IT’S JUST COFFEE!

By Ben Bicknell & Rohan Cooke

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Whether you’re a world barista champion brewing a $150 rare coffee from the hills of Panama, or you’re stirring a spoon of instant coffee in boiling water, at the end of the day, It’s Just Coffee! It’s Just Coffee! is a podcast for all those coffee lovers out there and we're endeavouring on a journey to find the perfect cup. Not only will we be talking to the world’s best coffee makers and roasters, we’re going to be talking to athletes, comedians, celebrities and anyone that just loves a great cup of coffee. The coffee community around the world is engaged and passionate (sometimes to a fault), and we want to explore some of the biggest debates that happen across the Internet, and in the local cafe around the corner from you. Questions like: • Which country has the best coffee in the world? • Should it be illegal to mix milk in black coffee? • Is Starbucks actually coffee? We’ll dive into some of the best coffee conversations on the internet, but we will always remind ourselves at the end of the day, that It’s Just Coffee!

Episode Date
The Top 5 Most Innovative Cafes in Melbourne | CAFE TOUR!
May 04, 2026
The Power of HR in Coffee | w Eric J. Grimm
Apr 29, 2026
The Cafe with Intentionally Slow Service | w Gibrán Huerta of LONG PLAY!
Apr 27, 2026
What Coffee Was Really Like in the 2000s | COFFEE BREAK!
Apr 22, 2026
Finally, a Young Barista’s Point of View | EMILY MAKES COFFEE!
Apr 20, 2026
Designing Coffee Gear People Actually Use | DOM SYMONS from Subminimal!
Apr 15, 2026
Processing Coffee Like Beer?! | Edwin Noreña of CAMPO HERMOSO
Apr 13, 2026
Why Young People Aren’t Drinking Specialty Coffee (Next-Gen) | HANY EZZAT!
Apr 08, 2026
How To Scale A Business Without Losing Soul | Nolan Hirte of PROUD MARY COFFEE!
Apr 07, 2026
Neon Milk and Electric Lime - Inside Dak’s Unique Coffee Menu | DAK COFFEE!
Apr 01, 2026
#13 Best Cafe in the World After 6 Months?! | BETA COFFEE w CHRIS MAYBURY!
Mar 30, 2026
Making Ethical Coffee Buying Easy | COFFEE BREAK!
Mar 25, 2026
We Keep Getting Ethical Coffee Buying Wrong | with FAIRTRADE’S Colleen Anunu!
Mar 24, 2026
Expensive vs Cheap Instant Coffee with a World Barista Judge | COFFEE BREAK!
Mar 18, 2026
How Specialty Coffee Is Reinventing Instant Coffee | Hugh Kelly (Ona)
Mar 16, 2026
How to Get Hired (And Not Get Fired) in Coffee | COFFEE BREAK!
Mar 11, 2026
Become a Barista in 2026 | w Melbourne Coffee Academy Founder CHARLES SKADIANG!
Mar 09, 2026
The Internet VS the Top 10 Cafes List | COFFEE BREAK!
Mar 04, 2026
How to Build a Coffee Business that Lasts | LAILA GHAMBARI!
Mar 02, 2026
Do These Things to Brew 10% Better | COFFEE BREAK!
Feb 25, 2026
Mastering Filter Coffee | TOM HUTCHINS of CODE BLACK!
Feb 23, 2026
Top 100 Coffee Shops in the World! | COFFEE BREAK
Feb 18, 2026
He Brought Specialty Coffee to DUBAI?! | Ryan Godinho
Feb 16, 2026
The One Tool That TRANSFORMED Drip Coffee | The BINOCULAR DRIPPER with Mariam Erin
Feb 11, 2026
Why the World’s Oldest Coffee Method Still Matters | PIERRE DE CHANTERAC on IBRIK COFFEE
Feb 09, 2026
How To Keep Your Business Relevant After 18 Years | KIM THOMPSON AND MATT TOOGOOD!
Feb 04, 2026
What ACTUALLY Happens After Winning a Barista Championship | BENJAMIN PUT!
