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    Good Food

    Intelligentsia Coffee

    Doug Zell of Intelligentsia Coffee in Silver Lake believes that coffee is as nuanced as fine wine. Explaining that his plan begins at the point of purchasing coffee beans, Doug explains how different sales impact the grower. His direct-trade purchase provides the grower maximum benefit and, he believes, yields the highest quality bean.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Doug Zell of Intelligentsia Coffee in Silver Lake believes that coffee is as nuanced as fine wine. Explaining that his plan begins at the point of purchasing coffee beans, Doug explains how different sales impact the grower. His direct-trade purchase provides the grower maximum benefit and, he believes, yields the highest quality bean. By marketing beans by quality, rather than quantity, retailers could stagger the price of both beans and brew, selling higher caliber coffee at a premium and affording coffee drinkers a wider palate from which to choose.

    Musical break: Spunky by Johnny Jenkins

    The full episode

    3 of 9
    Intelligentsia Coffee; Tomato Obsession; Frozen Margarita
    1. 1:00The Market Report
    2. 8:00Eggplant Ideas
    3. 15:00Intelligentsia CoffeeYou’re reading this
    4. 22:00Tomato Obsession
    5. 29:00Buy a Water Meter
    6. 36:00Disaster Food Preparedness
    7. 43:00Frozen Margarita Ice Pops
    8. 47:00Salvadoran Culinary Roots
    9. 53:00Two Angry Moms
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Jennifer Ferro

      Jennifer Ferro, President, KCRW, Los Angeles

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      Thea Chaloner

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

      CultureFood & Drink

    The full episode

    3 of 9
    Intelligentsia Coffee; Tomato Obsession; Frozen Margarita
    1. 1:00The Market Report
    2. 8:00Eggplant Ideas
    3. 15:00Intelligentsia CoffeeYou’re reading this
    4. 22:00Tomato Obsession
    5. 29:00Buy a Water Meter
    6. 36:00Disaster Food Preparedness
    7. 43:00Frozen Margarita Ice Pops
    8. 47:00Salvadoran Culinary Roots
    9. 53:00Two Angry Moms
    Back to Good Food