Coffee Savant #1 - Ales Pospisil ("European Coffee Trip" Platform)

Ales Pospisil - “European Coffee Trip” Everybody who knows me, knows that I’m a dedicated coffee lover. This is the first of many “Coffee Savant” episodes and it’s only fitting to do it with the person who ignited my passion for ‘The Bean’, Ales Pospisil and the coffee platform: European Coffee Trip. My name gets often auto-corrected to ‘Beans’ anyway, so I suppose it’s my destiny anyways :) In this category of podcast episodes I will talk to a variety of coffee-enthusiasts and cafe owners as well as baristas. It’s a niche that not everyone appreciates until they have a tasty cup of coffee and with this category of special episodes I will do my best to get you closer to ‘The Bean’ with a ‘tasty episode’ who hopefully will prompt you to explore this space. Ales is the co-founder of the biggest cafe-finder platform (in my humble opinion) in Europe and helped me to find the best cafes on my journeys around Europe. Together with Radek Nozicka, they make an extra effort to map out as many ‘Specialty Cafes’ or ‘Third Wave’ coffee-spots in Europe and thus far have gotten a lot of attention by travellers who are visiting Europe. Ales talked about the early beginnings of the platform and off course where it’s currently going, together with the YouTube channel that has experienced a lot of growth in the midst of the pandemic. We didn’t mention the App they are currently working on but that should also be mentioned at least here to help ‘coffee explorers’ find the best spots. Ales talked openly about his tastes and the openness to new experiences in the coffee world and the coffee world outside of Europe. Overall, a very exciting episode for me personally and probably for all the Coffee Geeks out there as well. We did ‘Geek Out’ over a lot of special topics and probably could have gone for hours more. Please enjoy this episode and leave a comment or review on this episode below. Subscribe to this channel and let’s Geek out together! Today's Main Topics: - Who is Ales Pospisil? - Personal journey to the coffee world and the beginnings of "European Coffee Trip" - Platform Info and Cafes that are featured - Personal Favourite Cafes - Advice for "Rookies" on where to start their coffee discovery - Countries with Biggest 'upside' and 'under-rated' in terms of coffee culture - Opinion and experience with "Coffee fads" such as Bulletproof coffee & Mushroom Coffee - Coffee Places outside of Europe worth discovering - "Barista Automation" - 5 "Espresso-Questions" Finding Ales & European Coffee Trip: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/alespospisil/ Website - https://europeancoffeetrip.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/europeancoffeetrip/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/EuroCoffeeTrip Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=european%20coffee%20trip LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/europeancoffeetrip/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/EuropeanCoffeeTrip/featured To support my podcast on Patreon click here (Ačiu!!): https://www.patreon.com/bmatke #AlesPospisil #EuropeanCoffeeTrip #CoffeeSavant #SpecialtyCoffee #Espresso #FlatWhite #CoffeeGeeks #CoffeeLovers Sponsors: Not yet :)