Feb 02, 2026
Why “Consistency” Is a Lie in Coffee | FREDERICK BEJO of ARCHERS!
Jan 29, 2026
The Man Who Bought the Most Expensive Coffee in The World | JULITH COFFEE w SERKAN SAĞSÖZ!
Jan 27, 2026
James Hoffmann Answers Your Questions | COFFEE BREAK!
Jan 23, 2026
JAMES HOFFMANN | Being a Weird Coffee Person!
Jan 21, 2026
Joining the mile high club of podcasting | COFFEE BREAK!
Jan 14, 2026
Introducing Specialty Coffee to New Regions | SLICK COFFEE’S - REZA KOSAR!
Jan 12, 2026
Career Paths for Baristas | COFFEE BREAK!
Jan 07, 2026
Pouring 14,000 cups of latte art in 7 weeks | CALEB CHA !
Jan 05, 2026
How to start the year as a coffee person | COFFEE BREAK!
Dec 31, 2025
OUR 2026 INDUSTRY PREDICTIONS | And a look back on the year that was!
Dec 29, 2025
Our Top Moments of 2025 | COFFEE BREAK!
Dec 24, 2025
Your Christmas Coffee Guide | ROHAN COOKE AND BEN BICKNELL!
Dec 22, 2025
Coffee Cupping Is Easier Than You Think | COFFEE BREAK!
Dec 17, 2025
COFFEE CUPPING 101 - A practical guide for baristas, roasters, and home brewers | BEN BICKNELL!
Dec 15, 2025
Hydra Honey, Thermal Shock & the Rise of Sour Origin Coffee | COFFEE BREAK!
Dec 10, 2025
Engineering Flavour at Origin | LOHAS BEANS x JUAN PABLO CAMPOS!
Dec 08, 2025
Flavoured Coffee, Fair Prices & Fresh Champions | COFFEE BREAK!
Dec 03, 2025
The Future of Coffee Pricing | PETER ROBERTS!
Dec 01, 2025
Free Coffee Ruined a Country’s Coffee Culture | COFFEE BREAK!
Nov 26, 2025
Freshness Starts at Harvest | CARLOS ESCOBAR!
Nov 24, 2025
Heart Health, Daybright & Mazzer’s New Tech | COFFEE BREAK!
Nov 20, 2025
Should You Even Open a Café in 2026? | COLIN HARMON!
Nov 19, 2025
Turning Unripe Coffee Into Gold - Coffee Prices, Fermentation & Social Media | COFFEE BREAK!
Nov 12, 2025
How to Use Social Media in the Coffee Industry | PIZZASHOP MEDIA × SENSORY AGENDA!
Nov 10, 2025
Scoring the World’s Best Baristas - Inside the Milan Championship | COFFEE BREAK!
Nov 05, 2025
Learning in Your Coffee Journey | MAXWELL COLONNA-DASHWOOD!
Nov 03, 2025
Can Coffee Ever Be Truly Sustainable? | COFFEE BREAK!
Oct 29, 2025
Single O × Reground - Give a Puck - Turning Coffee Waste Into Change | DION COHEN & NINNA LARSEN!
Oct 28, 2025
Australia’s New World Champion JACK SIMPSON | COFFEE BREAK! at HOST Milan
Oct 23, 2025
Our First HOST Milan - Here’s What It Was Really Like | IT’S JUST COFFEE!
Oct 21, 2025
$628 Cups of Coffee and the Future of Australian Farming | COFFEE BREAK!
Oct 15, 2025
The Future of Coffee Depends on Science - World Coffee Research | HANNA NEUSCHWANDER!
Oct 13, 2025
DeLonghi’s ‘Computer’ Trick, Real-Time Extraction & the Future of Brewing | COFFEE BREAK!
Oct 08, 2025
How Barista Competitions Shaped the Coffee You Drink Today | With APAX Lab’s SIMON GAUTHERIN!
Oct 06, 2025
After Morgan Drinks Coffee - Signature Bevs & Starbucks 3D Print | COFFEE BREAK!
Oct 01, 2025
Are Signature Drinks Saving or Ruining Coffee? | MORGAN DRINKS COFFEE!
