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It’s very seldom a roaster gets to taste the same coffee roasted on the same (to all intense and purposes) machine by different roasters with different intentions. At last weekends Bristol Coffee Festival we took our latest washed Ethiopian coffee Boreta Daye Bensa. We weren’t the only ones and this is clearly a popular coffee amongst some of the best roasters around right now (which means we’re in good company), and all of whom I have great respect for. One of these also at the event was Ben...
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...
Read moreWhy I didn't win the UK Roasting championships (or how many excuses can I come up with)
Recently I competed in the SCA roasting championships. It's the first time since 2019 that the SCA have run the event...
Read morePublic cuppings and home barista classes
Public Cuppings We hold monthly public cuppings in our dedicated training and education space. This is an informal t...
Read more2022 wrap up
In this last post of 2022 we thought we'd give a little review of our year in and out of coffee: our favourite momen...
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