Thanks for having me! It was so much fun to visit, talk coffee, get a little nerdy, ruin a caramel and then leave! I really want to taste the finished result one day too, that coffee caramel tasted so good!

@nbalci1

Жыл бұрын

Why didn’t you wait to taste the pastry?

@colecciongranados

Жыл бұрын

Thank you James!!! It was a pleasure to watch!!!👍😋☕️

@bobstarsky

Жыл бұрын

That coffee grinder looked interesting, will you be reviewing it?

@ASH7388

Жыл бұрын

the most frustrating part was the lack of your reaction to the final product!!

@DickerFetterSteinLPs

Жыл бұрын

James off man

I love seeing James trying to hold in his laugh when Alex got the Carte Noir coffee bags out

@1nt3rl0ck

Жыл бұрын

I get the same when a friend ask me how is his noname coffee from a driper , the temperature is almost perfect..

@losewhenyougiveup

Жыл бұрын

And " I think it smells like coffee to most people"

@vitorhearteater

Жыл бұрын

James seems sassyer in this video than he is in his channel.

@unlink1649

Жыл бұрын

@@vitorhearteater it's always there - he just doesn't have somebody to sass about shit coffee with him haha

@Neenerella333

Жыл бұрын

But he does acknowledge that a more special coffee may be wasted by stuffing its subtleties into this application.

Ah yes, "roasted in a way that their flavor is predictable" needs to be a sticker or sign. Well done, James.

@DynestiGTI

Жыл бұрын

Coffee scientist

@dmarti47

Жыл бұрын

And then he follows with “Coffee is politics.” 👏

@thierryfaquet7405

Жыл бұрын

I mean that's the whole point of those brand. Selling hundreds of thousand pack of the exact same tasting coffee. If you really think about it, it's closer to what Coca-Cola is selling than what a vinyard is selling (when coffee is actually just water + a plant) The easiest way to have the beans always tasting the same is to over roast them. That's why for almost everyone coffee is synonym with bitter, because that's what they mass produce.

@dovana32

Жыл бұрын

Hahahaha

@WayStedYou

Жыл бұрын

@aswer huio Where is the food?

I really appreciate how Alex goes full circle and has the experts evaluate him. This is a unique twist to cooking channels

@kirkendauhl6990

Жыл бұрын

It’s one of the reasons I stick around, even if I know some of the basics it’s a whole different level of knowledge when an experienced professional is talking in layman’s terms to an amateur. What I see in a causal lesson on video can’t be taught on paper and Alex understands this perfectly.

@MadLadsAnonymous

Жыл бұрын

He's one of the best in this space because of his authentic curiosity.

@rhyswilliams4893

Жыл бұрын

He likes to nerd out on technical stuff

@TheCyberSpidey

Жыл бұрын

I think that makes it easier to understand the technique for the viewers and how they shape a dish, rather than recipes themselves. Most of the Foodtube is about recipes, not techniques - which is what makes Alex special. I'm not going to even attempt making mozzarella or dry pasta from scratch like he did, but there are tidbits to pick up on improving dishes I already make. His dry pasta, ramen and cacio e pepe and carbonara series have loads of such great info.

@philipplyanguzov9090

10 ай бұрын

​@@kirkendauhl6990Also helps that you get to learn about all the experts. I never would've found out about Italia squisita if it weren't for the pasta series

Oh now THIS is a crossover I love.

@plwadodveeefdv

Жыл бұрын

Wish it was 45 minutes longer

@slayerfox2

Жыл бұрын

🙌

@benhudson2748

Жыл бұрын

Next up: Alex uses his engineering skills to build some sort of coffee tool for James.

@KristenWare8312

Жыл бұрын

I watch them both.❤ this!

@Glyn-Leine

Жыл бұрын

@@benhudson2748 they build the ultimate home coffee roaster, or espresso machine. although ig james tried that last one before

The collab I hoped for but never thought it would happen 🎉

@JWinter

Жыл бұрын

Yes, yes, yeeees!

