La Colombe’s Todd Carmichael to Star in Coffee Hunter

Posted by Foobooz on April 17th, 2012

The Travel Channel has announced it has started development on Coffee Hunter. La Colombe’s Todd Carmichael will star in the series that will track him as he travels the world looking for the perfect cup of coffee.

From the Travel Channel release:

Coffee Hunter: Produced by Nancy Glass Productions with Travel Channel’s Bill Howard as Executive Producer Would you risk your life for the perfect cup of coffee? Todd Carmichael would. As owner of La Colombe Torrefaction – a premium coffee company based in Philadelphia, he travels the globe, sleeping under his car, avoiding warlords and bodily-harm, risking it all to bring back the perfect cup o’ joe. His business focuses on the best – coffee so rare it’s sought by the world’s top chefs and restaurants. Carmichael seeks out the most exotic, fascinating and dangerous places to find the perfect seed in the coffee plant. There’s an amazing story behind every cup.

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14thandBroad

Too funny. This seems to contradict his feelings put forth in Esquire in 2010.

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/food-for-men/worst-coffee-trends-060210

“2. Beware bean propaganda. Super-geeks love to claim their coffee hails from single-origin Valhalla, unapproachable for any other roaster. Truth is, we live in the computer and commuter age; the world is tiny and coffee only comes from the small band around the middle. We all have access to the same beans.”

So are we just hopping on the bandwagon? Or wanting some paid vacation and free publicity to avoid the realities of mediocre coffee served with bad attitude?
Thomas

You must give the man credit for such an adventuresome spirit.
Orangutang?

That picture was taken at Bukit Lawang in Indonesia. A great place which rehabilitates Orangutangs to re-enter the wild. It is a shame that Mr. Carmichael, chose to ignore the parks rules and paid his guides to handle a baby Orangutang. (I say this as I’m drinking La Colombe’s coffee at my desk)
manuel

where can we find haitian coffee in seattle that todd has bought?

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La Colombe’s Todd Carmichael to Star in Coffee Hunter