David Olson

But in both cases, just whatever endemic microbes are in the jungle, on the fruit, start to acidify and metabolize all of the fruit flesh. And all those metabolites, all the acids that are produced, all the organic molecules seep into the actual coffee bean itself and change its flavor.

If you took a fresh coffee bean and completely stripped it of the fruit and dried it immediately and went through the same roasting process, you would end up with the most like... flat, cardboardy, acrid coffee compared to what happens post-fermentation. So fermentation is an incredibly important step in coffee production.

If you took a fresh coffee bean and completely stripped it of the fruit and dried it immediately and went through the same roasting process, you would end up with the most like... flat, cardboardy, acrid coffee compared to what happens post-fermentation. So fermentation is an incredibly important step in coffee production.

If you took a fresh coffee bean and completely stripped it of the fruit and dried it immediately and went through the same roasting process, you would end up with the most like... flat, cardboardy, acrid coffee compared to what happens post-fermentation. So fermentation is an incredibly important step in coffee production.

Yeah. Complex.

Yeah. Complex.

Yeah. Complex.

Fermentation is the transformation of one food into another with the help of microbes.

Fermentation is the transformation of one food into another with the help of microbes.

Fermentation is the transformation of one food into another with the help of microbes.

You, as the fermenter, take the role of the bouncer. You have a velvet rope at your disposal. You stand at the door. And a great ferment is the club inside where it's full of beautiful people making great conversations, sipping on champagne, and it's a fantastic party.

You, as the fermenter, take the role of the bouncer. You have a velvet rope at your disposal. You stand at the door. And a great ferment is the club inside where it's full of beautiful people making great conversations, sipping on champagne, and it's a fantastic party.

You, as the fermenter, take the role of the bouncer. You have a velvet rope at your disposal. You stand at the door. And a great ferment is the club inside where it's full of beautiful people making great conversations, sipping on champagne, and it's a fantastic party.

And it's your job at the door to turn away all the bad actors, all the people that are going to go inside and start a fight, you know, just ruin the vibe. You just want to let in the good microbes.

And it's your job at the door to turn away all the bad actors, all the people that are going to go inside and start a fight, you know, just ruin the vibe. You just want to let in the good microbes.

And it's your job at the door to turn away all the bad actors, all the people that are going to go inside and start a fight, you know, just ruin the vibe. You just want to let in the good microbes.

Yeah, so I was I was in grade school and I was like at home alone in the morning. I was just eating honey nut Cheerios like any other North American kid watching Transformers on Fox Kids. Yeah. And I don't finish my breakfast. I just throw the bowl up on the counter and then like jet off to school. And this is like end of the school year. It's summer.

Yeah, so I was I was in grade school and I was like at home alone in the morning. I was just eating honey nut Cheerios like any other North American kid watching Transformers on Fox Kids. Yeah. And I don't finish my breakfast. I just throw the bowl up on the counter and then like jet off to school. And this is like end of the school year. It's summer.

Yeah, so I was I was in grade school and I was like at home alone in the morning. I was just eating honey nut Cheerios like any other North American kid watching Transformers on Fox Kids. Yeah. And I don't finish my breakfast. I just throw the bowl up on the counter and then like jet off to school. And this is like end of the school year. It's summer.

It's hot in our little cramped apartment in Toronto. And I come back to my mom, who's already like setting up for dinner. And she's like, clean up after yourself. Your breakfast is on the counter. And then I go like, sorry, mom, pick up the bowl. And the milk is set. It's like jelly. I'm like, mom, what has happened? She's like, you made yogurt. Now, please clean it up.