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If your preferred coffee brewing method is with an espresso maker, a percolator, a cafetière or a filter machine, then you’ll be looking to get the perfect coarseness in your ground coffee to get the most from your beans, extracting all of the wonderful flavours and aromas into your cup. At Coffee-Direct, we sell pre-ground options across our entire range of coffees, with perfectly ground options for all popular brewing methods. But, if you prefer to grind your owns beans, we have a fantastic range of automatic grinders available at great prices, from leading brands including Gaggia, De’Longhi, Melitta and...

If you’ve been looking for a full-flavoured coffee bean but want to try a decaffeinated variety, or you are aiming to cut down on your caffeine intake in January, then we have a wonderful range of delicious, freshly roasted decaffeinated coffees for you to choose from, as well as an excellent half-caffeinated bean in our 50/50 Decaf Colombian coffee. Our decaffeinated range includes our very popular Swiss Water Decaffeinated coffee – a 100% naturally decaf bean that uses a clever process involving water and no chemicals, resulting in 99.9% of the caffeine being removed from the coffee bean.  Swiss Water...

  In exciting news for coffee lovers everywhere, a recent study published in the European Heart Journal provides very encouraging evidence of a link between morning coffee drinking and health benefits. The study, which ran over a 10-year period and analysed the coffee consumption habits of 40,725 adults, indicated that those people studied who drank coffee, and did so in the morning, were 16% less likely to die of any cause, and 31% less likely to die from cardiovascular disease, compared to those who went without coffee. It seems that the time of day when coffee is consumed plays a...

Our January Sale is now live, with at least 15% off orders of our freshly roasted coffees, our coffee equipment and a fantastic range of coffee gifts.We have single-origin coffees and coffee blends, decaffeinated coffees, flavoured coffees and a beautiful selection of rare and exclusive coffee varieties.Stock up on essential accessories and equipment to take your coffee-making to the next level, or choose the perfect gift for the coffee-lover in your life with our range of beautiful gift packs.    Popular Single Origin Coffees Monsoon Malabar – From £13.99Our Monsoon Malabar is a heavy-bodied brew that makes a wonderfully mellow...

A team of scientists at ZOE has recently published a new paper looking into the fascinating relationship between drinking coffee and the gut microbiome, and it is more good news for coffee lovers. The study, taking data from more than 22,000 participants and published in the leading journal Nature Microbiology, revealed how gut bacteria interact with certain chemicals found in coffee, providing clues about how coffee might support health. 1. Knowing how coffee affects the microbiomeIn previous research, ZOE looked for links between specific food components and distinct gut microbiome signatures. Out of around 150 food and drinks, coffee had...