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http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08gwk5j "Hardened coffee drinker Dan Saladino investigates tea's past, present and future and finds out how our preference for the leaf has changed over three centuries. He visits the location of Britain's first tea retailer, hears the adventures of legendary tea hunter John Fortune and visits the site of an auction house which oversaw 85 per cent of all global tea trade. In south west India we hear from a team of tea pluckers and get an insight into the skill and labour involved in producing tea. Do we pay enough for a cup of tea? It's a question Dan will develop in the second instalment of this tea story." Also has a part two.

If you're nursing a hangover on New Years Day then what better way to ease yourself gently into the new year than to drop by the Common Grind website or if you have subscribed on iTunes, check your podcast folder or RSS feed. The feed will go live at 0001 on 01 January 2009. To wet your apetite, bundled up for your listening pleasure; A cupping of HasBean and SquareMile Beans A discussion on Fungi narrated by Ash Porter An in depth interview with James Hoffman Discussion on drink sizes and more... I'm looking forward to the next 12 podcasts in 2009. Keep up the great work Chris. ** The link is here **

hey guys A lot of this podcast has been recorded now, I just need one or two more segments to get some variety in. However, i don't want this to be just about me so... Someone pose me a question, something to rant about, or something you'd like to hear my opinion on. My favorite one will be featured Chris

WO here. Okay, my name is Warren Owen, but everyone calls me "WO" (pronounced "whoa"). You can follow me on twitter at twitter.com/WOnet I live in sunny Phoenix, Arizona, across the pond, and in the middle of the desert. I work for a large chain coffee company. I have a HUGE passion for coffee, coffee knowledge, and the people involved in coffee (picking to drinking). I was the co-host of the now-defunct Coffee Convo podcast. I will be starting up my new cast soon, just take a little time to get everything in line. I am looking forward to all the fun stuff that is going to be going on. ...just my 2 beans

It is with a tinge of sadness that I spotted on Twitter that Coffee Convo has closed down. The growing Coffee Community based in the US has replaced it's Ning Network with a grim holding page announcing the news. The RSS feeds from the site and to the podcasts are still open, so download and listen whilst you can. The UK's own coffee podcast and video blogs are starting to kick into gear and I am sure that Coffee Convo readers and community members would be more than welcome here.

The UK has a great coffee podcast - Common Grind and the US has half a dozen or so (ok they do have more than 250 million people within their borders), but the newest podcast that I am aware of has a degree of interaction that deserves a round of applause. Recording live (podcast 45), with a visual on Ustream and live text chat, the CoffeeConvo pairing of Ant and Wo managed to keep up with the occasional input from myself and Chris tonight. Using Twitter as our launchpad I received a message from @wonet about the Ustream recording about to take place, @getnoticed jumped in and tweeted @chrisweaver to join as well, retweeting snippets to other coffee fanatics around the UK. Chris joined after a few minutes and it was game on. The show is a mix of news and random finds relating to coffee from around the net, with its own community CoffeeConvo is set to grow. Welcome CoffeeConvo to Coffee Forums UK. Thanks for the plug on the show and in the show notes. Hopefully we will be able to get some of the members on your show at some point too.

I just thought I'd say congrats to Chris on his inclusion in the December issue of Barista magazine. May you meteoric rise to coffee super-stardom continue, while I jump on every Chris Weaver-related band wagon there is lmao. Nah, good job mate. Keep up the great work

Right guys Wanna push this a little bit on the forum. I have some advertising space for sale on Common Grind: Tales from the Drip Tray. If you head over there, you can see the space that's for sale. Please email me at [email protected] if you are interested. We are getting over 600 visitors a month, and this number is increasing. So its a great opportunity! Chris

The following podcasts are all Coffee related and can be downloaded from iTunes (in alphabetical order) AA Cafe CoffeeConvo CoffeeGeek CommonGrind (UK Podcast) Portafilter.net

Hello, soon to be, lots of people My name is Chris Weaver, and I work as Head Barista at a speciality coffee shop called Coffee Aroma in Lincoln, East Midlands. I have worked there for a year and a half, however only in a Head Barista capacity for half a year. Whilst my experience seems limited, I have worked very hard to gain a good understanding and profile within the UK coffee scene, and hope to start competing to develop my skills, and show people what I'm capable of. You can find me on facebook!! Chris

This week's Food Chain was about coffee if anyone is interested. It's available as a podcast by searching, or through BBC World Service. Have yet to listen, but thought some people may be keen to download.

Hey guys. One of the most important part of coffee tasting, for a lot of links in the chain, is the cupping of coffee. An act that is almost ritualistic in its methodology and acclaim. How many of you have actually tried this. The reason I ask, is that when I release my podcast next week hopefully, I want to include a "cup-a-long" session, whereby I will be cupping three coffees, live, with 3 beginners, and I welcome you guys to join us. The coffee's we will be cupping are a Bolivian Machacamarca, an Ethiopian Yirgacheffe, and an El Salvafor Finca La Fany. These are all availabile from www.hasbean.co.uk, and for the sake of balance, many other coffee roasters Chris

Just 'cos it's coffee - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02qztq9