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A recent report, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, has looked into the effects of long-term intake of caffeinated coffee and tea associated with the risk of dementia and other cognitive outcomes. The results are very encouraging for coffee lovers! The team of researchers analysed records of 131,821 volunteers enrolled in two large US public health studies, the Nurses’ Health study and the Health Professionals Follow-up study. Their findings suggested that people who enjoy a couple of coffees or teas a day have a lower risk of dementia and better cognitive performance than those who avoid the...

To create delicious, flavourful and aromatic coffees to suit our own personal tastes, it’s important to not only choose the ideal, freshly roasted beans, but to also choose our preferred brewing method. With a selection of methods to choose from, and a wide range of quality equipment available to buy, we are presented with a great opportunity to make the perfect coffee every time. Once of the most popular brewing methods is with a bean-to-cup machine, which provides users with an automated process and delicious coffees at the simple press of a button, but there are many more great brewing...

When coffee is roasted, the roasting process can be carefully controlled to influence three key aspects of how the coffee will taste: acidity, sweetness and bitterness. At Coffee-Direct, we categorise our coffees into four roast levels: Medium, Dark, Espresso and Continental.
 Medium RoastOur lighter, medium roasts generally make coffees of lower strength than our darker roasts and are often sweet, with bright flavours that can include notes of fruit, nut or chocolate. Kenya Blue Mountain – From £17.99Our medium roasted Kenya Blue Mountain is grown from seeds originally from Jamaica, which produce a coffee that has the natural sweetness of...

If you’re looking for the perfect gift for that special coffee-lover in your life, look no further than our wonderful Coffee-Direct gift subscription! Our gift subscriptions are simple to use and give your recipient a different variety of freshly roasted, speciality coffee beans delivered direct to their door each month. Each delicious coffee is selected by our team of expert roasters, and your recipient will never receive the same bean twice. You can choose from 3, 6 or 12 month subscriptions, and we will either send a pre-paid coffee gift subscription for the recipient to activate at their convenience, or...

If you’re looking for that perfect Christmas gift for the coffee lover in your life, then you can’t go wrong with our 12 Days of Christmas Gift Pack - now available at just £38.25!   12 Days of Christmas Gift Pack This fabulous box of delights will surely bring great joy this Christmas season to the coffee connoisseur and novice alike. Featuring twelve remarkable coffee varieties from across the globe, this gift pack enables the recipient to try a different coffee variety for each day of Christmas, and experience the wealth of diverse flavours and characteristics contained in some of...