Please don’t think we only care about espresso Our mission is to re-introduce you to coffee. Black coffee. What other kind is there? At the risk of upsetting you we dont regard latte as coffee, nor cappuccino, and certainly not…
This is a bit of a pedantic rant, but I am sick of people proclaiming that blade grinders are no good because they cut the beans and burr grinders are good because they grind the coffee. Blade grinders have ‘blades’…
Trolling the web just now I found this incredible deal; http://dbroth.amazonwebstore.com/Bodum-Antigua-Electric-Burr-Grinder-Black/M/B0018OQJ6G.htm?traffic_src=froogle&utm_medium=organic&utm_source=froogle-GB&id=uk No the grinder isn’t suitable for espresso production but it is superb for anything else I had one for years to test and I was very impressed Before you…
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Having tried the patience of many of our customers for longer than we had any right to, we have finally upgraded our checkout such that it is more intuitive for those who do not wish to pay by Paypal. We…
for me the answer is a resounding yes. you will often hear it said that coffee needs 48hrs or thereabouts to de-gas and this is true enough. but with the experience we have built up since 2004 when we started…
I have been weighing up in my mind for ages whether or not to make this post as lever machines tend to divide the coffee community like a scythe. It is not a sly attempt to talk you into the…
What do we mean? Well the primary attraction to coffee for me is it is one of the last non-homogenous products in our daily lives It is a truly natural product and as a result it delivers a vast palette…
We have decided to republish this article directly from the FT in full, as it says the same as what we have been saying ad nauseum. That is to say, Starbucks is not about espresso. We have placed the key…
we’ve said it before, we’ll say it again, most cafes buy the least expensive coffee they can find, and anything from italy must be good right, because everyone knows the best coffee comes from italy, right? er, no, not necessarily…