Now it seems to be well known that YouTubers as a species are pretty into coffee.

Most of them, at some point, seemingly have done a how to brew coffee guide.

And I suppose I'm no different.

But what is new ish?

What is different is you.

Trib is getting into coffee in a brand type way.

So I've got here two different products from two different pretty big YouTubers.

So first up we have the Golden Hour blend.

Now this is a color between Peter MacKinnon.

You probably know him as a photographer videographer Canadian on James Coffee Company, who are a San Diego based coffee company. 00:00:56.950 --> 00:01:4.980 One of the founders is a famous musician, a guy called David Kennedy, who was in a band called Angels and Airwaves that, honestly, I just haven't really heard off. 00:01:4.990 --> 00:01:6.900 I've been following Peter MacKinnon for a long time. 00:01:6.910 --> 00:01:9.040 I've known him to be into coffee for a long time. 00:01:9.050 --> 00:01:12.640 He he's someone very much kind of on my radar.

Now the other thing we have here is from a much bigger youtuber called Emma Chamberlain.

Now, if you don't know who Emma Chamberlain is I am.

I'm definitely not qualified to tell you.

But if you do, she needs the explanation.

She is a massive creator on the platform, and she's gotten into coffee, too.

Now she's not roasting the coffee.

Peter MacKinnon is not resting the coffee, but but her name is very much on the product here.

So this is her coffee company, which is a little bit different, and it's it's a whole other products.

So this is not beans.

This is a pre ground kind of tea bag of coffee.

Now had two very different experiences buying these products. 00:01:52.530 --> 00:02:3.110 This was very easy to buy that shipping was brutally expensive, but it was here in like, two days, which meant that I had to go straight into the freezer because sometimes the freezer is good, but this is not for now. 00:02:3.110 --> 00:02:8.790 While I waited for the other one, the Chamberlain coffee was a less enjoyable purchasing experience. 00:02:9.060 --> 00:02:13.690 I bought it at exactly the same time, and I waited and I heard nothing.

And so after a little while, after several days, I e mailed him and said, Hey, just wanting an update to which I received no reply.

And then a week after that, I chase again and finally get a response from someone saying, Oh yeah, there's a problem with your shipping address.

What's your shipping address?

Was like It's the address in the confirmation email that you sent me.

A No.

One really responded or acknowledge that.

And then eventually they shipped me some coffee and it finally turned up.

So as a customer experience, very good, but expensive and just very bad, actually.

But this is a taste test.

First and foremost, the question is, are these any good with a delicious should you buy them? 00:02:56.020 --> 00:03:0.210 If if you like them as YouTubers would I recommend their coffee. 00:03:0.310 --> 00:03:1.480 So that's what we're gonna do today. 00:03:1.480 --> 00:03:2.820 We're gonna brew up some coffee. 00:03:2.990 --> 00:03:6.640 We're gonna brew this as they recommend on the back of the bag. 00:03:6.910 --> 00:03:12.930 I suspect that you know Peter MacKinnon, big KMEX fan, and there's a chemical recipe on the back of the bag.

So we're gonna brew it in the comics exactly as they would want us to on then.

Here, I'm gonna bring this weird old tea bag in a cup of hot water on, see what happens.

Let's find out So first up is the McKinnon is the James Coffee Co.

And a little bit of a surprise for me.

I don't know why, but I thought this was gonna be a little bit of a darker roast.

This is actually really pretty light.

It smells.

It's a little berry fruit in there, but there's also just a little bit of kind of green vegetable smells that suggest that it might be a touch too light for my tests anyway, we'll find out, let's get this brewing now they do give actually a pretty good brewing guide.

They hit a lot of the things that I would recommend when brewing with chemical or anything else. 00:03:58.370 --> 00:04:1.050 So we're gonna brew a 2 to 1 bloom. 00:04:2.140 --> 00:04:7.760 Now I'm going to swell the bloom, which they don't recommend, but, you know, get everything nicely saturated. 00:04:7.760 --> 00:04:11.150 They recommend a 45 2nd bloom I'm fully on board with.

This is 48 grams in.

We're gonna brew a total of seven twenties, about 66 67 grams per liter again, perfectly sensible dose, aiming for a four minute, 30 brew time.

So points here for good brewing guide 7 20 There's a recommended stir, which I approve of also.

And now we wait for the drain.

Should take four and 1/2 minutes.

So we have brewed this exactly to spec.

It was eight seconds late.

