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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast.
Hello.
Hey, guys.
How's it going?
Yeah, I went to the TV show.
Yeah, I joined.
Oh, shit.
Yeah, to the TV show.
Tell me about it.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
This, just this afternoon.
This afternoon.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
What TV station were you on?
It's like a, it's not like huge ones, you know,where you can see everywhere.
Like a local TV you're talking about?
Yeah, local TV networks.
Okay, okay, okay.
It's called うたなびマックス.
On Tokyo MX.
Tokyo MX.
Like Nara TV, like KBC, those, you know.
Okay, okay, okay.
And the host was アズマックスさん.
Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah.
And, yeah, I was, I went to that studio and just.
What was the context there?
It's like a, they're doing a cafe.
They're the host.
They have アズマックスさん and the アシスタントさん.
And they're in the cafe counter.
And people comes as a guest, as a reserve guest.
Oh, like 予約したんですけど。
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay, okay, okay.
お願いします。
あ、どうぞどうぞ。
こちらがお席です。
And then you sit down and you just haveconversation.
Okay.
It's a music 番組.
So you went there as a musician?
Yes, yes, yes.
アズマコラ。
Right, exactly.
Gotcha.
So musician comes in and just 予約した何々です。
And then they ask me about questions.
Okay, okay.
About your music, what's your history andeverything.
I see.
And you talk about things.
I see.
And, yeah.
What did you talk about?
It was, so I talked about, well, of course aboutmusic.
But more like it was like a casual conversation.
I talked about why I speak English, French, youknow, those things.
How I grew up in Japan.
And also talked about coffee.
Okay.
It's like a, what's your マックスハマってることは何ですか?
Because it's azumakusan.
Ah, okay, okay, okay.
And then, yeah, I talked about coffee.
And I brewed.
Oh, you brewed them coffee?
Yeah, my house, I brewed coffee and brought it tothe studio.
I see.
And I made them drink my coffee.
It's like, yeah, here's my coffee.
And just like, and then...
One of your favorite ones?
Yeah, one of my, yes, one of my favorite ones.
And also one of the most strange one.
Like a...
Like a cat poop one?
No, not that one.
But those ones, you know.
Those like...
Like tasty...
Extreme ones.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay.
To make it, you know, fun.
I chose like very fruity one.
Like a mango smells like mango, tropical fruitones.
Okay, okay.
And yeah, I brewed it.
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And they had them.
And yeah, azumakusan was like...
Yes, exactly.
Wow.
And what I am surprised and impressed the most washe finished the whole cup.
Like, you know, it's a TV show.
You don't have to like drink it.
Like every...
You can just...
I thought like he was just gonna sip like two,three and...
And then you put it away?
Yeah, that's what I thought.
But he drunk...
He drank like...
He finished it.
Oh, okay, okay.
But quietly like...
And he was like...
To me, it was like, wow, he's a good guy.
Oh, like so you...
Like a form of respect that you saw in him.
Exactly.
Sort of like have respect to the food that he wasgiven.
For the preparation that I did and like for thecoffee that I love.
And he just...
He didn't say anything, but he just finished itjust like gently.
And I thought, wow.
Wow, okay.
He's a good guy, man.
Nice.
Yeah, I fairly love him.
Nice, nice, nice.
And after that, we talked...
Because we talked about coffees.
One of that...
I think it was like a producer or somebody...
Like a staff guy came to me.
And...
I started to grow a coffee bean from a bean in myhouse.
Is that something that people do?
I've never heard of that before.
It's the first time I hear that story.
Is it like even possible?
Right, because the soil has to be a specific way.
And the humidity and the temperature.
Exactly.
Right.
It's like the...
You know the...
The coffee belt?
Yes.
Yeah.
It's the hottest area of the planet.
It's like a...
Ethiopia, Kenya.
Yeah, and you need altitude.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It has to be like very high.
But he said he'd do it in...
Like, how is that possible?
And he showed me some pictures.
And he was very excited because...
Like, finally somebody who can share that.
Oh, okay.
That understands the kodawari.
Exactly.
I was amazed.
He grew some geisha beans.
One of the very expensive ones.
Yeah.
This is a Panama geisha.
This is a something geisha.
Well, they're all Sancha geishas.
Really?
Yeah, I was blown away.
Is he doing it because he wants a certain taste?
Or is it just love of coffee?
I think so.
He just wants to have babies.
Yeah, it's that.
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It's the love.
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
And he introduced me some people trying to growcoffee in Japan.
They said...
He said in the south part of Chiba,
some people does that.
They're a community?
Specified like a land, like a plant place,
like a garden, farm.
And there they're trying to grow coffee trees.
