Hello Everyone! This is Chandler, the maker of the video (Gmail account is under my first name Kevin) but I wanted to thank everyone for the response and comments! When TED approached me about this I expected a couple of hundred views max, so thank you to everyone for the response! I was just scrolling through the comments and saw some really valid critiques that I just wanted to give some attention. I made a very big mistake in saying "coffee is not grown in the US" that is my mistake and what I meant was in the continental US, Hawaiian coffees are wonderful! For the pronunciation of the "maillard" reaction, definitely French, and however that is pronounced in French would be correct! Lastly just wanted to point out that yes this talk in general is an extreme simplification of ideas. I have a great amount of respect for Starbucks and it is well known that they source coffee from all of the world - my comment about their low level sourcing was meant to show that high demand of coffee requires high production volume of coffee. Many other statements and ideas are oversimplified for sure but I feel pretty good about the general ideas that are put forth. Once again thank you to everyone! Really love that people are drinking great coffee out there!!

Frenetic321

4 күн бұрын

🥰👍

SYAM KUMAR KATURI

6 күн бұрын

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6 күн бұрын

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Jonathon Starr

2 ай бұрын

You did an amazing job and have taught me more about coffee than I had ever known before. Thanks 😊

Lakshmi

5 ай бұрын

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I want a video like this for every subject ever, taught by this guy. He did a great job of simplifying this.

Jared Hobbs

7 күн бұрын

lmaooo sooo true! this guys is awesome!

Oswald Digestive Clinic

10 ай бұрын

If you liked this video, you may also want to know that Research shows that coffee can help with mental alertness, type 2 diabetes, weight loss, Parkinon’s, prevention of cardiovascular disease, and may prevent gallbladder disease!

I am from Kenya and I am a coffee farm and everything u hv said I was told by my grandfather and that made me to continue with the family farm. Thanks

Teguh

22 сағат бұрын

How high is your farm from the sea?

denis njoroge

5 күн бұрын

@Shelby Lynn Schlund thank for much

SYAM KUMAR KATURI

6 күн бұрын

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6 күн бұрын

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Shalom Sixta

6 күн бұрын

@denis njoroge beautiful to read your words

This is just an almost 15-minute talk so give him a break for oversimplifying stuff. For people who don't know much about coffee, this is more than informative and helpful! It's like learning quantum physics at the introductory level vs. going deep into mind boggling theories that people spend DECADES trying to define and refine.

BaigL

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I was raised as a Mormon and wasn’t allowed to drink coffee. Now that I’m out, I know absolutely nothing about it. It’s unbelievable how hard it is to find basic info about the world’s loveliest drink lol

J RJM

2 жыл бұрын

Nixeij Here Please help. Anyone. What is the best online coffee bean subscription?

Veronika Seidlova

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! I got lost in speciality coffee guides and this helped me out. Now, back to the science🤪

Prabhakar Rao

3 жыл бұрын

Nixeij Here very well put. I think for a 15 minute presentation this was absolutely brilliant.

johanazhari

3 жыл бұрын

YES. I didn't know a damn thing about coffee an this video helps a bit.

Youve just taught me more in under 15 minutes than i knew abut coffee in all my years to this point. Thank you for making something daunting and intimidating, clear and easy to understand.

This was fantastic. Coffee became a huge part of my life in college, but I haven't begun educating myself on all this until now. Very informative. Thank you.

Excellent video, very informative! 5:39 just a small correction, the atmosphere composition of 21% O2 does not actually change. Higher altitude simply means, a lower differential air pressure so the lungs need to work harder getting the same flow rate.

I’m loving the biological/chemical explanations in this. My college degree is nothing related to science, but molecular biology and chemistry are my favorite sciences to read about in my free time. You combined my love of coffee with my love of science and I really appreciate that.

This is one of those coffee videos that I hope there's a pert-2. Very well done and very informative! Thank you!

This is amazing to see as a Roaster and Barista. I’ve recommended this video to so many customers who want to get into coffee and start exploring. This is what we need people!

the keurig brewing method adds a nice rounded plastic taste to the coffee.

Swami Van Dem Meer

4 ай бұрын

I prefer a heavy metal dose of aluminium ,with a dash of bpa plastic...yummy for a coffee cup, I also vaccinate with heavy metals,animal dna etc as I love early chronic disease, my fav is alsheimers,arthritis,cancer and early death....a gift to Klaus and Gates...my sacrifice

jlruiz 76

7 ай бұрын

Haha! Keurig is fine. But that was a funny comment

FindingaBalance

8 ай бұрын

Give me convenience or give me death

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10 ай бұрын

Lmao!!!

Armani Kozomara

11 ай бұрын

you mean coffee makers in general or just the keurig brand?

Such a great overview about coffee! Love the way of your presentation.

