Barista Tips & Guides

What's The Difference Between Robusta & Arabica Coffee?
What's The Difference Between Robusta & Arabica Coffee?
Read Time: 2.5 – 4 minutes ‘Robusta‘ and ‘Arabica‘ are terms used to describe the species of a coffee bean/cherry. It goes without saying that coffee is complex. You can... Read more...
Image of leopard in background with black overlay coffee profile Kenyan Ruka Chui
Coffee Profile: Kenya Ruka Chui
Read Time: 1-2 minutes Kenya is known in the coffee industry to have some of the world’s most beautiful and delicious Arabica coffee beans. In fact, 90% of Kenya’s coffee... Read more...
Coffee cherries in background with text World Coffee Research Think and Drink Webinar
WCR Think + Drink
Read time: 6 minutes, 33 seconds. World Coffee Research (WCR) is an agricultural research and development non-profit organisation. Their mission is to “Grow, protect, and enhance supplies of quality coffee... Read more...
The Ethiopian Coffee Industry
The Ethiopian Coffee Industry
Read Time: 2-3 minutes Ethiopia is the largest coffee producer in Africa and the fifth-largest in the world. Usually grown at an altitude of 1500-2200 metres above sea level and... Read more...
What Affects Coffee Flavour Part One: Processing
What Affects Coffee Flavour Part One: Processing
Read Time: 4-5 minutes What exactly is coffee processing? Coffee processing is the procedure of removing some of the five layers of the coffee cherry – the number of layers... Read more...
Coffee Profile: Ethiopian Yirgacheffe Grade 3
Coffee Profile: Ethiopian Yirgacheffe Grade 3
Read Time: 1-2 minutes Ethiopia is the birthplace of coffee; it was found after Kaldi the goat herder noticed his goats acting strangely after eating some cherries off a tree.... Read more...
Why You Should Invest in a Grinder
Why You Should Invest in a Grinder
READ TIME: 1-2 minutes People often spend thousands of dollars on a brand new, top of the line coffee machine, but forget to invest in a grinder. What many people... Read more...
Delonghi Clessidra Coffee Brewer Review!
Delonghi Clessidra Coffee Brewer Review!
Todays’ review is all about De’Longhi’s Clessidra Brewer, a coffee machine made to create perfect pour-overs and precise filter coffee! It’s approved by the European Coffee Brewing Centre (ECBC) and... Read more...
How To Tell The Difference Between Good & Bad Coffee Beans
How To Tell The Difference Between Good & Bad Coffee Beans
Read time – 3 minutes, 50 seconds. To put it simply, a good coffee bean is determined by whether or not it gives you a coffee that you like. However,... Read more...
Everything You Need to Know About Rwandan Coffee
Everything You Need to Know About Rwandan Coffee
Read time: 3 minutes Rwanda is the 28th largest coffee producer in the world, with almost half a million micro coffee farms across the country producing over 35 million pounds... Read more...
blog title image with espresso shots in background on white table with black overlay and text Espresso vs Expresso what is the correct pronounciation?
Expresso vs Espresso
When one enters the coffee world, they must learn an entirely new vocabulary, it can be difficult, and most pre-established coffee fans will forgive you for mixing up what a... Read more...
Coffee Profile: Rwanda Karenge 100% Organic
Coffee Profile: Rwanda Karenge 100% Organic
Karenge is a small sector in the Eastern province of Rwanda, a Central/Eastern African country, also known as the ‘land of a thousand hills’ for its stunning scenery. Karenge is... Read more...