[Pink Bourbon Cherries at El Fenix - Photo courtesy of Raw Material] Rebirth. Is it possible to bring back what has been destroyed, stronger and better than it was before? As the phoenix that rises from the ashes, can the coffee industry adapt with its very...
Easy drinking, Consistent, Delicious. Batch Brew holds a special place in our hearts here at Ancoats Coffee. It's a way of brewing coffee that is both simple yet elegant and we believe it should hold pride of place in the world of coffee brewing. Filter coffee...
2020, the start of a new decade and a new chapter for Ancoats Coffee. This new decade holds a lot in store for Ancoats Coffee, ranging from new coffee's, to new ways of production and new sites. With this in mind we thought it would be a good idea to share with you...
Exciting. Funky. Fruity. Experimental. Whenever we source coffees for our Graphene Espresso those are attributes we have in mind. Which innovative processing methods can we bring to our customers? Which curious flavour profiles? These is what we ask ourselves. When we cupped lot GR0840 from Cachoeira farm in Brazil this January we knew we had found a coffee that presented the right answers to all those questions.
So you got yourself a job as a barista in a specialty coffee shop. Maybe you’ve been working in it for a while and you’re really passionate. You start dreaming about a life in coffee beyond the counter. What else can you do? How can you get there? But the specialty...
One of the many problems coffee farmers across the globe face is the lack of control over market price. When prices plunge, many end up selling their produce below the cost of production, making coffee farming economically unsustainable, not to mention emotionally...
Traditionally, restaurants have (mis)treated coffee as a cheap commodity somehow disconnected from the whole dining experience. How many times have we had bad brews served in the end of a really nice meal? The reasons for such a gap in quality are many, but we are...
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...