Exploring Seattle's Diverse Coffee Scene | The Nosh with Rachel Belle
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[{'start': '0.347', 'end': '3.620', 'text': '(upbeat music)'}, {'start': '3.620', 'end': '6.203', 'text': '(bright music)'}, {'start': '9.720', 'end': '12.630', 'text': '- This is a traditional\nEthiopian coffee ceremony.'}, {'start': '12.630', 'end': '15.510', 'text': "It's not your quick grab\nand go coffee situation."}, {'start': '15.510', 'end': '17.580', 'text': "It's something where you have to sit down"}, {'start': '17.580', 'end': '20.943', 'text': 'and actually enjoy the moment\nand like savor every bit.'}, {'start': '22.230', 'end': '23.790', 'text': "And it's not really about the coffee."}, {'start': '23.790', 'end': '27.480', 'text': "It's not about how quickly\nyou can get caffeinated."}, {'start': '27.480', 'end': '29.310', 'text': "It's more about this social connection."}, {'start': '29.310', 'end': '31.260', 'text': "It's more about getting\ntogether with people."}, {'start': '31.260', 'end': '32.670', 'text': "It's more about friendships."}, {'start': '32.670', 'end': '34.893', 'text': "It's more about fostering relationships."}, {'start': '36.360', 'end': '39.270', 'text': "- [Rachel] I'm headed out on\na highly caffeinated journey"}, {'start': '39.270', 'end': '42.270', 'text': "to check out Seattle's\ndiverse coffee scene."}, {'start': '42.270', 'end': '44.880', 'text': 'From a traditional\nEthiopian coffee ceremony'}, {'start': '44.880', 'end': '46.290', 'text': 'in Pike Place Market,'}, {'start': '46.290', 'end': '48.540', 'text': 'to Vietnamese flavors in Little Saigon,'}, {'start': '48.540', 'end': '52.980', 'text': "the city's famous coffee\nculture continues to evolve."}, {'start': '52.980', 'end': '56.250', 'text': 'I\'m Rachel Belle, host of\n"Your Last Meal" podcast,'}, {'start': '56.250', 'end': '59.460', 'text': 'cookbook author and longtime journalist.'}, {'start': '59.460', 'end': '62.793', 'text': 'Today on "The Nosh,"\ncafes that brew community.'}, {'start': '64.195', 'end': '66.778', 'text': '(upbeat music)'}, {'start': '73.378', 'end': '74.710', 'text': '(gentle music)'}, {'start': '74.710', 'end': '76.558', 'text': 'Hi, Yenvy.\n- Hi, Rachel.'}, {'start': '76.558', 'end': '80.344', 'text': '- Oh (laughs).'}, {'start': '80.344', 'end': '81.360', 'text': '- Do you need some caffeine?'}, {'start': '81.360', 'end': '82.898', 'text': "- Yes, I do. I don't\nknow if you do though."}, {'start': '82.898', 'end': '84.690', 'text': "- I don't (laughs)."}, {'start': '84.690', 'end': '88.200', 'text': 'Yenvy Pham and her sister\nQuynh own Pho Bac Sup Shop,'}, {'start': '88.200', 'end': '90.900', 'text': 'Pacific Standard Time, The Boat,'}, {'start': '90.900', 'end': '94.110', 'text': 'and Hello Em, their\nroastery and cafe located'}, {'start': '94.110', 'end': '96.120', 'text': 'inside the Little Saigon Creative,'}, {'start': '96.120', 'end': '98.340', 'text': 'a nonprofit community gathering space'}, {'start': '98.340', 'end': '101.340', 'text': 'dedicated to Vietnamese culture.'}, {'start': '101.340', 'end': '104.190', 'text': 'Yenvy dreamed up a menu\nfull of espresso drinks'}, {'start': '104.190', 'end': '107.460', 'text': 'with Vietnamese flavors\nlike the Cafe Maggi,'}, {'start': '107.460', 'end': '111.060', 'text': 'homemade Maggi seasoning\ncaramel and condensed milk,'}, {'start': '111.060', 'end': '113.640', 'text': 'and the Cafe Chuoi, caramelized banana,'}, {'start': '113.640', 'end': '117.720', 'text': 'coconut, egg whip, salted\npeanuts, and banana chips.'}, {'start': '117.720', 'end': '120.543', 'text': 'The Cafe Brulee is a torched egg coffee.'}, {'start': '121.560', 'end': '124.320', 'text': 'The coffee is shipped\nfrom a farm in Vietnam'}, {'start': '124.320', 'end': '126.183', 'text': 'and roasted in-house.'