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Conor Woodman ~ Unfair Trade?

Table of Contents Unfair Trade explores “How big business exploits the world’s poor – and why it doesn’t have to” Conor Woodman – an investigative journalist, television presenter, author and public speaker- has looked at who we are and what we claim to do.  How is it that our favourite

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What have we been up to during lockdown?

We have been in-and-out of the roastery keeping coffee going to fuel people at home but now as lockdown eases and our trade customers start to reopen (so thankful) we thought we’d share what we’ve been up to with the extra time we had. Elliott laid a patio. Whilst Kate made espresso martinis

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RE-OPENING CHECKLIST

RE-OPENING CHECKLIST Are your machines ready after sitting idle?  Have you flushed them through?  Have you recalibrated where necessary? Do you have enough stock? Coffee, tea, hot chocolate . . . . . ? Do you have enough take-out items like cups, lids, trays, straws?  Remember we are 100% plastic-free

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Together we can take small steps back to reality

Ignoring political rhetoric, we really are in this together, but as your direct trade coffee roasters, that is how we’ve always seen our relationship with our customers and our suppliers, especially our farmers.  So we write to encourage us all as we face the challenge to adapt and re-open, and

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Fine Food Digest ‘Best Brands 2020’

We have been voted one of the UK’s best brands by independent retailers in the latest issue of Fine Food Digest. the magazine is read by independent delicatessens, farm shops, food halls and speciality food buyers. The best brand survey  was created by asking buyers in farm shops, food halls

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New coffee bags

Our new coffee bags looking oh so good! Our new stand-up pouches available now for all coffees: > kraft paper outer > one-way valve for freshness > ziplock resealable strip > new labels But same great coffee of course.

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Measuring our impact on the environment

One of our passions at home and overseas has always been to find affordable and practical ways to minimise our environmental impact and reduce single-use plastics. As you may know we already do a lot, but recently we’ve been able to do more, and have some further creative ideas in

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Newsletter: Weights & Measures

Autumn 2019 Weigh more value for small producers in Tanzania You can’t do your job properly without the right tools. We continue to believe in our farmers, and continue to invest in our relationships with them in order to improve their livelihoods, and improve your coffee. These new weighing scales

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Newsletter: Jack & Jacutinga

Summer 2019 Beautiful scenes, beautiful coffee Previous Next This is Jacutinga, ethically sourced coffee from a small coffee growing community high in the hills of southern Minas Gerais, Brazil. We’ve been back to buy the crop this year and meet with Osmar and his family. The more they understand speciality

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Newsletter: Improving coffee, improving lives

February 2018 Improving Coffee, Improving Lives Our Kilimanjaro coffees are exceptional high grown Arabicas and cup consistently high year after year. This year’s trip was a reflective one after 10 years in Tanzania, and we were able to map the increased quantity and quality of the crop, especially from the

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