Dangerous Grounds
Would you risk your life for the perfect cup of coffee? Todd Carmichael would. As owner of La Colombe Torrefaction, a premium coffee company based in Philadelphia, he travels the globe, sleeping under his car, avoiding warlords and bodily-harm, risking it all to bring back the perfect cup o' joe. His business focuses on the best - coffee so rare it's sought by the world's top chefs and restaurants. Carmichael seeks out the most exotic, fascinating and dangerous places to find the perfect seed in the coffee plant. There's an amazing story behind every cup.
- 2012-2014
- 2 seasons
- Travel Channel
- Reality
- TV-PG
Would you risk your life for the perfect cup of coffee? Todd Carmichael would. As owner of La Colombe Torrefaction, a premium coffee company based in Philadelphia, he travels the globe, sleeping under his car, avoiding warlords and bodily-harm, risking it all to bring back the perfect cup o' joe. His business focuses on the best - coffee so rare it's sought by the world's top chefs and restaurants. Carmichael seeks out the most exotic, fascinating and dangerous places to find the perfect seed in the coffee plant. There's an amazing story behind every cup.
Season 2 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2014
Episode 1
Mexican Motherlode
Tue, Jan 28, 2014 42 mins
On the verge of losing an important deal with a celebrity chef, Todd heads to Mexico's deadliest state in search of a legendary coffee. When his contact ends up murdered, Todd must adapt to get home alive and save the deal.
Episode 2
Himalayan Outpost (Nepal)
Tue, Mar 4, 2014 43 mins
An impossible promise sends Todd to Nepal, where Maoist rebels threaten his every move. An ex-Soviet pilot drops him deep in the mountains where Todd enlists locals and their animals to help get the coffee out to close the deal.
Episode 3
When in Rome w/ Batali
Sun, Feb 16, 2014 43 mins
An encounter with Mario Batali in Rome leads Todd deep into the Amazon where he must dodge gunmen and enlist the help of the local resistance to find a key ingredient that will convince Mario to put his name on a killer espresso
Episode 4
Golden Triangle
Tue, Feb 18, 2014 43 mins
To expand his cafés to West Elm stores across America, Todd Carmichael must get coffee out of Thailand fast. But when the route leads him into Myanmar, he must negotiate past guns and borders in an epic race to get the coffee home.
Episode 5
War Gin
Tue, Feb 25, 2014 43 mins
A school that Todd Carmichael helped build is burned down by militants, so Todd heads to Uganda to fight back after securing a deal with Dean & DeLuca that could help rebuild the school. But when a series of cultural obstacles confound all efforts, he must enter a blood contract to sustain the school.
Episode 6
Mayan Fortress
Tue, Mar 4, 2014 43 mins
Todd Carmichael heads to Guatemala to source just the right coffee for a revolutionary brewing machine. But when he finds himself in the cross hairs of a mafia-like kingpin, he must meet the man face-to-face in order to return with the goods.
Episode 7
Guns and Lions
Tue, Mar 11, 2014 43 mins
Winds of change hit the Four Seasons Hotel when the new manager asks Todd Carmichael to find a mythical Tanzanian AAA coffee. But when Todd comes face-to-face with lions and poachers, he must arm himself to get out alive.
Episode 8
Monsoon Moonshine
Tue, Mar 18, 2014 43 mins
Todd has been secretly distilling rum for years and is almost ready to release the delicious results, an small-batch rum infused with super-expensive monsoon-aged coffee beans from India, to the public.