The Prepper Broadcasting Network - Coffee, Tariffs, Future Caffeination

Episode Date: April 22, 2025

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the the the Shout out. Thank you to the Jones homestead for hosting the ration of ruin meeting last night meet up meeting whatever the hell it was It was a good time and we recorded almost the whole thing for you. So I think you'll see that about noon Probably about probably about noon today You'll get a big taste of the old ration of ruin meetup the varieties of strange and delicious Romanian food that was part of the whole thing, and you know how to get involved fundamentally. And I'd highly recommend it, highly recommend it. It's even if you can only get in for a week, you know what I mean? If you can only muster enough survival food and willpower to get in for a week, you know what I mean? If you can only muster enough

Survival food and willpower to do it for a week Do it for a week and you'll learn a lot. You know what I mean? So before we get rolling let's get into we're gonna talk about coffee a lot today. We're gonna talk about coffee food coffee food food in Bev today on the show and food coffee food food in Bev today on the show and Because things happen in the background. We got our fingers and all kinds of weird things and But first and foremost we need to talk about today's sponsor The one in the only preppers medical handbook. I have the overhead light on I'm gonna turn that off while I run this

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Probably like this this or this going on Could be wrong on all of them, but you know, you that's kind of step one. You're not gonna just break out the old The old prepper suit your kit or the old prepper staple skin staple gun and go to town, right? So today's show brought to you by the Preppers medical handbook and we're gonna talk a bit about coffee from from the personal standpoint here for those of you who don't know myself and the well I used to be able to say myself in the host of the matter of facts podcast but it's not really that way anymore so myself Phil Rabelais from the matter

of fact podcast and Andrew Bobo who you probably remember from the matter of facts podcast are all owners of disaster coffee disaster coffee calm and one of the cool things about coffee is and being in the coffee biz is that it's a You learn a lot about the world and how the world is working. So very early on, we understood that COVID was going to affect the entire world because it was already affecting the coffee industry.

The coffee industry is one of those industries that it feels the reverberations of policy and all those kinds of things pretty quickly and easily. Now, you know, like everything else, it's always going up. You know, I've never gotten an email from our coffee roaster that said, hey, coffee's going down $3.00. Three cents even. So, we feel that, we see that that and we were talking yesterday on at a meeting and just sort of discussing best you know what like what is the long-term deal with coffee you know what is the future of coffee really gonna look like what

is the future of caffeination gonna look like you know there are a bunch of ways you can get your caffeine fixed, but for us coffee is essential. I mean it really isn't essential, it's critical. And we were thinking about that, talking about that, and years ago we created a product which is pictured in the background called Bunker Beans. And it was merely just giving you, the consumer, access to green coffee beans because they store longer they last longer You can roast them yourself when you need to or not. You can sit them in long-term food storage and have coffee because for most of us

In fact, I don't know if I could name a person who grows coffee that I know You know what? I mean in the At least in the United States in the lower 48, right? So that was the whole motivation. It's just kind of this idea of like, we'll keep, I think, having access to great coffee, which we have at DisasterCoffee.com. It's the best coffee I've ever had. And giving the consumer access to that coffee is good. It's not something that we should do away with But we we have come to the conclusion at least over the last year that the best value the best

bang for your buck in terms of coffee and the best quality of coffee that you're gonna get is always gonna come from green coffee beans. Buying green coffee beans. And the magic here is we sell a five pound bag. We're lucky enough that our roaster does that for us. It's nothing super fancy. You know what I mean? Here's one that I've been kind of roasting out of myself. But what it is, is it's access to a five pound bag of green coffee beans.

Let me see if I can give you a look at them in there. And what that does is you get the coffee much cheaper obviously. But on top of it you have the storage option. And then your test with learning the skill of roasting. And I'll say skill pretty loosely. Now I was a chef before so I might be you know underestimating what it takes but the truth of the matter is it's really not that tough to roast your own coffee and it's really rewarding you know you're roasting your own coffee you're storing it roasted

you're grinding it up when you want a cup, maybe in the French press or something like that. And it's for our community, I do feel like it's kind of essential, right? You should, you should be pretty well versed in all the different parts and processes of coffee making as a skill set. You know, if only because... Firewolf. If only because you, you know, you have, you hold serious power in your hands. Should you have this and no one's had any coffee in a while, right? So, you know, it is what it is. You can be of service. You can I've talked many times about being able to call people together in a community or in a group using off-grid coffee brewing.

