What is Q Grading?

Q Grading is a term that you may have heard floating around the specialty coffee industry. What exactly does it mean? The Q coffee system was developed by the Coffee Quality Institute in 2004. It can be thought of as a scale by which to judge coffees. It was developed to improve the standard of […]

Cupping: Improving Your Coffee Palate

For anyone entering the coffee scene for the first time, coffee tasting (aka cupping) can be a somewhat intimidating experience. Confident baristas slurp their way around a table before making crazy in-depth and varying descriptions of what to the new comer all seem to be similar coffee beverages. There is really only one way to […]

Learning different flavours of coffee

Improving Your Coffee Palate

For anyone entering the coffee scene for the first time, coffee tasting (aka cupping) can be a somewhat intimidating experience. Confident baristas slurp their way around a table before making crazy in-depth and varying descriptions of what to the new comer all seem to be similar coffee beverages. There is really only one way to […]

Dessert & Coffee Event Recap

Thank you to everyone who came down last Thursday to our warehouse to eat and drink the flavour bombs! We took everyone through our latest range of single origin coffee served 3 ways, paired with the magical flavour guru Stuart from Miss Lilly’s Kitchen. We paired the following coffees with these desserts: El Salvador [Espresso] […]

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We tasted Acids…and it was Awesome!

Thank you everyone for coming to last weeks Acids in Coffee session. Apart from crunching down of tart limes and ripe banana’s we found out how flavour ends up in coffee and how we can use that to describe it. Every month we run a casual discussion and event showcasing what we love about specialty […]

What acids are found in coffee?

Unlocking the Secrets of Acids in Coffee

At Black Market Roasters – We love exploring! Exploring flavours, new ways to do things. This month we have landed on the topic of Acids in Coffee and how it affects flavour. When: WED 6th April 6:30PM Where: BMR Enmore 86 Enmore Road, Newtown What: FREE Event Join Jessica our Head Roaster and Wilson our […]

Single Origin Tasting Tonight!

6PM Tonight @ TopHat Coffee Merchants in Clovelly We are showcasing our new range of single origin coffees and would love to see you there and chat about coffee. Maybe even have a cheeky beer as well [stag_map lat=”-33.91190″ long=”151.25848″ width=”100%” height=”350px” style=”none” zoom=”15″]

EVENT: 30th July Single Origin Tasting

We are opening the Vault and letting you all slurp, suck and quaff some fresh new origins. The Roaster will take you through the Cupping of the new Black Market origins as well as tasting the coffees through a variety of other extraction methods. From Guatemala to Kenya, the different flavours will explained and hopefully […]