A COFFEE CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE

The best part of gift giving is the spreading of Christmas cheer. The worst part is Christmas shopping. It is a decidedly uncheerful time of carpark duels, frenetic bells jingling in carols like a ticking time bomb, and withstanding the arctic glower of the overworked shop assistant.  Let us help you make this time less […]

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CHRISTMAS FIKA!

‘Tis the season all about getting into the Christmas spirit by getting together with your crew, peripheral crew, and crew-in-laws. So many loved ones around you! All the time! Here are some serving suggestions for how to get into the Christmas spirit all by yourself.  LISTEN Paul Kelly’s Christmas Train Such a great soundtrack for […]

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SPARKLE BLEND: OUR CHRISTMAS COFFEE

Merry Christmas! We love this time of year, and one of our favourite things to do leading up to it is crafting a blend that fills our hearts and tummies with all the Christmas cheer we can fit into a bag. This year we were playing around with some really great combinations of origins, and […]

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COFFEE OF NOVEMBER – COLOMBIA FILTER ROAST

This epic Bright Roast coffee comes to us from Colombia Santuario Fatima Micro Mill.  It is a natural process coffee that is super bright and juicy, with floral notes and a sweet choc finish. Santuario farm history began 22 years ago when Camilo Merizalde had the desire of creating a unique farm capable of producing […]

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FIKA: PARTY TIME

A reliable source (a customer who’s friend read something on the internet) told me that La Nina is departing earlier than expected. Slinking away from the party like a trollied wedding guest who just embarrassed themselves on the dance floor. We look forward to seeing the back of you Ms Nina. In celebration of this […]

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BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD

It is one of life’s simple, great, God given pleasures to spend an hour or two with a good book and a good cup of coffee. And when I say good, it’s not because I’ve run out of adjectives (or adverbs? I never learnt this at school [sub parentheses – but I do run out […]

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COFFEE OF OCTOBER : COLOMBIA : NATURAL : RUM AGED

By Ignacio Rodriguez La Palmera   This experimental coffee by Finca La Palmera is really something special. First the coffee is exposed to dry Anaerobic fermentation for 24 hrs. The whole semi-dried cherries are then put into grain-pro bags for a further 50 hrs to continue to ferment. And for the finale the dried coffee […]

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Coffee (art) History: Laurette’s Head With A Coffee Cup

I’ve been thinking about the influence of coffee in art history recently. Not just its obvious influence of powering many late night painting sessions, and that maybe some works of Jackson Pollock could be explained by one too many cups of coffee. But what about coffee as the subject? Have artists through the ages appreciated […]

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FIKA: OKTOBER EDITION

Germans have a daily kaffee and kuchen tradition, and I don’t see why that can’t be reason enough to dedicate this whole post to German things. They clearly know things.  Also it’s the month of Oktoberfest so I’ll include beer. However, on further research on the history of Oktoberfest, I found it had so little […]

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BRAZIL: COFFEE OF SEPTEMBER

Monte Alegre is located in the Sul De Minas region and owned by the Viera family. They focus on quality coffee production whilst maintaining strict environmental standards, so they get a nod from us. They meet rainforest alliance standards through diversifying planting on 20% of their land which is important to maintain the bio-diversity of […]

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FIKA: SEPTEMBER EDITION

I’m excited for spring. I just peeked over my computer and saw my olive tree (growing at a 45 degree angle, play acting like it’s being blasted by a southerly, but it just wants attention and I won’t indulge it) and I’m sure this is year that I’ll harvest its abundant olives, marinate them for […]

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