Do you know how to pull something like that off? I really do think that, you know, it's the best deal in town in terms of caffeination and If we at disaster coffee have decided that we're gonna push it Much more than we have in the past and we do push it a lot But we're gonna push it much more than we have in the past as an opportunity for people to have good coffee because we're gonna be raising coffee prices something like Because we're gonna be raising coffee prices something like

12 ounce bag something like $16, you know what I mean 16 some 17 There's gonna be some of our premium like like our 30-day whiskey barrel aged coffee is probably gonna be like 20 some dollars So it's getting to that point. You know what I mean? It's getting to the point with cough and we may not be done the word from our roaster is we don't know What the future holds. It was like that with COVID, a lot like that with COVID. I remember the same sort of messaging and they're right. Nobody really knows what the future holds, you know? So we'll have to see coffee comes from all varieties of, uh, nations in all different places around the world.

And we have, you know, our inventory has a large set from everywhere, regional. You don't know. You never really know. Natural disaster, war, all that kind of stuff. But one thing's for sure, in this uncertain situation, what's getting tough is getting long term agreements from farmers on price. That's what's getting tough because the look the farmers are not here. They're in other countries. They're watching Donald Trump. They're

going I don't know what that guy's gonna do in six months to a year. They're watching wars. I don't know what's gonna happen in six months to a year. I can't give out some price on a long-term contract with coffee and say, yeah, I'll honor that. And then your president says, well, you know, 30% tariff, right? So we find ourselves in a situation and we'll all feel it. You know what I mean? Eventually, we're just here. We feel it first with a lot of things What's going on guys? The dogs are making out they're vomiting all over the couch. I don't know what they're doing We're gonna have to start locking them outside during the show I guess I don't know what it is

they They love to interrupt though. So anyhow They're like the comedic sidebar or something like that They're so cute the ones a little pitbull puppy and the other ones a little Frenchie, you know what I mean and They're laying on the couch just kind of eating each other's face. I Don't know how else to put it and one of them must be choking on the hair from the other one. I Don't know what he's gotten into You good man The little Goomba

alright So securing that long-term contract is what the trouble is with coffee, and I'm sure it's not just our roaster that's having trouble with it. You know what I mean? I'm sure it's a it's probably gonna be felled across the board and across the world. Which you know brings me to the the concept here brings me to the idea of you know you being who you are you can handle green coffee beans. And that's a unique thing. You know what I mean? You take a bag of green coffee beans to a regular person

and say, hey, handle this. It's going to be a tough one. We're going to run another commercial, and I'm going to kick the dogs outside. What do we got? I don't know if I have the audio version. I'm gonna bring that up for you. I don't know if you guys have ever seen that. Actually no, that'll take like 10 minutes to upload. I'll hop off, we'll run

the Lima Tango and we'll be right back. We're gonna talk. What are we gonna talk? Did we talk this show already? There's something. Oh, that's right. We got a great Inside the Cash coming up. That's what it is. Great Inside the Cash. All right. Be right back.

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Then you need work right you need some serious practice Nothing wrong with it sometimes. That's just what it is sometimes you need serious practice, right? So let's get into inside the cache, shall we? Cause I get a cool product sent to me from a buddy. I'm not gonna give the full breakdown cause it is kind of in the let's check it out phase, but yeah, let's do it. It's been a while.

So this is a company called Essential Provisions. So this is a company called essential provisions Essential provisions is doing something that is pretty cool man field fuel Hardy bison stew This is a 12 ounce package 340 grams of this is not a mountain house meal. This is a ready-to-eat meal. This is essentially an MRE really packaging three-year shelf life and the beautiful thing about these essential provisions is they've gone all out on ingredients you know what I mean they really have gone all out on ingredients massive amounts of protein 43 grams of protein in this guy

370 calories and You know, it's all kind of this one in particular is all centered around this unbelievable bison so Here we go. Here's the good stuff 370 calories 43 grams of protein 28 carbs only 930 milligrams of sodium, which ain't bad These guys are pricey. Don't get me wrong. They're not gonna replace your long-term food storage by any stretch But they're not bad. They're a decent size

They're a good meal bug out bag ask meal. Like I said, you get three years out of it So where I think these could shine for the prepping community is definitely bug out obviously camping hunting fishing adventuring whatever outdoor fun you get into But it's also kind of easy and I think there's something to be said about that, you know, one of the things that I see a lot of are the like You know, one of the things that I see a lot of are the like factor I think is the latest one, you know, like the blue aprons, the meal preps, right? The meal prep money making companies out there that make up the meals for you, send them to you.

