Rwandan Coffee It is only when you have travelled to a country and got a feeling for some of its people and their motivations that you can get the slightest glimpse of what is important. Forget everything you have heard and be open to what is in front of you. According to the NAEB, the National […]
Coffee Chains Coffee Chains are a fascinating phenomenon. Many people visit every day to buy the same experience. The chain’s job is to be the same but quietly introduce new opportunities for customers to experience, seasonally. I am guessing this is where the new shiny fashionable item brings more people in and renews interest for […]
Ethiopian Coffee This is a coffee story about my relationship with Ethiopian coffee. We should always remember where people first discovered this tropical plant seed. I apologise if you are from Yemen; you may also feel a sense of ownership over the birthplace of coffee. If you are old enough to remember “Live Aid,” you […]
From Struggle to Strength Honduras How the Mayorga Family is Building a Better Future Through Coffee The past year has tested the resilience of coffee producers across the globe—and Honduras has been no exception. With internal banks offering loans at crippling rates of 15–18%, many growers are left with no choice but to borrow just […]
How The World Coffee Market Has Affected The Cost Of My Cup Of Coffee Most of us like things to remain the same. When we find a particular thing that we really like; such as a bag of coffee, a particular chocolate, or a bottle of wine. It could be an affordable luxury or it […]
Why has my coffee gone up? In November the world coffee market went through the roof. Existing contracts with producers remain, so we have some peculiar values on our list at the moment. Fine red bourbons from Rwanda cost less than new crop Brazil. The same coffees that we bought in November are now costing […]
The Fellow Aiden Brewer Review After COVID-19, I promised (mainly to myself) not to sell “stuff” for the sake of it. It’s not great for the environment either. One of my tasks this Christmas was getting acquainted with the Fellow Aiden filter brewer. We only sell things that we love brewing on. Here is a […]
Market Highs You may have heard that coffee has reached an all-time high in the commodity markets. I don’t want to write this in a way that should make you panic. We have an economic storm of sorts, even though coffee prices are retreating a little. The two biggest coffee-producing countries have had smaller harvests. […]
Subscriptions Explained Coffee Subscriptions at James Gourmet Coffee Co. We aim to make this easy for you! Buy a subscription as a gift? …or, you can just buy ahead. Before you rush off and click, you might want to know how the recipient loves their coffee. We try and break our coffees into 3 categories. […]
Sugar in Coffee Coffee in its raw state is a seed of a cherry-like fruit. It has some forms of sugar in, and we can delve into these and how they change during roasting another time. Here, I am going to investigate the subject of sugar in coffee, or should I say adding sugar to […]