Sep 29, 2025
$30,000 Coffee to Cockroach Milk … | COFFEE BREAK!
Sep 24, 2025
Inside the Judge’s Mind - How Coffee Competitions Really Work | HENDRI KURNIAWAN!
Sep 22, 2025
Barista Competitions - Trophy or Community? | COFFEE BREAK!
Sep 17, 2025
How to Win the World Barista Championship | World Champ DALE HARRIS!
Sep 15, 2025
Minimal Intervention Roasting Doesn’t Exist | COFFEE BREAK!
Sep 10, 2025
The Three Golden Rules of Coffee Roasting | Master Roaster ANNE COOPER!
Sep 08, 2025
Coffee Tasting 101: Taste, Smell, Remember | BEN BICKNELL!
Sep 04, 2025
Are Omni Roasts Lazy - or the Future? | COFFEE BREAK!
Aug 27, 2025
Scaling Coffee Without Killing Quality | KLAUS THOMSEN - COFFEE COLLECTIVE!
Aug 25, 2025
Freezing Coffee, $30K Geisha & Barista Workflow Hacks | COFFEE BREAK!
Aug 20, 2025
Designing the Axil Coffee Menu : Lessons from a Champion | JACK SIMPSON!
Aug 18, 2025
Philz Coffee Sells for $145M?! + Coffee Raves & Sourcing Secrets | COFFEE BREAK!
Aug 13, 2025
Inside Counter Culture’s Coffee Sourcing: Fair Trade, Direct Trade & Beyond | KATIE CARGUILO!
Aug 12, 2025
10 Second Lattes? + The $1 Coffee That Could Change Lives | COFFEE BREAK!
Aug 06, 2025
Espresso on Tap: Creating the Café of the Future | CHRIS MAYBURY!
Aug 04, 2025
La Marzocco Collabs Ranked + Are We Wasting Good Coffee at Home? | COFFEE BREAK!
Jul 30, 2025
‘The Future of Coffee Report’, From the Legacy Brand La Marzocco | ANITA 'JETS' LANGLANDS!
Jul 28, 2025
Specialty Coffee Has a New Definition | COFFEE BREAK!
Jul 23, 2025
Coffee Grading Just Changed Forever - Explained by a Q Grader | BEN BICKNELL!
Jul 21, 2025
Flat White Origins, Freshness Wars & The $6 Coffee | COFFEE BREAK!
Jul 16, 2025
How Coffee Supreme Conquered NZ, Australia & Japan | ANDREW LOW!
Jul 14, 2025
Geneva’s Coffee Champs & Japan’s Coffee Icon | COFFEE BREAK!
Jul 09, 2025
What It Takes to Become a World Latte Art Champion | SAMURAI SHIN!
Jul 07, 2025
Fellow’s New Machine, Lynch’s Auction, & Starbucks’ 84,000 Baristas | COFFEE BREAK!
Jul 02, 2025
Building the Espresso Machine Everyone’s Talking About - Fellow’s Series 1 | NICK TERZULI!
Jun 30, 2025
Global Coffee News & Industry Updates with Kantaro Okada | COFFEE BREAK!
Jun 25, 2025
The Southeast Asia Coffee Revolution - Old Quarter Coffee | AMELIA HICKS & YOSIR Le CERF!
Jun 23, 2025
From High Traffic to Hyper Local | COFFEE BREAK!
Jun 18, 2025
I Sold My Café on Facebook …Then Built Paperboy | DAN DICK!
Jun 16, 2025
We Gave Ben a Mic. He Had Thoughts. | COFFEE BREAK!
Jun 11, 2025
We Have a New Co-Host! | Meet BEN BICKNELL!
Jun 09, 2025
Katie’s Viral Morning Rave Coffee - What Happened Next? | COFFEE BREAK!
Jun 04, 2025
2025 Coffee Gadgets That’ll Change How You Brew | GOLDEN BROWN & KATIE PAYNE!
Jun 02, 2025
Bangkok to Nepal - What Coffee Looks Like Overseas | COFFEE BREAK!
