Conan Takes Jordan Schlansky Coffee Tasting - CONAN on TBS

we're here at intelligentsia coffee with my friend Jordan shlonsky now Jordan you consider yourself a bit of a coffee expert do you not enjoy coffee you enjoy coffee and you enjoy coffee to the point that you purchased with show money a espresso maker is that right and had it placed near your office was a reasonable purchase reason well purchase but you didn't ask me for it's not out of line with the new a sleek rosy office did you ask me for it no anyway we've established the point that Jordan stole from me and bought a espresso machine that's how much he loves coffee this gentleman right here is Sam is that right Sam say I'm good to see you what does intelligencia mean is it an Italian word it's an old political party during the wars I see do you know do you know you know Italian it's not an Italian word okay all right but you know what it means except intelligentsia I was just told it was an old political party to reward you being a wiseass with me right now that's what he just said that's why it was still don't with me all right take that power machine away from you and I will stuff it down your pants I really I will turn on that espresso machine get it going with hot liquids and I will shove it down the front of his pants and watch it box and watch it cook his scrotum and then you will add some latte jourdonnais I see you eyeing this do you want to buy this for the office this is the same screen that Jordan sees in his mind every time he tries to register an emotion Jordan tell us what you know about the roasting process well it's important that when coffee is brewed the beans are at the right level after the roast too soon the beans are still degassing too late the beans have become stale I D gassed about three minutes ago I love this that's my favorite label that I've seen in a long time and if we can see that bean probe I must consult the beans well what kind of bean is in there the coffee from Guatemala that's a Guatemalan bean you like a Guatemalan bean I expect it's 100% Arabica that's the trend today in most modern coffee shops although traditionally speaking the espresso in Italy was a combination of Arabica and robusta and the problem with single origin is that often there's one flavor profile so for your perfect cup of coffee Jordan what do you want to take yeah what's your perfect cup of coffee my underlying flavor profile is chocolate isn't that called cocoa there's no what kids drink why don't you just have a cup of cocoa in the morning what you're saying is not logically sounds walking about a flavor profile of chocolate within coffee how do you like your meat medium rare to rare so for coffee lighter roast is essentially a more medium rare than a well-done I don't agree with you disagree with the coffee expert coffee is like black truffle the true flavor comes out only for heat hold me back look at it it's perfect has anyone ever fallen into this machine and been mixed in with the beans accidentally I'm gonna went to drink it it was filled with human bone and blood and gore Jordan wanting to take a closer look Jordan just lean in okay Sam tell us where are we now we're in the cupboard that cupping room and we are joined by the beautiful Eden so we're gonna taste some coffee now tell us what to do so each of these three cups is the same coffee some are blend some are single origin coffees kind of flavors are you tasting I'm getting coffee on this side of my mouth over here I'm getting more coffee in the front I'm picking up strong hints of coffee what are you getting Jordan hey is fruitier you're getting a go I'll go getting a guava mango for playoffs papaya papaya are you getting papaya I'm definitely not gonna keep any papaya you know what you're having a small stroke that's what's happening we could get you to the hospital within the month I'm really not rooting for you to win you gotta stand out favorite either good I like earthy qualities of certain samples I like fruitier qualities of other samples that he does where do you guys stand on like putting a flavoring into the coffee this is one that I enjoy it's chocolate-chip cookie we put a lot of effort working with our producers and then Sam does his wonderfulness roasting so we typically find that the chocolate chip cookie overshadows the effort this is my favorite right now I'm getting milk now I'm getting a chocolate chip cookie just try that place on that anything that's it close your eyes does that not take you back to childhood when you come into the house it does and your mother would say Jordan Jordan they make you some cookies and then she'd pause and say why don't you ever make eye contact with me he's learned hey with monoglycerides is that this mr. favor this might be my favorite yeah you know why that's very good very different bases for the string cafe campaña does exist in Italy although this whip cream is an artificially processed product once again what were you saying this is artificially processed and overly sweet there are no qualities of the cream that come forward I inhaled a lot of the gas propellant I have to say I think you'd be fine it only affects humans be good I think the real art of espresso in particular as a method of preparation is not so much in the terms of the bean itself but in the preparation of the beam I take issue with the way a lot of coffee bars in the United States prepare their espresso I would rather watch this table spin and listen to anything you have to say what's gonna happen now we're gonna be making drinks so I figured we start with espresso since I've heard that's what you're super Anton problem with this process here is that again I prefer the traditional style of seven grams of coffee per 25 milliliters of water sure what do you think is the American style of espresso its fruity it's a little over concentrated for my taste I don't like the American coffee culture what they perceived to be a good espresso as an espresso that has had so much coffee jammed into a small amount of water that they suddenly perceive it as something that they've never tasted before and therefore it's good get him get him get him so what we're looking for is we're looking for the proper amount of extraction for each coffee particle based on that criteria based on the actual solubles that we're extracting but the issue is if I push it over 20 to 23 and I go towards my 30% extraction those tannins are gonna overpower any of the sugars and acids that we had in there tastic what you just did you just ripped him anyway oh and I loved it thank you thank you you got schooled son bill today's pop what do you think we've learned today have we learned anything I think what we've learned is that coffee like most of the sweetest things in life is best enjoyed with people you care about I'm gonna throw up [Music] [Applause] you

Channel: Team Coco

Views: 15,158,966

Rating: 4.9451146 out of 5

Keywords: Conan O'Brien, Conan, Conan (TV Series), TBS (TV Channel), Team Coco, Highlights, Jordan Schlansky, Remotes, Comedy Sketches

Id: fVDOB9mby_w

Length: 8min 29sec (509 seconds)

Published: Tue Nov 18 2014

Reddit Comments

[u/GreyyCardigan]

That got pretty uncomfortable...

[u/Obsi3]

Brutal

[u/EvilFlyingSquirrel]

These bits with Jordan seem forced now.

[u/Hronk]

I feel bad for that guy

[u/[deleted]]

My sister got me some Intelligentsia beans for Christmas, and they make the most insipid pisscoffee I have ever tasted.