I think that's acceptable.

Fight me.

Eso We'll let that cool down.

We'll leave that here and now.

It is the time to do anything.

We need the scales even to brew the Chamberlain coffee.

This is a brewing process.

Comes in three stages. 00:04:58.710 --> 00:05:0.150 You put it in here. 00:05:0.430 --> 00:05:0.940 Lookit a pool. 00:05:0.940 --> 00:05:3.780 Water, Everett, We're gonna dunk it around like a tea bag. 00:05:4.090 --> 00:05:6.860 We're gonna let it hang out for awhile, and at some point, we'll have coffee. 00:05:6.930 --> 00:05:7.800 It feels easier. 00:05:7.800 --> 00:05:12.420 There's not the same kind of really specific instructions that you have over here for Brewing Guide.

This is much more relaxed.

Easy friendly, approachable, no weird and geeky like us.

Now this thing smells pretty dark.

Actually, this smells like a much, much darker roast.

The McKinnon, what's kind of interesting here is actually the components on paper are a little bit similar between the two.

The golden hour blend is I think coffee's from Guatemala, Columbia on Brazil, though if you go to the Web site.

You can see exactly which farms they're buying from, which is good here.

That the Chamberlain coffee?

No, a lot of detail other than it's from, I think, Guatemala, Colombia and Nicaragua.

But not the same kind of detail, certainly on there anyway.

Now we freshly boiled some water on we gently, apparently poor eight ounces over the top of this. 00:05:59.540 --> 00:06:1.150 That was our submerge stage. 00:06:1.370 --> 00:06:8.450 And then we do the saturate, which is the dunk for 15 seconds with the up and down, or you conduct for longer for added strength.

Now it says to leave the bag in until you've reached your preferred strength.

Now, I don't really know when that is because I'll need to take the bag out to taste it.

And then I guess, Do I put it back in?

I don't know.

From the color, it looks like we've got plenty of flavor out of these grounds Now.

This is, I think, a pretty dark roast and darker roasts do give up their flavors a little bit more easily.

Just pull him out of there.

Looks a bit too strong, actually went just top that up with a little water.

Tricky, definitely want a top up afterwards, You wouldn't want to dunk in a really full cap.

That would be awkward.

So I think the top up is probably a good thing.

Now, this is too hot to drink, and they do say, Wait five minutes.

Plus, I would say 10 minutes plus And I'm also gonna do count some of the McKinnon slash James coffee, lovely.

And then our assessment to begin. 00:07:0.060 --> 00:07:8.200 So let's let these cool down a little bit, and then we can do some proper tasting, not tell if they're good or bad. 00:07:8.570 --> 00:07:10.320 Oh, somewhere in the middle.

If you run you to the language of coffee tasting, I'm gonna try and keep it.

Not too weird coffee.

People can get really weird when they come to describing coffee flavor.

I'm not gonna get too crazy with it.

Too pretentious?

I hope so.

Let's stop with a golden hour.

Now.

The tasting notes for this is just three red berry sweet coco salted caramel.

Interesting last choice.

The Chamberlain coffee sort of similar vibes.

Right.

Tasting nights of chocolate, cherry and nuts.

So both of them aiming for, like, a crowd, please re type bunch of flavors when you see berry flavors on their bill cherry flavors that suggest a little bit of acidity in the coffee.

When you see words like chocolate or nuts or that kind of stuff, it suggests some sweetness would be there naturally within the coffee.

This one? 00:07:58.250 --> 00:08:4.760 No, I'm pleasantly surprised if I'm honest. 00:08:4.760 --> 00:08:8.530 There's a nice sweetness in this carpet's definitely pleasant. 00:08:8.540 --> 00:08:10.470 It's an enjoyable cup of coffee.

I can net pick it now.

Do that in a minute, but But fundamentally, it feels like there's some pretty good raw coffee in there and the roast.

I don't really have any arguments with.

As you tribal coffee goes so far, I'm a little bit impressed.

Let's have a little taste of the Chamberlain now.

This smells like a much, much darker roast on.

It tastes like a much, much darker roast.

If you like dark roast, that's totally okay.

If you like dark roast, you absolutely shouldn't buy this, and you might enjoy this a lot more.

Generally speaking, the sort of darker, the deeper you roast coffee, the less acidity it will have when you drink it.

The less of its kind of origin characteristics, the less it'll have its own distinct flavors.