May 28, 2025
Specialty Instant Coffee is Here - Meet New Ground | CONNOR NESTOR!
May 26, 2025
Why Australians Misunderstand Starbucks | COFFEE BREAK!
May 21, 2025
Inside Starbucks’ Big Comeback in Australia! | NICK CASEY!
May 19, 2025
The Coffee-Chocolate Connection behind Mörk | COFFEE BREAK!
May 14, 2025
From Bean to Bar with Mörk Specialty Chocolate | KIRIL SHAGINOV & JOSEPHIN ZERNELL!
May 12, 2025
Did Nathan Toleman Create the Smashed Avo Trend ? | COFFEE BREAK!
May 07, 2025
24 Iconic Cafes. 1 Hospitality Playbook. | NATHAN TOLEMAN, Founder of The Mulberry Group!
May 05, 2025
Beyond the C-Price - Brewing, Guests & What’s Next | COFFEE BREAK!
Apr 30, 2025
Why Coffee Costs Are Rising Fast ! Inside the C-Price with Condesa Co.Lab | OLIVER BROWN!
Apr 28, 2025
'Coffee Weekend' Preview - Japan Roasters, Kantaro & A Festival Worth Booking | COFFEE BREAK!
Apr 23, 2025
Tokyo to Melbourne – The Vision Behind 279 & Coffee Weekend Festival | KANTARO OKADA!
Apr 21, 2025
We Need to Talk About Ziv | COFFEE BREAK!
Apr 16, 2025
The Inventor Behind the Wally Milk Frother & Beanz.com | ZIV SHALEV!
Apr 16, 2025
Andy Cooks Takeaways and The Latest Coffee Tools | COFFEE BREAK!
Apr 09, 2025
Welcome to IT'S JUST COFFEE!
Apr 09, 2025
Quitting Restaurants, Staying Authentic & Going Viral | ANDY COOKS!
Apr 07, 2025
Liam’s Plan to Win the World AeroPress Championship | COFFEE BREAK
Apr 02, 2025
The World AeroPress Championship: A Global Phenomenon | TIM WILLIAMS!
Mar 31, 2025
Doubling the Attendance Record at MICE2025 | LAUREN CHARTRES
Mar 26, 2025
Tackling Poverty Through Coffee | ARTHUR KARULETWA + BEN LIEBMANN - LIVE from MICE 2025
Mar 24, 2025
Where to Find Us at MICE 2025! | COFFEE BREAK
Mar 19, 2025
The Biggest Coffee Event in the Southern Hemisphere - MICE25 | LAUREN CHARTRES!
Mar 17, 2025
What If Your Coffee Could Build Houses? – Biofuel, Bricks & Mushrooms | the driving COFFEE BREAK!
Mar 12, 2025
What Happens to Your Coffee After You Drink It? – The Reground Mission | BÉATRICE ROY!
Mar 10, 2025
The Boys are back, Travel adventures & A New Era of Roast Standards | COFFEE BREAK!
Mar 05, 2025
We Label Alcohol Strength ... Why Not Coffee? - the Future is Caffeine Transparency | PETE LICATA!
Mar 03, 2025
The 2 Week Finale - Our ‘World of Coffee Dubai’ Wrap-Up | Live from the Hotel Lobby
Feb 27, 2025
What Canadians Really Think of Aussie Coffee? | Live at World of Coffee Dubai - BUY THE DRIP!
Feb 26, 2025
If you think you don't like coffee, try specialty coffee | Live at World of Coffee Dubai - BEN PUT!
Feb 25, 2025
Why Dubai is the New Global Coffee Hub | Live at World of Coffee Dubai - MAJED ALTAMIMI!
Feb 24, 2025
Roast Smarter, Not Harder -'I Haven't Changed My Grind Since 2017'| Live at World of Coffee Dubai - SAM CORRA!
Feb 20, 2025
Brewers Cup Champion Makes Waves in Qatar | Live at World of Coffee Dubai - EDUARD INOCENCIO!
Feb 19, 2025
Why Your Coffee Needs Better Water | Live at World of Coffee Dubai - SIMON GAUTHERIN!
