On this episode we interview our friend Ethan Murphy! Ethan and Whit Macdonald are the team that run Cape Coffee, a Newfoundland coffee roasting company. Ethan is a coffee pro, and we have fun diving into coffee, roasting, and the local coffee scene!

Episode Timestamps

(00:00:00 ) Episode Intro

(00:00:30 ) Pre-introduction banter / How young is too young for coffee?

(00:02:35 ) Introducing Ethan Murphy and Cape Coffee

(00:05:59 ) What is "3rd wave coffee"?

(00:11:21 ) Coffee cupping sessions and tasting notes

(00:23:30 ) Sourcing coffee beans as the green-buyer

(00:30:06 ) Roasting coffee beans

(00:46:45 ) Remembering St. John's cafes and coffees from our pasts, and the arrival of 3rd wave coffee in NL

(00:53:00 ) The current coffee/cafe scene

(00:57:18 ) The price of coffee

(00:59:33 ) Opening people's minds to 3rd wave coffee

(01:05:04 ) Interacting with less educated/immersed coffee drinkers, avoiding snobby inclinations, making coffee approachable

(01:11:50 ) The future with Cape Coffee – working with Eight Ounce Coffee, coffee pods, and instant coffee

(01:17:40 ) What are our personal go-to cafe drink choices

(01:21:00 ) Dialling in the espresso at our cafe