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With summer just about with us (between the rain showers anyway!), many of us look to cold coffee drinks as a refreshing alternative to more traditional beverages. But did you know that it's incredibly easy to make perfect iced frappe at home? With just a few indulgent ingredients, and some of our freshly roasted coffee, you'll soon be whipping up delicious blended coffee drinks to enjoy during the warm summer months (or drizzly, May afternoons for that matter!)   Here's what you'll need: 350ml of Very Strong Brewed Coffee or Espresso, Chilled. We'd recommend Ernesto, Continental, Golden Crema, Buckaroo, Director's or...

The BBC recently ran an interesting story on Peter Day's quest for the perfect cup of coffee. From the Brazilian port of Santos to the surprisingly agreeable Rwanda, given the country's tumultuous history, Peter's journey takes him across the World sampling various different methods of brewing coffee. Peter even samples Kopi Luwak, probably the World's most exclusive coffee, pointing out the questionable practices of some collectors (Coffee-Direct.co.uk strictly sources Kopi Luwak from non-farmed sources, you'll be pleased to know). The article is well worth a read, and leads Peter to taste what he considered to be the finest coffee he'd ever tried in...

We've been hard at work for the last few months developing this brand new version of Coffee-Direct.co.uk, and we really hope you like it. We've developed the site with a few key principles in mind to make ordering your coffee from us quick, secure and hassle-free; here are a few of the main changes we've made: Content Delivery Network We know there were times on our old site that the experience was a little sluggish. We've utilised a technology called a "Content Delivery Network" or "CDN" to make our pages load incredibly quick even on slower connections. We don't like...

There's no great secret to making the perfect cup of coffee: use freshly roasted coffee beans that can, ideally, be ground at home, make sure the equipment you use is clean before brewing, and use freshly drawn water. Some of the biggest causes of inferior coffee are unclean equipment, or equipment that is not used at a suitable temperature, poorly ground coffee or incorrect grind sizes, and inferior coffee beans or ground beans that have been left unused for a long period of time before being brewed. You'll always want to use the freshest roasted coffee available when making the...

The key to enjoying the best coffees is to prepare your drinks by grinding the beans at home, using beans that have been roasted as recently as possible. The sooner you use your roasted beans, the better your coffee will taste. At Coffee-Direct we make sure that all our beans are roasted to order and quickly packaged for a fast delivery, allowing you to enjoy the fullest flavours and richest aromas in your favourite coffees. When roasting coffee, there are a number of rules and recommendations to follow if you want to get the best flavours, aromas and colours from...