The Final Friday Fun

Posted by Siobhan, September 3rd, 2010, Comments (7)
So, as we said last week, today sees the last of our weekly Friday Fun posts.Over the past year, we’ve asked you to caption photos, rename our coffee roaster, get musical and think of coffee tunes,  share  your energy saving tips and lots more with us! Today … Read more

Friday Fun – Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Special!

Posted by Alex, August 27th, 2010, Comments (16)
The Cafédirect Container House is in Edinburgh this week for The Fringe – come and find us in situated near Udderbelly and McEwan Hall. So it’s only right that today’s fun is comedy themed! In the comments box below, share with us your funniest Cafédirect related joke, or … Read more

Friday Fun – Vintage Caption Special!

Posted by Alex, August 20th, 2010, Comments (29)
Last weekend we were sampling our Machu Picchu and Kilimanjaro coffees at the Vintage At Goodwood festival – and like thousands of others, had a fantastic time – despite the ‘hot drinks weather’! It was great meeting so many people who loved our coffees and were embracing the vintage styles … Read more

Friday Fun – vintage style!

Posted by Siobhan, August 13th, 2010, Comments (7)
Today we're off to Vintage at Goodwood and so we have some vintage inspired Friday Fun! We'd like to know if you could have one vintage item - maybe a favourite toy from your childhoodor a retro piece of furniture from your house when you were younger - what would it be?

Friday Fun – 3 day weekend!

Posted by Cafédirect, August 6th, 2010, Comments (8)
It’s that time again…Friday Fun time! The weekend is literally hours away and I’m sure by now you already have an hour by hour plan of how it will be spent! Today we’d like you to just close your eyes and imagine a miracle happens; you have a 3 DAY … Read more

Friday Fun – one potato, 2 potatoes, 3 potatoes, 4….

Posted by Alex, July 30th, 2010, Comments (8)
Last week we took the plunge and started to harvest our potatos – we’ve been speculating on when they would be ready for a while now, but there’s only one way to find out…. We’ve been growing them in coffee sack growbags on our balcony as part of our Sow … Read more

Friday Fun – Carry on Glamping!

Posted by Yasmin, July 23rd, 2010, Comments (9)
What would you do to glamp up your festival experience using your creativity alone?

Friday Fun – Compilation CD requests!

Posted by Yasmin, July 16th, 2010, Comments (11)
Post your ideas for a song to add to a Cafédirect Mixtape here. The most creative entry will win a copy of Cultural Harmonies, a pack of Medium Roast fresh ground coffee and some Everyday Tea.

Friday Fun – Heatwave

Posted by Cafédirect, July 9th, 2010, Comments (11)
Today's Friday Fun is Heatwave themed- post your heatwave related songs for a chance to win one of our limited edition 'I'm not a paper cup' mugs and some tea to make into your own iced tea (baby).

Friday Fun – caption this!

Posted by Siobhan, July 2nd, 2010, Comments (21)
Friday Fun is here again. This week we'd like you to caption the photo of these merry men who dropped by the Cafédirect Container House for a coffee. You have until 5.30 today to enter. Good luck!

Friday Fun – celebrate the World Cup!

Posted by Siobhan, June 25th, 2010, Comments (14)
Today’s Friday fun is all about the World Cup (and tea or coffee of course!) ! Simply take a well known footballer and adapt his name so that it’s  relevant to Cafédirect. Adolfo Barista, the Mexican forward, England’s John Tea-ry,  – that’s the kind of stuff we’re looking … Read more

A dip into water footprinting … and Friday Fun!

Posted by Whitney, June 18th, 2010, Comments (13)
In case you didn’t know, this week is the 2nd annual “Water Saving Week”.  A newly born sibling to the longer-running ‘Energy Savings Week’, this occasion is meant to spread some water wisdom and “help water users to rethink their attitude to water.” Inspired by this week, I’ve been … Read more

Fruitful Friday Fun – caption contest

Posted by Alex, June 4th, 2010, Comments (17)
So our Sow Your Own campaign is in full swing, and our limited edition herb seed coffee packs out in the stores NOW. This photo appeared in various papers last week with the caption “A commuter uses his briefcase as a mini allotment as part of Cafédirect’s Sow Your Own … Read more

Friday Fun – Cryptic Challenge

Posted by Alex, May 28th, 2010, Comments (12)
You’ll have noticed we’ve been getting the Hay Fever from our recent blog posts, and the festival is in full swing today, so it’s only right that today’s fun is Hay themed!   Coffee has fuelled the imagination and literary genius of many great writers and thinkers. Voltaire reportedly … Read more

Friday Fun – get growing

Posted by Siobhan, May 21st, 2010, Comments (13)
You all know we’ve been busy growing our own fruit, veg & herbs here in the office recently and are really excited about tasting our produce very soon! We’re growing our produce in coffee sacks, coffee packs, teapots, footballs, noodle bowl – the more unusual the … Read more

Friday Fun – Caption This!

Posted by Alex, May 14th, 2010, Comments (15)
Anyone else got that Friday Fun feeling?! A little banana themed gem this week, inspired by the excellent guys from Theatre of Adventure who kept us sane and very entertained in the rain at the London Fairtrade Festival (very much hot drinks weather – more photos here!) You might … Read more

Friday Fun – make the Container House a Home!

Posted by Yasmin, May 7th, 2010, Comments (6)
The Cafédirect Container House has been really popular at Grand Designs Live this week .  Yesterday Wayne Hemingway and his daughter Tilly stopped by the Container House to see how their design has come to life and say hello to coffee tasters who were choosing between Machu Picchu and Kilimanjaro.… Read more

Friday Fun – get creative with coffee sacks!

Posted by Yasmin, April 30th, 2010, Comments (21)
Yesterday we told you all about our exciting and super stylish Container House – which has some fabulous upcycled furniture. We’ve rescued some unwanted and unloved chairs and given them a makeover Cafédirect-style with the help of Wayne Hemingway and Restore Community Project! At the Container House, you can … Read more

Friday Fun – Marathon running tips!

Posted by Siobhan, April 23rd, 2010, Comments (19)
Friday Fun is here again, which means the weekend is just around the corner! This weekend thousands of people are taking part in the London marathon and Leanne, Cafédirect’s Supply Chain Assistant (and baker of  Fairtrade Fudgy brownies), is one of them! To win this week’s prize you’ll need … Read more

Friday Fun – caption the photo

Posted by Siobhan, April 16th, 2010, Comments (22)
It’s that time again…Friday Fun time. Today we need your help to caption this photo of John from our sales team. (You might remember John from his tiffin-tastic recipe!) Alex suggested we call this photo ‘John lets off steam in the kitchen’.  If you can think of something … Read more
 
 
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