This week The Farm Report goes behind the scene of the coffee growing business with Allen Leibowitz of Zingerman's Coffee. Learn about all the different processes that it takes to get from coffee from the trees to the roasters and how the decisions growers, pickers, and producers make separates you big store brand coffee from more artisanal coffee. So tune in and the next time you go to pick up some beans you'll know exactly what you're paying for. This episode is sponsored by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons.

We spoke to Jon Feldman of Stumptown Coffee Roasters located in Red Hook. Their facility flooded with 5 feet of water that destroyed pounds of green coffee, the central roaster, documents, paper goods, and more. Stumptown Coffee and other local Red Hook businesses are banding together to determine the best course of action to rebuild the community.

"Red Hook has kind of put itself on the map not only for food and beverage businesses, but all sorts of small businesses. So people are coming together... we had a meeting the other night to strategize about the best route to get the word out that people are struggling here and we are going to need some help." -- Jon Feldman of Stumptown Coffee Roasters

This week on The Main Course, Patrick Martins is talking coffee with Ed Kaufmann, the Director of Roasting at Joe Coffee. Tune into this episode to learn about each step of the coffee supply chain, and how quality is affected at each link in the chain. Learn about the roasting process from the master himself! Find out how caffeine levels vary between expensive and inexpensive cups of Joe. How do experts like Ed determine the quality of a roast? Learn about New York City as an innovative coffee city in the U.S., and hear Ed's top five coffee shops in the city! What is coffee's role in the restaurant world, and why are more people in the service industry paying attention to quality beans? Get educated on this week's installment of The Main Course. This program has been brought to you by Hearst Ranch.

"If you just had an awesome meal and the best-tasting dessert, and then you have an awful shot of espresso to warm you up on your way home- it can ruin your whole meal" [30:40] -- Ed Kaufmann on The Main Course