}, {'start': '127.620', 'end': '131.160', 'text': '- So robusta is our main\ncrop source in Vietnam'}, {'start': '131.160', 'end': '133.650', 'text': 'and we get it from one\nfarm only. Direct trade.'}, {'start': '133.650', 'end': '136.770', 'text': 'Robusta has twice a caffeine\nas any arabica bean.'}, {'start': '136.770', 'end': '137.603', 'text': '- Wow.'}, {'start': '137.603', 'end': '139.290', 'text': "- So you're so jacked."}, {'start': '139.290', 'end': '140.520', 'text': '- [Rachel] So what is in the egg cream?'}, {'start': '140.520', 'end': '141.480', 'text': 'How do you make it?'}, {'start': '141.480', 'end': '142.620', 'text': "- It's just egg yolks."}, {'start': '142.620', 'end': '143.453', 'text': '- Okay.'}, {'start': '143.453', 'end': '144.286', 'text': '- Condensed milk.'}, {'start': '144.286', 'end': '146.040', 'text': 'A little vanilla, and\nthen you just whip it'}, {'start': '146.040', 'end': '147.420', 'text': 'until it gets light and fluffy.'}, {'start': '147.420', 'end': '149.610', 'text': "- It's like a Vietnamese cappuccino."}, {'start': '149.610', 'end': '150.790', 'text': "Like, that's like the foam on top."}, {'start': '150.790', 'end': '152.550', 'text': '- [Yenvy] Yeah, it is a foam on top.'}, {'start': '152.550', 'end': '154.710', 'text': 'It happened during the milk shortage.'}, {'start': '154.710', 'end': '156.110', 'text': '- Oh, Okay.\n- [Yenvy] Yeah.'}, {'start': '157.590', 'end': '159.210', 'text': 'Ooh, egg cream. You put it out for me.'}, {'start': '159.210', 'end': '160.260', 'text': 'This is it.'}, {'start': '160.260', 'end': '161.700', 'text': '- So you just blend it up.\n- Yeah.'}, {'start': '161.700', 'end': '163.770', 'text': 'So I like things salty.\n- Yeah, me too.'}, {'start': '163.770', 'end': '164.940', 'text': '- I do add salt to this.'}, {'start': '164.940', 'end': '165.930', 'text': '- [Rachel] Yeah, like a salty sweet.'}, {'start': '165.930', 'end': '167.460', 'text': '- [Yenvy] Salt and sweet.'}, {'start': '167.460', 'end': '170.310', 'text': 'And then you just have it\nlike kind of drizzle on top.'}, {'start': '170.310', 'end': '171.900', 'text': "- [Rachel] It's so luscious."}, {'start': '171.900', 'end': '174.030', 'text': '- And I like to top it with more coffee.'}, {'start': '174.030', 'end': '176.130', 'text': 'And I like it with soybean powder'}, {'start': '176.130', 'end': '178.121', 'text': 'because it gives it that saltiness.'}, {'start': '178.121', 'end': '180.788', 'text': '(playful music)'}, {'start': '182.232', 'end': '184.740', 'text': '- Mm. That is so good.'}, {'start': '184.740', 'end': '187.080', 'text': "This is the best coffee\nI've had in the city."}, {'start': '187.080', 'end': '187.913', 'text': '- What?'}, {'start': '187.913', 'end': '188.950', 'text': '- It is.'}, {'start': '188.950', 'end': '191.100', 'text': 'Everything has such a\nlike nice creamy texture'}, {'start': '191.100', 'end': '193.350', 'text': "And all the flavors, it's not too sweet."}, {'start': '193.350', 'end': '194.820', 'text': "- Yeah.\n- But it's like just enough."}, {'start': '194.820', 'end': '196.950', 'text': 'And then having all of\nthe like the little pops'}, {'start': '196.950', 'end': '199.560', 'text': "of like umami and the Asian\nflavors, it's delicious."}, {'start': '199.560', 'end': '200.710', 'text': "- I'm glad you like it."}, {'start': '202.620', 'end': '204.390', 'text': '- I always describe you to everyone'}, {'start': '204.390', 'end': '206.580', 'text': "as Seattle's pho royalty."}, {'start': '206.580', 'end': '207.810', 'text': '- Oh gosh.'}, {'start': '207.810', 'end': '209.250', 'text': '- Because your parents opened'}, {'start': '209.250', 'end': '212.790', 'text': "what we think was Seattle's\nfirst all pho restaurant."}, {'start': '212.790', 'end': '214.170', 'text': '- I think we are.\n- Yeah.'}, {'start': '214.170', 'end': '215.340', 'text': '- Or the longest standing.'