Londinium Blog

The snow didn’t make the job of looking after customers in the run up to Christmas any easier, but it turned the sometimes drab streets of London into a more magical place for a few days. We stopped for a…

From memory the author was talking about porridge, but we’re talking about coffee. If you want to find out if your coffee roaster really knows how to roast, here’s an easy way to cut through the hyperbole; let your black…

We received the email below from a customer today. While the Bacchi contains a vacuum breaker valve in the base this does not mean you will be able to separate the main component that contains the cylinder and piston from…

Buy the best coffee making equipment and look after it. It will make far better coffee and last for years and years, the cost per cup falling below that of the cheap equipment you would have thrown out and replaced,…

Reiss Yes, blog away. Stephen On 22/12/2010 10:11, lespresso wrote:> Thank you for taking the time to write> May I publish this email on our blog (without your email address?)> Merry Christmas> Reiss>> P. +44 20 7193 3901> M. +44…

Delicate hazelnut tones as it ages & and begins to round out on roast date plus 4 days. Still too young, or perhaps we will need to roast slightly darker

Yes, it’s our contribution towards trying to make your Christmas a little more enjoyable; get the presents there on time! We will send all orders out tomorrow on a next day service (UK orders only obviously) This is not the…

We don’t ask for a telephone number for fun & we will never release this data to any third party or contact you unless we are unable to fulfill our contractual obligations with you, i.e. we can not deliver the…

Test roast 1 reveals a fairly delicate coffee, certainly free from the tea like tannins that we find unpleasant in so many african coffees (others will describe this as gamey and spicy). At this early stage we are getting pleasant…

You may have noticed by now that we did a u-turn on the roast that we decided was optimum for this coffee when it came down to it. This is a classic example of how a roast changes as it…