@averywhat

Жыл бұрын

two beautiful voiced baddies in glasses! 🙌

@teaCupkk

Жыл бұрын

I almost feel shortchanged to be honest. Was there no chemistry between these two? Because the collab felt fleeting, almost superficial - like a city break. Forget the fucking eclair, make James stay for longer. Wine and dine him. Show him the underbelly of Paris. He will inevitably fall in love with a French girl, propose, get rejected and contemplate jumping into the Seine. Console him with gourmet foods, drinks and prostitutes. Fine, give him an eclair if you must. But definitely film it all, edit it, make an epic out of it. Take a magnifier to food, to coffee, to life. We want the myriad details and flavors. No more quickies, depth please...

@ninjjer6878

Жыл бұрын

@@averywhat Aq Q

@felipernunes

Жыл бұрын

I like both of them!

The pastry chefs were holding in their true reactions. I believe that after the video was done they asked each other “how the F did he get that intense coffee flavor in the cream”

@NATIK001

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, watch the guy in the back he was way more impressed than the other guy was willing to let on.

@RENO_K

Жыл бұрын

@@NATIK001 HAhahaha yeah that's true when he bit in and the cream melted onto the tongue you can tell he's surprised by the coffee flavors

@Zraknul

Жыл бұрын

"It's easy, we just watch Alex's video after it comes out"

@prodigypenn

Жыл бұрын

They may have been impressed but at the end of the day doesn't mean they wanna change the way they make it. The version Alex made is suited to his specific taste, but they are running a commercial bakery, so they need something that would work for a majority of people

@user-lv7ph7hs7l

Жыл бұрын

@@Zraknul They don't know the coffee though. It's specialty of course but that only makes it more complicated. They can of course speculate it was James' own coffee and then pick a medium or medium dark roast. He doesn't have that many varieties. Then they just need to learn to brew properly with an aeropress though James does share his technique. But it's a lot of work especially if they aren't into specialty coffee already and I bet they aren't based on the coffee they chose. It was probably almost as expensive as specialty but very low grade and too dark a roast to dinstinguish the flavours in the bean, though presumably those wouldn't have been very good.

I was dying when James tried to drink the dark roast lol. You can feel the hesitation.

@qwertyTRiG

Жыл бұрын

Not the worst thing he's drunk on KZread by a long way.

@davelanciani-dimaensionx

Жыл бұрын

James is NOT a fan of dark roast.

@backtoklondike

5 ай бұрын

Best part is that James, while an expert, isn't a snob when it comes to coffee. So that coffee must've been REALLY bad for that hesitation to come.

James fixes everyone's coffee problems

@Mrjack8858

Жыл бұрын

James created mine

@alexchernikov6276

Жыл бұрын

@@Mrjack8858 kinda what printer companies do

@davidfuller581

Жыл бұрын

@@Mrjack8858 same

@W0lf

Жыл бұрын

@@Mrjack8858 Too true

@FedeCarranza

Жыл бұрын

James created and solved my coffee problems.

He's not just *a* coffee expert...he's *the* coffee expert.

@NonsensicalSpudz

Жыл бұрын

i doubt that

@Caffeine.And.Carvings

Жыл бұрын

@@NonsensicalSpudz aside from scott Rao who mostly does background work, The Hoff is literally THE driving force and the Face for third wave coffee culture. He basically started and made famous coffee KZread, and created a space for other KZreadrs to strive, pick their niches and share their knowledge. So he kinda is the expert for modern coffee people, still humble about it himself.

@Timberjagi

Жыл бұрын

The KZread expert of coffee you ment to say right? So so so many experts yet 99% are unknown for most people until they start a KZread channel 😂

@ybab-j

Жыл бұрын

the world is so much bigger than the internet

@michaela.754

Жыл бұрын

@@Timberjagi you dont realize that his KZread presence came AFTER he became the godfather of the coffee scene

James has gotten me to the point where I'm staying up at night watching coffee videos excited to make coffee the next morning.

@mateop607

5 ай бұрын

So true! I got my Bolivia coffee ready to grind and brew when that alarm rings!

@stephenallen4635

2 ай бұрын

So you're telling me coffee is keeping you from sleeping at night? Inconcievable!!

Seeing James in this editing style makes him seem way more human.

@lyesallouche9010

8 ай бұрын

True, he's videos are to perfect

@Bloodysugar

8 ай бұрын

He's very picky about quality he produces, but I never though he was lacking any humanity. He is subtle for sure but full of humor, sensitivity and passion, I don't see it here more than in his own videos.

