- [Narrator] The world's so differently
than a lot of people.
(upbeat music)
- [Jim] And the lack of water
that we have on the farm.
- Hey guys, it's Ales
from European Coffee Trip.
And in this video, I
would like to show you
eight coffee documentaries
that you can watch right now,
and you don't need to
pay anything for them
because they are for free
on YouTube and Vimeo.
So let's get started.
(upbeat music)
Documentary number one is called
Coffee: Italians Do It Better.
Coffee: Italians Do It Better is the first
Italian documentary film
about specialty coffee
filmed and produced by
Federica Balestrieri,
and Federico Lucas Pezzetta in 2017.
In over forty minutes they interview
a bunch of Italian coffee
experts including Andrej Godina,
Marco Cremonese or Francesco Sanapo
on the variest topics of coffee.
(speaking foreign language)
They go from green coffee and roasting
to espresso preparation and barista work.
Filmmakers do an amazing job
to put a specialty coffee
and its third wave to the context
of the the traditional
Italian coffee culture.
The film brings you to cafes,
barista trainings and workshops.
And it shows you some
manufacturing facilities,
of brands like La Marzocco.
The ultimate question is what
will the arrival of Starbucks
to Italy bring to the
Italian coffee scene?
Documentary number two is
called Flower of Flowers.
- [Jim] Coffee is a crop that is
very sensitive to climate change.
- [Ales] Flower of Flowers is
a short documentary produced
by Stumptown and directed by Greg Hunt.
For half an hour we will be
taken to Guatemala by Jim Kelso,
who is Stumptown Quality Assurance Manager
and his friends.
Two pro skateboarders, Ray
Barbee and Rick McCrank,
and an artist, Lori Damiano.
- [Jim] This time I thought I'd
bring along a few friends.
Meet the Zalia family and
share how coffee, culture,
and the people of Guatemala
are all intertwined.
- [Ales] The overall theme
of the film is climate change
and how it affects farmers
in Central America.
- Rain is, in my opinion, the
worst thing climate change
has been affecting for us.
- [Ales] You will see main
characters talking about
the weather conditions,
different coffee varieties,
and also culture on Bella Vista
Mill and Santa Clara Farm,
with local coffee producers.
In a casual style, you
will see coffee lovers
without a professional background,
discovering the complexity
of the coffee industry.
(sipping)
- That was good though, actually.
- Documentary number three
is called Gender in Coffee.
One of the biggest social
issues, gender equality,
is an important topic also
in the coffee industry.
How are women affected
by social prejudices and
standards and how they deal with it?
- Gender is about all of us.
- Women being empowered
enough to feel like they
can do the same job that a man can do.
- [Ales] Over one hour long
documentary by Xavier Hamon
and Hannah Stapleton,
Gender in Coffee gives you an
insight into the daily life
of coffee producing families in Mexico,
capturing the social dynamic
between men and women.
In the second part of the
film, it adds the perspective
of the consumer world,
mainly in the United States.
From coffee trading companies,
coffee roasters, and consumers.
A major part of the documentary is filmed
in Spanish language
with English subtitles.
Documentary number four
is Women in Coffee.
In thirteen minutes long
documentary produced by
Equal Exchange in 2016,
we will follow five women
in five different coffee related jobs.
We will start in Honduras
meeting women producing
their own coffee.
And then, we will meet coffee buyer,
quality manager, coffee
roaster, and cafe manager.
Their jobs are different
but the love for coffee
and pride to be a woman
in the coffee industry
is shared among them.
- People to tell you what it smells like
and that's what makes it a craft.
That's why humans still roast coffee.
- Documentary number five
is called Coffee Coffee.
Coffee Coffee is a ten minute long film
about specialty coffee
culture in Portland, Oregon,
directed and produced by Jorey Kiva.
- [Jorey] Before we take a sip of coffee,
the coffee that's in our
cup has taken a very long
journey to get there.
- [Ales] It profiles three
influential coffee roasters
from the area.
Ristretto Roasters, Coava Coffee Roasters,
and Sterling Coffee.
- We talk about specialty coffee
and why it's better, why it's worthwhile.
It is not subjectively better,
it's objectively better.
- [Ales] Among topics
discussed in the documentary
are how specialty coffee
affects the market,
the importance of detail,
attention to flavor,
design, and connecting
consumers through social media.
- It's not just about getting
a really good cup of coffee,
cause you could do that at home.
But it's more about the
experience that you have,
that nice little social engagement.
- Documentary number six is called
The World Barista Championship:
A Global Influence.
The World Barista Championship:
A Global Influence
is a short documentary produced
by Prima Coffee in 2015.
And narrated by Steve Rhinehart.
- [Steve] If ever there
were an Olympics of coffee,
The World Barista Championship
would be the most exciting event.
It contains interviews with
former World Barista Champions,
like James Hoffman or Tim Wendelboe,
and other coffee influencers,
including Barista Magazine's
founder, Sarah Allen.
- Being a WBC champion, it
still is considered like
the ultimate title that you can win.
- They all talk about the
Barista Championship's
influence over the
specialty coffee industry.
And what it means to be
the World Barista Champion.
On the background of The World
Barista Championships 2015
in Seattle, the film also explains
the format of the competitions
and why it is yet not
received higher engagement
from the general public.
Documentary number
seven is called Roasted.
Roasted is a short documentary produced
by Matt Ellenbogen that
portrays Chuck Patton,
the co-founder of Bird
Rock Coffee Roasters
in a small surf town in California.
- That was seven days a week
and there was no time off.
There were no weekends,
there was no vacation.
- [Ales] Chuck and his wife
Elke tell us a story of falling
in love with specialty coffee,
starting to roast coffee,
opening the coffee shop,
and eventually becoming
the community spot for coffee lovers,
and award-winning roastery.
- About coffee before we
find out anywhere else.
We know he's actually
been to all the countries
that he sources coffee from.
- [Ales] The film follows Chuck also
on the coffee sourcing trips
to Guatemala and El Salvador,
where he developed the
long-term partnership
with the coffee producers,
and they facing problems like leaf rust.
- That's why we don't
bother with fair trade
anymore we don't bother
with other certifications,
because we found that the
amount that we pay the farmer,
they can do more with it
than what they would get
through fair trade or
anything else because we're
paying so much more than fair trade.
- And documentary number eight is called
Estate Grown Coffee in
Highlands of Tanzania.
The last coffee documentary
I want to suggest
is our short film from
the first coffee origin
trip to Tanzania.
In 2016, we spent a week
at Mondul Coffee Estates
in the northern highlands
close to Mt. Kilimanjaro,
absorbing all we could
about the coffee production.
- And I think a lot of people forget about
actually how much work is involved
with one cup of coffee.
- Based on the interviews
with the general manager,
Dean, chef agronomist, James, and quality
and export manager, Edwin, we
take you on the nine minute's
journey through planting
and growing coffee trees,
harvesting, processing, and
cupping in the beautiful area
around the Monduli mountain.
Thank you guys for
watching I hope that you
enjoyed this video and that you are now
motivated to watch several hours of free
coffee documentaries online.
Because we believe that you learn a lot,
and you will learn all about
so many different aspects of coffee.
And if you know something
that we missed in this video,
let us know in the comments
and we will check it out.
I'm looking forward,
really looking forward,
to seeing you in the next
video very, very soon.
Thank you, bye, bye.