Feb 18, 2025
Cokuun, Japan’s Most Exclusive Cafe | Live at World of Coffee Dubai - HIDENORI IZAKI!
Feb 17, 2025
How Saudi Arabia plans to Change Coffee | LIVE at World of Coffee Dubai! - FAHAD ALTHUBYANI
Feb 13, 2025
2024 World Barista Champion Wins By 1 Point! | LIVE at World of Coffee Dubai! – MIKAEL JASIN
Feb 12, 2025
The Most Expensive Coffee in the World | LIVE at World of Coffee Dubai!– WILFORD LAMASTUS JR!
Feb 11, 2025
You Send It, We Sip IT - Mailbag Cupping | COFFEE BREAK!
Feb 05, 2025
the COFFEE MAN - What Baristas Need to Hear | SASA SESTIC!
Feb 03, 2025
Coffee, Alzheimer’s & Family Grief | COFFEE BREAK!
Jan 30, 2025
The man who wrote the book on coffee roasting | SCOTT RAO RETURNS!
Jan 27, 2025
AI & Coffee Roasting: A Double Edged Sword | COFFEE BREAK!
Jan 22, 2025
AI Essentials for Baristas: From Learning to Leading | MATT PERGER!
Jan 20, 2025
The Cheapest Way To Make Top-Tier Coffee | COFFEE BREAK!
Jan 15, 2025
WHAT WILL BE THE 2025 COFFEE TRENDS | SHOCKING DNA RESULTS!
Jan 13, 2025
Rising Prices & AI Takeover | COFFEE BREAK!
Jan 08, 2025
Brewing Market Lane’s Success | FLEUR STUDD!
Jan 06, 2025
Kick Off 2025 - Master Your New Coffee Gear! | COFFEE BREAK!
Jan 01, 2025
HAPPY NEW YEAR! | 2024 Reflections and 2025 Forecasts
Dec 30, 2024
Cup of Excellence & Kirk’s DNA Test | COFFEE BREAK!
Dec 25, 2024
Bringing Aussie Coffee to the USA | NOLAN HIRTE!
Dec 23, 2024
Countdown to Christmas: Flavours, Fails, and Festive Plans | COFFEE BREAK!
Dec 18, 2024
Barista World Championship Story | JACK SIMPSON!
Dec 16, 2024
Brewing Up a Live Podcast | COFFEE BREAK!
Dec 11, 2024
CRYPTO & COFFEE | LAMBIE!
Dec 09, 2024
Navigating Online Reviews and The Return of Dan Dick | COFFEE BREAK
Dec 04, 2024
The Best Sandwich in Melbourne | w BANGIN SANGAS!
Dec 02, 2024
DIY Coffee Liqueur and The Future of Co-Fermentation | COFFEE BREAK
Nov 27, 2024
The Highs and Lows of a Career in Coffee | TIM VARNEY!
Nov 25, 2024
Instant Coffee, Exploding Bags and a $500 Bean | COFFEE BREAK
Nov 20, 2024
What Your Packaging Says About You | ECO BARISTA! w Russell Touyz
Nov 18, 2024
Is Co-Fermentation Coffee’s Future? - AN OLYMPIC HOT TAKE | COFFEE BREAK!
Nov 13, 2024
Olympic Medals, World Records, now Brewers Cup?! | ZAC STUBBLETY-COOK!
Nov 11, 2024
Guilty Pleasures - From Trash Coffee to Dessert Lattes | COFFEE BREAK!
Nov 06, 2024
HOSPO HORROR STORIES & PRANK CALLS! | DAMIEN COE!
Nov 04, 2024
Automation vs. Manual – Who Wins? | COFFEE BREAK!
Oct 30, 2024
10 year RUMBLE in the jungle !? | RUMBLE COFFEE!
Oct 28, 2024
Nitrogen Coffee, Street Foxes & Dandadan?! | COFFEE BREAK!
Oct 25, 2024
Roasteries to Recycling Bins | NICK PERCY!
Oct 23, 2024
WTF IS WITH WFH?! | COFFEE BREAK!