Dear Chandler, thanks for sharing the knowledge. It was very insightful to learn about coffee, and very convincing that you added technical stuffs as well in your logical explanation

I love to see that there are still people out there that are infatuated by coffee and what it takes to make a good cup of coffee. I love coffee. I buy my beans close to roast date from local dealers. I grind them. And I brew each individual cup for myself. I love it. Most people think that coffee is just a simple cup with milk and sugar, but it's so much more complex than that. Love this video!!!!

SYAM KUMAR KATURI

6 күн бұрын

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MS

2 жыл бұрын

Teach me lol

shiloh kimball

2 жыл бұрын

joe bob Putting the words Starbucks and fresh seems weird. Starbucks over roasts their beans and I don’t think freshness will make any difference. Their beans pair nicely with sugar and artificial flavorings.

Diana Lee

2 жыл бұрын

Micah Silvestre You can support your local coffee shop. Buy beans there. Buy equipment that suits your needs and brew your own cup.

Great explanation! Really loved it. Wish you'd talked about how espresso and mocha pots compare with each other and the two brewing methods you caovered.

Dang. I did not expect so much to be covered in such a short amount of time. Coffee, beans, fermentation, location/altitude, roast, caffeine and chemical reactivity in the brain, brewing methods, all the way to drinks in the shop. Clearly there is a ton more detail that can be explored, but what a great introduction!

Growing up in my native country I drank coffee almost every day since I was little. I learned to appreciate coffee in its natural form. Great video, good information.

Great talk! I fell in love in coffee specifics and trying different things after this video 🙏

Hi Chandler, Thank you so much for sharing all this knowledge about coffee, I genuinely feel much more educated now. Can you also maybe present your view on the after effect of each kind of roast.? I normally try to avoid the dark roast because it leaves my mouth dry and makes me feel really thirsty. Also, how is freshly brewed different from expresso? I find an americano much smoother than a freshly brewed coffee at Starbucks and also drinking freshly brewed gives me a rush and wears me down pretty quick, whereas, the americano has no such after effects and keep me going nice and smooth. Any thoughts on that? Thank you in advance!

I’m thinking of starting a coffee blog/channel and this information has been very helpful. The way you break down why we love coffee and how it’s actually made. Thank you! 🙏🏼

You taught me everything I wanted to learn about coffee. Thanks!

Amazing video! Thank you for doing this! I’ve been wanting to understand coffee for so long!

Loved this--learned so much!! Loved the science and clarity in explanation...great. Thank u!!

Love the video..cleared so many doubts and so informative 🤩

This is so interesting! I like how humans grew to love coffee so much they invested so much time in it and for example found out how oxygen played a role. You don’t see that with cucumbers haha.

Great video! I would recommend you include where coffee originated, what species of beans exists (e.g. arabica vs robusta), and also to include "Cold Brew" as an option as well. More than French Press, I would say Cold Brew is the diametric opposite of conventional brewed coffee.

I learned so much from this!

SYAM KUMAR KATURI

6 күн бұрын

Metals are essential than crypto currency...

Sebastian

2 жыл бұрын

@Ted Jones - Riverview Coffee Roasters yes yes

Ted Jones - Riverview Coffee Roasters

2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! Great coffee improves quality of life. I discovered it and it changed my life. Now I share it with others. Fun fun

Sebastian

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't

Thank you ! Your analogy explaining how coffee tastes differently In different regions really helped me !

This was super interesting! Being new to coffee brewing, and knowing about the importance of consistency when it comes to grind size, I've been wondering: How about brewing coffee using whole beans, which have not been grinded? Yes, it would require a long brewing time, but could you make a super good coffee this way? It's seem you, being biochemist and barista, is the right person to ask. Thanks!

One of the best videos I have seen on coffee. Plain English yet fantastically informative! Thank you so much for making the complexities of coffee seem so simple!

Fantastic!!! Such useful and well explained information about coffee and the process from plant to cup. Wish i watched this years ago. Cheers Rod

thanks for the video, this is extremely helpful. a question: what about the coarseness of the coffee? does it affect the taste and how? and also, how does the temperature of the water affect the taste?

Nice and simple Chandler, great video, Thank you. I roast my own coffee and often get different but beautiful results between roasts, batches and origins. There is nothing more enjoyable for me than the smell of roasting coffee in my home. I wish I could share the passion I have for roasting with many of my visitors but most just want to drink it, good for them! Ethiopian coffees for me can be the most challenging but also the most rewarding.

Thank you so much for this contribution! Im starting the journey to open my own cafe, and this is wonderfully informative.

I worked in a coffee shop for over a year. Having already been a lover of coffee. I knew most of that but I still learnt something new... I didn't know how a French press or pour over could affect the coffee too :) I'll be sure too add one to my next shopping list. Thank you.