}, {'start': '215.340', 'end': '216.360', 'text': '- When did they open?'}, {'start': '216.360', 'end': '217.653', 'text': '- In 1982.'}, {'start': '218.910', 'end': '221.220', 'text': '- Two years after immigrating to Seattle,'}, {'start': '221.220', 'end': '224.850', 'text': "Yenvy's parents opened an\nAmerican style sandwich shop."}, {'start': '224.850', 'end': '228.180', 'text': 'But their Vietnamese friends\ncraving the comforts of home,'}, {'start': '228.180', 'end': '231.300', 'text': 'begged her mom to put her pho on the menu.'}, {'start': '231.300', 'end': '233.280', 'text': 'Yenvy said when Americans caught wind,'}, {'start': '233.280', 'end': '235.620', 'text': 'there were lines out the door.'}, {'start': '235.620', 'end': '239.490', 'text': 'Four months after opening\nthe sub shop became Pho Bac,'}, {'start': '239.490', 'end': '241.110', 'text': "Seattle's first pho shop"}, {'start': '241.110', 'end': '243.900', 'text': 'that the Pham sisters\nare still operating today'}, {'start': '243.900', 'end': '246.000', 'text': 'behind the original boat shaped building'}, {'start': '246.000', 'end': '248.463', 'text': 'that is now home to the\nrestaurant, The Boat.'}, {'start': '249.780', 'end': '250.680', 'text': 'And your parents,'}, {'start': '250.680', 'end': '252.900', 'text': 'did they help other people\nopen pho restaurants?'}, {'start': '252.900', 'end': '253.733', 'text': '- For sure.'}, {'start': '253.733', 'end': '257.070', 'text': 'Well, my parents brought\nover 250 families to Seattle.'}, {'start': '257.070', 'end': '258.480', 'text': '- Wow.\n- Yeah, it was insane.'}, {'start': '258.480', 'end': '260.913', 'text': 'So like my house was always very noisy.'}, {'start': '263.040', 'end': '265.710', 'text': '- So what inspired you to open, Hello Em?'}, {'start': '265.710', 'end': '268.440', 'text': '- It actually started with a\nbunch of small business owners'}, {'start': '268.440', 'end': '271.290', 'text': 'in Little Saigon needing representation,'}, {'start': '271.290', 'end': '273.120', 'text': 'like all of the Asian neighborhoods'}, {'start': '273.120', 'end': '275.850', 'text': 'are always kind of trampled on or ignored'}, {'start': '275.850', 'end': '277.770', 'text': 'because it comes down to power and money.'}, {'start': '277.770', 'end': '279.750', 'text': 'And then in this space I was like,'}, {'start': '279.750', 'end': '281.900', 'text': 'we need to activate it\nas a small business.'}, {'start': '282.840', 'end': '284.370', 'text': 'Little Saigon is untapped.'}, {'start': '284.370', 'end': '286.350', 'text': "It's this idea that we\nhave so much talent here,"}, {'start': '286.350', 'end': '288.330', 'text': 'we have a great community,'}, {'start': '288.330', 'end': '290.040', 'text': 'and we have an identity really rooted'}, {'start': '290.040', 'end': '291.630', 'text': 'in the Vietnamese community.'}, {'start': '291.630', 'end': '292.463', 'text': '- Yeah.'}, {'start': '292.463', 'end': '295.440', 'text': "- So it's kind of like,\nwhat is the next phase?"}, {'start': '295.440', 'end': '297.360', 'text': 'Like, our parents are retired,'}, {'start': '297.360', 'end': '298.950', 'text': 'the old shops are closing.'}, {'start': '298.950', 'end': '301.230', 'text': "Who's gonna preserve the identity"}, {'start': '301.230', 'end': '303.213', 'text': 'of the Vietnamese community in Seattle?'}, {'start': '304.110', 'end': '305.670', 'text': "- So do you feel like you're kind of doing"}, {'start': '305.670', 'end': '307.710', 'text': 'like Vietnamese Pacific Northwest?'}, {'start': '307.710', 'end': '308.640', 'text': '- I am a Seattle light.'}, {'start': '308.640', 'end': '310.230', 'text': 'I was born at Swedish.'}, {'start': '310.230', 'end': '312.120', 'text': 'How I cook and my flavor profile'}, {'start': '312.120', 'end': '315.060', 'text': 'has definitely been influenced\nby the Pacific Northwest.'