Being an avid watcher of James' channel, I also laughed when Alex opened up the fridge to show him those bags of rancid beans 🧐

@Zraknul

Жыл бұрын

On the brightside, it wasn't a bag that says Coffee beans and Alex on it.

@MereCashmere

Жыл бұрын

@@Zraknul my names ALEX

@Bean15_

Жыл бұрын

@@Zraknul 😂

Honestly, James was spitting straight facts when he said, "Coffee _is_ politics." Seriously, as a tea drinker who enjoys the occasional cup of coffee, I've had roughly the same amount of heated arguments with coffee fanatics as I've had with people with opposing political views. 😂

@michaelablank

Жыл бұрын

Not only that, but coffee plantations and equitable profits for growers is an incredibly political thing that James is very passionate about.

@jellevm

Жыл бұрын

There's also the interesting theory that the Enlightenment was made possible partly because people started congregating in coffee houses rather than getting drunk in pubs.

@juliegolick

Жыл бұрын

"Cant you just have a nice cup of tea and not shove your politics in my face?!" [learns literally any fact about and history or production of tea] "...Oh."

@melodyqueen6432

Жыл бұрын

Wait.... am I to understand that your impression of coffee drinkers is such that they are more particular about the quality of their cup than tea drinkers?? From the midwest, most american-drank cups of coffee are out of a dripper that would make *okay* coffee if it had been cleaned sometime in the last 10 years or if the beans were even remotely fresh. I have felt like the "standard cup of folgers" is vastly subpar to even a "standard cup of hot water over a lipton teabag" which could be appropriately described as "nothing more than warm leaf juice." Basically what I'm trying to say, a poorly made tea will almost always be more palatable than an average american made cup of joe. I love great coffee, but most of the folks here just want something hot with caffeine in the morning and they'll drink swill to get it. Tea on the other hand.... I understand that if your subpar pour is late for the Queen's tea time, MI6 will make you disappear. Tom Scott has a whole video about it, and the whole island has their own clocks set for tea

@asuLK1

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

Hold on. You invited James all the way out to help you with coffee and you didn't even let him try one of the coffee eclairs?!

@Zraknul

Жыл бұрын

Alex is still in training, once he has mastered his eclair he'll have to get them back to it.

@FrenchGuyCooking

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately James had to leave early, but we'll make sure to fix that someday 👍

@macrothump

Жыл бұрын

@aswer huio only a few wars...

@gayleralan

Жыл бұрын

He got on a train...Paris ain't that far from London

@ChaS4m

Жыл бұрын

@@gayleralan I keep forgetting there's a train under the channel

James quietly saying "coffee is politics" is my favorite part. Because it's true, but moreover, it's true about almost anything that you are truly passionate about.

The best episode ever. I love watching a Brit out-food-snob a Parisian. Awesome collab!

@fluffigverbimmelt

Жыл бұрын

I didn't even notice, but that's hilariously true

@remnant24

Жыл бұрын

Calling coffee "food" is a stretch.

@crabmansteve6844

Жыл бұрын

@@remnant24 All drinks are food, but not all food are drinks.

@remnant24

Жыл бұрын

@@crabmansteve6844 Still a stretch. I guarantee you won't survive on a coffee-only diet for more than a few months.

@crabmansteve6844

Жыл бұрын

@@remnant24 You're missing a crucial point that I suspect has flown over your head.

I would watch 100 episodes of you and James without hesitation.

James laughing, then Alex freaking out is amongst my new favorite things.

When a pastry chef doesn’t want to admit Alex knocked it out of the park! 😂

The collab we didn't know we needed. A french and a brit, what could possibly go wrong :).

@amusliminusa

Жыл бұрын

lol

@aelouardaoui

Жыл бұрын

imagine if there was an italian too xD

@SanDukey

Жыл бұрын

@@aelouardaoui Absolute chaos 😂

Two absolutely gentleman LEGENDS bringing their powers (and amazing smiles) together? 10/10. Thank you.

@algotrhythm4287

Жыл бұрын

It realy is the amzing smiles. Not just nerding-out the recipes, but they are so obviously enjoying themselves that makes this a great video

This is so insane. I've watched you both separately for such a long time but I would've never guessed you'd so a collab together. This is so wild to see these worlds colliding. Fuckin love hames joffman.

