I’ve just read an article by Sophie Heawood in The Guardian and it echoed something I’ve been thinking for a while. In her piece, Sophie says “We’ve become used to living in a world where BBC broadcasters can’t say what their politics are; where religious leaders get into trouble for having thoughts on how we … Read more
You may have been drinking pre-ground for a while. You may have only recently made the leap from instant (if you are drinking instant visit this link for the first step) but are keen to know how to make an even better cup of coffee. Your next investment should be a grinder. Even if you’re using a cafetiere … Read more
Decaffeinated coffee has a bad rep. Part of coffee’s delight is the caffeine, a powerful drug that wakes us up in the morning and keeps us awake when working to deadlines and the to-do list is growing. The coffee plant is naturally caffeinated. Best guesses as to why plants have caffeine is to protect it … Read more
After flirting with the idea of offering ground coffee in 2013, we decided after a small trial run not to do so. Although this made anti-business sense on paper as the pre-ground market is bigger than whole bean, and being a new business where every new sale mattered (and still does), this might seem like … Read more
We don’t and will never bulk out our coffee with other substances Something that has recently caught our attention here at The Roasting House is ‘coffee bulking’. Coffee bulking is when coffee suppliers bulk out coffee with cheaper substances. These include but aren’t limited to soil, twigs, corn, flour and anything you could imagine reasonably hiding … Read more
We believe coffee is best ground just before you add it to water. Pre-ground breaks down the bean exposing to air and the longer it is left the longer that dilution to air is happening. We feel it wouldn’t do our coffee justice having ground. We want to offer the freshest coffee bean possible but … Read more
We were recently asked via Twitter whether our coffee beans are Fair Trade or not. While we attempted to say briefly what our stance was, it is difficult to fully explain a complicated and nuanced situation within the confines of 140 characters so we thought we’d reply via the blog where we can be more … Read more