}, {'start': '315.060', 'end': '315.893', 'text': 'So like you know,'}, {'start': '315.893', 'end': '318.090', 'text': 'one of my favorites is\nactually the salmon banh mi.'}, {'start': '318.090', 'end': '321.510', 'text': 'Yeah, I just try to captivate\nthe Vietnamese flavor profile'}, {'start': '321.510', 'end': '323.730', 'text': 'into a more modern way of making coffee.'}, {'start': '323.730', 'end': '324.563', 'text': '- Yeah.'}, {'start': '324.563', 'end': '327.390', 'text': '- I want the bean to really\nbe able to express itself.'}, {'start': '327.390', 'end': '328.410', 'text': '- Expresso itself.'}, {'start': '328.410', 'end': '330.524', 'text': '- Expresso itself, thank you.'}, {'start': '330.524', 'end': '332.093', 'text': '(both laugh)'}, {'start': '332.093', 'end': '334.593', 'text': '(chill music)'}, {'start': '336.000', 'end': '337.470', 'text': '- Hi.\n- Rachel.'}, {'start': '337.470', 'end': '340.620', 'text': "Hi, I'm Meeraf, wonderful to meet you."}, {'start': '340.620', 'end': '341.790', 'text': '- [Rachel] At Lands of Origin,'}, {'start': '341.790', 'end': '343.680', 'text': "you can try one of Meeraf Mamo's"}, {'start': '343.680', 'end': '346.620', 'text': 'delicious, handmade African pastries'}, {'start': '346.620', 'end': '348.840', 'text': 'and sit down for an abbreviated version'}, {'start': '348.840', 'end': '351.870', 'text': 'of the hours long\nEthiopian coffee ceremonies'}, {'start': '351.870', 'end': '353.193', 'text': 'that she grew up with.'}, {'start': '354.720', 'end': '357.510', 'text': '- Thank you for coming here\nwhere I get to show something'}, {'start': '357.510', 'end': '359.640', 'text': "that's very near and dear to my heart."}, {'start': '359.640', 'end': '363.150', 'text': 'This is basically the\nheart of the community.'}, {'start': '363.150', 'end': '365.070', 'text': 'This is how people will talk about'}, {'start': '365.070', 'end': '366.720', 'text': 'everything that is important.'}, {'start': '366.720', 'end': '368.310', 'text': 'For example, this was where I learned'}, {'start': '368.310', 'end': '370.800', 'text': 'about domestic violence as a young child.'}, {'start': '370.800', 'end': '372.780', 'text': 'Just sitting there at\nthe foot of the table'}, {'start': '372.780', 'end': '374.220', 'text': 'where nobody was noticing.'}, {'start': '374.220', 'end': '376.200', 'text': 'This is where people talk about politics.'}, {'start': '376.200', 'end': '378.240', 'text': "People talk about\neverything that's important."}, {'start': '378.240', 'end': '380.940', 'text': 'People get to communicate\nand honor each other'}, {'start': '380.940', 'end': '382.900', 'text': 'and take time to slow down.'}, {'start': '382.900', 'end': '385.400', 'text': '(chill music)'}, {'start': '386.430', 'end': '387.750', 'text': 'I grew up surrounded by coffee.'}, {'start': '387.750', 'end': '390.390', 'text': 'I grew up in a land of\nwhere coffee is from.'}, {'start': '390.390', 'end': '393.000', 'text': 'Coffee was discovered in Ethiopia.'}, {'start': '393.000', 'end': '394.080', 'text': "- I didn't know that."}, {'start': '394.080', 'end': '396.030', 'text': '- Yes. Coffee is from Ethiopia originally.'}, {'start': '396.030', 'end': '398.730', 'text': 'And it was discovered by\na goat herder named Kaldi'}, {'start': '398.730', 'end': '401.070', 'text': 'when he noticed that his goats'}, {'start': '401.070', 'end': '403.320', 'text': 'were eating these red cherry beans'}, {'start': '403.320', 'end': '405.420', 'text': 'and they started acting caffeinated.'}, {'start': '405.420', 'end': '406.980', 'text': 'Imagine like a bunch of goats'}, {'start': '406.980', 'end': '408.730', 'text': 'with a couple of shots of espresso.'}, {'start': '409.950', 'end': '413.490', 'text': "I grew up where there's\nforests and forests of coffee"}, {'start': '413.490', 'end': '415.740', 'text': 'and waking up to the smell\nof coffee every single day.'