George Howell has been working in coffee longer than most roasters have been alive. In 1975, he opened The Coffee Connection in Boston’s Harvard Square with a strong conviction that great drip coffee — single-origin, lightly roasted, treated like wine — could change the way Americans drank. It did. George also helped popularize the Frappuccino, sold his company to Starbucks, co-founded the influential Cup of Excellence, pioneered the freezing of green coffee, and opened a new café inside a Harvard Square bookstore — at age 80. In this episode we speak with the godfather of specialty coffee about all of it.
And it’s the return of Three Things where Aliza and Matt discuss what’s interesting in the food world including a reminder that Hearth is one of New York’s finest restaurants. Also, Potluck Club is cooking exciting things in Manhattan’s Chinatown, Echo Lake is a celebration of rum in Brooklyn, and from a serious drinks world duo. Also: Tart’s black malt vinegar is inspiring some kitchen explorations, a scene report from the Kiln x Comal pop-up in New York, and high praise for the Barker Cafeteria roasted sweet potato sandwich.
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