Hey folks, welcome to good news York. I'm Matt
major from growth mode content. Happy Monday
to you all Joining us is my extra spiky haired
friend today I feel like you you must have got
a new bottle of gel or something No, not a new
bottle of gel, but I think my hair is just growing
back Mikey be in the house today Yeah, Mikey
and joining us talking about waking up here is
is the man that helps us do it Mike go ahead
and interview, sir Fantastic guest our guest.
What'd I say? He said inner voos. I like that
Inner voos for a second. I thought I said induce
like He's pregnant. Wait, please 10 centimeters
and then we'll get going here from Wow. What
a wild podcast What is happening? He's a coffee
company PEA KS Peaks coffee company the great
Sam Bender Sam benders here guy everybody. Come
on and Sam I feel really guilty, because you
know our assistant Amanda, who booked you on
the show. You guys are alarmingly close, so close
that you constantly flip each other off. And
I love that. She always told me you were close
by. You're right down off carrier circle, correct?
Yep, so we're on the corner of Thompson and Boss
Road. It is technically close to the public.
But if you give us a message, feel free to drop
by. But yeah, it's less than five minutes from
here. All right. That's incredible. Good start.
So we're close by. So we mentioned coffee a little
bit, but Why don't you go ahead and just kind
of give us the the story in the spiel of? Of
what exactly you do in the coffee world and how
you got there. Yeah So I am the owner of peaks
coffee company. We've been around since 2015
I've worked in coffee now going on 11 or 12 years.
Oh Started off as a little bit of a passion product
just something to do To get to know an industry
that I was working in a little better during
college. I was in school to be a nurse Unfortunately
got hit in the head real hard damn playing soccer.
I was a collegiate athlete so Scramble my brain
a little bit, but I was working in coffee at
the time ever since like 2015. I've been roasting
sourcing coffee It's coming to the point that
we have a Four thousand square foot roastery.
I employ five people awesome. We roast coffee
Nationally as well now. So we have coffee in
just about every state in some aspect Wow, we
have a big national client and we're working
towards getting a couple more so it's incredible
gone from roasting, you know a couple hundred
pounds a year to Well over a hundred thousand
jeez that's incredible, and that's I think when
people first hear this they think oh It's it's
a cool local coffee shop, and those are awesome
But no he's kind of the person behind the scenes
of coffee across the country. It seems like it's
pretty awesome At least for like our local region.
Yeah I think we're the only national roaster,
and if there's another one. Yes in the area that
does national That's like you know kind of a
micro smaller roaster sure feel free to correct
me No harm, no foul. So let me ask you, how do
you get an opportunity like that? How do you
get a massive client to choose you as their partner
to make their coffee for across the country?
So funny enough, we didn't do anything for it.
We used to have, this was like two or three years
ago, we used to have these canned coffees. I
was called Snap Chilled. And it was quickly fresh.
Well, wow, I can talk. flash chilled iced coffee,
basically. A associate at, I'll just name the
company, Home Goods, brought it into the buyer's
meeting, said, I really like this. I would be
interested to see if they'd be interested in
working with us. She passed the samples around.
They drank it. They really liked it. They reached
out to us and were like, we'd love to buy coffee.
How did it happen into their hands, to start
with? Just chance. Yeah, pure chance. Just an
associate just buying coffee online. Wow. Nothing
more than that. That reminds me, that's like
back in the day, you know, when bands would...
Bands always had this idea that, like, someday
someone's gonna see us or we're gonna hand our
CD to them and they're gonna take it to the record
label. And no one ever was found that way, or
very few. Never actually happened. If you're
the coffee version of it, that's phenomenal,
dude. What's funny is when I got the original
email from the buyer that we still work with,
I thought it was spam. Sure. So I ignored it.
Of course you did. I know I totally ignore it
like a week and a half and I was like I'll just
respond maybe it's And then then the buyer was
like, oh, I'd love to set up a meeting actually
and then like when the meeting actually happened
I was like, oh, this is actually real. Oh for
like, yeah Yeah, that's amazing So let me ask
you the first time they they come to meet with
you in person and I don't know Maybe a lot of
this is all done over phone or whatever. But
yeah, I'm assuming at some point they come to
meet with you in person You got to serve them
some coffee, right? They actually don't come
in person Really? At no point? There's actually
very, very strict rules to working with national
clients. Really? Because it can be considered
trying to persuade them to purchase more. So
you have a lot of very strict rules. That's crazy.
But we still talk to our buyer quite frequently.
We do Zoom calls. So I'm just picturing that
moment where they just have a regular casual
business meeting with you, and you offer them
a cup of coffee. But really, that's your whole
everything right there. That's how they feel
about it. So what the buyer's team actually does
is they actually sneak some bags. I see. As far
as I know, they sneak bags from one of the warehouses
so that they can have it in office. So that's
what our buyer does. That's phenomenal. That's
incredible. That's phenomenal. You talk about
sourcing, right? Which, you know, growing up...
It was like there's coffee in bags you put it
in the pot you make now you hear more about this
when you have You know companies like yours you
start from the ground up. How what's that process
like for sourcing and like how in -depth is it?
Yeah, this is stuff come from. Yeah Yeah, I mean
it's like Any sort of product that like my parents
might have seen my parents don't drink but like
beer used to be just beer Sure. Now you have
all these different types of beer. Oh, yeah Or
all these different types of wine and different
makers and everything so for us one of the things
that we decided was We wanted to work as closely
with farmers as possible We wanted to try to
rotate our coffees especially the ones that are
single lot single farm as frequently as possible
So we always have a new offering something new
something fresh And we wanted to roast coffee
that was fun Roast coffee that we also enjoyed
that that people could you know, enjoy by themselves
or enjoy with their friends and family So for
us that let us down a pretty big or for me at
least that read me down a pretty big rabbit hole
and and then in 2017 I like took a took me and
one of my former staff members to Columbia for
a week where we went with one of our friend one
of the People that we worked with to all these
different farms some of which we still use to
this day. Really? Yep I'm hoping, actually, to
bring some of our staff members in the next year
or two to a different country, whether it's going
back to Columbia again or another region. But
coffee only grows between the tropics of cancer
and Capricorn. We have the lucky ability to grow
some coffee in Hawaii, but it's extremely expensive.
