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Mar 28, 2018
How to keep your cafe making a profit from coffee
Your cafe should be making a healthy profit on its coffee sales. A 20g basket is plenty to make two espresso's with quality coffee. There is no need for +30g - this will eat into a cafe's profits and only benefits the roaster. Do your numbers - you might be surprised.
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Mar 15, 2018
THE ULTIMATE COFFEE JARGON GUIDE
Here it is, a blog to shine a little light on the complex coffee world for those of you who are starting out as a barista or an interested consumer.
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Feb 5, 2018
Coffee in Belfast, Roma and Barcelona - Winter 2018
The best thing about having family in Ireland is that when we go to visit them we get to travel around Europe a bit .. spoilt I know! So this time we checked out the Coffee in Northern Ireland, Rome and Barcelona.
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Oct 19, 2017
SUMMER TIME COFFEE RECIPES
Here's a few fun summertime coffee based recipes for you to try at home. The popular espresso martini, espresso g&t and cold brew.
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Aug 10, 2017
HOW THE KENNEDY'S BECAME COFFEE JUDGES
This blog is about our experience with coffee judging. We thought our readers might enjoy an insight into the process of a coffee competition and how the Kennedy family became qualified to judge coffee.
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Aug 3, 2017
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED, WHERE DO COFFEE BEANS GET THEIR FLAVOUR?
Let's start by saying that this is a complex question and this blog will only briefly touch on the various steps fro...
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Jul 26, 2017
WE'RE ON A WASTE REDUCTION JOURNEY... HOW ABOUT YOU?
Did you see the recent ABC program, War on Waste? If you didn't you would be one of the few. The program announced t...
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Jul 10, 2017
WHAT MAKES A COFFEE WORK BETTER FOR ESPRESSO RATHER THAN OTHER BREWING METHODS?
There is a plethora of coffee brewing methods available to us, but in our opinion, the espresso is the best base, an...
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Jun 14, 2017
How to land your first barista job
One of the most common questions we hear from budding baristas is
“How do I get my first barista job if I have limite...
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Jun 8, 2017
How to be your own barista at home
Here's a few of our favourite methods of making coffee that can be easily used at home.
FRENCH PRESSThe good ole' fr...
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Jun 2, 2017
The effects of climate change on coffee
This is an interesting video on climate change and its impact on coffee farming and the industry as a whole. Research...
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Jun 1, 2017
All Natural Decaf
Our Decaf is grown in Colombia and decaffeinated in Mexico using the 'Mountain Water' process and is 99.9% caffeine f...
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