roasted a couple of days ago. tried it this morning as an espresso & through the swissgold. have to admit we have under-roasted this and as a result it tastes a little wooden. we’ll roast again this afternoon, this time…
I was reading last night about Cuban coffee & decided we needed to find out if it is even half as good as their cigars. Having been told the only guy in the UK with any is in Ireland &…
Go and check this website out & watch episode 27 This is a crazy story of coincidence & the power of the web & tools like twitter A while ago i ran a search for ‘Gunson’, my surname on twitter,…
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…
this is a very crude first attempt at adding video to this blog
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…