The (Accidentally) Annual Q&A: Tiramisu | Decaf | Travel Gear & More!

Questions and timestamps below:
0:00 Intro
0:20 Q1. Guilty Pleasure?
0:53 Q2. Coffee Shop Weirdness?
1:45 Q3. World's Largest Coffee Tasting 2021?
2:23 Q4. Home Roasting?
3:31 Q5. Natural or Washed?
3:34 Q6. Accidental Blends?
4:19 Q7. Travel Setups?
6:38 Q8. Brew Better Light Roasts?
7:49 Q9. Are We Complicating Espresso?
9:19 Q10. Decaf?
10:16 Q11. Vetting Sustainability Claims?
11:24 Q12. Improving Home Setups
12:15 Q13. What Goes Into Making These Videos?
14:14 Q14. What Are People Wrong About (Concerning Coffee) On The Internet?
15:07 Q15. How am I?
16:05 Q16. What's An Average Day For Me?
17:15 Q17. Tiramisu?
17:56 Q18. Global Coffee Culture's Homogeneity?
19:03 Q19. Hardest Bit Of Equipment To Give Away?

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[tomelko]

If I ever run into James on the street I am definitely yelling “On no, not you!” before heading off in the opposite direction at a full sprint.

[lukemanis]

I wish every hobby had someone as knowledgeable and hilariously detail oriented but still approachable and welcoming like James is.

[Josh_Bosh]

How is the Bripe not a part of your ideal travel setup?!

[johanneslaudi]

James : *goes to coffee shop*
Barista : bye.

[henrahmagix]

I like imagining James' arms are individually controlled by puppeteers underneath the table, like Sesame Street, where one performer controls the head and one arm, and another performer controls the remaining arm. Quite fun to imagine that

[raghavchaudhary]

So happy to know that decaf is being addressed by someone like James. After being a barista in speciality coffee shops and then developing a sort of weird caffeine allergy, I have had to shift to decaf at least in warmer weathers. If the weather is cool enough, regular coffee doesn't hit me like a punch to the gut but warm or humid weather and even a mild cup sends my nerves for a toss. Excited about the decaf project, looking forward to it James, thanks for your efforts to make decaf great.

[nicolamorel]

I love how James has been able to build a community in which people are mostly respectul to one another and can actually discuss on different topics without necessarily agreeing on stuff. This is so rare and refreshing to see that in action on the Internet.

[TalLikesThat]

James answered my question about how he's doing! And he's good! I can't stop smiling!

[eyesofnova]

James Hoffman made my coffee game on point. I have countless times been told by people I've made them the best cup of coffee ever.

[TripleDDDD]

I feel for the dude working at the Coffeeshop, imagine James comes in and orders. You want to deliver nothing less than perfect. And you hear boss music playing in the background.

[oliverwinton]

Excited that the Tom Scott video will be (at least partially) about Decaf, and for more about Decaf generally!

[zenadventurer]

I LOVE that James is using his Chemex as a vase. I use mine as a place to drain/store my batch brewer filter. I imagine one could put it under the sink to catch water from a leaky pipe. It would make a formidable weapon of last resort, either for clubbing or throwing. Perhaps keep one in the car if one finds one’s self caught out in the car with no facilities on the horizon. Anything other than for making coffee. As always, a great video. Thank you. Cheers.

[Jonthan]

Can we just appreciate the Chemex in the background with the flowers in it? 😂

[MrMe]

So funny coming back to this video over 3 years later and only in the last few weeks have the tiramisu and decaf projects been completed, puts into perspective how much time and effort has gone into everything

[moosemoose]

"Cut out all the bits where we make mistakes, or spill coffee, or my hair looks wrong" tells you most of what anyone needs to know about James’ channel.

[Badcrow]

If I had to make coffee for James Hoffman as a barista, I would talk about Squarespace the whole time he was at the counter

[seanthebluesheep]

Shout-out to whoever does the closed captions for these videos, and the (speaks quickly) at about 2:00
Also just generally a big thanks for doing subtitles for all of the videos, they're super helpful for all kinds of people and really important.

[TheFinalMB]

16:48 - *screams in excitement* OH I CANNOT WAIT FOR THAT

[PaulPlaceway]

"Do not upgrade to the thing everyone is talking about for the sake of upgrading; do not upgrade because you can or can afford it; upgrade to buy a thing that fixes a specific problem that you are having."
So true. Of coffee things. And pretty much all other aspects of life generally.

[Fe_lix]

Hi James
I noticed you include proper English subtitle in your videos and thank you for that, I find it very useful for non-native English speaker like me, or when you watch in a noisy environment (yes I like to grind my coffee while watching videos about coffee), or probably for people with audition issues. Actually I often also use the automatic subtitles from Youtube which are quite good for English videos.

But, if you display information in the bottom of the screen (the Q&A questions in this video but could also be data in a test) it gets covered by the subtitles and we are forced to deactivate the subtitle to see it (particularly if you watch on TV where the subtitles are gigantic for some reason).

Thanks!