People are looking for that. You know, they really are. They're looking for that. If you're like me, you know, like if you're out and about doing something in the outdoors, like you're gonna eat this just the way that it is. You're probably not even gonna heat it up, right? Cool. Over at Family Gear, I'm gonna open this guy up and eat it either today or probably tomorrow or the next day. And there's a bunch of them and I may do I may taste test them all. There is a another bison what is it? There's another bison meal. There's a vegetarian meal. Oh it's over there on the table. We'll get into it in more in

detail over at at Family Gear on the membership side pbnfamily.com if you want to join. Oh running seven day free trial over there Yeah, you can get in you can see what a lot of the things are about for seven days and decide whether or not you Want to join? well worth it well worth going and hanging out at PBN family comm for seven days and having the Having access to it all it Jay Ferg it it says free from dairy, free from gluten, free from preservatives. Where's the ingredient list? Yeah, the ingredient list is massive and there's no, there really, this is the ingredient list.

Like, the camera's doing a suck job. You see that? That's the ingredient list. Let me look for weird stuff. Potato starch, beef collagen, smoked paprika. That's something I put in my chili all the time. That's what the other one is. It's chili, bison chili. Jay Ferg, I don't see anything that has anything to do with soy. The meals thoroughly cooked, ready to eat, can be eaten at room temperature if desired pour into a pan stir heat. Beware of steam. Yeah, these are cool, man. These are really cool. The branding is great. Again, they're a company called Essential Provisions. You may hear more about them here on PBN. But

I thought they were a cool food option. Like I we're doing food in bed today that's kind of the thing kind of a cool food option obviously a completely organic made no preservative pink Himalayan sea salt grass-fed bison meal is gonna run you a little more even than a mountain house so you know wrap your head around that and figure out if that's something you want to do You know, it's what it is that'd be fun fire wolf forge, that's a great idea fire wolf forge says Get the boys opinion. I like that. That's a great call Between a chef and a and a ten-year-old

We could probably get a pretty good review on it for the members over there at family gear I haven't put anything up on family gear in a while either. I need to get that thing up there We got we got stuff. We got plenty to do It's just up to the commander to get his ass in gear in front of the camera knock it out Yeah, so that's it I think that's pretty much it today guys to be honest with you Look, it's lovely. It's pretty much it today guys to be honest with you. Look it's lovely it's been lovely look for the ration or ration I think it's called I'll tell you the name because the name is hilarious. No I won't tell you the name it'll take too long. It's called RNR and I think it's called chicken chunks

white cooked. I'm pretty sure that is the title. So look for that later today You'll have to listen to it to find out why it's called that but the episode will be out at noon It's myself Dave Jones Future Dan Ben the breaker of the banksters all hanging out at the Jones Homestead, some intermittent Maria I think, and just a little bit of Yap, a little bit of Ranger School stories and war stories and Sea Ration stories, a little bit of witty banter, and of course the real breakdown of how all of us are gonna handle The ration of ruin challenge in May and and sort of the details on that Jay Ferg I will send you a link to essential

provisions and Yeah, so enjoy that one. It's long. It's probably like an hour. We really see we had it we it was a combination of like a Hang out slash get a little bit of work done together slash you know, whatever so I hope it motivates I really do want to see as many of you try ration of ruin as possible Because you'll learn so much about yourself and what you're capable of

And what you're not capable of yet comma yet, right? All right. I think I've about done it We touched on everything. Let me look at the show knows to be sure. I don't know anybody anything free trial We did it bunker beans go to disaster coffee.com essential provisions Just look up essential provisions because I didn't put a link in the description down below They're not a sponsor anything. It's just a really cool product. Somebody sent me a friend, an Instagram friend will go with that. Yeah, I'd say that's about it folks. I do appreciate you, man. Get your coffee situation solidified. I don't think we're going to be moving into a time where

coffee is a thing where you're like Man, it's so good that the coffee price and the gas price have come down together You know what? I mean, so and Plus it's just it just feels good. It feels right in this community I'm telling you you get your hands on the green coffee roast it yourself You grind it yourself and you're like this makes sense like I'm grinding my wheat or whatever you do, right? I'm cooking from scratch preserving salting curing smoking whatever and now we're also doing Now by the way, you can smoke coffee beans Just I never done it but it's something you could do

Maybe I will do it because it's not that hard to do under a I think I have a wine glass big enough to do it Could be kind of fun a little smoked six bean uh no a little smoked supply drop all right i'm out of here folks i do appreciate you look for that show the patriot power hour guys will be live tonight as well and i'm sure they'll have a bunch to talk about from yesterday and yeah prepare yourself Go to PBN family.com to get your free trial started