ARE THERE TOO MANY COFFEE ROASTERS IN THE UK?
A potentially controversial question, but one worth exploring, nonetheless. Firstly, it’s basically impossible to know the exact amount, but there are several sources suggesting that the number o...
HOW TO CHOOSE YOUR NEXT COFFEE
So, how do you choose your next coffee? The simple answer is with Limited Coffee if you ask me, but there are still five categories to pick from, so let’s talk about the process of narrowing down w...
As if coffee wasn’t complicated enough, let's take a dive into decaf! How is coffee decaffeinated? Well, there are several decaf processes, but the most common ones these days seem to be sugar cane...
HOW SHOULD WE BE STORING COFFEE?
We all love coffee, right? You wouldn't be here with us if you didn't. We like to see roast dates and we buy our coffee whole bean. There is a good reason for this, coffee beans are perishable, the...
ROBUSTA VS. ARABICA VS. LIBERICA
You will probably have heard of robusta and arabica, but what about Liberica? Let’s get into it. ROBUSTA Robusta tends to be used for commercial or commodity-grade coffee. It’s grown from the “Coff...
THE COFFEE BELT. WHERE IS COFFEE GROWN?
You may be wondering where your delicious cup of coffee actually originated from. The speciality coffee industry is really good at being transparent regarding where the coffee comes from even down ...
WHAT ARE COFFEE PROCESSING METHODS?
In the simplest of terms, processing coffee just means removing the bean (seed) from the fruit (cherry). That said, how that process is done can have a huge impact on the flavour profile of the fi...
WHAT IS SPECIALITY COFFEE, ANYWAY?
Simply put, speciality coffee is the highest quality coffee available. But what makes it so special and what is the difference between speciality coffee and commercial/commodity-grade coffee?