They've tried growing coffee. Oh, really? Yep.
It's called Kona. It's usually pretty expensive.
They've tried growing coffee in California. It's
OK. It's not the best. New York State will never
be able to grow coffee. Just a matter of the
temperature, right? Is that the whole deal? Temperature,
altitude, microclimates, the amount of rain,
moisture we get. It's like the Finger Lakes with
wine. You know, it's like they make red wine,
but they'll even tell you, like, our red wine's
not going to stack up against Napa Valley, right?
But, you know, their white wines are good. Yeah,
there's a different depth. Sure. Yep. So yeah,
so you know if that's awesome nothing else get
into the coffee business for the fucking business
trips Yeah, right, Columbia. It's Hawaii. It's
pretty cool. I mean that's amazing Columbia is
extraordinarily beautiful. It's actually a lot
safer than people think and it's You you like
you go. It's the same thing. I recently came
back. I took a little trip to Iceland I don't
take many vacations. Wow, pretty cool. That's
pretty cool I don't take many vacations because
I'm a business owner sure, but it's like oh that
is Incredible and the most beautiful thing I've
ever seen. Yeah, I'm gonna remember this Did
you go to Finland just to go to Finland or is
that part of the coffee? No, no, I went for a
vacation. I'm uh, I'm a pretty outdoorsy person.
I love photography I love fishing. I love hiking
nice. So all those things kind of wrapped in
with Iceland. So that's where I want. That's
I said Finland. It was Iceland. Sorry Park so
so when you're sourcing these things and you
talked about trying to have like a variety of
different things I assume some of these flavors
and things that we're talking about just come
with how you roast it, maybe longer or something
like that. But also, I'm assuming there's also
different beans and all that, right? Is that
the case? Yeah. Yeah. So the easiest way that
I try to break it down, because most people have
had a glass of wine before, is wine has roughly
200 flavor compounds. So 200 different things
that you can put together to taste. I see. Coffee
has 2 ,000 and growing. Yeesh. Wow. Yes. In fact
something that our director of coffee her name
is non. She's really really excited about she's
in this past year really started to help me with
green buying she wanted to buy what's called
co -ferments and Co -fermented coffee is where
you take green coffee and you ferment it because
there's a fermentation stage the same thing with
wine with fruit so probably early next year unless
We decided to do it for Christmas, which I don't
know yet. We'll have a watermelon flavored coffee.
Wow. It tastes like watermelon Jolly Ranchers.
And then my favorite Jolly Ranchers. And then
a peach fermented coffee. So it will taste like
peach drinks. This is this is blowing my mind.
Yep. So a lot of times the coffee comes the flavors
and coffee come from the altitude, the region
it's grown and the variety. And then in the fermentation
stage, you can do other things to adjust the
flavors. We really try to have a wide variety
from really really comforting coffees that are
really easy drinking really chocolatey or really
caramel II kind of things to something that's
really really adventurous and really crazy tasting
so that if there's a person out there that's
like I want my coffee to taste like a fruit bomb
like a fruit and sour like beer they can have
it so that's where we're headed that's crazy
are you in the Like the the latte espresso game
as well. Is that all part of it? Yeah, so we
don't have a cafe ourselves. We only do wholesale
roasting right now Or online you can buy our
coffee online. I personally just like black coffee
or espresso Some of our staff members like lattes
or cappuccinos, but I that's just what I go for
But if you do it, right, you don't need to put
anything in it, correct Yeah So if I if I like
if I went to a new cafe and I'd never been there
before and I didn't have much time what I probably
would order would be an espresso and a cappuccino
it makes so I'd get I get a mix of like, okay
is there espresso good and is their milk beverage
good because Usually a milk beverage is pretty
like a temperature I can drink pretty quickly
sure versus like waiting on a hot coffee because
I like I Don't really like hot coffee. I don't
look warm coffee. Okay. I blame see this guy
You can tell this guy is a connoisseur of his
industry because it's the same way like when
I go to an Italian restaurant I I try their meatball
And I try their red sauce. Like, it's in its
purest form. If you know if that tastes good,
the rest is good. Please bring me a sample of
your meatball. I want one meatball with one piece
of legu - Before I proceed with my order, I require
a tasting. Bring me your finest sauce. In a thimble.
No, but you, uh... But you tasting a black coffee
or espresso, that's in its purest form. That's
probably, I'm assuming, how you would know. Yeah,
I'd get a good idea of what the coffee tastes
like or how well the baristas prepare it. That's
incredible. So on that note, as you mentioned
how the baristas prepare it, I'd like you to
tell us, out of all the different ways that somebody
can make a cup of coffee at home, not necessarily
in a cafe, but at home, you know, you got your
pour overs and your French presses and your Keurigs
and all these things. What is the best way to
make a cup of coffee for yourself? Unless you're
super nerdy and want to get into like grind size
and temperature and all of those things Just
make drip coffee. Okay. Oh a drip coffee on average
not all drip coffee makers, but some drip coffee
makers have Better technology and better heat
transfer to be able to keep the brew bad as we
call it where the coffee the slurry the coffee
and the water are together Okay at a proper temperature
and as long as it's close to being done, you
maybe give it a little swirl. It will have a
flat brew bed and you should have a really good
cup of coffee. Wow. Every time. There it is.
