How much carbon is in your coffee cup?

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A graph in the shape of a coffee cup showing the carbon contribution of different stages.

Like all activities, making a cup of coffee has a carbon footprint. Coffee is grown on farms in the tropics, the ripe cherries are picked then processed at a mill where the pulp is removed, the beans are washed and then dried, it is transported across the world via ship and road, the beans are … Read more

Why we use home compostable packaging for our coffee

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Packs of coffee in clear packaging with paper labels

Our search for less environmentally damaging packaging started with a stack of coffee orders all packed up and ready to go out to customers. I suddenly imagined all those plastic pouches going in to the bin and landfill, and then another stack when our next delivery went out, and another and another… I didn’t want … Read more

Our AI policy (tl;dr: we don’t use AI)

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For a while I thought that the whole AI thing was over-stated and people weren’t using it quite as much as the hype would have you believe, but apparently 79% of people have used AI at work so it really is everywhere. Only 15% of small businesses are using it compared to 68% of large … Read more

Cleaning up our act (well, website)

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Recently we wrote about discovering our website is very heavy and as a result, had a big carbon footprint. We’ve been doing some work to lighten it up, changing the design and reducing unnecessary features and we’re very happy to say it’s much better now. It’s gone from being dirtier than 56% of websites tested … Read more

Bigger isn’t better for our small business

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When you have a small business there is a constant pressure for growth. People with zero experience in business will, upon hearing you have a small business, start offering advice on how to grow. Stories of small businesses that have grown to take on more contracts and more staff are celebrated, and there are thousands … Read more