Everything you need to know is in the title, but a year of coffee for 2027 is now available. If you don’t know then the product explains it best rather than repeating it here. We’ve even bought the domains ayearofcoffee.co.uk and yearofcoffee.co.uk. This year profits will be going to making our roastery solar powered. We … Read more
Some subscribers to our newsletter may remember we asked in August if you would like funkier coffees. We had quite a few replies and some customers talked to us during our deliveries which was all very helpful. It’s fair to say that we’ve been a bit safer this year than in previous years because as … Read more
Even with a red circle added around me it’s hard to spot me in this crowd.
TL;DR: We’re prioritising solar powered roasting for 2027. It will require some small changes to how we operate but service remains the same. Aim is for 100% solar but winter will provide challenges. Our previous post on the carbon footprint of a delivery mentioned we are working on our 2027 plan and getting an electric … Read more
TL;DR: Average 312g of CO2 per parcel delivered. One method is huge in comparison (ULEV petrol). Some are zero (Bicycle). Majority are “OK” (Royal Mail). Overall, it’s complicated. We are currently in the process of working on our 2027 plan and one rabbit-hole we went down was our deliveries by car. The oppressive heat of … Read more
We’re taking our first foray in to podcast advertising next week by sponsoring the Insect of the Week feature on the Roots and All podcast, with the first airing going out on Monday 16th March. If you’re not familiar with it Roots and All is a podcast about gardening with a strong focus on protecting … Read more
We’ve been using Natureflex compostable packaging for a couple of years but we didn’t actually know if it was being composted by our customers so we sent out a very short survey in our newsletter and in the order completed emails that go out following a customer’s order being dispatched for a week. We received … Read more
We have changed our payments processor to Mollie. Mollie is a company based in The Netherlands and processes its data in the EU. We previously used Stripe. For UK customers they are based in Ireland and process data in the EU but data also gets passed to its parent company based in the US. Their … Read more
Decaffeinated coffees used to have a bad reputation which means that even today many people think of decaf coffees as having no taste, or even a bad chemical taste. But thankfully times have changed, and modern speciality decafs use the same types of high-quality coffee beans and remove the caffeine using far gentler and less … Read more
Last year my pre-existing anxiety started to get even worse. I was frequently having debilitating feelings of panic, and occasional panic attacks. This was on top of waking up in the night drenched in sweat, and slightly raised blood pressure. Some of you may recognise this straight away as perimenopause which my doctor diagnosed after … Read more