You know, and another thing you have going in
your favor too is I get these random emails from
like men's health type blogs and stuff like that
because I'm getting older. It keeps, more and
more, they keep talking about studies where it's
like, hey, you know, turns out coffee really
isn't that bad for you. So that's - It's actually
really high in antioxidants. Yeah. Very, very
high in antioxidants. Especially with how pure
it is and the way that, like, you know, the way
that you do it. What about when you talk about
what's in coffee? Of course, everybody talks
about caffeine, right? And people rate, you know,
Starbucks has X level of caffeine and things.
Is there a way - How do you like test for that
or or yeah even know what's up with that? Tell
me if I'm wrong I want to jump in sorry This
is like the one thing I remember from working
at a coffee shop And you can dispel it the darker
the bean the less caffeine no Fuck my whole life
is a lie man every rhyme anyone's ever taught
you is just complete nonsense part of part of
caffeine is extraction how much you actually
extra how much soluble you actually pull out
of the coffee so you can get a caffeine reader
As far as I understand and maybe I am wrong,
but there's about there's about equal parts in
a light roast and dark roast however Dark roast
you technically use more beans because it weighs
less so they tend to say dark roast has a little
more caffeine Then from there you can get into
the different varieties of Coffee like there's
a variety of coffee called the Robusta that generally
people think is lower grade. It can be good if
you find the right farms Technically that's higher
in caffeine When you have decaffeinated, is that
a different bean or is that part of your process?
No, that's just a process. So we use one called
ethyl acetate. Ethyl acetate is a chemical compound
that you can find in beer, bread, wine, et cetera.
There's Swiss water process. There's mountain
water process. I think there's a couple other
ones as well off the top of my head that I can't
think of. But all you're doing is basically removing
caffeine. the bean looks different, it roasts
a little different, but it ends up with like
99 % of the caffeine. So you do that before you
roast? Yes, way before we roast it. Kind of wash
the caffeine out of it. Essentially, yeah. I
ask a lot of people this in their industry, how
do you stay up to date on like all the, because
you know, innovation's happening in every industry.
Oh my god, I'm so bad at that. I'm so bad at
that. It doesn't sound like it. I mean, you're...
Yeah, because especially considering the past
like year and a half with tariffs and other things
hitting us, like... It's been a huge hurdle and
a huge challenge to sort that out My whole job
basically the past two or three years has really
become like I've become more of a boss than I
have like a roaster Yeah, I had to cuz I've had
to because now I have staff members our business
has grown probably like 40 50 percent in the
past like two or three years Wow Congrats. Thank
you to the point that like it was just me like
Yeah, three years ago and now it's like oh, there's
people right the whole different world the whole
different world That's right. I got to pay my
employees. Yeah A big part of my job has been
just keeping up with with the demand for green
coffee from our national clan other people So
when you say green coffee, what do you mean by
that? Yes unroasted coffee? Okay, unroasted coffee
is green. It literally looks great. Huh? I probably
should have brought somebody and When you say
demand for that so they're buying that I guess
you'd sort of say that Almost raw coffee to roast
themselves. Is that what we're buying that and
oh, I see So so we started like maybe two or
three your demand for yeah, so like two or three
years ago I think we were only roasting like
40 ,000 pounds. We're on smoking Different type
of green buddy. Yeah. No that won't work. I did
actually try that on a cast. I love that's like
the first way I roasted It was terrible. You
walked we could run But now we're up probably
hitting a hundred thousand pounds or more. So
our our dang need for green and with no cafe
too. So like it's kind of great. So our need
for green coffee has gone up exponentially, which
means my job has changed quite a bit from just
buying what we need to forecasting into the future
to buy, especially with other things that are
happening tariffs. We have a lot of changes at
origin from organs getting warmer and more and
more diseases. So it's harder to find the same
quality coffee over the years. And then on top
of that like might like I've passed off recently
Like I said non our director of coffee is helping
me do a lot of green buying She's starting to
do the single origin buying so she's kind of
getting all the samples you get little 50 grants
and Graham samples of green coffee to test and
buy She's been doing all of that so that she
can kind of approve that and I'm just like works
for me I'm guessing one of the ways that you
you kind of battle the tariff thing is to buy
As much as you can in advance before tariffs
hit her as they're changing or whatever, right?
But how long? In advance. Can you buy like how
long does? Coffee last right right before you
can use it. Yes. So every origin is different.
That's kind of the downfall Gotcha. Some origins
last longer like lower grade coffees less quality
Tend to last longer higher grade quality coffee.
So like really bright floral Ethiopian coffees
or Kenyan coffees, for example, it's like I want
to get rid of them in two to three months, or
else you'll notice a flavor change. Wow. Is there
an absolute best? I mean, Colombia seems like
it would be the easy answer, but in your opinion,
what's the best region for coffee? I don't have
a particular region that I love, but I will actually
vote Colombia. Colombia is really cool, because
Colombia and Kenya happen to fall in a certain
part of the equator where they flower twice,
so they have two harvests per year. On top of
that, the micro climates within Columbia create
so many different flavors. So you could have
on one, like we actually did an experiment with
a former farm where one side of their mountain,
it happened that the varieties were pretty similar
of the product. So it was like a perfect test.
One side of it was really, really chocolatey.
And then the other side, it was like really bright
cherry and really floral. That's amazing. That's
incredible. It was super cool. It was super cool
to be able to get both lots and test those. And
this was, I don't even know how many years ago
this was. Oh my god. We did like a Columbia tasting
series where we had three or four different Colombias
that we sold like around Christmas time in little
jars for people to kind of try. This is incredible.
My friends did a Columbia tasting series, but
it was different stuff. Yeah. I want to talk
about this real quick. Because this is so awesome.
What is that? Well, I'm gonna tell you. Are you
ready for this? I don't know. Math? I am sitting
down. You drink coffee more than probably anybody
I've ever met. Probably more than I should. You
know, you're always on the go. You drink more
than me. It's possible. Really? Yeah, I think
one day you said like what, five cups, six cups?
