Category: Minneapolis

First Crack 32. The Tea Episode with Mindy Kelly

Post author By Garrick van Buren
Post date March 29, 2005
Categories In Interviews, Minneapolis, Podcasts, Tasting, Tea

Mindy Kelly from Mrs. Kelly’s Tea and I talk selection, brewing, and finding the right tea. Listen to the Tea Episode with Mindy Kelly [16 min] Got questions about coffee or comments about the show? Call: 206-20-BEAN-1 Like the show? Support the First Crack Podcast

Van Crashes into Paper Source

Post author By Garrick van Buren
Post date March 13, 2005
Categories In Minneapolis, Photos
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UPDATE: 25 Mar 2005 This from the Paper Source’s page on their Minneapolis location If you’ve driven past our store you may have noticed that things are not what they once were. One big van crash took out half the building. The good news is that nobody was hurt. The bad news is that while […]

First Crack 24. The Value of 1-Legged Barflys and Toothless Boxers – Sam & Dave Part 3

Post author By Garrick van Buren
Post date January 27, 2005
Categories In Minneapolis, Podcasts, Urban Living

This is the second of many shorter excerpts from my extremely lengthy conversation with Minneapolis urban planners Sam Newberg and David Motzenbecker. In this installment we discuss what you don’t find in new American developments. Listen to the Value of 1-Legged Barflys and Toothless Boxers [3 min] Got questions about coffee or comments about the […]

First Crack 23. A Good Minneapolis Bar – Sam & Dave Part 2

Post author By Garrick van Buren
Post date January 27, 2005
Categories In Interviews, Minneapolis, Podcasts, Urban Living

This is the second of many shorter excerpts from my extremely lengthy conversation with Minneapolis urban planners Sam Newberg and David Motzenbecker. In this installment we discuss what makes a good Minneapolis bar – no, windows aren’t on the list. Listen to A Good Minneapolis Bar [3 min] Got questions about coffee or comments about […]

First Crack 22. MPR’s New Current -Sam & Dave Part 1

Post author By Garrick van Buren
Post date January 27, 2005
Categories In Minneapolis, Music, Podcasts

This is the first of many shorter excerpts from my extremely lengthy conversation with Minneapolis urban planners Sam Newberg and David Motzenbecker. In this installment we profess our love for Minnesota Public Radio’s new station 89.3 The Current Listen to MPR’s New Current [5 min] Got questions about coffee or comments about the show? Call: […]

Welcome, Everyone from the Pioneer Press

I’d like to extend a warm welcome to everyone that read about the First Crack Podcast (“highly caffeinated public radio”) in the recent Pioneer Press article. Here are some quick links to the shows mentioned in the article: “metro roastmaster at work”: First Crack 16. Interview with a Roastmaster: Greg Beale “the particulars of home […]

First Crack 20. The One True Barista with Sam Buchanan

Post author By Garrick van Buren
Post date January 13, 2005
Categories In Coffee, Interviews, Minneapolis, Podcasts

Sam Buchanan from the Afongen.com weblog and I checkout the newest Dunn Bros on east Lake (just blocks away from the Blue Moon), and discuss his history from barista, to roaster, to Java programmer. Other things to listen for: The history of afong Why Guatemalan coffee is the best Sam’s quest for the One True […]

First Crack 19. Coffee and Community at the Blue Moon

Post author By Garrick van Buren
Post date January 12, 2005
Categories In Coffee, Coffee Shops, Interviews, Minneapolis, Podcasts
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Cindy, owner of Minneapolis’ Blue Moon and Second Moon, and I discuss the community value of independent, neighborhood coffee shops. Listen for a patron-thwarted robbery and why coffee should come in small cups. I end the show with “Don’t Tell a Soul” by the Revamps. For more on them, drop lead man Darren Harff a […]

First Crack 18. Blogumentary’s Chuck Olsen and the Revamps

Post author By Garrick van Buren
Post date January 6, 2005
Categories In Blogumentary, Chuck Olsen, Interviews, Minneapolis, Movies, Music, Podcasts

Chuck Olsen and I discuss his movie Blogumentary, open source films, vlogging, authenticity, and piles of other things including: Blogumentary [Debt Relief Plan] NewPatriot.org White Rock Coffee – Adam Sellke’s weblog Joe Trippi’s weblog Plaine Layne is gone Michael Moore Hates America GreenCine Daily Rocketboom VideoBlogging Yahoo group Me TV VloggerCon ourmedia BitTorrent Human Dog […]

First Crack 16. Interview with a Roastmaster: Greg Beale

Post author By Garrick van Buren
Post date December 21, 2004
Categories In Coffee, Coffee Shops, Interviews, Minneapolis, Podcasts, Roasting, Tasting
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Greg Beale, a Dunn Bros. Coffee roastmaster, and I roast 8 pounds of Colombian beans, discuss holiday brewing tips, and the local flavors of the Dunn Bros shops. Intro: PodCat from PodCat’s Daily Best of Podcasting. Listen to Interview with a Roastmaster: Greg Beale [38 min] Got questions about coffee or comments about the show? […]