In celebration of World Coffee Day we visited Glasgow’s Papercup
World Coffee Day is upon us, and to commemorate the occasion we spoke to Head Roaster David at Glasgow’s Papercup coffee bean roastery to find out why Glaswegians love coffee.
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00:00 I go into coffee to impress a girl
00:01 The coffee lasted longer
00:05 Coffee is the seed of the coffee cherry
00:08 Rather small tree, large shrub
00:09 which grows all across the equatorial belt
00:12 but traditionally from Ethiopia
00:14 Harvest the seeds, you harvest the fruits
00:16 the coffee fruit's like a red cherry
00:18 It can also be yellow, orange, pink
00:20 or tiger striped
00:22 and yeah, they take the fruit off
00:24 just like you would from a plum or anything else
00:26 Dry out the seeds, send the seeds to us
00:28 and the bags over there and we would roast them
00:30 turn them into the coffee beans you recognise
00:33 Been with Papercup nine years, just over
00:35 and I've been in coffee for an awful lot longer than that
00:38 and I've seen the scene grow
00:39 and there's definitely a huge, huge new scene going on
00:42 Lots of new places opening up
00:44 lots of people interested in really good coffee
00:46 lots of different, obviously different types of coffee as well
00:49 different tastes and different styles
00:51 which is fabulous
00:52 I love it so much because of the diversity of flavour
00:55 It's like everything that's good about wine
00:58 except it doesn't have alcohol
00:59 You can have it any time of the day
01:01 You can take it anywhere, you can brew it anywhere
01:03 There's never any problems
01:04 You know, in the morning you can have a nice
01:06 strong coffee to wake you up
01:08 and then in the afternoon you can have an easy going coffee
01:12 you know, with lots more fruit notes in it
01:14 In the winter you can have one that's got a bit of spice in it
01:16 and it's all coffee
01:18 Why do Glaswegians love coffee?
01:20 Why do Glaswegians love coffee?
01:26 I don't know, why does anybody love coffee?
01:28 Well in saying that, I think Glaswegians love coffee
01:30 especially the types of coffee we do
01:32 We've been doing a lot of processed and natural coffees for a long time
01:35 and I think it's because they are so funky, so fruity, so different
01:39 you know, from the kind of other coffees that you can get
01:43 then, then yeah
01:46 I think that's why those kind of coffees are popular in Glasgow
01:50 and why coffee in general has become popular
01:51 It's a good thing to do, to hang out with people, to see friends
01:54 and again you can do it any time of the day
01:55 We'll make a flat white, I think that's probably the best thing to do
01:58 So, coffee machine, everybody's seen one, usually from that side
02:01 not from this side
02:03 Got your portafilter and your group handle, should always be nice and dry
02:07 We've got an Ethiopia in the hopper here
02:09 and a nice grinder which will weigh it for us
02:11 You do have hand tampers, which is the kind of thing you would use in your house
02:19 We've got a nice fancy automatic one
02:22 So we just make sure everything's nice and level, nice and flat
02:25 Like that
02:31 Pop it in the espresso machine
02:34 and we'll let it run
02:40 So what is a flat white?
02:43 A flat white is two shots of espresso to equal parts coffee
02:48 which is normally five to six ounces
02:52 without too much formula
02:55 There you go
03:00 - Thank you.
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