Oh, I usually stop counting at that point, yeah.
Yeah, I have like two. I've been trying. We're
not judging you. I've been trying to calm down.
He's judging you. My issue is I only drink two
things, coffee and water. And so you get bored
of water, and I need something with a little
bit of flavor, so it's just coffee. It's honestly
more about the taste than even the... I'm not
looking for energy boost or anything, you know.
But anyway, I'm sorry. I feel like I'm cutting
off your spiel. This is actually an intervention.
Let's bring his family in. No, so Sam Bender
Peaks Coffee Company. This is the thing that
caught my eye. So we've had your coffee here
for a while, thanks to Amanda, and it's delicious.
But I just thought this concept is genius. It
is instant coffee. And if that's not enough,
I love the packaging, and I love that it's called
Base Camp, because if you've ever been camping,
or camping of any sort, or coffee's a tough thing
to get a hold of, right? You gotta go into town,
or you gotta bring this thing, and you gotta
go old school. How did you come up with this
idea, and are you the only one doing it? seem
like you have something. No, I was just going
to say, the idea of instant coffee was old school.
I remember back in the day, there was Folger's
crystals, right? That was your instant. That's
very impressive. That's really cool. Yeah. That's
the other cool part. You can balance on a microphone.
Tell me what company can do that. No, but I remember
that back in the day. And it was kind of a joke,
because some people loved it. But for most folks
who enjoyed coffee, it was like, no, this isn't
good. You found a way to make instant coffee
good, right? Yeah. I'll own it's not it's our
coffee. It's not our product in a sense Sure
is in collaboration with a company called Swift
Cup in Lancaster, Pennsylvania We do know How
to make it it's essentially freeze -dried espresso.
Okay? Within reason there's some other things
that go in there, but we'll keep those quiet
We're the only company in the Syracuse area and
I think the surrounding areas that does it off
the top of my head There are other specialty
coffee companies, because that's what we're referred
to, that do it. The whole idea is just about
everybody at the company does something outdoorsy
from non -loves motorcycles. I love fishing and
hiking. Zoe and Danny, the director of our business
and the assistant roaster, they love hiking and
travel. We wanted a product that we could take
anywhere and mix with a tiny bit of water and
have a good cup of coffee. Because it was like,
I go to the Catskills a lot to fish with my buddies.
And we will be like 40 minutes from the closest
town. And we'll be exhausted. And we're like,
we really want coffee. And I was like, I really
hate. So I would like prepack brewed coffee for
like three days. And it's just annoying. Sure.
So instead, if you don't mind handing me the
box. Of course. It's yours. So. It's got six
satchels on it. I was going to ask you this.
I wanted to see what it actually looks like.
So six satchels. Oh, wow. The front is Mr. Squatchy.
We're going to be working towards a rebrand.
So it was just little sneak peeks here and there.
But the instructions are in the back. You can
mix it with cold water, hot water, or milk. Really?
8 to 12 ounces, 8 to 10 ounces, whatever you
want. Shake it. Or if it's hot, don't shake it.
Stir it to burn yourself. Sure. And enjoy your
coffee. That's it. So it was really nice. It
was really nice when I was traveling in Iceland,
because I was in a camper van. And I would just
throw some water and just shake. Did they essentially
brew the coffee, and then it freeze dry or whatever
into that? Because I'm thinking about it, it's
not like coffee grounds. You don't have to strain
it or anything. It just mixes right up. So without
getting too much detail, it's freeze -dried espresso.
So they brew it as espresso. Gotcha. Um, and
from there you're able yeah, there's certain
microns that they have to hit for it though And
then you're able to actually re -brew it. So
in a sense, you're like, oh i'm re -brewing coffee,
but you can't tell That's amazing. It tastes
it tastes exactly like Like, the base camp that
we have, like, in our bags now. Well, so I thought
this was cool, and now it's even cooler that
you've explained all that. I love it. I love
it. That's fantastic, man. All right, man. Last
thing, and we'll let you get to making the coffee.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Reminds me of the old... People
are outside this place looking like zombies right
now, like, where the hell is Sam? Reminds me
of the old doughnut. Time to make the doughnut.
Time to make the doughnut. Time to make the coffee.
Where can folks find this? I know, like you said,
a lot of your stuff is for sale, retail from
the big box stores. But you also got a website
and social media and stuff. Tell us all that
stuff. So the local area, Syracuse, here, you
can find it at. Oh, gosh, I got to start going
on the list. Amanda, help me out if I'm missing
anybody. We don't want to mention that one. Take
that part out. Sweet Praxis, Kelsey's Coffee
and Friends, Fayette's in Fayetteville, Manlius
Supply Co, 20 East, Flower and Salt. In Hamilton,
we have places in the Catskills, Scrivener's
Lodge, Fellow. I didn't even realize that. That's
awesome. There's a new cafe in Baldensville opening
named Maiden that we'll be using. Our coffee,
who else? Home goods, you can get home goods.
You can get it online at peakscoffeeco .com.
Am I missing it? I'm probably missing a ton.
What's your socials? Peaks Coffee Co? Sounds
good. That's a question mark because I don't
go on the Instagram. That's fair. You had Joe
Jonas reach out to you. And you didn't if you
if right back because you're not he thought he
thought he was gonna escape this story We almost
made it buddy. We almost made it. My sister is
Zoe. She is the business director She's pissed.
