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Posted by Emily, December 7th, 2011, Comments (0)

It’s good to have friends, and if you become a Friend of Cafedirect you’ll receive a monthly email full of fantastic competitions, recipes, updates from our growers and information on Cafedirect offers nationwide. This month we are offering Friends the chance to win a week’s escape to an idyllic Cornwall … Read more

Harissa chicken and vegetable tagine

Posted by Cafédirect, October 14th, 2011, Comments (0)

In celebration of National Nut Day on October 22nd, Harry’s Nuts! have sent us this fabulous recipe for all Nut fans to enjoy. It’s been developed by Aggie MacKenzie herself and you can find more splendid recipes like this in Aggie’s Family Cookbook, published by Pavilion. Not only that, but … Read more

Friend of the Month – Isabelle Alaya

Posted by Cafédirect, June 30th, 2011, Comments (0)

July’s friend of the month is artisan chocolatiere and owner of The Melange in Peckham, Isabelle Alaya. You may remember from our blog post last month that we worked with Isabelle at the Caffe Culture tradeshow at Olympia where she created delicious chocolate truffles infused with our Machu Picchu instant … Read more

Friend of the Month – The Rawlins Family

Posted by Cafédirect, June 7th, 2011, Comments (0)

June’s friend of the month is taking on a new dimension as we feature our first family of the month! We met Tim, Emma, Lucie and Katie at Hay Festival and WOMAD last year and were delighted to come across them stewarding at Hay Festival again this year. They live … Read more

Friend of the Month – Maddy Harland

Posted by Siobhan, May 12th, 2011, Comments (0)

May’s Friend of the Month is Maddy Harland, editor of Permaculture Magazine, a magazine devoted to practical news and articles on permaculture, self-sufficiency, farming, gardening, smallholding and sustainable living. Maddy is also co-founder of the Sustainability Centre in Hampshire, where you will find a fine cup of Cafédirect coffee … Read more

Friend of the month – Tracey Smith

Posted by Cafédirect, April 7th, 2011, Comments (0)

April’s Friend of the Month is Tracey Smith. Author of the bestselling Book of Rubbish Ideas, she is also a columnist and broadcaster on sustainable living and creator of awareness campaign, InterNational Downshifting week. She’s a maverick enthusiastic advocate for living with less and can be heard reguarly on … Read more

Friend of the month – green fingered Emma Cooper

Posted by Siobhan, March 9th, 2011, Comments (1)

March’s Friend of the Month is green fingered Emma Cooper. A writer, photographer and podcaster, Emma contributes to many gardening blogs including the BBC, The Ecologist and her own coopette.com How & when did you discover Cafédirect? Long, long ago! It must have been around 2001, when we bought … Read more

Friend of the Month – Ravinder Bhogal, food writer and cook

Posted by Siobhan, February 14th, 2011, Comments (1)

February’s Friend of the Month is Ravinder Bhogal, food writer; journalist; stylist and television personality (and big fan of our São Tomé Instant Hot Chocolate!) , also known as Cook in Boots. What is your favourite Cafédirect drink? I love the Machu Picchu Fresh Ground coffee because of its … Read more

Friend of the month – Anne: tea lover & campaigner extraordinaire

Posted by Alex, December 1st, 2010, Comments (1)

December’s Friend of the Month is Anne Garvey, tea lover and campaigner extraordinaire. We met her daughter Sophia at WOMAD when she tried our Kilimanjaro and Machu Picchu coffees at the Container House. Sophia was already a Cafédirect fan, and told us of how her mother campaigned to get Teadirect … Read more

Friend of the Month – Alex

Posted by Yasmin, November 16th, 2010, Comments (1)

November's Friend of the Month is Alex. She discovered Cafédirect at the Container House this summer and was so excited by the upcycled furniture that she tried her hand at making her own. Check out her coffee sack creation & read more about her here...

Recipe of the Month: Caroline’s Paddington Cake

Posted by Siobhan, November 8th, 2010, Comments (7)

This month's recipe of the month is a sticky, spicy chocolate orange layered sponge with a delicious orange fudge frosting created by Friend of Cafédirect Caroline Turner! Also, it's dairy and egg free, so it's suitable for vegans too!

Why you pay more (or don't) for organic…

Posted by Whitney, October 14th, 2010, Comments (5)

During Organic Fortnight back in September, I blogged about the difficult position of our business in supporting organic production, but struggling to sell it (at the inevitable higher price) here in the UK. While pondering the ins and outs of the debate, I posed the following question to our Friends … Read more

Friend of the Month – Tilly Hemingway

Posted by Yasmin, October 6th, 2010, Comments (0)

Tilly Hemingway was one half of the dynamic design team behind the Cafédirect Container House. Find out which Cafédirect product she loves, her favourite thing to do on a Sunday afternoon, which bygone era she'd visit and more...

Friend of the Month – Wayne Hemingway

Posted by Yasmin, September 15th, 2010, Comments (0)

September's Friend of the Month is eco-design pioneer & curator of Vintage at Goodwood, Wayne Hemingway. Wayne and his daughter, Tilly, also designed our Container House, ensuring that it is an upcycled haven for coffee lovers. Find out what fruit he grows, which vintage era he'd like to go back to and what his hidden talent is...

Friend of the Month – Katharine the Feltmaker

Posted by Yasmin, August 11th, 2010, Comments (1)

Katharine Huggett has been drinking Cafédirect for almost 20 years! She has woven a beautiful rug made from Machu Picchu coffee sacks and sheep's wool for the Cafédirect Container House.

Friends of the month – Helen & Tony fresh from Machu Picchu

Posted by Siobhan, July 13th, 2010, Comments (1)

This month we caught up with Helen and her father Tony who have recently come back from Peru - Helen was the lucky winner of our Machu Picchu competition and took her father with her as her guest.

Friend of the month – Tim winner of the Gorilla adventure!

Posted by Siobhan, June 14th, 2010, Comments (0)

This month’s Friend of the month is Tim. Tim is the lucky winner of our recent Tea with the Gorillas competition. This August both Tim and his wife will be whisked away on a holiday of a lifetime – a chimp and gorilla safari in Uganda. He will get to … Read more

Friend of the month – Fairtrade expert & activist Linda

Posted by Siobhan, May 13th, 2010, Comments (2)

Our Friend of the Month, Linda, is helping out the Marketing and Communications team here at Cafédirect during May, but normally works for Imani Development, an African economic development consultancy organisation, who work with Cafédirect to implement development programmes with our tea partners. While her work with Imani gives … Read more

Recipe of the month – Earl Grey Cupcakes

Posted by Siobhan, May 11th, 2010, Comments (6)

This month’s recipe comes from Claire Ellis – Friend of Cafédirect, Earl Grey lover and winner of our March newsletter competition. Claire won a unique upcycled cake-stand which she plans to serve these delicious treats on. Cupcake ingredients: 115g (4oz) unsalted butter – softened 1 cup Fairtrade caster sugar 2 … Read more

Friend of the Month – Jamie Verry the roofing legend!

Posted by Alex, April 19th, 2010, Comments (0)

We’ve been creative in the office with uses for coffee sacks, making grow bags and even designer outfits, but Jamie has surpassed us and found a very innovative use for our coffee sacks….. This month’s friend of the month is from Cornwall, Britain’s first county! What is your favorite … Read more

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