We’re delighted to announce that our Charlestown Espresso Blend has been awarded again a coveted 1 Star in the Great Taste Awards 2023! This is the 6th time that Charlestown, has received the accolade, after winning it in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 and this year. The judges when describing the coffee said: “Lovely beans […]
Mahlkonig have established themselves to be considered as first choice espresso grinders for any specialty coffee shop baristas looking for the perfect companion in their shop and with the E65s GBW and E80s GBW recently being added to the line up, we’ve managed to get our hands on the E65s GBW model here in our […]
Open House With all the Royal Mail strikes, and Black Friday causing big delays to all deliveries, we are wanting to help our local customers. On Monday 19th until Thursday 22nd December, between 10 & 4pm, we will have a Roastery Open House. You can come to the roastery and buy your last minute Christmas […]
Taste Awards 2022 We are over the moon to have been shortlisted in TWO categories for this year’s Taste Awards which are run by Deliciouslyorkshire, the Regional Food Group for Yorkshire and the Humber. Best Hot Beverage with our Decaf Colombia Popayan Reserve Sugarcane Process Best Wholesaler Big shout out for our team for all […]
It has almost been a month since we have introduced our new packaging, and we thought to write a little blog post about Frequently Asked Questions: Why have you changed? For years we were unhappy on how our old packaging wasn’t eco-friendly. The mono plastic bags were fine as you can recycle them with soft […]
Introducing our new “Plastic Free” bags We have always been committed to producing delicious coffee in an ethical and sustainable way, and always looked at different ways in reducing our carbon footprint. Coffee packaging has always been the elephant in the room, the needs of having a bag that keeps the coffee fresh while […]
Sustainability – Part 1 The word ‘sustainability’ is a buzz word thrown around these days like it has no meaning, as if it’s a box ticking exercise that large companies have to check off to keep the customers happy. However, it is a very important principle that needs to be appreciated. Why? Because if it […]
We are proud to announce that our Charlestown & Unione Espresso Blends have both been awarded again a Great Taste Star for 2020. For the Charlestown, this is the 4th consecutive year it has won the award. What’s more, our Decaf Colombia Popayan Reserve has been awarded the even more prestigious 2 Star award. This […]
We’re delighted to announce that our Charlestown Espresso Blend and Unione Espresso Blend have both been awarded a coveted 1 Star in the Great Taste Awards 2019. For our Charlestown, this is the third consecutive year it has received the accolade. For Unione, this has received the even more prestigious 2 Star award. Great Taste, […]
You may have spotted that our coffees are ‘seasonal’. But what exactly does this mean? We roast coffee all year round. However, this doesn’t mean that coffee is picked, processed and continuously shipped. Coffee beans are the seed of the coffee fruit, or ‘cherry’. Coffee is just like other fruit trees- in the spring, the […]