Londinium Blog

im a huge believer in the age old 80/20 rule, that is to say in almost every aspect of life you can get 80% of maximum with 20% of the effort – you may know it as the law of…

the basket is new

I typically think any product marketed as e-anything is a contradiction in terms, but these e-cloths seem to be the exception that proves the rule. Customer Paul put us onto them. They are a fine micro-fibre cloth, and there are…

Below is a sketch that explains how the taste of an espresso roast changes over time The horizontal line represents the level of burnt material in the roast. We are not suggesting an espresso roast should taste burnt, only that…

As most lever machine users will already know, the ambient temperature affects the brew temperature significantly For example, at home we sat the Cremina on the window sill as it is one of those old window sills that is deep…

next week we hope to receive our LONDINIUM I demonstrator machine, but we are currently still awaiting one part for certain we will receive new coffees from the following countries – Puerto Rico Yemen Uganda Malawi

after a prolonged absence we are really pleased to get our mitts on this coffee once again those of you who have been with us from the beginning will no doubt remember it fondly heavy mouthfeel, smooth, and complex –…

Why did we post this, apart from the feel good bonhomie of a customer complimenting us on a roast? Because Luke feels exactly the same way as I do about bean to cup. There is nothing that is logically inconsistent…

i suspect some people read this blog & think we are anti-innovation/anti-progress nothing could be further from the truth what we do think is the vast majority of changes that are marketed as improvements to the performance of a product…

we see people grizzle on forums about people (sometimes us) who make posts with their commercial colours flying high (i.e. company logo in the avatar, company url in the footer, etc, etc) on the grounds that they are getting free…