Yeah, I would imagine so Joe Jonas reached out
he came to Syracuse came to say if you want to
go ahead Yes, I feel like Sam should tell the
story. Yeah. Yeah, I don't know that's okay So
so I don't check For some reason that day I just
happened to open it and then it didn't go to
like the direct messages or whatever it went
to like the the filter the filter so I opened
it and it's like hey are you guys open today
and I was like I Don't think this is real, but
I see the blue check mark. I'm like, oh no, it
actually is I was like that's a little too late
So I sent it to Zoe and Zoe's like yeah He came
to Syracuse to play a concert that day and wanted
some coffee. So she tried to reach out to him
like twice or something after that. I didn't
get anything. But if Joe Jonas listens to this,
send your address and Zoe will send you some
coffee. How did he hear about your coffee? You
have no idea. I do not know. Listen, you're an
entrepreneur. You're the founder of this business.
I think you get a free pass if you don't know.
You can't know who Joe Jonas is when you're knee
deep in sourcing great coffee. He's also an adult.
Also, that's part of it. Don't do anything that
involves like I don't know movies You know he's
a musician. I'm not a movie star If it's not
Lord of the Rings, then I don't know who was
in it Sam doesn't actually on the television
I don't really watch he just takes in the fumes
of roasting coffee and has magical shows that
is I watch I watch YouTube for fishing videos
and I watch anime that's fair wait till he comes
out what if he comes out with a new single and
like the first lines like that motherfucking
coffee roaster like I Sincerely about me damn.
I will I will generally be like I sincerely apologize.
Yeah for that because yeah Like yeah Joe sorry
Joe like Mike fixes Mike buddy Now that the other
one There we go my mic is falling I mean, I think
it kind of makes you cool that you're like Joe
Jonas like you're superstar But listen, sorry
can't help you today. I mean whatever if I had
seen the message in time I've been like yeah,
come over to the roastery. I know there's no
espresso Well, there is but like I don't I can't
serve a tour bus. Yeah, like 50 people but like
Joe Jonah, are you laughing make one cup of coffee?
See the one that's my best friend is laughing
at me mad about it What's happening right now,
what song is that also also I'm looking to you
also in terms of music as a stroke Oh, that's
Harry Styles. That's Harry Styles. Sorry guys.
Also in terms of music I have similar types,
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so I've been wanting to do this for a while.
We haven't had time. I've had this waiting here
Did you know? That you can get packages from
the US Postal Service that they couldn't deliver
You can buy them in bulk and discover who knows
what that someone was sent and they never got.
No. Because last week you said... Did you know
this was a thing? You told me this. You said,
look at this box. We're going to unbox it on
GNY. You can buy. It's essentially like when
you get cars are auctioned off that people that
they got impounded. Yeah, but you know what car
you're buying. Exactly. That's what... First
of all, it blows my mind that this exists because
I figured, how can you do this? I thought that
maybe there was some sort of federal law. Second,
what the fuck are we going to see? I don't know.
I'm so happy right now. I'm so excited. I'm just...
And you don't know... It might be a little anticlimactic.
I'm just gonna say, I just want to... We're setting
the bar kind of high. No, I think the worse it
is, the better it is. So I grabbed a box... All
right. ...full of these different items. Okay.
And we'll just open one by one and see what we
get, right? All right. And so you have no idea
what's in the box. So hot... Where do you find
it? It could be somebody's like bills, you know,
maybe somebody's who knows? Where do you like?
Where do you bid on it? I bought these on eBay.
You can get them in other places. I've heard
of them being in flea markets. The thing is what
happens is the Postal Service auctions these
off in pallet loads. And I've actually found
those auctions. The problem is they're in another
state and I don't feel like buying a whole pallet
load and trucking it here. So the third part.
Just for the bit. So I bought it from somebody
who did do all that, right? Oh my god. Let's
see. Did they test this for arsenic? This could
be a really dirty trick. No, it has been. All
right, this one. Oh, it's gotta be a book. We
did pop it open or just slice it. I didn't look
and see what was there. Okay, okay. This is an
Amazon package. It was supposed to go to, I'm
not gonna give the person's name, but I'm just
trying to figure out what state. It doesn't even
have a full address. There's a phone number in
the address field. This is why this person never
got this. Everybody ready to see what we got
from this postal service, undeliverable package?
I hope it doesn't blow up. All right, here we
go, here we go, here we go. Drum roll, please.
It's gotta be a book. Ta -da! It's an iPad case.
Okay. With with bows on it. Yeah, it's it's all
right Well somewhere It's there's a middle school
girl who is really upset. It's it's It's actually
a nice clear plastic Packing it's got the folding
complete ripoff of the Apple iPad. Sure, of course
All right. I don't know for what gen this is.
Let's see. Hold on. It's got the little hole
So it's at least for one of the newer gens. Okay
There we go First item, USPS. I give that a solid
six. Those go for what, like $20? Sure. I mean,
that's kind of a cheaper one, I feel like. So
so far, our total value is $20. $20 coming at
you. I'm going to write it down. $20. Actual
retail price? We could have done it like Price
is Right. You should look that up while I'm doing
a Google photo search or something. OK. All right.
I'll do that. Um iPad case this is part two of
opening undeliverable mail I bought on eBay.
Oh Wow, okay, so there's some that are 15 some
that are like eight But we'll stick we'll stick
with 20 sounds good to me 20 bucks. Whatever
there we go This is part two of opening us postal
service undeliverable packages that I bought
in bulk. We have no idea what this might be It
feels it feels a little squishy. Oh Well, well
squishy is he almost like it could be inflatable.
What if it's another case? What if we got a box
of iPad cases, man? Well, I guess that would
be fitting here I'm gonna say it's an inflatable
pool. So it would be fitting here. He goes. Here
we go. You don't care Did I get it right? Oh
my god, you might have bro. What is this? The
hell is what is this? Hold on UV 50 block Oh,
it's a shirt. It's some kind of shirt. It's a
Double XL polyester UV blocking men's rash guard
shirt, long sleeve, quick dry. I have sensitive
skin. This could work out for me. When I'm in
the sun, I catch on fire. This might be good
for you too. You and I are shit guys, you know?
