial, but I’m going to take you on a journey to show you why this undermines an industry worth over $30 Billion. ———————————A list of charities working in the coffee sector: https://sritson.com/Good-Hands-in-Coffee-BetaBuy your next coffee from a marginalized farmer: http://www.marginalizedfarmers.org/Leave a review for Filter Stories on Castbox! https://castbox.fm/channel/2604177?country=usNeed help on your podcast? Email James at hello@filterstories.orgSign up to the Filter Stories newsletter here: www.eepurl.com/dD-sY1Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-StoriesPiano music composed and performed by James HarperA big thanks to Jake Warga, Ellen Rolfes, Michael McDowell, Janina Grabs, Helena Wolf, Jenn Rugolo, Vasant Chari, Ed Maine, Rachel Knapp, Adam Harper, Pia Klein, Andrew Johnson

Be careful what you dream (it may come true)

You’ve just achieved a life goal. Now what? Dream bigger? Quit while you’re ahead?When Federico Bolaños fulfills his dream of helping a young Salvadoran win one of the hardest championships in coffee, he wants to aim higher. But his business partners tell him he risks losing their business. What Federico does next will change his life and El Salvador in ways he wants, and in ways he doesn’t. At the end of it all, I ask him: did you make the right choice?———————————Buy your next coffee from a marginalized farmer: http://www.marginalizedfarmers.org/Leave a review for Filter Stories on Castbox! https://castbox.fm/channel/2604177?country=usSign up to the Filter Stories newsletter here: www.eepurl.com/dD-sY1Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-StoriesGuitar song “Frantic" composed and performed by Håkon Vadet (hawkonn72@gmail.com). Produced and mixed by Ekaterina ZuevaNeed a voice over professional? Visit https://hannahvoice.comFederico Bolaños' new roastery - https://www.instagram.com/alquimiacoffee/Alejandro Mendez's roastery - https://www.instagram.com/4_monkeyscoffee/Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://soundfoundryberlin.com/Piano music composed and performed by James HarperFilter Stories logo design: https://headquarters.studio/A big thanks to Federico Bolaños, William Hernandez, Alejandro Mendez, Victor Flores Menéndez, Geraldo DiazEditorial thanks: Hannah Smith, Jasper Marlow, Pia Klein, Adam Harper, Andrew Johnston

Why El Salvador isn’t bringing back coffee

El Salvador used to grow a quarter of the world’s coffees. Today, it’s barely more than a rounding error. As coffee production fell, illegal migration to America grew.But there are many Salvadorans who want to grow coffee again and give Trump fewer reasons to build a wall. What’s holding them back?———————————Buy your next coffee from a marginalized farmer: http://www.marginalizedfarmers.org/Leave a review for Filter Stories on Castbox! https://castbox.fm/channel/Filter-Stories---Coffee-Documentaries-id1392173?country=usSign up to the Filter Stories newsletter here: http://www.eepurl.com/dD-sY1Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-StoriesPiano music composed and performed by James HarperSound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://domedgleysound.com/Filter Stories logo design: https://headquarters.studio/A big thanks to Álvaro Castro

A Eulogy for Tito

Hector “tito” Vargas passed away in December 2019. We honor him by playing the season finale of the Duolingo Spanish Podcast. Correction: Tito passed away from a gunshot wound and not a heart attack. It's unknown at this stage whether it was suicide or murder. Visiting Panama? I recommend Oscar as your guide: http://muchogustopanama.com/

Is your coffee building Trump’s wall? Part 5: How can we support marginalised coffee producers?

You buying a coffee from El Salvador and Trump building a border wall have nothing in common. Or do they?Over five episodes, we explore a story of El Salvador. We confront massacres, wide inequalities and the specialty coffee you drink today. Buried deep in this story is a group of people our coffee dollars are neglecting across the world.Part 5 explores how we can direct our coffee dollars towards historically marginalised farmers across the world.———————————If you haven't already, please subscribe to the show and review us on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/filter-stories/id1428327760Shape the future of Filter Stories by taking this 10 minute survey: https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/YWH3LZMSign up to the Filter Stories newsletter here: http://www.eepurl.com/dD-sY1Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-StoriesPiano music composed and performed by James HarperSound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://domedgleysound.com/Filter Stories logo design: https://headquarters.studio/A big thanks to: Cesar Magana, Mauricio Escalón, Álvaro Castro, Emilio Lopez Diaz, Marco Ariz, Francescopaolo Marolla, Walter Retana, United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation El Salvador, Rony Cordero, Cafe Salkantay Santa Ana, Jodie Cárcamo, Manuel Jesus Lopez, David Velasquez, Gilberto Baraona, Hugo Hernandez, Sara Cortez, Consejo Salvadoreño de Cafe, Tyler Wright, Josh Fontecha, Robert Durrette, Farmers First Coffee, Mauricio Benjamin Bautista Arucha, Israel Márquez, San Carlos Dos Cooperative, Sixto Ramos, Policar Siciliano, Helena Merivel Dias de Jimenez, Olga Carmel Ramirez, Azules Piedras Cooperative, Luis Ortez Ordoñez, Roberto Figero, Jesus Salvador Ortez, Victor Flores, Bronwen SernaEditorial thanks: Hannah Smith, Tina Ghelani, Adam Harper, Raymond Detweiler, Melanie Böhme, Andrew Johnson, Karin Vališová, Jesse Hartman, Matthias Staeheli

