Coffee Stories

Our Roaster, Chris Bonney, takes us through the art of coffee roasting! A fresh peach and a cooked peach taste pretty similar. A raw steak has a lot of flavours in common with a cooked steak. But a raw coffee bean tastes like, well, a broken tooth.

Our Coffee Trainer, Simon Gautherin, expolores 5 reasons why you should participate in a coffee competition! 

CQI’s Q Coffee System is an internationally recognised program for evaluating cup quality based on a standardised system for Arabica coffee using protocols developed by the SCAA. Our CQI Q Grader Training Courses will run in July and October 2020.

As a coffee drinker, whether you know it or not there are 2 choices on what to drink – regular or specialty coffee. But what is the difference between the two and why does it matter? The only way to know if a coffee is regular or specialty is to understand the standards and process that goes into specialty coffee.