Barista Tips & Guides

How is Coffee Graded?
How are coffee beans graded?
When reading about specialty coffee, you will often read that beans are graded. But what does this all mean? And who decided on the rules? The SCA Coffee Beans Classification... Read more...
Women In the Coffee Industry
Women in Coffee
International Women’s Day is an annual event to empower women globally, transforming the lives of women and girls for the better. Unfortunately in 2017, this is still a sorely needed... Read more...
Green Eco Coffee Habits
How to cultivate eco-friendly coffee habits?
The idea of “Green Consumerism” began in the 90’s with a rise in consumer awareness of sustainable product development and end user responsibility. While the term has been around for... Read more...
What is Microlot Coffee?
What is Microlot coffee?
“Microlot” is the new buzzword that’s getting thrown around in the coffee industry left right and centre. So what exactly is and is not a microlot coffee? The best way... Read more...
HoccuSpoon Spice Coffee Gadget
The HocuSpoon is the latest coffee art tool we can't wait to try!
A little while back we reviewed the CinniBird Spice Pen, a cool coffee art gadget that dispenses powders like a mechanical pen. While probably not quite viable for commercial use,... Read more...
Home made coffee Scrub
How to Make a DIY Coffee Scrub at Home
With Valentines Day just around the corner, we’ve been thinking about ways to share the love with important people in our lives. Lately we’ve been realising how much of a... Read more...
Can Coffee Really Prevent Alzheimers
Can Coffee Really Prevent Alzheimers?
A 2016 report from the Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee has discovered a link between coffee consumption and lower risks of Alzheimer’s, dementia and Parkinson’s disease. The report was... Read more...
Are Australians Really Coffee Snobs?
Are Australians Really Coffee Snobs?
I was recently informed by a friend travelling from the States that “Australia has the most ridiculous coffee culture she has ever encountered.” I was surprised, to be honest, I... Read more...
Why the Kenya Kiaguthu is king of Specialty Coffee Beans
Why the Kenya Kiaguthu is king of Specialty Coffee Beans
The new Kenyan Single origin coffee is a truly amazing coffee. It’s grown by the Kiaguthu Wet Mill, a member the Othaya Farmers’ Cooperative Society in Nyeri County. A world... Read more...
Colombian Popaya Coffee Beans
The new Colombian Popayan Coffee Beans!
We have a brand new bean on the CBD site, that we are really excited about. The Colombian Popayan coffee is a superb microlot bean grown in the lush mountain... Read more...
Pour-Over-Coffee
The Science of the Pour Over Coffee Method
Pour over coffee originated in 1908, invented by a German entrepreneur named Melitta Bentz. But the rise of French Press knocked it off its perch. But now a resurgence of... Read more...
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3 Ridiculous Coffee Drinkers You Still Love (Mostly)
Yesterday a woman told me she just drank her first coffee in over four months. Red in the face she clutched her chest, swearing she was experiencing heart palpitations. Ridiculous,... Read more...