We might be able to share this. I don't know
how big this might actually be. Well, let's find
out. Here we go. Is it made in China? Oh, this
is actually really nice. This is really nice.
Somewhere somewhere somewhere look at that somewhere.
There's a there's a man. Who's really sunburned
rashing Look this up. It's got a brand name and
everything all right hold on what's it called?
Tacvassin tacvassin That's a great name. I'm
tacvassin and today on special ops all right
tacvassin shirts oh There it is no no that's
not it 30 Danny's wave survey says 30 bucks.
We're up to 50. We are up to 50 by the way I
paid $70 for the whole box. That's amazing. You're
already winning Just enough. This is fantastic.
Keep it coming. All right. All right. I Wasn't
gonna do all these with this why not much fun
This is part three of opening undeliverable packages
that I bought from the United States Postal Service
I bought from a guy who bought it from the United
States Public Services. This is a box. The first
two were squishy. The first two things out of
this box, we got an iPad case, and we got a action
shirt of some sort. Looks kind of nice. This
is a box. This is not squishy. This is a box.
What's in the box? Let's see. This was going
to, again. There's no info on the back. Somebody
F'd up. the ship to address and there's like
phone numbers. There's no actual person's address.
So of course the Postal Service couldn't deliver
this to anybody. That's how it came to our hands.
Very excited. I feel like this is going to be...
What's your guess? Just some sort of like electronic
or home like kotzi appliance, you know? Let's
see. We got an indescript box. That looks electronic.
What the fuck? two dollars I think it's gonna
be like an aux cord oh whoa what is happening
oh it's like a mount for your like a window mount
for your cell phone or something wait a minute
what is this it's some sort of aluminum disk
and there's a there's a thing and another thing
actual retail price dog shit what is this I mean
it's What is this? You're the IT guy. This isn't
an IT device That's true. What are you talking?
It looks like a really you know what it is. You
know this fuck It's from the 1950s films when
they would do like UFOs flying over It's got
some sort of man adhesive. I mean this is This
is his actual retail price 29 cents This is part
of the spaceship or something I think whoever
ordered that we just did them a favor because
they would not have been happy It's like a shield
for your doll. Yeah, or you know, it's like Team
you nipple protectors if you only had one breast
if you only had one breath All right. We're gonna
say the retail price of this is four thousand
dollars. So I really got my money's worth I don't
even I don't even care. I don't even I don't
know how to Google that flimsy UFO looking thing
It's a zero for sure. This is part four of opening
US Postal Service packages that were undeliverable.
But we didn't steal them from their mailboxes.
This was auctioned off. Sure. All right. This
one. This one. Yeah, what do we got? We got a
little squish. That's some clothing. You think
clothing? I think clothing, yeah. I don't know,
man. All right. Feels odd shaped. There's some
cloth involved. I feel like maybe all right.
Let's see what we got some sort of bag I'm gonna
go with some sort of bag. This one comes with
paperwork. Oh and a coupon. I don't give a fuck.
No all right The fuck Bro what bro bro bro bro
bro is it lingerie bro bro? It's a wig No way!
It's a wig! That's a winner! We got a wig! We
got a wig. We got a wig! Bro! I mean, it's beautiful.
She's got little bites. Hold on, hold on. We
gotta see what shape it is. Check it for bed
bugs. Call Ray and Kelly. It was in a vacuum
-sealed bag. I mean, one of us is wearing that
for the rest of this. I thought that was a given.
Oh, man! Oh, man! This is fantastic. What kind
of hair? What do you got? Oh, is it a Karen cut?
Take the tag off, of course. Nothing's more embarrassing
than wearing a wig with a tag on it. Oh my God.
Dude, you gotta go register immediately. You're
like an emo pedophile. Yikes. Hey Matt, what's
up? I'm John, the IT guy. Did he actually look
kind of cool? I don't even know if it's it's
faced in the right direction. I feel like You
need yeah exactly over again You know you need
to go to like uh, I don't know McDonald's and
go yell at some workers. Where are you? Where
are you? You know, I'm so sorry. There's a week
on top of your dad That's phenomenal. Who knew
this would come from undeliverable packages.
This is clearly a ten This is a winner. Oh Shit,
you gotta wear that now. Am I little Nikki you
are a little I'm little Nikki Wow my Karen I
ordered my latte hot hot two shots of espresso,
please We're gonna get so much use out of this
thing. This is great. This is the best It really
does How many special change This is awesome
itchy And it's you Danny you're gonna all right,
too. How do we top this? All right, we're not
gonna It's not gonna get better than that This
is part. Wait retail. Oh shit. I don't know how
much I Would for this yeah 12 bucks No, no, this
is a real fashion wig. This isn't a Halloween
costume. Brand? Horse. Rebecca Straight short
bob wig with bangs. That's what it's called.
That's what it's called. 60 balls? Can you make
me pretty? Actual retail price. Rebecca straight
short bob wig with bangs. So it has a name Rebecca
straight likes a nom. I'm Rebecca straight. You're
definitely on a date line I love this is a Rebecca
I'm Becky. No, it's like a young Karen. You know,
there was a girl in high school that chewed tobacco
and we call their chewing to Becky. Oh Perfect
All right, so we're up to 30 so we're up to 50
for 65 bucks. We're almost throwing in what I
paid for this This is phenomenal. All right,
here we go. Here we go. Here we go. He's wearing
the wig. You want me to take it off? This is
part, no, no. God no. You got to wear this every
day now. All right. This is part something of
opening undeliverable packages that I got from
the US Postal Service. Mike's dying. I am. Before
I open this one, I just want to make a public
service announcement. And the dad just sits there
going, girl. Stop shipping shit like this. Right?
