I thought it would be interesting to compare these three espresso machines that are in varying forms of (almost and)trade machines and how they compare. Value for money, skill levels, and of course the plusses and minuses of owning them. I will be honest, it’s one of my down-sides. I can’t just say it’s great […]
Getting away with it? For a long time manufacturers made coffee machines that purchasing managers liked to buy. Coffee roasters roasted coffee that may as well have been wood. You could make similarities between British Leyland in the automotive industry, and coffee machines, but that is more complicated. Purchasing managers like cheap items that fill […]
Coming out from lock-down, the UK has bought more coffee machines for the home than ever before. Sage appliances (as an example) had a spike of 500%. As 150+ UK households will know, we also partook in retailing Sage machines. Blindly heading towards the abyss of the Covid pandemic, we thought that any little thing […]
Peru (in a word) You may have been one of the three people that read my post, full of questions about the Peruvian Coffee Dilemma, back in whenever it was? I am genuinely thrilled to be able to share with you some new coffees that are coming through over the next month. One of the loneliest […]
Free money anyone? I was so tempted to fill the front of this post with a GIF of Robin, from Ghosts stomping around on a table, chanting Moonah Ston. Like many of my ideas, they are so niche (random) they won’t be funny to anyone else. About 18 years ago, we joined […]
Subscription: an arrangement to receive something, typically a publication, regularly by paying in advance. “make sure you get a copy every month by taking out a subscription”. Thank you, Dictionary.com What is a subscription to you? I have always imagined a subscription for one of our customers as a monthly adventure into the kind of […]
The cups we drink from can make a huge difference in the feel of what we are consuming. Like the weight of cutlery, the sounds and lighting in our surroundings are proven to change how we perceive food and drink. If you are into the science of it, there’s a super interesting book here. 20 […]
It turns out that getting coffee into Europe isn’t going very smoothly at the moment. Under-statement of the decade? We are really sorry for the frustration that this may be causing, but it is one thing sending out coffee for you to be held ransom to the tune of up to £50 for you to […]
The Delgado family has owned Maranhao for over 35 years. Jose Delgado is a great guy as is his son Claiton. They are the warmest most hospitable, humble people you could ever meet, and some of the hardest working. Claiton, knew early on, at school that he was destined to follow in his father’s footsteps […]
The EK in many ways is brilliantly outdated in how it works, however, it has also earned the affection of the coffee industry, which loves solid equipment that is dependable. This is like the original Landrover Defender, just with an electric engine/motor (sorry!). Don’t try and get a red one now, as it has just […]
