A decade in trade espresso grinding. Over the last years, grinders have changed for the better. In food-service, we had the evolution of the K30, the first decent grind on-demand grinder. This machine was a revolution, to the espresso and coffee world. I grabbed the first one in the country, from a stand (post-show and […]
Coffee Climate Resilience and Sustainability in Brazilian Coffees Climate Change and severe climate has been impacting Brazilian Arabica coffee production, and this has been hitting harder on farmers over the last 10 – 15 years. Volume of rains have been lower, and uneven, the temperature has been much higher, and we have been having longer […]
A New and Fresh view on the great coffees of India I think I can safely say that 2020 has been an interesting year for everyone. We have all learnt to live with the bare minimum, and it definitely taught us how to be content with our surroundings. Akshay (my husband) and I spent the […]
There are hundreds, if not thousands of people roasting coffee now. This is fantastic. Some are great at promoting what they do and this is also excellent. If they didn’t they wouldn’t survive. There is a big issue, I have that people use this tag line. It suggests they are doing something that nobody else […]
A positive outcome? It’s been a strange time for the country and the world, and our way of life has changed, perhaps permanently, and in many ways for the better. During the past few months, one of the changes I have personally made is to cycle more. As a rower, like all team sports and […]
Guest Blog is written by our friend of many years Hugh Gilmartin. The Business of Coffee Conundrum Don’t worry about Balance. Focus on Right Fit to get to Loyalty The coffee industry is familiar with the concept of balance. A balanced blend. A balanced cup. Balance. Interesting word. Reasonable people need a balanced perspective, don’t […]
If you have read my over-communicated under-delivered explanation about “What does organic mean” in the coffee world, you may be relieved to know this will be a shorter post. Some of our customers regularly buy Simply Brazil and don’t know the difference between the standard and the Organic version. Standard Simply Brazil is currently 2/3 […]
What does organic mean? Today, as we re-launch Organic Simply Brazil, I wanted to write a little bit about what organic coffee can mean. Growing coffee organically can be a fact of life where you just cannot afford chemicals to spray. Consequently, this results in less harvest volume and income. These growers are the silent […]
Filter Coffee Maths. The last thing most of our customers do is think about money when they are making their favourite coffee or tea drink, and that’s a really good thing. Today in my little wordy analogy, I wanted to compare a 200ml, delicious brew of filter coffee (made at home) with other drinks. So […]
Whilst working on what the new, new is, we are busily trying to make our coffee lives more interesting. I think that “we” have all spent more time reflecting into our tea and coffee cups and gin, beer, and wine glasses over the last few months than ever before. This has been the survival key […]
