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Too Much Coffee Man- A Coffee Superhero

Today, we find out who is Too Much Coffee Man. Now I didn't even think of this guy prior to this video being made. I was trying to find a superhero that had to do with coffee, but just through some basic searches, I was coming up empty. I even thought about doing a coffee superhero meme video but didn't think that would be much of a quality post. Then, came along the creator of Coffee Quips, a group on Facebook, who gave me this great idea.

Now Too Much Coffee Man, who was created by Shannon Wheeler, isn't so much a superhero in the traditional sense. Just like how this video was for me, I don't think Too Much Coffee Man was Shannon's original idea for what his ultimate goal was for the comic. He initially tried to make a comic that helped show loneliness and isolation to a collage in Texas. This didn't seem to do quite so well initially. Shannon, from what I could tell, took his idea of Too Much Coffee Man and used him for these ideas because 'people like coffee'. Which, He isn't wrong.

Too Much Coffee Man is a pretty interesting super hero. His super strength comes from his insane amounts of coffee he drinks... along with cigarettes. His other powers include insomnia and overly fried nerves. He also has another superbuddy (well I say that, but he probably is just a friend who just wants to be like him) called Too Much Espresso Guy. From what I can tell, it's just a dude with a cup of espresso quite literally strapped to his head. With an actual strap.

Another neat thing I've found was that Too Much Coffee Man almost got his own tv show! Apparently he had a commercial before Saturday Night Live and another one with Marvel. Comedy Central must have seen a rising star and tried to see if they could make some form of tv series with him. Sadly, Wheeler and Comedy Central agreed that the script looked like junk and trashed it.

If you like this video and want to see more comic videos involving coffee superheros, just let me know and let's go brew up some love for somebody!

Will it Creamer- How it Came to Be

 

So Will it Creamer was really my first idea for a series on Java Central. It started as an inspiration from the 'Will it' videos from Good Mythical Morning. I've always been a huge fan of Rhett and Link and thought it would be fun little series inspired by their own series.

My first idea for 'Will it Creamer' was to be set up just like Good Mythical Mornings (GMM). I would make my episode about whatever I was going to make that week and follow it up with a will it creamer on some random thing I would put in my coffee, drink it, probably throw it back up, and just have a good ole time with it. Problem is, we as a society can't pay attention that long (with me being guilty of this as well) and a 15 minute video of some random guy blabbering on about coffee would make anyone want to go nuts. So I decided to make it a monthly thing.

Now like many youtubers, we have all sorts of dreams and aspirations to do it once a month but then, you know, we got other super awesome ideas for a video and completely forget about our original idea.

Now the idea for this particular will it creamer was inspired by my pumpkin spice latte recipe. I thought to myself, 'you know, self, some people probably don't like pumpkin spice lattes and think they are gross. I wonder if someone would want to watch my hairy chinned self drink a really gross one...' Then I began brewing up ideas on how to make it gross. First, I would have to make it with actual pumpkin. Not from like a can, like a wuss but an actual pumpkin. Now I could have brought a huge normal sized one but I figured that would be way to much mess for the amount of pumpkin I would need, so I got a little fella. Now when I thought spice I initially thought, OOO spicy. And that's where the hot sauce idea came from for the 'spice' part of the 'pumpkin spice latte'. Now you might be wondering, well where's the latte part? Well... there isn't one. It's just a title I guess. But it really was a gross pumpkin spice latte that, if I drank more than a sip, I would probably have some seriously upset stomach and terrible regret later. If you catch my drift.

Well I hope you liked this little back story on my will it creamer series and on this video. If you want to check out the video, I would probably love you forever. Unless you stink. Then I'll love everything about you but your stench. OH and go brew up some love for somebody!

American Coffee- History of Coffee in The United States of America

Now this video was a blast to make. Pairing my love of history, America, and coffee was an absolute joy for me. I did however mention that I was not able to get all the info in the video that I wanted. So here's a few more bit of facts that I did manage to find.



In 1793, a little coffee house called the Merchants Coffee house was born in New York City. It served as a meeting place for a bunch of stockbrokers. The coffee must have been quite good because it helped birth the Buttonwood Agreement. Now this agreement bound the people who signed it to only trade with each other. With this agreement, the once bunch of stockbrokers meeting for a cup of joe grew exponentially. To the point where they created their own board known as the New York Stock and Exchange Board, now known as the New York Stock Exchange. It is now the largest stock exchange in the world. Sadly, the birthplace of this Exchange had to be demolished in the 1850's.



Speaking of New Yorkians, the Burns coffee roaster was invented in 1864 by a New Yorker by the name of Jabez Burns. What he invented was essentially the grandfather of the current coffee roaster. It was the first coffee roaster that did not have to be moved away from a fire source in order to discharge the newly roasted coffee beans.



The first mass produced coffee in America was not Folgers or Maxwell House but a coffee called Arbuckles coffee. Founded by John Arbuckle in 1871, his coffee was the first paper packaged and mass produced coffee in America. He also was the first importer of American coffee by buying out all the South American merchant ships carrying coffee.



