Documentarians from the Korean Broadcasting System, a big public broadcasting network in South Korea, are in Seattle and Portland this week visiting coffeehouses and interviewing people about our coffee scene.

They interviewed me at Visions Espresso Service in SoDo this morning, and the questions were interesting: What makes Seattle such a hotbed of coffee? Is it about the coffee or the relationship? What's their inspiration? (Interesting question -- I said they seem to have Italian coffee culture in the backs of their minds but aren't mimicking anybody.)

Field producer Chong Lee said that Korea has long had coffee, but that it's just starting to get fancy coffee lounges serving espresso. They're the sort of place you'd take a date and spend some time, like an intimate bar but without the alcohol.

Keep an eye out for (left to right) Lee, field producer Kang Won Ho, cameraman Kim Won Nam and sound specialist Lee Dong Hee this week.