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The Sleeping Giant
For me, India has always been was of those ..meh.. origins. Tried a few .. not really inspired, and passed. I did have a nice Red Honey from a place called Ratnagiri Estate back in 2020 which was pretty good.. but nothing amazing. Then I met Pranoy Thipaiah in 2022, first virtually through Lucia Solis’s amazing podcast, fermentation camps and discord channel, and then in person when Pranoy came to the UK for the London Coffee Festival and detoured down to lil ole’ Exeter. We held a mid-week, ...
Read moreA visit to the birthplace of coffee (and humanity).
Ethiopia holds a special place for many of us that work in speciality coffee. One of our industry leaders Peter Guili...
Read more2024 is a wrap
By way of tradition, here's the last newsletter of 2024 with a snapshot of our year, including the highs and lows and...
Read moreWhat’s in a profile ?
It’s very seldom a roaster gets to taste the same coffee roasted on the same (to all intense and purposes) machine by...
Read moreA decade of learning
If you read the last newsletter you'll know that I've just been away on a course called 'Plant to Port' in Colombia, ...
Read moreCosta Ri-ca-ca
I’ve just returned from visiting producers and cooperatives in Costa Rica with our import partner DR Wakefield Coffee...
Read more2023 wrap up
By way of tradition, here's the last post of 2023 with a review of our year, highs and lows and what's to come. New ...
Read moreJack's Colombia trip with Raw Material 2023
Colombia, a stunning country that produces stunning coffee. Thanks to Dave and Raw Material I headed out on my second...
Read moreOnce upon a time I wrote a post about a dream
That dream became reality back in 2019 when Crankhouse secured a 6 year lease for the basement level of an old indust...
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