This episode gives an insight in what it's like to be a coffee producer in Australia. Though we are blessed with good soil and clean water, producers here are faced with many challenges that make it extremely hard to justify a living off of it. Today we sit down with our good friend, Billy, who has been growing coffee in Northern NSW since 2001 only several kilometres from our roastery here in Byron Bay. The show covers a bit of Billy's backstory, the nuts and bolts of his farm, the challenges Aussie producers face and what changes he's made along the way. We also brainstorm an idea for baristas to help pick, process and eventually serve the coffee to their customers - we are excited about this! Billy recently dropped us off some green coffee samples from 2 of last years pickings and after a few small changes in how he picks and processes his cherries we've seen significant improvement in cup quality. After cupping them and realising the potential it had, we threw the remaining sample into the sample roaster, roasted to work for espresso, brewed them up and enjoyed them all while recording todays episode! Man they were tasty! Hope you find this as interesting and exciting as we did!