Firstly, Thank you if you have been part of our journey this or any other year. Merry Christmas and Best wishes for a Happy New Year. We are really excited for 2022, as it is going to be all fresh and a new chapter, with many new coffees, of which some are already afloat. Good […]
The Geisha conundrum This thing has been bugging me for some time and I have tried to build up some facts, rather than a PJ rant, you might be happy to know. I haven’t bought Gesha/ geisha coffee in years and here is why. There somehow feels like something is wrong when value is transported […]
You have probably heard that everything in the coffee world is going upwards in cost. The New York Commodity market is at a 10 year high! yay! Or is it? Unlike the Brexit hikes of 2016 where the new kids on the block ( can you sense an exasperated tone?) decided it was an opportunity […]
From the outside, coffee shops look like a great lifestyle occupation. Cool cosy hang-outs, great coffee, boutique teas, fab food, and stress-free smiley faces all day long. But, Is it? I recently visited a long-term customer in the north of England. They are open 7 days a week and engage with every customer that walks […]
This little idea has been pulling at the back of my mind for the last while. There is this disparity between the cost of hosting in a business venue and the expectation of the British people’s conditioned reluctance to pay for things. The physical cost of rent, rates, services, ingredients, and if you can hire […]
Later today we are launching the first of a number of “interesting” coffee processes. When Mrs. James (a true traditionalist) asks what’s going on with the coffee today, whilst sipping her morning coffee, we know we are safely out of the ordinary. Winey processes, naturals, red, black, yellow honey, and carbonic macerated coffees are not […]
Why buy Kenya Coffee? and Why not Ndaroini again? Some colleagues of mine in coffee don’t really look at Kenya as a top coffee origin anymore, as there is so much well-produced coffee elsewhere. As an example, Rwanda almost exclusively produces red bourbon. This is incredible, yet at the same time, it doesn’t hit the […]
About 100 years ago, I used to get a train from Swindon to Trowbridge to catering college. It was dirty, smelly and it was a rare occasion when we could get a seat. The whole day was long and underwhelming. Welcome to the 1980s. I have been using public transport quite a bit lately and […]
Many British-made things to do with coffee don’t work very well. Don’t worry I am not about to start an anti-British campaign, in fact, quite the opposite. Phew. Did you feel those eggshells crushing too? Whilst we see the bigger multi-national names in water filtration on the side of Formula 1 cars, quietly there is […]
There are so many weird things happening at the moment. Last week I was listening to the (I think) great Evan Davis talking about the effects of Covid and ramping up production in The Bottom Line. This made me think about the pull and push of current times. As an example, there are coffees that […]