My wife and I would like to thank you for a superb presentation. Really learned useful information and the reason why we prefer African coffee so much. Thank you.

SYAM KUMAR KATURI

6 күн бұрын

Metals are essential than crypto currency....

Ted Jones - Riverview Coffee Roasters

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I love Africans too. What kind of Adricans do you like? My favorite is Ethiopian Yirgacheffe, Natural or Wet Processed

Educative.... thanks TEDx and Chandler for the knowledge you shared... I've been drinking coffee for a bit of time and always had these questions that are now solved...

Thanks for the learning experience. Loved it!

GREAT video!!! I'm a flight nurse and I found your illustrations about anaerobic activity and how coffee influences adenosine VERY interesting. My sister in law is also from Abilene Texas. You may have seen her father on the news. He is an anchor man out there. Anyways, next time I'm in Abilene, I'm going to stop in and enjoy some of that coffee!! Thanks again!!

This is fantastic. I appreciate you sharing this with us.

Watched this while having a late morning cup of coffee. I have to say I really enjoyed learning about this. Even if some say it's "oversimplified" I learned quite a bit and I have been drinking coffee most of my life. Thank you for the awesome content!

Ted Jones - Riverview Coffee Roasters

2 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean. For years I enjoyed drinking less than excellent coffee and now I have the world's best coffee at my fingertips. It's been a game changer and I love it

Great video, so informative and well detail with real examples. Great job.

Awesome video thank you, I think I need to re watch! just got my first bean grinder and pour over filter, with medium-dark roast beans from Brazil, I love the chocolateyness. One thing I noticed from real coffee is I don't need to add milk, instant coffee I do. Pretty sure I am going to take my filter into work so I can still get a decent cup in the afternoon.

Loved the content 👍, could you please show us the different between the speciality coffee and the industrial coffee, if you please

Woah, this was really comprehensive!! I've really liked pour overs but never understood why there was a difference in flavor until now. Definitely learned a lot from this!

Ted Jones - Riverview Coffee Roasters

2 жыл бұрын

Good point. It's fun to see the different flavors you can get from different brewing methods using the same coffee

this was sooo well explained thank you!!!

Amazing video with simple to understand explanations. Thank you!

I’ve been lucky enough to visit several Kona coffee farms in Hawaii. One of the things that’s unique about their coffee is it’s all handpicked so they only use ripe red cherries. It’s an exceedingly high quality, smooth cup and is worth the high price. The best way to buy it is direct from the farm online so you know it’s fresh! Ka’u coffee is also excellent. I like to prepare it in a pour over.

Great info, Chandler. I’m a bit concerned about the health effects of coffee, being a recovering cancer patient. Coffee tends to be a great mood booster, and headache reliever. In terms of the immune system, how does it affect the immune system, and one’s ability to resist diseases? My chemo regimen leaves my immune system relatively weakened, and anything, even a common cold hits me like a sledgehammer. Please, anyone, give me a heads up?

I still miss my grandpa's coffee. He grew, grinded, roasted his own coffee and brew it in a pot.

ERWIN'S Lutong Pinoy with a Twist, atbp.

Жыл бұрын

My grandparents lived on a village on a mountain. They grew their own crops.

bazkid

Жыл бұрын

I wanna do that

Ted Jones - Riverview Coffee Roasters

2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! Full circle. Where was he to grow his own coffee?

Informative. Coming out with way more knowledge than I arrived with. I'd love to see a TED presentation on coffee growing ethics and fair trade coffee. Something i think people are acutely aware of, but the details are fuzzy or unknown and knowing who harvests the beans and underwhat conditions should affect a purchase.

Thanks for this amazingly informative video! Loved it :)

I love coffee and would go the length to get a really good one. I was searching on Amazon and saw a specialty coffee from the Philippines. It is unlike compared to the others I have tried before and it is so damn good! The coffees were medium roasted beans with notes of floral/caramel for the Arabica and floral/dark chocolate for the Robusta. Apparently, the Philippines started in 2017 a yearly coffee quality competition officiated by Q and R graders with winners scoring a specialty coffee grade. The brand is called, Bean to Mug, Specialty Coffee from the Philippines. Give it a try fellow coffee lovers!

Dinx380

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the recommendation, will try this sometime :)

Fantastic video ! One of the best nearly 15mins on KZread a coffee drinker can watch, Thanks Kevin !

I wanted to know a little more about coffee (because I'm fed up with drinking bad coffee) and honestly this video is exactly what I was looking for. Great job!

That was great, thanks. Really interesting and well presented

Love this talk, super informative!!!

Hello Chandler. Thank you for this video. I think I know a fair amount about coffee and I throroughly enjoyed your presentation.

Excellent and totally informative video of coffee's big picture. Nice job Chandler!

This is such a good video! I love coffee and I want to know as much as I can about it! Thank you!