Oct 16, 2024
Is Working From Home Killing the Coffee Industry? | IT'S JUST COFFEE!
Oct 14, 2024
‘Golden rules from Golden Brown’ | COFFEE BREAK!
Oct 09, 2024
City vs. Rural Coffee | ARTISTI COFFEE ROASTERS!
Oct 07, 2024
Trusting "Eco-Friendly" Brands Isn’t Easy | COFFEE BREAK!
Oct 02, 2024
How KeepCup is fighting waste with founder | ABIGAIL FORSYTH!
Sep 30, 2024
We've got your mail | COFFEE BREAK!
Sep 25, 2024
Breakfast Shirts, and Business Kirk | MARK CROTTI!
Sep 24, 2024
Movies, Soy Milk and the Price of an Iced latte | COFFEE BREAK
Sep 18, 2024
Greensquare is changing the way we buy coffee | CALEB HOLSTEIN!
Sep 16, 2024
Whats the deal with Italian coffee ? | COFFEE BREAK!
Sep 11, 2024
Your favourite barista’s favourite barista | JADE JENNINGS !
Sep 09, 2024
Is Italian food overrated? | COFFEE BREAK!
Sep 04, 2024
ANTHONY DOUGLAS! | World Championship Barista
Sep 02, 2024
During Our Live Coffee Machine Showdown | COFFEE BREAK!
Aug 28, 2024
Cinnamon infused coffee?! | COFFEE BREAK!
Aug 21, 2024
The Godfather of Melbourne Coffee | MARK DUNDON!
Aug 19, 2024
Honest Review of APAX LAB | COFFEE BREAK!
Aug 14, 2024
Milk Man vs Water Wizard. | SIMON GAUTHERIN
Aug 12, 2024
Beyond Profit; Considering Our Why | COFFEE BREAK!
Aug 07, 2024
‘The Cup That Counts’ | a documentary with SAM KECK !
Aug 05, 2024
Why Coffee Thrives in Tough Times | COFFEE BREAK!
Jul 31, 2024
Coffee During the Cost of Living Crisis | DAN DICK!
Jul 29, 2024
COFFEE BREAK | From Star Wars to Starbucks.
Jul 24, 2024
ARE ANY CELEBRITY COFFEE BRANDS GOOD ?
Jul 22, 2024
‘Latte Art … it cant be that hard?’ | COFFEE BREAK!
Jul 17, 2024
Secrets of latte art with a champion and a TikTok star! | - GEORGIA ELLIS!
Jul 15, 2024
COFFEE BREAK! | ‘How did a work trip turn into a $1000 meal at Brae?’
Jul 10, 2024
LACHLAN WARD! | Why ST. ALi Increased Coffee Prices, A Talk with the CEO.
Jul 08, 2024
COFFEE BREAK! | Rohan’s Stories, Kirk’s Coffee Science, and Liam's show and tell
Jul 03, 2024
JAMIE THOMSON! | - Tips to Transform Your Home Brewing!
Jul 01, 2024
COFFEE BREAK! | behind the SCAP statement!
Jun 26, 2024
BREAKING NEWS! - S.C.A.P. president rejects infused coffees
Jun 24, 2024
COFFEE BREAK! | the show after the show!
Jun 19, 2024
GOOD MEASURE | 'Mont Blanc' - From Idea to Icon
Jun 17, 2024
DAN DICK! - before you open a cafe LISTEN TO THIS!
Jun 12, 2024
GEN FRICKER! - Comedy Tales to Coffee Fails
Jun 10, 2024
DANIEL SEYOUM! - The Untold Story of Ethiopian Coffee
Jun 05, 2024
ROSS QUAIL! - Head Judge at the World Barista Championships
Jun 03, 2024
SONAM SHERPA! on Coffee Business and Cold Brew Secrets
May 29, 2024
BREW BOY! - from Bean to Brew | Exploring Exotic Coffee Farms
May 27, 2024
HANY EZZAT - Brewers Cup finalist spills the beans
May 23, 2024
IT’S JUST COFFEE! - “meeting the coffee team and the dream”
May 16, 2024