This is like somebody took an item, and they're
like, I'm not going to bother with a box. I'm
just going to wrap it in a trash bag. That's
a really bad pack. And then wonder why it never
made it to its destination. Yeah. And if it did,
I mean, what kind of condition is it going to
be? But now it belongs to me and Becky. Or I'll
go Karen on them. Let's see what we got. It feels
hard. It's definitely some kind of hard plastic.
It's an odd shape. It feels like maybe multiple
parts. Did you have a guess? It's some sort of
cup all right. I was thinking I was thinking
maybe the same thing maybe oh wait a minute wait
a minute You might be right might be like a scooper.
No scooper. No no no no what the fuck wait a
minute Yeah, holy shit for cats wait. What is
it a litter wait what? It is oh You can and you
can put your coffee in it. There's there's little
poop bags in it. Oh, oh so when you go walk your
dog That's actually pretty cool oh It's for the
litter box. Oh wait hold on. There's a there's
a trap door. Oh wait a minute So you could play
a joke on your friend hold up. I know what you're
doing hold up It's a dispenser it holds the shit
bags Okay Got called shit bag a lot. I was waiting
for that. Yeah, I know once the wig is I don't
process things as fast come on, Becky Yo, you
know dude Cat litter shuffled 1199 what a deal
Whoa, let's go sale was 3499 We'll call... All
right, let's call it... Yeah, we definitely got
the bag. Let's call it 20. Call it 20. That is
wild. Nice job figuring that out. You're such
a dad. Okay. Oh, so you don't have to take it
off. You scoop it, and the poop just falls right
down... Shit goes right in the bag. Look at that.
What a time to be alive, huh? Back in my day,
I used to have to pick the shit up with my hands.
Man, you can have that. Yeah, you got a cat you
got three cats perfect. Oh boy. This is part
49 of opening random Undeliverable UPS packages
that I was able to purchase on I'm giving that
a 10 by the way the pooper scoop this I feel
a little soft and a little hard That's weird
yourself pal. Let's talk about the packages.
What do you think? Give me a guess. What do you
think it is? You're right. You're actually right
Little bit of column A, little bit of column
B. It's just a little bit inflatable, and then
a little hard. Okay, it's something inflatable,
and the hard piece is like where you attach the
air. Oh, inflatable. Let's see where you, okay.
You know what I'm saying? This is oddly specific.
Let's see how right or wrong he might be. Oh,
I see a Ziploc bag. This is getting even better.
Okay. This is like, this isn't drugs, man. What
if he's like a pound of cocaine? That would be
wild. What the fuck is happening? Oh, I've been
asking myself that since I got here. I've never
been more excited. I don't I'm oh my god. No,
we don't even oh my god. No tell me it's another
wig It's another way Our wigs like the thing
that don't get delivered. This is a make a wig
not like a murkin or something, right? Oh, yeah,
well their extension. Oh, it's an extension shut
your mouth, dude Becky you can have long hair.
He's no way. That's real. I mean It's real. Is
that a weave? Is that what that is? I don't know.
Is that what... What's her name? Lizzo talks
about her weave? Is it like that? I don't have
enough hair. There you go. Thanks, Danny. Oh
no. Oh no. This is... Oh look, it's just a hair
clip. That's how they do it? Um so like This
is wild whatever ttyl oh Shit, I don't know.
I mean this out It's in Chinese. I'm getting
more beautiful by the moment This thing's probably
full of our Chinese. Um Is it if it's bat hair
I'm out of here Hi, so today. We're gonna talk
about out the perfect bachelorette party. $150?
Yeah, that one feels like the $30. I think it's
$30. We'll go with $30, I guess. That's crazy,
though. What's our total so far, bro? We're up
to, say, $50, $65, $85. That would put us at
$105. I paid $70 for the box and I still got
more. I've never looked more beautiful. Your
wife's gonna lose her mind when you come home
in that way. I can't wait. I can't wait to walk
in the door and be like, bitch! I heard what
you said. This is part 78 of opening UPS packages
that weren't deliverable to the seller. This
one, same deal. Again, they screwed, see this
is... Folks, you got to watch. You got an online
business. You got to watch your e -commerce system.
This system messed up, and they put just random
info where the address should be. And they still
dropped it off to the postal service. And now
it's ours. Had these people put in their info,
they could be wearing an anti -sunburned shirt,
scooping up cat shit, wearing a wig. I'm going
to go with, if you haven't been following along,
those are the other things we found. I'm going
to go with some piece of clothing. What are your
thoughts? This is like Christmas when you try
to figure it out from a get. Dude, that feels
like another wig. It's not another wig. It's
too big for another wig. It feels like the same
thing I've squeezed the last two wigs. If it's
a third wig, something's up. Something's going
on in this world. Dude. It's a shirt. It's a
shirt. It's not a wig. It was a very similar,
I thought the same thing. Hold on, hold on, hold
on. How many people walking amongst us? Yesento
Woman's Outdoor is all that I can read on the
label before it's cut off. I can't fit anymore.
Hold on, hold on. What do we got here? What do
we got? It's definitely a black. Oh, it's a shirt.
It's pants. What? It's ladies capris. I am not
putting those on. Or it's just for a short little
lift. All right. Those are nice. You know, actually,
Hex. Oh, no, that's not the same company. Sorry,
I thought it was. T -B -Y. T -B -Y. Y -S -E -N
-T -O. Y -S -E -N -T -O, all one word. Oh, I'm
so pretty. Women's Outdoors. Caprice. So after
this, do I need to put the caprice on and the
shirt with all the wigs? Bro, these might fit
your tiny ass. Oh, I don't think so. Do they
have a slit in the bottom? Do they have a slit
in the bottom? No Is that how you know they're
Capris versus short people pants hey, you know
that no slit How many more are left For for How
much for the Capri pants, I mean those have got
to be a 20 banger Danny's looking it up 28 .99.
We're going with that. So we'll go with, we'll
just say 30 with tax. Let's do some easy math.