Honestly this level of detail and experimentation (well, basically R&D) is something one would expect out of top-tier kitchens…

Gotta say: I'm loving this vibe lately. Episode one: get something fantastic in Paris that's very Paris, with a great local chef. Episode two: Alex explores making it at home. And then on to the next Parisian treat.

Alex: “these are burnt!” James: “they aaare roasted in a way that makes their flavor predictable” Carte Noire: ☠️😵

this video was so cool to see baking and coffee intertwine. too often coffee is just treated as a flavor, but i'm glad alex and james are treating coffee in foods with the same respect as coffee we normally drink.

Coffee smacked at 12:34. The expression on both you and James's face is priceless!

This was a totally unexpected, but in hindsight absolutely needed collaboration that we all needed! Thank you both Alex and James! Love both of your guys' content! 🤙

This collab is like a coffee and a croissant on a chilly morning. Perfect!

@coffee5741

Жыл бұрын

Very well said

@Dinckelburg

Жыл бұрын

A croissant with bacon

Watching James desperately try to come up with civil things to say about the Carte Noir was probably the highlight of this video

For those of you in the UK, he used Union Coffee! You can find them on the shelf of most UK retailers.

Wow, didn't expect that collab, but such a wonderful surprise! Two men enamored with their craft sharing a learning moment together. Great vibes.

I love the progress y'all were able to make in this new endeavour. Your channel introduced me to James and I have since consumed his content as voraciously as I have yours. Absolutely looking forward to your next installment

Been watching both these two for a while now, so happy to see a cross over! Amazing work as always. This is what I'd aspire to if I was making my own content

My two all-time favourite youtubers coming together is everything I needed in my life right now... with all sincerity thanks for all the great content!!!! wish you all the best and keep up the awesome work :)

Best colab ever! Love all the knowledge those two offer

I love that you can so clearly see each person's comfort level with cleanliness practices in the kitchen.

I stumbled across both yours and James at roughly the same time...that time being midway through covid. I love both channels, and very happy to see this collab. Thanks to you both.

2 of my favourite youtubers chatting together. That's amazing guys, thanks for the video it's amazing!

I love how both of you learned together by making your mistakes together It shows you how even experts need to make mistakes And also how much nerds you guys are in your own way

@Zraknul

Жыл бұрын

“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.” Niels Bohr.

@pulaskiatnight_

Жыл бұрын

@R R tell me you belittle people over their "intellect" on the internet to feel better about your own shortcomings without telling me you belittle people over their "intellect" over the internet to feel better about your own shortcomings

James has changed my life. Seriously. My coffee game is on point thanks to him!

That's great! I am subscribed to both James and Alex's channels. It's great to see them working together! Enjoyed this episode a lot! Thank you guys!

Great episode, I've watched both your videos in the past and seeing your work together was a rare treat.

This is not only super entertaining to watch, but it gives me so much joy to see the love and search for good taste, the excitement, creativity, the know how and the reaction (and pride) to (and for) the results! I really loved this video and it made my day better :-).

OMG!! Two of my favorite youtubers collaborating!! What a gift on a saturday!! But I think, Alex, you're left with two skills to master now. One is your pastry technique, and the other is your coffee brewing technique!! 8). Thank you so much!! This was a GEM.

I freaking love both of you guys. Probably have watched this video 10 times realistically. Man the way you both learn from each other is harmonious.

AAAH! A collab between two of my faves. love it so much. Thanks for the awesome flip on picking ingredients!

Lots of fun seeing James and Alex go through the tasting process.

This was honestly fun to watch. I just love seeing Alex's surprised and excited expressions when he actually tasted the different flavours that coffee has. Reminded me so much of myself when I first started learning about all the different coffee flavours. When I served my brother and father some of the coffee I made from my Mocha pot, I got the same kind of surprised and excited response. They have always thought that coffee just taste bitter. Don't we all do at first. But when we learn how to properly extract coffee it just literally opens up the coffee flavors so much more. Even the crappy coffee beans taste different when you extract it differently.

Two of my fav youtubers in one video! Always love when James stops by and guides others in coffee (like he did with Tom Scott.)

Love these 2… working together is a blessing

I can't believe that I've lived my whole life without this collaboration up until now. From now on, life is a lot better.

