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It's not rocket science!
November 08, 2018
I’ve just been away on a two berth boat travelling the canals of the south of France. As part of the on-board facilities there is a gas stove a kettle and a mesh filter to help make coffee. I took three of our coffees with me, Ethiopian Yirgacheffe, Cuban, Altura Lavado and a Costa Rica community lot from the Tazazzu region.
- Coffee
- Coffee Blog
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Ethiopia
- South of France
- Travel
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The most magical forest on Earth
November 08, 2018
In an age when we get to see and taste so many great coffees it’s rare to come across a coffee that stops you dead in your tracks. As an origin Mexico produces significant quantities of coffee but I have to say that nothing up until now had been that memorable.
- Coffee
- Coffee Blog
- Coffee Origin
- El Triunfo
- Mexico
- Travel
- Travel Blog
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Guatemala – Monte Rosa – “Laurina”
November 08, 2018
Volcan de Fuego erupted on the 3rd June 2018 causing immense devastation in the south west of Guatemala, a major coffee growing region famous for Antigua coffee. As with typhoon Hudhud in south-eastern India a few years back, devastation occurs overnight. Livelihoods as well as life is lost in these immense natural disasters.
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DR Congo – Kawa Kanzururu Co-op coffee
November 08, 2018
I think it is quite miraculous that we are able to source coffee from The Democratic Republic of Congo. Not only is it rewarding to receive, it is also great coffee. One day I hope I'll pay a visit to these amazing producers but for now all I can do is write about the background to a country that has been devastated by war and disease.
- Africa
- Coffee
- Coffee Blog
- Coffee Expert
- Congo
- Travel
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Lazy Sunday
November 08, 2018

For the first time forever I had Sunday off (normally I’ll be opening our busy waterfront café). I’d forgotten how carefree this day once was so many years ago before life got in the way.
- Coffee
- Coffee Blog
- Coffee Expert
- Dinard
- France
- Sunday
- Travel
- Travel Blog
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Myanmar coffee - The Beaujolais noveau of the east
November 08, 2018
I visited Myanmar in February 2018 and discovered a really interesting country with a lot of historical baggage but with a bright future if only the rest of the world would stop interfering. In my book “trade and aid, the politics of coffee” I’ve tried to give some insight into what I saw without the filter of a global media. There are major problems not least of which is a resolution to the Rohingya crisis, however the democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi needs to be given some space to allow her fledgling Government to establish itself after decades of ruinous military rule.
- Aged Coffee
- coffee
- Coffee Blog
- Coffee Stories
- Myanmar
- Rohingya
- Travel
- Travel Blog
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My Day Off
November 08, 2018
I decided to take a time out of my business the other day and go to London to see an exhibition at the Tate Modern Gallery. However being in the coffee business I find you never really take a day off, instead I found myself drinking more coffee than ever as I trawled various outlets on both my outward and return journeys.
- coffee
- Coffee Blog
- Day Off
- London
- Speciality Coffee
- Travel
- Travel Blog
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Shwe Ywar Ngan, Myanmar
November 08, 2018
Traceability has virtually become the new ethical standard for the consumer. However did you know that many of our giant and most trusted corporations use fake farm names or fake place names to give the impression of provenance? The competition for your spend seemingly means that no stone is left unturned when it comes to cosying up to the consumer and giving the illusion of that feel-good factor.
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The Coffee Trail With Simon Reeve
November 08, 2018
As a certified coffee nerd I can’t help but watch anything that has the word coffee in its title. The Coffee Trail by Simon Reeve whilst not new was a worthwhile watch on BBC4 last night (28/1/18).
- BBC4
- Coffee
- Coffee Blog
- Coffee nerd
- Simon Reeve
- Travel
- Travel Blog
- Vietnam
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Myanmar - It's Complicated
November 08, 2018
On the 4th of February 2018 I along with other colleagues in the speciality coffee industry will be visiting Myanmar and it's fledgling coffee producing areas. I will ultimately self publish a book on my visit, but in the mean time here is some background on a country which many have heard of but which few could even locate on a map.
- Burma
- Coffee
- Coffee Blog
- Coffee Storeis
- Coffee Trips
- Myanmar
- Travel
- Travel Blog
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Cafe Femenino - Coffee Helping Social Change
November 08, 2018
In December 2013 I had the privilege of visiting Peru and Bolivia.
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