Onda more business you'll have. 00:08:59.110 --> 00:09:1.140 But at the same time, the more body will have. 00:09:1.140 --> 00:09:3.260 It'll have more texture and feel fuller and richer. 00:09:3.490 --> 00:09:11.160 Some people really hate acidity and coffee and really love, texture and heaviness and that little bit of bitterness They enjoy that they enjoy darker roasts.

I don't because I really enjoy tasting can where the coffee came from, so I'm drawn to sort of lighter roasts.

You can roast so light that is not pleasant.

And those tastes could become quite grassy and quite harsh.

Quite vegetal often.

And there's a little tiny bit of that in here.

If I was to be supercritical, it's just a tiny bit underdeveloped.

I don't know which of the three components is a little underdeveloped, but something's a little bit grassy and green in there for me to travel in coffee.

It's a kind of dominant bitterness has nice texture.

It feels very full, very heavy if you like milk or cream in your coffee.

This is designed for that, I feel, but if you like the taste of coffee, then that's kind of been roasted out a little bit more with this when it comes to the descriptors of chocolate nuts. 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:1.010 I kind of get what you're trying to say with this coffee cherry. 00:10:1.010 --> 00:10:4.720 I don't think there's anything that resembles Cherry in here for me, if I'm honest. 00:10:4.730 --> 00:10:9.470 And so I guess it's ultimately not surprising that I kind of prefer this one. 00:10:9.530 --> 00:10:10.890 It comes in whole beans.

It's clearly designed for somebody that has a grounder at home that really enjoys the process of making coffee.

This is the exact opposite in a tea bag of coffee.

It's supposed to be as easy as possible to make this product.

That's kind of a big part of this whole thing.

Convenience.

Um, I saying don't buy this because I don't like it.

Well, no, not really.

I mean, one you might like dark arrests.

Two.

You might really value the convenience factor here.

Three.

You might just want to support Emma Chamberlain, and I get that.

And for the same reason, if you really love Peter MacKinnon and want to support him, you might want to buy this.

There are a lot of coffee roasting companies in the U.

S.

And Canada, and you're around the world now, like there's a huge amount of choice.

And so I guess that, you know, actually collaborations like this for a good reason to try James Coffee cart. 00:10:59.600 --> 00:11:0.850 I think that's a nice idea. 00:11:0.850 --> 00:11:3.030 I think it's a nice way to bring new people in. 00:11:3.270 --> 00:11:8.090 If you're a coffee business trying to find a new audience to connect with that makes good sense. 00:11:8.250 --> 00:11:12.630 So if you're a huge McKinnon fan, if you love coffee, yeah, do it.

Give it a go.

But if you like dark roast, though, do be warned.

This is absolutely not that this is really pretty light now.

I'm aware in being critical of this coffee that I think it might be roasted like a little bit light in places that this is dangerous territory for me.

I feel like I don't want to do coffee reviews on this child.

Generally, because I have a coffee company don't imply that somehow we're perfect and that I'm just criticizing everyone else.

That's not really the goal.

That's not what I want to do.

But this is an unusual event, like it's not every day you get to drink coffee from two different you, Chivers and have some fun with it now, before I wrap up.

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So if you're watching this and you want from the Chamberlain coffee, if you're a fan of hers or you just want to try coffee and a teabag, just leave a comment down below.

I'll pick a six different random comments and I send them coffee has that.

Let's do that So they have it.

Peter MacKinnon versus Emma Chamberlain.

For me, the McCain and experience was just way better, like it was easy to buy online.

It was more enjoyable experience. 00:12:59.940 --> 00:13:1.820 It was very expensive because of that shipping. 00:13:1.850 --> 00:13:3.070 But it was super fast. 00:13:3.510 --> 00:13:4.450 I enjoyed the coffee. 00:13:4.680 --> 00:13:6.470 I think that the detail is great. 00:13:6.590 --> 00:13:7.360 Pack looks good. 00:13:7.950 --> 00:13:8.820 Thumbs up from me. 00:13:9.160 --> 00:13:10.800 I'm a little bit impressed.

My expectations were were surpassed the Chamberlain coffee.

I enjoyed a little bit less, but I'm not really that target audience for that.

I'm a weird coffee person on dhe.

Maybe you don't have to be a weird coffee person to enjoy this, so I get it.

It's just not my kind of thing, but they go.

There's the review.

Have you tried these?

Let me know.

Have you tasted either of these.

Do you like them?

Are you buying them regularly with a kind of one off purchase?