Is your coffee building Trump’s Wall? Part 4: The Rich and the Marginalised

You buying a coffee from El Salvador and Trump building a border wall have nothing in common.Or do they?Over five episodes, we explore a story of El Salvador. We confront massacres, wide inequality and the specialty coffee you drink today.Buried deep in this story is a group of people our coffee dollars are neglecting across the world.Part 4 asks whether we are denying economic opportunities to the same people our parents and grandparents did?———————————If you haven't already, please subscribe to the show and review us on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/filter-stories/id1428327760Shape the future of Filter Stories by taking this 10 minute survey: https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/YWH3LZMSign up to the Filter Stories newsletter here: http://www.eepurl.com/dD-sY1Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-StoriesPiano music composed and performed by James HarperSound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://domedgleysound.com/Filter Stories logo design: https://headquarters.studio/A big thanks to: Cesar Magana, Mauricio Escalón, Álvaro Castro, Emilio Lopez Diaz, Marco Ariz, Francescopaolo Marolla, Walter Retana, United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation El Salvador, Rony Cordero, Cafe Salkantay Santa Ana, Jodie Cárcamo, Manuel Jesus Lopez, David Velasquez, Gilberto Baraona, Hugo Hernandez, Sara Cortez, Consejo Salvadoreño de Cafe, Tyler Wright, Josh Fontecha, Robert Durrette, Farmers First Coffee, Mauricio Benjamin Bautista Arucha, Israel Márquez, San Carlos Dos Cooperative, Sixto Ramos, Policar Siciliano, Helena Merivel Dias de Jimenez, Olga Carmel Ramirez, Azules Piedras Cooperative, Luis Ortez Ordoñez, Roberto Figero, Jesus Salvador Ortez, Victor Flores, Bronwen SernaEditorial thanks: Hannah Smith, Tina Ghelani, Adam Harper, Raymond Detweiler, Melanie Böhme, Andrew Johnson, Karin Vališová, Jesse Hartman, Matthias Staeheli

Is your coffee building Trump’s wall? Part 3: Requiem for a Coffee Republic

You buying a coffee from El Salvador and Trump building a border wall have nothing in common.Or do they?Over five episodes, we explore a story of El Salvador. We confront massacres, wide inequality and the specialty coffee you drink today.Buried deep in this story is a group of people our coffee dollars are neglecting across the world.In Part 3, we discover what it takes to almost kill coffee completely.———————————Listen to the Coffee Podcast’s series on the history of the coffee price: https://thecoffeepodcast.com/2019/09/30/e137-perspectives-on-the-coffee-price-crisis-history-of-coffee-price-part-i/Also listen to the Specialty Coffee Association’s podcast with Janina Grabs on the future of the coffee market: https://scanews.coffee/podcast/59/reco-podcast-dr-janina-grabs-on-overcoming-the-single-exit-fallacy-s1-ep-4/If you haven't already, please subscribe to the show and review us on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/filter-stories/id1428327760Shape the future of Filter Stories by taking this 10 minute survey: https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/YWH3LZMSign up to the Filter Stories newsletter here: http://www.eepurl.com/dD-sY1Recommend Filter Stories to other podcast lovers on Podyssey! https://podyssey.fm/podcast/itunes1428327760-Filter-StoriesPiano music composed and performed by James HarperSound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://domedgleysound.com/Filter Stories logo design: https://headquarters.studio/A big thanks to: Cesar Magana, Mauricio Escalón, Álvaro Castro, Emilio Lopez Diaz, Marco Ariz, Francescopaolo Marolla, Walter Retana, United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation El Salvador, Rony Cordero, Cafe Salkantay Santa Ana, Jodie Cárcamo, Manuel Jesus Lopez, David Velasquez, Gilberto Baraona, Hugo Hernandez, Sara Cortez, Consejo Salvadoreño de Cafe, Tyler Wright, Josh Fontecha, Robert Durrette, Farmers First Coffee, Mauricio Benjamin Bautista Arucha, Israel Márquez, San Carlos Dos Cooperative, Sixto Ramos, Policar Siciliano, Helena Merivel Dias de Jimenez, Olga Carmel Ramirez, Azules Piedras Cooperative, Luis Ortez Ordoñez, Roberto Figero, Jesus Salvador Ortez, Victor Flores, Bronwen SernaEditorial thanks: Hannah Smith, Tina Ghelani, Adam Harper, Raymond Detweiler, Melanie Böhme, Andrew Johnson, Karin Vališová, Jesse Hartman, Matthias Staeheli