Filter Stories - Coffee Documentaries
A podcast revealing the extraordinary stories hidden in your cup of coffee
Unseen Bean: Part 2
Gerry's cafe failed.
We investigate why by putting ourselves in Gerry's shoes and experiencing the coffee world as a blind man.
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Gerry’s roastery: http://www.theunseenbean.com/
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Piano music composed and performed by James Harper
More episode information here: https://www.medium.com/@FilterStories
Sound mixing: Dom Edgley / https://www.domedgleysound.com/
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A big thanks to: Gerry Leary, Ever Meister, Ben Cole, Kat Melheim, Sam Neely, Becca Brenowitz, Brian Hergert
Editorial thanks: Lerato Maphanyane, Andrew Johnson, Adam Harper, Diksha Dutta
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