So there are coffee farms in Japan.
Yeah.
They didn't know that.
That's new.
That's new.
Very new.
And he showed his house photos.
And he used those like plant lights.
To artificially give them environment.
Right.
He built like a big house in his house.
Okay.
With like a shitsudoke and ondokes and everything.
He controls everything.
And...
Wow.
Yeah.
He was eye-opening to me.
It was like such a new thing.
Like you didn't know that was possible.
You know, it's like brewer...
Like baristas, they brew coffee.
That's what I do.
I'm a very big fan of baristas.
And next step to me, that was a baisenshi.
That's a huge word.
Right.
It's not something you can do it like this.
Right.
You need to study it.
But then you have like another step.
Okay.
That you grow your own coffee.
The farmers.
Yeah.
It's like, what?
So I'm assuming he's already mastered the brewingthen?
I think so.
Also the roasting?
I think so.
He tried those things too.
Wow.
And yeah, it's like a half fun.
No, like he's not going to like a professionally,
like sell those beans or things like that.
But as a hobby, he does that.
Wouldn't you love to try the cheaper beans then?
I would love to try that.
Yeah.
I mean, they have to...
If there's a farm, they're gonna be sellingsomewhere, right?
I think so.
Yeah.
But he said it was only three years ago that theystarted.
Oh, I see.
So maybe not yet.
Fully commercialized.
Maybe, maybe.
I see.
I see, that'll be interesting then.
It's very interesting.
I'm from Chiba, I know.
Right, right.
Beans from your hometown.
And I can't still believe that you can grow coffeein Japan.
You should do it.
Yeah, I mean, I should do it too.
I mean, you love plants.
I do.
You love coffee.
I do.
Emerge.
I've never thought about it.
Like, I guess you already have the environment,maybe.
Yeah, but not like humidity, like thetemperatures, things.
I see, I see.
But yeah.
So has he succeeded in...?
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Not yet.
He is just...
It's like a few years ago that he started, so...
How long does it take to get beans from a...
I don't know.
What he showed me was in the picture, you know,the beans.
And they have like little, little, you know...
Stem?
Yeah, stem coming out.
Oh, I see.
So it's just the beginning.
Yeah, yeah.
Does it grow into like a big tree?
Like, for example, in Kenya, does it grow intolike a big tree?
Oh, yeah.
Not like huge trees like that, but...
Okay.
Yeah, you definitely need...
Like a decent amount?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh, I see.
Yeah, and he showed me his friend that does itlonger than him.
In the picture, it was like, they have likeleaves.
They have like a pretty much big amount of stemsand like tree.
And the cherries are out too?
Red cherries.
You get that cherry, then you sort of roast it,right?
That's how you get the coffee beans, right?
Yeah, you process the fruit, and then you roastit.
And...
Wow.
He said he went to his friend's house, thatfriend's house, and
tried to learn how to pick cherries from a tree.
Wow.
That's crazy.
That's crazy.
That's crazy.
Yeah.
So it was like a very eye-opening moment.
It's a big one.
Yeah.
Like, still to me, like, it's very far.
Like, yeah, I mean, you need time.
Right.
You'd have to, you know, be caring.
It's like watching these bodybuilders at Gold Gem,you know?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I don't know if I can ever get to that level.
It's like you put everything into that thing.
Muscle, plants.
Right, right.
Yeah.
Your daily life's customized to that thing.
Right, right.
Your life has to be centered around that.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's pretty crazy.
Right.
When is that going to be on air?
Oh, on air.
I think...
Okay, okay, okay.
Yeah.
I see, I see.
I think.
Nice, nice, nice.
It will be changing, maybe, but...
Got it, got it, got it.
Nice.
Yeah, it was fun to have conversation with Azuma-kun-san and the assistants and people.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Nice.
Wow.
All right, all right, all right.
Yeah, he was very professional, by the way, Azuma-kun-san.
The way he talks, the way he navigates me...
Oh, really?
In the conversations, you know.
Oh, okay, okay, okay.
It was like a 30-minute program, and I tend totalk a lot.
So he had to cut my conversation and fit in the...
To navigate with the story and everything?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I see.
He looked very professional.
He did a good job.
Got it, yeah.
Oh, wow.
How many people were in the room?
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How many staffs were there?
20, around 20, 15, 20.
I see, I see, I see.
Did you get nervous, or...?
Not really, not really, but obviously feltdifferent than this.
Right, right, obviously, obviously.
First time meeting with them and surrounded bypeople, yeah.
All right.
But yeah, it was very nice.
Nice.
Nice, nice, nice.
Nice experience.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
All right.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Bye-bye.