The Maillard Reaction | What Is It?
Learn more about the Maillard Reaction, named after Louis-Camille Maillard, the chemist who first described the process over 100 years ago.
Making coffee when entertaining
If you are entertaining at home, there are a few key things to consider when selecting a coffee brewing method for your guests.
Coffee Tasting Tips
Here’s a set of easy criteria to evaluate coffee like a pro.
What is cold press coffee?
What is the difference between Cold Press coffee, Cold Drip coffee and Cold Brew coffee? Learn more from John, our expert roaster.
What happens in the roaster?
From the warm up phase, to the end of a full dark roast – what really happens to beans in a coffee roaster?
The art of cupping
Just like a wine tasting, coffee cupping is a formal tasting technique developed to identify specific flavours, qualities and faults.
Bad coffee: grind vs dose
When your coffee is running poorly and tasting strange it is usually one of two culprits.
Coffee processing methods
Once a coffee cherry is harvested, there is one more pivotal step before it is sent to us to roast.
Your coffee tasting glossary
Use our handy tasting glossary to learn a few key terms to look for when evaluating the flavours of your beans.
Harvesting coffee cherries
Once a coffee cherry ripens, there is only a ten day window in which they can be harvested, often painstakingly done by hand.