West Street Kitchen (Bristol) We thought we should start our News, with a team or James Gourmet “Family” story. If you are reading this as a James Gourmet customer and have been with us for a little while, wherever you are on the planet, you will most likely have met and or tasted coffee roasted […]
Don’t worry this is anything but a “Where to invest money wisely”, but more of a “Don’t leave everything to the kids in the will and buy some nice coffee toys every so often”. If you make a lot of coffee or even just like making coffee a lot, little things can just enhance the […]
We LOVE a happily ever after story, at James’ Gourmet Coffee. Teodora bought some of our coffee in retail packs from Wally’s Delicatessen in Cardiff. She then won “Gold” in her companies “In-House” competition, so Congratulations to Teodora and to the fabulous Contini family, who continue to deliver delicious coffee year after year.
Darjeeling Tea prices Filtering through It is almost a year ago that we heard about the problems in Darjeeling. Here is a brief snippet from our main tea supplier: Tempers cooled in Darjeeling for the Muslim holy day Monday following 12 days of protests by Nepali separatists, some violent. The unrest has caused thousands of […]
Ten years ago (or so) I whisked the first UK K30 off the Mahllkoenig stand, in London, as it was a light bulb for the coffee world. In hindsight, there was so much wrong with it. This K30 grinder was relatively incredible, compared to everything else around. Mazzer Jolly or a K30? K30 or Compak? K30 […]
The commercial coffee world has an addiction to cheap coffee. This is a sensitive subject and not wanting to tell tales out of school (#coffeebitch I hear you cry!) we should look at some facts and wonder. The Peruvian Harvest, conveniently often first arrives at our shores at the end of the year along with […]
I think there are a few of you, who will get this better than others. I am referring to the fact that we have been battling with trying to do the right thing with packaging. We spent the equivalent of a Land Rover (good country measure) on recyclable bags, just over a year ago. The […]
On Friday (27th of April) We had the pleasure of a revisit from Mr Wada from Japan. Mr Wada was our first overseas visitor to the roastery, when we moved here (feels like 5 days ago) two years ago almost to the day. It is always a privilege to learn and spend time with our […]
I am writing this little note on a morning, late in May and it is trying so hard to be bright, warm and rain-free. For us there is more to a country’s coffee than a blend. The sheer variety of flavour that we get from some of the tiniest farms. This season we have anything […]
Just in case anyone is reading this, it feels like a moral obligation to write something every now and then. I will try and keep this short for both of our sake. In our slightly mad and changing world, the little differences are everything and nothing. I am having a personal celebration today, no candles […]
