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When looking for a new coffee flavour or trying to find the perfect bean to suit your tastes, it can be quite daunting when faced with the vast variety of characteristics and flavour notes that are used to describe a cup of coffee. As is often the case, the best judge for a great cup of coffee is the taster, and being able to identify the flavours and complex interplay of certain traits in a cup is a great skill to develop. How Do We Taste Coffee? The process of tasting coffee happens in two different places – in our...

Enjoy a different coffee each month, carefully selected by our expert roasters, with our Coffee of the Month subscription. Our expertly roasted coffees are chosen to showcase our extensive range of quality origin and blended coffees from around the world, and each variety or blend is available as whole beans or pre-ground for your favourite brewing method. You can tailor your plan to choose your preferred bag size and quantity, as well as brewing method, and you can amend or cancel your plan at any time. What’s more, you can enjoy 50% off your first order when you use the code...

We are sometimes asked by our customers whether our coffee beans are freshly roasted when purchased, or if they have been roasted previously and simply picked from a shelf when an order is placed. We are very proud of the fact that all of our coffees, both whole bean and pre-ground, are always freshly roasted to order, immediately packaged and sent out to you the same day. Some coffee suppliers and supermarkets will offer coffee beans that have been roasted as much as several months prior, which means that you won’t be enjoying the freshest possible flavours and aromas when...

Summer is here and there is no better way to get a caffeine hit than with a delicious cold brew coffee. Cool and refreshing, packed with wonderful, robust flavours, cold brews make the perfect treat on these sunny days. What Coffee Should Be Used in Cold Brew?If you are looking for a sweet, creamy drink, look for a medium roast bean from Costa Rica or Guatemala, while Kenyan and Ethiopian coffee beans will result in a fruitier, more refreshing cold brew. We recommend going for a rich, well-rounded flavour, in a coarse grind, such as our Percolator grind.    ...

The term “pour-over” is used in the coffee world to describe a number of different brewing methods, with the common factor being that the brewing is achieved through percolation, whereby water passes through a bed of ground coffee and extracts flavour along the way. Usually there is some sort of material used to filter the grounds from the resulting drink, which might be made from paper, cloth or fine metal mesh. What Makes a Good Pour-Over Coffee? When coffee is brewed with a filter brewer, three key variables affect the resulting cup of coffee: The grind of the coffee –...