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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...

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

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

Friend of the month – Mary White

Posted by Cafédirect, March 16th, 2010, Comments (2)

Friend of the month, Mary White, is an avid supporter of Fairtrade and visited Mabale Growers’ Tea Factory in Uganda in 2009 with her husband. Tell us a little about your visit to Mabale. What were the highlights? My husband, Derek works for the Fairtrade Foundation, so as part of … Read more

Friend of the Month – Pete Sherrott

Posted by Alex, February 15th, 2010, Comments (4)

Pete is one of Cafédirect’s best customers! He singlehandedly drinks enough tea in a year to keep our supply chain team on overdrive… So ahead of our Tea ParTea for Fairtrade Fortnight, he is very much flavor of the month! Tea or coffee? Tea. What is your favorite Cafédirect … Read more

Friend of the Month – Angela Feaviour

Posted by Yasmin, January 18th, 2010, Comments (4)

Cyclist, Fairtrade campaigner and Cafédirect shareholder, Angela Feaviour, is January's Friend of the Month. Read all about how she discovered Cafédirect and the unusual gift she received last Christmas...

Friends of the Month – Pat & Sue

Posted by Yasmin, December 15th, 2009, Comments (1)

Pat and Sue are long time Friends of Cafédirect and, arguably, number one fans of our award winning Machu Picchu fresh ground coffee. As well as drinking Cafédirect since we launched in 1991, Pat and Sue have also been active campaigners and volunteered for us at TasteFair and the Royal … Read more

Friend of the Month – Simone Guerini Rocco

Posted by Yasmin, November 17th, 2009, Comments (0)

Simone works as a barista trainer for Peros, who make sure that Cafédirect gets to the thousands of schools, cafés, hospitals, Universities and workplaces that serve our delicious hot drinks. He’s been into the Cafédirect office to teach us all how to make the perfect cappuccino, and makes great … Read more

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