@jameshoffmann.bsky.social
I mostly make things to do with coffee.
Sorry about this - do please drop us a message and we'll see what can be done! (I hadn't known about this issue before!)
15.07.2025 11:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Today we're launching a new coffee magazine. It's called Cherry Bones!
Video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmwJ...
Issue 1 is here: shop.cherrybonesmag.com/products/che...
Our goal: interesting work (from properly paid writers and photographers), no ads, and to make a beautiful thing too.
Probably the espresso blend would suit cold brew better - a little easier to extract for a brew method that struggles with extraction a little bit.
07.07.2025 09:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
We decided to update an old video on V60 papers, so did way too much testing and found some interesting stuff so now I have new opinions on the subject: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY5F...
27.06.2025 14:07 — 👍 67 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 1
Today's video is something a little different, but I promise it is an entertaining little moment in modern/speciality coffee's history: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfNo...
02.06.2025 20:24 — 👍 122 🔁 11 💬 8 📌 3I make no apologies.
(I hope the tiramisu is tasty!)
I suspect not
12.04.2025 19:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
New video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=epIg...
01.04.2025 12:46 — 👍 142 🔁 4 💬 4 📌 6Strange and specifc question, I know - but anyone know anyone in London who might do custom marzipan fruit work?
14.03.2025 15:28 — 👍 27 🔁 2 💬 4 📌 0I have never seen these before, but we're starting some development on siphon stuff so I will check it out!
05.03.2025 12:39 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Today's video is about how the power, innovation and excellence in coffee equipment has shifted. It's a bit of history, a bit of equipment nerdery, and a little opinion all mixed up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7Yt...
04.03.2025 16:54 — 👍 84 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 1Abused?
26.02.2025 10:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Today's video is 100% entirely, very, very serious. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4qD...
21.02.2025 16:25 — 👍 122 🔁 8 💬 7 📌 3
Today's video takes a look at the £60 Aldi Espresso Machine. There's no way this can be any good.... right? www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX6F...
17.01.2025 16:06 — 👍 108 🔁 2 💬 6 📌 1
Today's video is mostly for people starting out in their espresso journey (and, if you're already mastering your espresso it is hopefully one you can share with friends who are just getting into it!)
youtu.be/MbTD42FvMVU
I don’t know why this makes me as happy as it does, but this is the chart of views for my French Press technique video over the last year. Every little peak happens on a weekend, particularly on Sundays. There is often a notable peak on Christmas Day too!
03.01.2025 19:22 — 👍 183 🔁 5 💬 14 📌 1Weirdly, I find editing audio much more painful than editing video. I just plain suck at Lightroom and Photoshop though, which is why i spend no time there. (Thus creating a vicious circle I suppose!)
02.01.2025 15:46 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Editing a video today (because the YT team are still on holiday), and wow - I do not miss editing my videos!
I have been meaning to learn Resolve, but suddenly this is making me think twice about that because I'd forgotten the pain of staring at myself and cleaning up my endless mistakes!
Not so far!
29.12.2024 12:17 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Honestly very impressed by the resilience of people who publish recipes for a living!
29.12.2024 11:06 — 👍 46 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0It’s been lovely to see people posting pictures of their Tiramisu’s but I’m not sure when I’ll be able to look at people’s posts without looking like this: 🫣
29.12.2024 11:05 — 👍 50 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0I don’t release recipes very often, but when I do I find it surprisingly stressful. With the Tiramisu, the immediate response from lots of people was “I’m going to make this for my whole family for our Christmas gathering!”. That’s a lot of pressure!
29.12.2024 11:05 — 👍 197 🔁 2 💬 12 📌 0It does feel good to finally wrap up two very long projects this month (The Decaf Project and the Tiramisu series). Lots more fun stuff planned for next year, and more experiments/new things/different topics too.
18.12.2024 15:28 — 👍 45 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It's finally done, the Tiramisu recipe is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3AM...
As recipes go, this is reasonably nerdy - but optionally nerdy too. Somehow, after literally hundreds of tastings... I still quite fancy some tiramisu.
If you're happy to share - we'd love to get your tasting feedback on The Decaf Project Tasting (if you took part)
forms.gle/44iFdEfNPc4p...
(Submissions will stay open for a few weeks, because I know some folks are still waiting to find a good time to do it, or may be waiting on a delayed delivery)
This project definitely opened my mind further about decaf, and it was already a topic that I’d spent a lot of my coffee career thinking about! Hopefully other people had a similar experience!
15.12.2024 18:53 — 👍 57 🔁 0 💬 10 📌 0These kind of projects feel like a good kind of obligation that comes with having this weirdly large platform on YouTube. There are already ideas for future topics and projects, with the goal of being fun and also being a chance to taste and learn about something new and surprising.
15.12.2024 18:53 — 👍 49 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I hope everyone who took part in the project had fun! It was a big and tricky project, and we learned a lot to take into any future projects/collaborative tasting events. The whole thing soaked up a lot of resource (time, money and effort), because we are trying to make something with lasting value.
15.12.2024 18:53 — 👍 98 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0The Decaf Project live tasting is going live very soon! (3pm UK time) youtube.com/live/Ahvlai5...
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