Getting coffee from Yemen is difficult. Buying it isn’t cheap. Yet it’s flavours can be so exquisite more and more Yemeni people are putting in the effort, facing the dangers of turbulent war zones to ship it to the West. But the civil war the country has been in...
It can be easy to incur the sin of romanticizing life in coffee growing countries and idealize the impact of the specialty industry. I certainly had that mindset while talking to Joanne Berry (Head of Sourcing at Nordic Approach) about our new Kenyan coffee, processed...
Jesus Hernandez started growing coffee in El Salvador back in the 1800’s. He was a man of humble origins, but very hard working and a cunning businessman. Jesus was so dedicated and such a fine trader that very soon his small plot of land turned into a sizeable and...
Virtually unknown till last year, Kayon Mountain is a name that is growing in popularity among roasters all over the UK. Kayon is both a farm and processing station in the zone of Guji, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia, and it's reputation is well-deserved. The...
Manchester is a unique city. It’s certainly up there in terms of culture, architecture, music and sport and has earned its place in history many times over. From the birth of the Industrial Revolution (born in Ancoats nonetheless), the formation of Rolls Royce, the...