Welcome back for episode 2 of the Shlurp Podcast! In today's episode we cover a lot of ground, from our favorite coffee origins, to not having time to eat while working behind bar, to all the trauma dumping that happens in a coffee shop between a barista and their customers. We answer questions like, Is specialty instant coffee good these days? How expensive is too expensive for work shoes? And is latte art a waste of money? Tune in to find out our super professional thoughts on all these topics.

0:00 - Intro & preparing for the LA Coffee Fest
2:45 - Ideal home espresso set up
7:15 - Our personal favorite coffee origins
8:30 - Specialty instant coffee & global warming
15:20 - We are emotional spenders
16:42 - Wearing expensive clothes as a barista
20:50 - Coffee diets and eating while working
26:45 - Regulars' names and drinks
31:05 - Is latte art a waste of time and money?
37:22 - Trauma dumping from customers
44:20 - Disruptive team members
47:31 - Coffee break!
49:59 - Breaking down the coffee & the Cherry Love Coffee subscription box
55:48 - The ASMR of shlurping

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to follow along for weekly episodes each Thursday. We are also on all the podcast streaming platforms if you ever prefer to listen. You can find me on all social platforms @jeremymakescoffee and you can find Joe on Instagram @joekeleeee

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In this week's Coffee Break, I made a Colombia Natural Anaerobic coffee called the Wilder Lazo from Coffee Pirates in Vienna (via Carly Green's Coffee Love Cherry subscription pack). You can find Coffee Pirates on Instagram @coffeepirates_vienna or at their website: coffeepirates.at

Carly Green can be found on Instagram @coffee.with.carly and her website is: cherrylovecoffee.com

Here are the audio/video references from this video:

"Shlurp Theme Song" by @NightSonoran

Videos referenced:
Old Man Jennkins (@oldmanjennkins): https://www.instagram.com/p/C5hPrgRPk43/
Atomic Coffee Roasters (@atomicoffeeroasters ): https://www.instagram.com/p/C-Kkcr0MFZV/
Erin Cholakain (@erin_cholakian): https://www.instagram.com/p/C9gCfh9Si1k/