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
When we started, we were decidedly against selling ground coffee. What’s the point in buying nice, freshly roasted coffee if you’re going to have it pre-ground, we scoffed. But since then we’ve come around and realised that there are many reasons people wish to buy pre-ground coffee. From speaking to people, the main reason seems … Read more
You might have noticed that we have made some changes to our website. This is not just aesthetic, we’ve also changed some of the ways that things work to make it easier and also added some extra product offerings. We now have an account area so if you choose to register for an account, you’ll … Read more
Total waste to landfill in 2015: 36 grams Updates 2015-06-10 Three months since the last update and I’m pleased to say it’s still at 36g. Plastic bags are recycled at our local Sainsburys. Glass, paper and plastic go inside council recycling bins. Organic coffee waste goes into the compost. For bike servicing we are reusing rags … 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
A fresh bag of coffee is now The Roasting House For a while now we have been thinking of changing our name. Although we’re a fan of the descriptive and literal names, while A Fresh Bag of Coffee does say what we do, it is a bit of a mouthful to say and not the … Read more
Yellow Jersey offers for July 2014 If you know anything else about us other than selling coffee, it is probably that we love cycling. So of course we are very excited to see the world’s top cycling event starting on Sunday 5th July once again on UK shores and in roaster Adam’s home county of … Read more
Guatemala Strictly Hard Bean that has been decaffeinated by Swiss Water who are the leading name in decaff specialty coffee beans. Swiss Water remove caffeine not by chemicals but a process of washing and filtering. Roasting these beans were interesting for us. It’s the first time we’ve ever tried decaffeinated; roasting only suits Viennese (dark) … Read more
We made some changes to how we do our espresso roast last week. It was always an acquired taste but I don’t think we emphasis that well enough on our description which turned away a few people away from trying something lighter which they may have preferred. We’ve made it lighter by roasting at a lower … Read more