All right. Well, we've completely. What's our
grand total, bro? So far, now we're at, I can't
do math, 50 plus 15, 65, 75, 85, 95, 100, 150,
145. 145. We're up to. We're now at twice the
price that I paid for the box. We've completely.
And retail value. We I now have a full outfit
for the Christmas party All right This is part
92 of random Opening random UPS packages that
were on deliverable. Oh, this one was directed
to Online seller, okay With no full address again.
They messed up. All right, so this is some sort
of this some sort of hard rod That's what happens
when I wear wigs. Walked right into that one.
It's definitely some assembly required. What
do you think, buddy? I think you're on it. I
feel like some tent poles or something. Yeah.
Oh, wait a minute. Oh, hold on. Clip. You know
what? I think it's going to be like an extender
for an outdoor umbrella for a patio tent. We
got some sort of black metal. All right. Wait
a minute. Hold on. Can I wear it? What the hell
is this? Oh, this is a, this is, no, this is
a, this is like a planting tool, like a plant
bulbs. Huh? What does it do? Oh. This is, this
is a yard tool. Yard tools. This bad boy is.
See, it's got this. Corbin, go out there and
grab a yard tool. So you can like, you know.
Grab the bulbs right of the flower. I don't know.
I'm not that much of a gardener, but I've seen
this on TV Danny what does our I don't even know
bulb planter. How did you know that was for bulb
plant? Are you a gardener ripper? What I've seen
it on this is a very specific thing for that
to be a bulb I watch a lot of house hunters,
you know I Look like I watch a lot of drag race
I mean Look at me. I am gorgeous. Mm. See, you
step on it. That's the deal. Oh, now that makes
more sense. Or maybe it just, like, pulls weeds
up? No, it's for bulbs. You know, like, you ever
seen a bulb? Yeah. With, like, roses and tulips?
Yeah, but don't you want to keep those, and then
they bloom into beautiful flowers? Well, you
got to move them around sometimes. Oh, fuck.
I'm making this up as I go. I'm just trying to...
All right, well, it's working. Hope and Danny
comes up with a number here quick. I'm dying,
bro. All right, just pick what thirty dollars
Yeah, yeah, oh absolutely you think thirty thirty
okay you buy that at the depot. It's sixty This
is the best day ever It's very boxy I'm gonna
give you my prediction first, but This is part
462 of opening packages from the Postal Service
delivery Sorry if you ordered this, and I got
it. This one is, I'm gonna say action figure
box shaped. What do you think, buddy? No, it's
not an action figure. Because action figures
were more square, and then they had the lip,
and then the... He's getting real specific. This
is just gonna... He's an expert of package. This
is gonna be, again, some sort of trinket of some
sort. A trinket. That's a good generic answer.
Oh, wait a minute, wait a minute. I see an As
Seen on TV logo. That store exists for suckers
like me. Every time I saw an infomercial, I bought
it. Those ab belts just shocked you. It is a
high -gain TV antenna so you can watch free over
-the -air television. Wow. That would have been
cool in 1999. No, it still works, sort of. We'll
find a place for it here Now I can get them yeah
to miss your head, how does you see this on TV?
You can get all these channels for free. Here's
the irony if they happen to broadcast in your
area You need the antenna you didn't see that.
I was you finally caught it. It's I'm late to
the party. It has literally no brand It is super
high -end. Is it as seen on TV, its own brand?
It should be, but it's not. They have those stores,
and I go in them any time. I mean, it's pretty
sleek as antennas go. It's powered. You got to
plug it. It's got USB. Oh, that's like a New
Age antenna. Probably actually just spies on
it. I was picturing like two little me -nee -nee
-nee, you know? Oh, it comes with adhesive. Oh,
yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And it's powered. I mean,
this might do some stuff. And it can be yours.
We'll save this. for eight easy payments of $31
.99. Probably a microphone that broadcasts all
of our stuff to Russia, but. Yeah. Yeah. Oh,
man. This is a blast. This is great. $21 .95.
$21 .95, coming at you. We'll call it a solid
$20. Sounds good. All right, this is the last
one. Oh, man. This is part 752 of Opening Undeliverable.
US Postal Service packages this one is is is
already sort of broken open It's heavy yeah square
There's a little shake to it first one that we've
really had of that nature What's your prediction
some sort of like accessory you'll wear whether
it like sunglasses all right? I'm gonna go with
your answer last time and say it's a trinket
trinket because that's a solid answer This is
a just Christ that box got a strap of some sort.
Oh My this is what I think it is. Is that a security
camera? Hold on. Hold on What it's a personal
fan What that's fantastic It's USB charging it
looks oh Come to the USB We don't have any fans,
so we need more. Look at that. You're going to
plug it right in there? Yep. It's going to blow
up. Might. I got excited. I thought it was a
blow dryer for my wings. It's got a dial. I don't
actually know how to make it turn on. $3? $3?
I mean, the box alone looks like a $3. This is
the fanciest item we got, and this is the cheapest.
Dude We now have a personal fan It's like when
like ace Ventura delivered that package in the
beginning of the movie like it's just got its
butt kicked all right That's it. That's it. That's
it Well, that was amazing. Can we do this again?
Yes? What's our grand total buddy a grand total?
50 65 85 95 115 145 $175, $195, $197. So we'll
say $200. $200 bucks! $200 for a $70 haul here.
And that is Becky approved. And that was worth
$70 right there. I mean, the wigs alone. Wow.
Incredible. Who knew you could purchase unused
packages? If you haven't done it, I highly recommend
it. It'll bring you closer to your friends. We're
definitely going to do this again. Oh, we're
definitely doing it again. And with that, thank
you to Sam from Peaks Coffee Company, and thank
you to you guys for sitting through this disaster.
And by disaster, I mean amazing moment. And we
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