Jump WAY ahead to 1966 and you'll meet Albert Peet. He was the founder of Peet's coffee and is known as the 'grandfather' of the specialty coffee industry. Just 5 years later, he taught three of his buddies how to roast coffee. Those guys, Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker got broken into the coffee roasting business over the Christmas holiday that year. After learning the ropes, Albert gives them his blessing to start their own business, which we now know as Starbucks coffee. Of course we know how big Starbucks got, and in 1984, led by Jerry Baldwin, these owners of Starbucks buy their mentor's business, Peet's.



I hope you really enjoyed the read and that you check out the video along with my other videos on coffee around the world. If you have any thoughts or ideas for a video or a blog post, please comment down below. I'd love to explore new ideas! And go brew up some love for somebody!

Easy Simple Spooky Halloween Coffee Art Recipe

This recipe was a tricky one to think up (no pun intended). I was thinking for a good while, what kind of video do I want to do for my Halloween video? I had a few different thoughts in mind. First, I wanted to make a scary video. You know, do like a scary story about coffee. Problem was, I couldn't really find one except one about a kid killing baby sitters or something like that. I read that one and it was a bit too much for me (I'm a bit of a wuss). I then got an idea from a youtuber from yttalk.com (a site I absolutely love) about maybe making a latte art with some halloween theme to it.



 Now initially, I thought, well heck. I've tried to make latte art before. That ended up terribly! I burned the milk and couldn't get any form of rosetta or anything coming up after multiple tries. So I just kind of gave up on that for right now. But then I thought, you know what floats on top of coffee that is super tasty? Whipped cream. So I got an idea to make a pumpkin out of, well, canned pumpkin! Now I wanted to make something else with it, like a bat, but wasn't initially sure how to do that. I then remembered, oh yeah! I have some chocolate just lying around the house I haven't eaten yet... somehow. So I figured that would be a nice addition to the halloween theme.



The set up for this video was a new thing for me. What I did was, I brought in the lamp from the Java Hut (where I film my videos normally) and brought it in for additional lighting. When I realized that wouldn't help much, prior to filming, I just said, bah forget it. We'll do it live! So pair that with having the camera exactly opposite of me, on the table, and pointed straight down, it was an interesting set up. Overall, I really liked how it turned out and I hope you like it as well. If you do try it out, let me know! I'd love some feedback on it.

Now that I am coming up on my one year youtube anniversary, I want to go into detail on really how my youtube channel first started and the struggles of me not knowing what the heck I was doing.

So on Black Friday morning last year, I was at my parents place just having breakfast and really just relaxing. At that point I really wanted to start a youtube channel but didn't know where to start because, I didn't have a camera! I realized, oh it's Black Friday, and found a freaking 'sweet' deal on Best Buys website for a little dash cam that was like 80 bucks initially but was down to 30. I thought, heck that must be a great idea, and decided to go and get it.

So my camera comes in the mail and I'm freaking pumped. I get this super nice HD 1080p dash cam for such a cheap deal and think, 'Youtube Stardom here I come!'. Then I realize after filming my intro video, MAN. This quality sucks! The audio sucks, the video sucks, and I guess it didn't help that I was editing it on a 2008 mac book (not pro. not air. just mac book) with imovie. That and my initial set up was me. Sitting in the living room, a pillow set up behind me to give a nice solid background, and a chair in front of me with books stacked up for my little dash cam to film me. No mic, no audio editing, and the highest of quality 2008 iMovie I could get! It was then that I realized I should probably get a new camera and a mic for my videos!

So fast forward to Christmas. I get a mic from the in laws (because they knew I was getting into this youtube thing and wanted to support me. Which in all honesty, was pretty awesome) and I got thinking, ok. So I have this nice mic but this crappy camera, I need to upgrade my life. This is where I consulted the Reddit. I put up an 'askreddit' where I pretty much asked Reddit what camera I should get (I'm lucky I got out as unscathed as I did, as Reddit can be pretty brutal at times). The only comment I got was from a guy who said, yo, check out this refurbed camera off of Cannons website. It's only 100 bucks! Now at that point I was really checking out cameras and when I saw it was 100 bucks, I was like, dude. This might be a really good deal. After looking up the specs and ratings on the camera, I decided to jump in head first, and man I'm glad I did. That camera has so far proved to be the best camera I could have gotten with the money!

As for the new set, I have this 'man cave' at my place with all my guy stuff in it. It has a nice little futon and figured, hey, we got these dinner trays, why not use that for my set? So far the wife hasn't kicked my butt for using them as my table and it's worked out quite nicely! If you want any pictures of any of these neat little things, just comment down below. I'd love to share them so you get to see more of what I was working with.

Gross Coffee Reaction Video ft. Stoney Joe- Javaman Reacting to a Disgus...

So this dude, Stoney Joe, said, man I love you Will it Creamer videos. So because of that, he said he had to do his own version of it. I, needless to say, was quite flattered. He asked if I could make a reaction video to it so here it is! Hope you like it.

