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This week I received my signed copy of James Hoffmann's collection of blog posts entitled "`The best of Jim Seven 2004-2015". If you've not followed his blog over the past thirteen years or so then all I can say is you missed it. It's not like it's been essential reading for me on my coffee journey but jimseven like many other blogs has been instrumental in opening channels for discussion amongst the widening coffee community. I'm sure in those early years he was preaching to a very limited s...
Read moreFriday reflections
Friday night reflections on the week and I feel good. Some people I respect have made some lovely comments about Cran...
Read moreSoaking and being stumped (updated with results)
To soak or not to soak ?.. that was today’s question. Here you see two sets of curves. The lighter colour curves are...
Read morePass the milk please
Spending a Thursday evening with a bunch of milk wielding coffee geeks turned out to be quite entertaining .. I'm tal...
Read moreReflections on London Coffee Festival 2017
London Coffee Festival 2017 held at the Old Truman Brewery in Shoreditch ran from the 6th to the 9th April. This was my first time taking a stall and this is a few reflections on my first LCF experience. Read moreThis is LONDON calling
Next week is perhaps the UK's biggest yearly event on the speciality coffee calendar, The London Coffee Festival. Fou...
Read moreThe Arabica Nights
Last night I was reminded how far I've come and how much further there is to go on my speciality coffee journey. The ...
Read moreA tale of two loaves
Yesterdays market day was a day about Bread. Bread and Calvados (and coffee of course). Over the past 2 years of runn...
Read moreDelays to your online order from 8th Oct to 12th Oct
The Crankhouse Team are taking a little break and there will be delays to on-line orders placed between Saturday 8th ...
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