LOVED THIS! Thank you for this simple and straightforward explanation :)

Dr. Alexander Hans

6 күн бұрын

Your remark is fantastic. I plan to launch my own KZread channel dedicated to health-related issues. Food intake, exercise, the impact of harmful mood behaviors on our health, and so forth. It would be extremely helpful if you could take a minute to complete my questionnaire. Before I begin, I need to finish some medical research, and your short written contribution will be very welcomed. If you have a moment, please let me know.

I am on a mission to learn very random things while I don't have school, and this is my first topic!! And I loved the video!

Tanez Paras

Жыл бұрын

So what all have you learnt, friend?

Thanks for the info! Never thought about coffee this way. Very helpful

What a nice vid! Thank you guys! Very informative and the speaker is so clearly speaking and charismatic, that I watched it in one breath! :)

Oswald Digestive Clinic

10 ай бұрын

If you liked this video, you may also want to know that There are advantages and disadvantages to consuming coffee. One population study on 4 million international individuals found that daily, consistent coffee consumption led to 8-28% reduction in all-cause mortality (prevention of chronic disease)! On the flip side, too much coffee can result in negative side effects, such as headaches, ear ringing, nausea, vomiting, and gastric distress.

1. Natural in comparison to - Washed is -> more sweet, less intense, creamier 2. High (African countries) - Low attitude (Starbucks/Indonesia)-> more fruity acidic, creamier, cancels bitterness 3. Stronger - Mild roast -> carmalized, chocolaty, bitterly but not overwhelming, savoury, but further from the bean taste 4. French press - thicker. ,texture, fullbodyness -vs. Quimex (idk) more clarity, more flavour, how the taste changes

SYAM KUMAR KATURI

6 күн бұрын

Metals are essential than crypto currency.....

Diana Lee

2 жыл бұрын

African coffees are so so so sweet!

david sagala

2 жыл бұрын

Chemex sir 👍🏽

The first time I had a proper coffee experience was in Rome 🇮🇹 my uncle made a competition and if I lost I would have to drink espresso. I told him that whether I won I not I would still want to try it. I fell in love with it and coffee even more and drank it every day in Rome. I'm now planning to get a French press. (I have done my research)

I kept getting BLOWN AWAY by how good this guy is at summarizing everything concisely and comprehensibly, then I realized it was posted by TEDx Talks so NO WONDER IT'S SO GOOD. Best coffee video I've ever watched.

I have been a coffee brewing enthusiast for about 5 years.. dove head first into the dark arts only to be consumed by all if the technicalities of brewing methodology. And yet instill learned quite a few things in this video that I didn't know. Such as how caffeine actually works in affecting how we sleep. Or how altitude affects the coffee cherry development and thus the flavor of the cup. Or how fermentation alters the beans in a natural process (I thought it was just that more of the cherry is left behind on the bean this adding flavor but that isn't the whole story and, actually theres a process for thst specifically the honey process iirc). Anyway this was a great video. While it doesn't cover quite "everything" as the world of coffee today is largely the espresso game (most of which was ignored in this presentation, for good reason as it is a truly a rabbit hole not for the faint of heart) it really is a fantastic overview that will bootstrap a person's coffee knowledge to level of a budding connoisseur :) Great job.

Many thanks chandler for an excellent overview on coffee. It is a very well thought out effort. Cheers

Just loved this clip.... Soooooo much knowledge condensed in 14 mins of video... Felt like giving him a hug after watching this for sharing his insight of the art of making a good cup of coffee.

So this video was suggested to me and said "Thomas DeLauer viewers watched this", and so clicked and wow! Super informative! I love how you include some science behind it. Then found out you have biochemistry degree, means you do know what you're talking about. Keep up the good work, I really enjoy this.

it's less than 15 minutes but the amount of knowledge shared is really amazing!

Absolutely phenomenal! Thank you!!!

Very informative...thanks for your time and effort!

I totally learned something new today! Great information! I never that about caffeine! That was so interesting!

Thank you so much for this education on coffee! I have happily learned so much from this video

Oswald Digestive Clinic

10 ай бұрын

If you found this video helpful, you may also want to know that coffee has some components that can help decrease lipopolysaccharides (LPS) that can result from leaky gut or SIBO! One of those components is cholorogenic acid. This is important because LPS can harm the liver and the brain!

Superb overview! Thanks for doing that. I learned a bunch. Cheers!

As a coffee lover, I thank you for such a delightful and informative talk. Thanks!

I really wished he explained why they "cook", or roast the coffee beans to begin with, before going on to light/dark roast. Otherwise, this is such an informative talk, I learned so much!

I really enjoyed this video. I studied wine years ago. And this video has inspired me to do a lot more research into coffee! I actually stopped buying coffee from some shops because they were always way too bitter for my palette - and now I have a good idea why! I just have to choose better!