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New BMR family addition is in the waters
With January behind us, we are well and truly into the year and looking forward to picking up some of our major projects again. This month we will throw ourselves […]
DOSING CHAMBER OF SECRETS
You know that recipes are important, nay, crucial to making consistent coffees across time and space (i.e. time after time, and the space between you and the customer or fellow […]
INSTANT CAFFEINATION
I began research into the second wave of coffee, ready to titillate you with coffee chains and orange mocha frappuccinos, when I discovered a gaping hole of an oversight in […]
FIKAPAUS! FEBRUARY EDITION
Here’s your February fika guide guys! This one’s like a parabola, it’s a bit Brigit Jones-ish in the middle, but picks up on either side with some high brow arts […]
COFFEE OF THE MONTH
PNG Baroida AX Washed By Jess Hol I like that this estate, ‘Baroida Estate’, is named after a spirit that subsists in a large river rock. The legend goes the […]
BEST COFFEE TO KICK OFF 2021
Guatemala Antigua Pastores The image of this towering volcano has me dreaming of travel and thinking about which coffee region we’ll hit up as soon we get the opportunity to […]
LA SYMPHONIE DU CAFE
Have you heard of this symphony before? This masterpiece, this triumph of sound ingenuity? You bet you have! But you may not have known it’s name. It is a largely […]
FIKAPAUS! JANUARY EDITION
Are you on holidays right now? I really hope so. If not, sorry about it. In any case, read on for ideas on how to either fill your long summer […]
WHY USE A RECIPE?
Yesterday I made some cherry shortbread cookies. I had a recipe but didn’t follow it, rather just eye-balled this, approximated that. They tasted okay (it being about 50% sugar and […]
DECEMBER NEWS
CHRISTMAS LOGISTICS Last call for 2020 Monday 21st December First Delivery for 2021 Friday 8th January *This means that if you are open through the Xmas break you will need […]
IS COFFEE AN ART OR SCIENCE?
As a barista, I’ve often been asked, ‘So what do you reckon? Is making coffee an art or science?’. And I don’t like it. It’s often asked with a supercilious […]
FIKAPAUS! DECEMBER EDITION
Where are you on the Christmas scale of Santa’s Little Helper to Christmas Grinch? I’m sorry to say, I’m definitely towards the grinch end of the spectrum. Christmas carols in […]