L’atelier des Chefs adopts coffee matching principles in its cookery courses!

Posted by Cafédirect, February 22nd, 2012, Comments (0)

We’re really excited to announce that, following on from our coffee matching event, celebrated London cookery school, L’atelier des Chefs has been experimenting with the winning recipe during their innovative lunchtime cookery classes.

Head Chef at L’atelier and judge of our recent coffee and dessert matching competition, was so impressed … Read more

Machu Picchu

Last-minute Valentines treats

Posted by Emily, February 13th, 2012, Comments (0)

If you need a quick but ever-so-thoughtful gift for your Valentine then how about these tasty Chocolate Gingerbread Hearts? They are easy to rustle up and are a great match to our Kilimanjaro Coffee as the perfect after dinner surprise (or indulgent breakfast in bed!)

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The Kilimanjaro Journey: “Cupping” the coffee samples

Posted by Thierry, February 10th, 2012, Comments (0)

In our quest to give you the best possible Kilimanjaro coffee, Cafédirect does not make any compromises on the quality of the beans we buy. In addition to the hard work in processing and selecting the beans from our producer partner, KNCU (Kilimanjaro Native Cooperative Union) based in Tanzania, we … Read more

The Kilimanjaro Journey: preparing for auction

Posted by Paul, January 23rd, 2012, Comments (0)

In our last post we talked about the process coffee goes through after the cherries have been picked (commonly called wet mill process), which results in something called ‘parchment coffee’, characterized by a yellow external layer.

Once complete, the farmer usually takes the beans to a nearby Primary Cooperative Society. … Read more

Coffee sacks waiting to be filled

The Choc Force has landed!

Posted by Emily, January 16th, 2012, Comments (0)

Brrrrr, it’s cold outside! And apparently it’s one of the most depressing days of the year – not a great combo – but we have sent our Choc Force to the rescue, handing out cups of delicious, warming São Tomé hot chocolate to London’s chilly commuters. The lovely duo will … Read more

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