}, {'start': '415.740', 'end': '417.660', 'text': 'And my father happens\nto be a coffee farmer'}, {'start': '417.660', 'end': '419.490', 'text': 'who used to export to the United States'}, {'start': '419.490', 'end': '421.320', 'text': 'before he passed away.'}, {'start': '421.320', 'end': '423.330', 'text': '- So how would this work at home?'}, {'start': '423.330', 'end': '424.830', 'text': 'Is it kind of built into the culture'}, {'start': '424.830', 'end': '426.240', 'text': 'that you would do this every day?'}, {'start': '426.240', 'end': '429.030', 'text': '- It really is built into the culture.'}, {'start': '429.030', 'end': '431.160', 'text': "We'll start by roasting the coffee beans,"}, {'start': '431.160', 'end': '433.770', 'text': 'and then we will grind\nthe coffee beans up,'}, {'start': '433.770', 'end': '436.500', 'text': 'and then we will put\nit in this Jebena pot,'}, {'start': '436.500', 'end': '439.740', 'text': 'simmer it for about 15 minutes each round,'}, {'start': '439.740', 'end': '441.513', 'text': "and we'll drink three rounds of it."}, {'start': '442.740', 'end': '444.240', 'text': 'The first one is called an Abol,'}, {'start': '444.240', 'end': '445.407', 'text': 'the second one is a Tona,'}, {'start': '445.407', 'end': '447.750', 'text': 'and the third one is a Baraka coffee.'}, {'start': '447.750', 'end': '449.970', 'text': 'And the Baraka coffee\nis the blessing round.'}, {'start': '449.970', 'end': '450.840', 'text': "So you don't wanna leave"}, {'start': '450.840', 'end': '452.940', 'text': 'before, you know, you get your blessing.'}, {'start': '452.940', 'end': '453.869', 'text': '- Yeah.'}, {'start': '453.869', 'end': '455.790', 'text': "- Because you're gonna have a great day."}, {'start': '455.790', 'end': '456.990', 'text': 'An Ethiopian coffee ceremony'}, {'start': '456.990', 'end': '460.530', 'text': 'is normally accompanied with some snacks.'}, {'start': '460.530', 'end': '462.633', 'text': 'The most common snack is a popcorn.'}, {'start': '463.800', 'end': '467.070', 'text': '- Why did you decide\nto open this business?'}, {'start': '467.070', 'end': '471.570', 'text': "- I believe that there's a\nhuge void in anything African."}, {'start': '471.570', 'end': '474.030', 'text': 'Very rarely our stories are told by us.'}, {'start': '474.030', 'end': '475.140', 'text': '- Yes.\n- And I just wanted'}, {'start': '475.140', 'end': '478.260', 'text': 'to be in that space and\ntelling people the stories'}, {'start': '478.260', 'end': '480.434', 'text': 'that have shaped my heritage.'}, {'start': '480.434', 'end': '482.130', 'text': '(relaxing music)'}, {'start': '482.130', 'end': '483.240', 'text': '- Thank you so much for having me.'}, {'start': '483.240', 'end': '484.260', 'text': 'This is so special,'}, {'start': '484.260', 'end': '487.320', 'text': 'and I just feel like I\nlearned so much today.'}, {'start': '487.320', 'end': '488.760', 'text': 'I wanna learn one more thing.'}, {'start': '488.760', 'end': '491.070', 'text': 'How do I say thank you in Amharic?'}, {'start': '491.070', 'end': '493.295', 'text': '- You say ameseginalehu.'}, {'start': '493.295', 'end': '494.850', 'text': '- Ameseginalehu.'}, {'start': '494.850', 'end': '496.500', 'text': "- That's beautiful, yes.\n- Thank you."}, {'start': '496.500', 'end': '497.700', 'text': "- Thank you. You're welcome."}, {'start': '497.700', 'end': '498.690', 'text': "You're very welcome."}, {'start': '498.690', 'end': '500.040', 'text': 'Thank you so much for coming here.'}, {'start': '500.040', 'end': '500.873', 'text': '- Of course.'}, {'start': '500.873', 'end': '502.530', 'text': '- [Announcer] "The Nosh" was made possible'}, {'start': '502.530', 'end': '505.713', 'text': 'in part with the generous\nsupport of Alaska Airlines.'}]