{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"High Fidelity","title":"Episode 24 | U.S. Cup Tasters Championship with Andrew Shelley of Brio Coffeeworks","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/f64979f1\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2959,"description":"Our first episode exploring coffee and cannabis; two of our favorite plants. Bridget discusses our partnership with Brio Coffeeworks to combine the two in our upcoming retail experience and chats with Brio’s own Andrew Shelley about his 2nd place finish at this year’s U.S. Cup Tasters Championship. This ain’t your average cup of joe!\nLinks:\nBrio Coffeeworks\nSpecialty Coffee Expo\n2023 USCTC Rankings\nThe Coffee Taster's Flavor Wheel \nShow Notes: \n0:00 Lift off\n1:29 Why we are talking about coffee on this podcast\n2:40 Brio Coffeeworks partnership\n4:10 Explanation of Cup Tasters competition\n7:00 The path to the championship round\n11:00 The Championship at the 2023 Specialty Coffee Expo\n11:45 Palate fatigue\n14:08 Lucky tasting spoon\n15:18 To spit or to swallow\n17:23 Progressing through the 8 coffee triangulations\n22:18 How the coffees are prepared\n25:36 The importance of temperature\n28:09 Aroma, acidity, body and flavor\n30:55 Slurping\n34:47 The diverse chemical profiles of coffee and cannabis\n35:25 The Coffee Taster's Flavor Wheel\n37:36 Aroma and memory\n40:03 Flavor and roasting \n41:27 Regional flavor\n42:36 Cannabis is more than THC and coffee is more than caffeine\n46:00 \"The best coffee is the coffee you like to drink\"","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/cDZvekvgmJ8JN0rZIT6RMYFWMPY2ABRE6E-SMvVmyiQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM1NTE3LzE2NjYw/MjQ5NTctYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}