How to get into drinking filter coffee
Introduction As much as I love my filter coffee, I will admit, it took me time to get into it without any sweetener. Lets just just say I had to refine my taste. Now some people are the opposite who have always liked drinking coffee black. Then there are others who try to drink coffee […]
How to avoid under-extracted pour-over coffee
It is safe to say there is nothing as rewarding when the pour-over you make tastes great. Especially when you know its very easy to make a bad cup. There are two things that can happen that lead to a pour-over tasting bad. That is either over-extraction where the coffee is too strong, dry and […]
Why It Is Important To Let Coffee Rest After Roasting
There are many unwritten rules when drinking speciality coffee. Things like brewing with freshly ground coffee or using a higher water temperature for light roasts. One of these things we will be looking at is why it is important to let your coffee rest after it has been roasted. Not opening up a bag of […]
An Honest Review of the Origami Dripper: The pour-over only for Instagram?
If you have an instagram account where you post or look at coffee then it is likely you would have come across the Origami Dripper. It is a difficult object to ignore because aesthetically it is beautiful and eye catching. Made from Japanese Mino porcelain, the Origami is an instagram favourite for many due to […]
All the coffee equipment you need right now to start brewing speciality coffee at home
One thing that looks daunting but actually isn’t, is buying coffee equipment to start brewing from home. Now if you have not looked into much coffee stuff then it can take time to learn what set up and equipment you need to buy. Especially if you are like me where you like to research into […]
5 Reasons to buy the Kalita Wave instead of the V60
In this post I am stepping out of my comfort zone and getting bold. I am going to give you 5 reasons why you should buy the Kalita Wave instead of the V60. The biggest rivalry to the popular Hario V60 dripper is no doubt the Kalita Wave. It is the closest ‘big’ rivarly we […]
A Guide to Speciality Coffee shops in Bournemouth & Poole – Unique coffee spots you need to know about
So this article is going to be something different for this website. We are stepping outside the home brewing home and talking about coffee shops down in Bournemouth and Poole (or just Dorset). This is the county I grew up and I even played cricket for Dorset for number of years. Sorry I had to […]
A guide to buying Speciality Coffee – What to know before you buy
One of the my favourite things to do is to shop around for speciality coffee and decide what beans I want to try out for the next few weeks. It is like being a kid in a toy store with so many choices. Unfortunately, you can’t buy everything that piques your interest and you have […]
What Consumers want to see from coffee roasters
Whether you are a consumer or a coffee roaster you will know that the speciality coffee market in the UK is very competitive. Speciality coffee drinking from home is on the up. It helps there are lot of coffee roasters to pick from. So for coffee roasters it is quite the task to get them […]
How to find the coffee brewer that suits your personality
I have been asked by people looking to get into coffee brewing at home which manual coffee brewer they should buy. I usually had the same answer for them but thinking about it more, I realised perhaps I should recommend a coffee brewer that fits someone’s personality rather than how easy it is to use […]