Beans
Cupping – Best of Panama 2010
The 2010 Best of Panama awards were due to take place this weekend and in advance of the awards and auction on May 25th 2010 the sample coffees were sent to a number of juror’s worldwide. This is a twist from the normal cupping / grading and auction process where jurys are traditionally flown to [...]
Kopi Luwak not crap at all
We’ve all heard of Kopi Luwak coffee. It is as (in)famous as Jamaican Blue Mountain but still regarded by some as a novelty. I had tried the high street version in the past and was less than impressed, but now understand the reasons why this was the case. Like anything in life, you get out [...]
Introducing people to new coffee and brewing methods
This weekend I went fly fishing with the members of a UK fly fishing forum. We camped overnight at a fishery in Leicestershire and spent 2 days trying to outwit the residents of the lake (Rainbow Trout). My boat partner on each day both had an interest in coffee so I purchased a number of [...]
Midweek Madness in Manchester – £55 Home Barista Training (includes beans*)
For a limited time we have midweek madness in Manchester! If you live in or around Manchester or Stockport and book a Tuesday or Wednesday night appointment in July, August or September we will give you 1 1/2 hours training in your own home and throw in a 250g bag of freshly roasted beans, for [...]
A choice of Coffee Roasters
There comes a time in every industry where monopolies are broken and suddenly there seems to be an abundance of suppliers, all raising their game and pushing each other to new levels. This is what seems to be happening in the UK freshly roasted coffee marketplace. Some of these suppliers have been around for many [...]
Chocolatey notes…
As I am sitting here typing the snow is falling all around but I am warm on the inside, drinking a lovely Yirgacheffe from CoffeeBeanShop.com 5M Coffee Company is ‘roaster neutral’, not favouring one over another, and this allows us to purchase and sample coffees without bias. This week I am drinking the Ethiopian Yirgacheffe, [...]