Origin of my series Coffee Around the World

Well I've always been interested in traveling. As a kid, I moved a lot because of job transfers for my parents. So because of that, I've been in almost every state in the US (minus Hawaii because forget that pretty little island) and Canada. I've had some wonderful times with these moving experiences. I've made a nice bunch of friends in a multitude of states and seen things from Denali National Park in Alaska to the Grand Canyon to the White House. I've loved seeing and learning every little bit. I was like a tiny little nerd sponge, I guess you could say.

From there, I've realized I loved learning and learning new things that I may never get to see. That and my well developed sense of adventure lead to Coffee Around the World. In this series, I look at the history, the types of coffee, and how the coffee in that culture is enjoyed. I've learned things like how politics in Mexico influenced the coffee culture there in Mexico, how the word Java is actually derived from an Indonesian island that actually grows and exports coffee, and how Italy has the oldest currently running Cafe in the entire world (the Cafe Florian in Venice)! In fact, I may just have to post my next blog on my experience in Venice and the Cafe Florian really was because, whoo man, it was something serious!

If you want to check out my series on Coffee Around the World, here's a link to it Coffee Around the World Series and if you want me to explore the caffeinated history of a country I haven't done yet, just comment below and let me know!

Worlds Oldest Coffee Shop- A History of Cafes Around The World

Today, we go back in history to find the worlds oldest coffee shop, or cafe, or coffee house, or however you want to call it. It, unofficially, is more of a video for a history of cafes around the world (or again coffee shop, coffee house, whatever). First we explore the oldest coffee shop in America. This would be the Caffe Reggio. Now, the Caffe Reggio was founded in 1920 and was the first place to make a cappuccino in America. This old coffee shop, the Caffe Reggio, is known for it's old espresso maker, made in 1902, as well as beautiful art. This includes a bench from a very rich family in Italy as well as art from the Baroque period!

 Next is the Cafe Florian. The Cafe Florian was founded in 1720. The Cafe Florian is the oldest coffee shop in Italy and is the oldest active coffee shop in the world. I have a wonderful history with this cafe as I have previously visited it when on my honeymoon with my wife. The music they play outside the cafe sets a perfect atmosphere in the plaza of Saint Mark. With the Cafe Florian being the oldest active coffee shop in the world, it has some neat history. It has multiple halls with different types of paintings and things in these halls. However, this is still not the oldest cafe in the world. For that we have to go even further back in time. The oldest coffee shop in the world is the Kiva Han. With the Kiva Han being the oldest cafe in the world, it was founded in Constantinople, or Istanbul now a days. It was founded in the 15th century and not much is known about it. My guess would be is, because of the multiple wars that have been raged in that area, any information about the cafe, if there was much to begin with, has been destroyed within that time period, as the Ottoman Empire first founded the cafe.


Check out my other videos including coffee around the world, review it, will it creamer, my recipes for more Java Central goodness!

A New Welcome to Java Central

   Welcome to my blog! Now you may be wondering, why is this youtube guy making a blog? Shouldn't he just stick to his videos and leave us alone? Well that's actually a great set of questions.

   See this interest in blogs actually started when I was thinking of beginning a youtube channel almost a year ago. I had a lot of free time and wanted to do something that I've never personally done before (as I'm really stinkin adventurous). So I remembered I did a few home movies (no not THOSE kind of movies) with my friends and a few other youtube videos and thought, heck, I could totally do that. What was really a bit of a block for me was the lack of camera or mic. That's where my thoughts went to a blog. A place where I can just share my thoughts freely by print to people who find it mildly interesting. At the time, that wasn't quite as interesting as the thought of becoming the next big youtube star. So I got this crappy little camera from best buy for 30 bucks and decided to start filming my youtube channel!

   Now you might think, why coffee? What got you into coffee? Well as a kid, I was that weirdo that would take a nice big whiff when we passed the coffee section and, once I got to college, realized that not only is coffee necessary for late night studying but is dang tasty! Include that with my big boy job that involves me waking up around 5am, and coffee has become a daily thing for me. With this daily drinking, I wanted to have an even better cup of coffee. So I began googling different ways to make coffee better than just the black saw dust (I kid you not, the coffee at work tasted like saw dust) I was drinking before. So I looked at different ways to brew coffee and grind coffee. Slowly I've learned more and more about coffee to the point where, I wouldn't say I'm a pro, but I'm more knowledgable than I was before for sure! Pair that with my love for teaching, and you get a nice couple that runs my youtube channel.

So now you may think, ok that's all well and good, but you didn't really clearly say why you are doing a blog now. After a year of youtubing, I've learned that I can't really convey fully what I want in a 5 minute video on the internet. So I decided I would use it as an overflow of coffee knowledge that I gather on my researching I do for my videos.

So I hope this interests you and makes you want to come back to read more! Either way, I am glad you are here to give me a shot and I hope you enjoy this mental overflow of coffee love that I bring. And if you are interested in checking out my youtube page, you can check it out here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4Vao5VMA2gI67OdwXkDoPg