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6 Reasons You Should Join Our Coffee Subscription Plan
You've ordered your freshly roasted coffee. It arrives in the nick of time, you break open the bag and get out your favourite brewer. Before you know it, the bag is empty. You place another order and wait. No coffee for you until the next bag arrives... Why bother with all of this nonsense and instead just set up a coffee subscription, safe in the knowledge that you'll get your coffee when you need it. If you're still unsure, here are six reasons why you should set up your subscription now... Coffees are specially selected by our master roaster from...
How to Brew: Hario V60 single pour
The Hario V60 is a great method of brewing fresh coffee. Because of the fine filter, the resulting cup of coffee is clean tasting with no slushy sediment (unlike a cafetiere). Check out this great video showing the method in action... If you'd like to try out this method, we have some Hario V60 one-cup pour over drippers in stock. Our coffee starter set is the perfect option as you'll get a Hario V60 size 01 dripper, some filter papers and a bag of freshly roasted coffee all-in for £13.99. Start your speciality coffee experience now with the perfect...
5 coffee blogs to read every week
Check out these awesome blogs that are a must read for the latest news and information on all things coffee. I'm a big fan and think they're definitely worth a look... Coffee Blog This aptly named blog is a goldmine of information on all things coffee related. It's run by Kev (yes nobody seems to know his surname) who posts quite regularly and is full of useful information about how coffee is produced, the roasting process and brewing among other things. Definitely worth a look. Love Coffee Another great coffee resource. This one is very nicely laid out, has regular...
Information about our coffee subscriptions
Visit our online shop, and you will see that we have a number of different types of coffee subscription available. These subscriptions fall into two broad categories: Monthly payment subscription Fixed up-front payment subscription The monthly payment option is always the most flexible one (and that's why we call it the "flexi" subscription!) because you only pay according to the frequency of coffee deliveries that you've set. Each time a delivery is due a new order is generated, payment for that order is taken and then we roast the coffee and send it out to you. The main benefits of the flexible...
Is Dark Roasted Coffee Stronger?
This is a question I get asked all the time and the answer is: it depends. I know you're probably thinking that it's not a very good answer, but let me explain... Coffee starts out as the seed of a cherry fruit from the coffee plant. The seed is dried out until its moisture content is roughly 12%. In its green form, the coffee bean is not much use for producing a cup of coffee. In fact the main flavour characteristic is grass! So to bring out the coffee flavour, we have to roast the bean. When we roast it, the...