Sip by Sip with Keoni D'Souza

We’re delving into the archive now. Join me for my ninth cup, where I find out my guest Felicity too loves the great institution that is the Eurovision Song Contest and we play a game based on best before dates whilst I sip some L'Or Supremo. Originally, I’d hoped to have posted this in time for last year’s replacement event Europe Shine a Light – we can see how well that turned out…

We're kicking off a new series with a cup that was broadcast live! It didn't go well, but here's a heavily edited version anyway. Join me in my eighth cup, with Lewis, Callum, Matt and Jev, as we all sample Cafédirect's intense roast, talk about lockdowns 2 and 3, and play a couple of ill-premised games.

It's a Christmas miracle! Cup 7 already?? I know! Here's the second chat I had originally for Keoni's Cave on URY with my pal Callum. I do much of the same as in the previous episode, actually, so watch out for more terrible singing and a moderately disastrous attempt at preparing M&S's Christmas Blend. Merry Christmas!

Cup 6 has arrived to boost/banish [delete as applicable] your Christmas blues! Originally, recorded for Keoni's Cave on University Radio York (URY), here's an expanded version of the chat I had with Molly that includes terrible Irish pronunciations, plenty of non-Christmas-based nattering and a clip shoehorned in of me taking a swig of some warm juice. 2020's never been better...

My exams – or ‘alternative assessments’ – are now over, so I found some free time, at last! Recorded near the start of the lockdown, in cup 5 my guest Jimmy and I talk a little about life in Toronto and play a rather self-explanatory game called What am I talking about? which actually wasn’t that straightforward. But, let’s be honest, it wouldn’t be, would it…?

Cup 4 is the overflow stuff from the last episode - yes, we really did record so much! Listen to the rest of the Welsh maraca game and hear João talk about Asturias (for a bit). In a surprising turn of events, the drink in the title comes from my guest - a Twinings English Breakfast Tea, drunk late after the watershed.

The third cup brings together two people who haven't spoken in yonks. João and I discuss bourbon(s) (creams) and Asda Smart Price meatballs, and play another game with maracas that had to be cut short and shoved into another episode because we were going on for too long! Today's coffee - an intensity of 8 - comes from Taylors of Harrogate, who describe this coffee as "a big, beautiful Brazilian roast, like sinking your teeth into a hazelnut praline."

Goodness, he's only gone and done it when you all thought he'd given up or forgotten about it! Cup 2 is a Kazaar, a very strong (12) brew made with both Arabica and Robusta beans. Rachael is his guest - join them as they talk a bit about languages and play a game based on products from Ikea.

Cup 1 is an Envivo Lungo of intensity 9 on the Nespresso scale. Join Keoni and his guest Jasper Hubbard as they discuss supermarket value brands and play a game involving maracas. What a way to start the series!