I love that two of my favourite you-tubers collaborated. Bringing us the best of both worlds Coffee and Food

Not the collab we asked for but the one we needed! Hope to see more of you two !

What a stellar colab mate 💪 You are both amazing coaches and provide a wealth of knowledge and inspiration 😃

YOU DONT UNDERSTAND HOW HAPPY I WAS TO SEE THIS COLAB

The colab everyone was waiting for!!!

your skills in the kitchen and cinematography is getting amazing. great job Alex

Amazing collab, can't get enough of James

Never thought I’d get this collaboration, love both of your channels

"They are roasted in a way that their flavour is predictable" is such a great description of something boring.

So glad you had James on! You and James are two of my favorite food youtubers.

Love this! Two of my all-time favorite KZreadrs in the same video. Thank you Alex and James!

The perfect collab doesn’t exis… wait this is beyond perfect. Exactly what I thought after seeing your ecclair video last week 😆👏👏

I've been waiting all my life for this collab 😂 I absolutely love all his videos, I don't even drink coffee 😂

Great video with two experts in their field. There's always new techniques to be tried - and to be brought In from other professions. Super fun to watch

Wow, not expecting this matchup. Love James channel so its awesome to see you guys work together.

I am loving watching james completely lose it at seeing the difference in taste and expectation

The collab we should have asked for and the collab we absolutely needed.

This collaboration made my life. Please do it again!!!!

Such a great video! Awesome to see you guys collaborating.

They are finally together, both funny but also serious about what they are doing

@Linoran85

Жыл бұрын

Yes, noticed that as well 👍

James' face when Alex mentions coffee choice was the most British vs. French thing I've seen to date. It almost screamed "see, this is why 100 years war."

Always great to see a James Hoffmann collab!

Having watched both of these channels and being fans of both, it is super cool to see these guys collaborate! would never thought this would have happened!!!!!

To see Jame's reaction to Alex's coffee was my favorite part. I can't believe this collab happened!

Perfect collab, I’d kill to see you two do a short travel series exploring the relationship between coffee and food

@pueyorivers3281

11 ай бұрын

I would even settle for a short series, just to see that type of collab.

I'm a coffee geek and I love your channel. This is great stuff!

That was so cool to see you work with the coffee expert to make those exquisite coffee eclairs. Well done guys!

Just brilliant. We need these two around the world.

James' chuckle at the beginning was priceless. 😄❤️ I didn't know whether the fridge was the reason or the coffee. I also would have infused the cream as the very hot cream might re-roast the coffee. But the pH dilemma is interesting.

Two of my favourite KZread providers. James has got me back into real coffee again. Bought myself a Clever Dripper and some ground coffee to see how it goes.

This is incredible. I found James' channel from looking for a way to brew better coffee for myself at work and finding his AeroPress videos. And what's that he's using to make coffee for Alex? Absolutely delightful.

It's nice to see James relax, smile and laugh with Alex while in contrast he's a lot more down the line and staunch in his videos. Salut Alex, love your work.

This was awesome. So much inspiration for cooking beyond just coffee and éclair

I am relatively new here but you are the modern French guy. I appreciate your honesty and transparency. You have a new disciple… well done !

I don't think I have wanted a crossover more than this!

Hope this spins off into a full coffee series

That first taste changed you, Alex! You'd let an Englishman into your Kitchen and seemed unsure, after that taste you seemed to forget he wasnt french lol

LOVE a good team up. I'm not even a real coffee person and I adore James. Great team up choice.

I would love to watch Alex and James just talking shop over dinner and coffee. I hope they had a chance to do so even if off camera.

This fall has turned into the "guests visiting the studio" series. 😂❤️

Best guest ever, it was nice to see James as a mere mortal having fun!

What a great collaboration! Two of my favorite KZreadrs

I’m not sure I deserved this collaboration but I’m smiling ear to ear because of it.

This is what it took for James to make another aeropress video 😆 Now let's see if he can introduce Alex to our friend Hames Joffman

Absolutely loved this episode!!! Alex is such a nice person and James seems exactly on the same level, what a nice vibe

Love how you just broke it down and built it back overcame a problem and made it look so smooth

In case anyone (like me) was wondering, the grinder James is using an Option-O Lagom Mini.

@victoranibal7959

Жыл бұрын

thank you!!!