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One afternoon; three speciality coffee shops

Posted by Cafédirect, May 16th, 2012, Comments (0)

…It’s all in a day’s work for Cafédirect’s marketing team! Portland, Oregon is the spiritual home of the specialty coffee shop, just 175 miles from Seattle it lives and breathes coffee and this year it was the host city for the largest coffee event in the world: the Specialty Coffee … Read more

The Kilimanjaro Journey: the coffee beans reach Europe!

Posted by Paul, April 3rd, 2012, Comments (0)

Kilimanjaro...this way! Hay Festival 2010

When you have a cup of coffee in your hands, you probably don’t think about the incredible journey that the beans have taken from their origin to your favourite supermarket or café, so I have been writing a series of blogs to explain this amazing process. Perhaps next time you … Read more

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

Guest post from Cafedirect Producers’ Foundation

Posted by Cafédirect, October 3rd, 2011, Comments (0)

Today we have a guest post from Kenny at the Cafédirect Producers’ Foundation updating us on one of the projects at origin. As some of you may know, we not only pay growers a fair price for their crop (as per fairtrade regulations), but in addition, we also fund a programme of … Read more

Seeing coffee growing for the first time!

Posted by Cafédirect, September 23rd, 2011, Comments (0)

Recently two students from Leeds University accompanied Cafedirect on a trip to visit growers in Tanzania at the KNCU co-operative. Sheetal Mistry and Lauren Sawyers were voted by fellow students as having completed the best sustainability projects for their degrees. The competition was run by our foodservice partner Peros. In … Read more

Guest blog from The People’s Supermarket

Posted by Cafédirect, September 16th, 2011, Comments (0)

After days of relentlessly phoning around local restaurants and hotels for donations of kitchenware and dining equipment for our Supper Club event, it was a simple tweet that caught the attention of Cafédirect’s HQ, who replied saying they’d love to get involved… A quick phone call later and Cafédirect had … Read more

Making Hay while the sun shines (& rain pours!)

Posted by Yasmin, June 1st, 2011, Comments (0)

We’ve hit the halfway mark here at Hay Festival and what an epic 6 days! We’ve been busy at the Container House offering samples of our Rich Roast, Machu Picchu and Kilimanjaro coffees to festivalgoers, testing their tastebuds as well as their ability to come up with creative ways … Read more

Jump in the Sack crosses the finish line…

Posted by Alex, March 25th, 2011, Comments (0)

This time last week was Red Nose Day. Many of you were having sponsored silences, going to work in your pyjamas, waxing your legs and dressing as women (even the men), and finding other imaginative ways to do something funny for money! We were doing likewise; enjoying our final … Read more

Happy Red Nose Day!

Posted by Siobhan, March 18th, 2011, Comments (1)

It’s Red Nose Day and we’re getting ready for our last Sack Race being held at lunchtime today. We have a few expert Sack Racers here – Yasmin even beat the Gruffalo and Honkus Nose yesterday! For the rest of us help is at hand because personal trainer to the … Read more

Recipe of the Month – Red Nose Cupcakes

Posted by Yasmin, March 15th, 2011, Comments (1)

These cute and easy-to-make Red Nose Cupcakes are the perfect addition to your Jump in the Sack event. Sack Racing works up a healthy appetite so you could bake a selection of cakes and sellto your attendees. It’s a great way to raise even more cash for Comic Relief – … Read more

How to set up your Red Nose Day Giving page

Posted by Yasmin, March 14th, 2011, Comments (1)

With only a week to go before Red Nose Day, there’ll be thousands of you getting ready for the big day itself and planning your Jump in the Sack events (many of which are already on our Sack Map). Our kits are full of advice to make the day … Read more

A Night at the Sack Races…

Posted by Alex, March 10th, 2011, Comments (0)

Wow what a night! It exhausts me to even think about it but yesterday’s Night at the Sack Race in aid of Red Nose Day at Village Underground in London was brilliant – an amazing success for all involved! The venue had been transformed into a magical delight; the hardest … Read more

A Night At the Sack Races – Cafedirect for Red Nose Day

Posted by Alex, March 4th, 2011, Comments (0)

You are ALL invited to A Night At the Sack Races, the world’s first night time sack racing event, that brings this nostalgic sports day favourite to London’s urbanites. Combining live music, comedy, DJs and Espresso Martinis with a highly charged sack race tournament; Wednesday 9th March will see … Read more

Rolling Deep in Brighton

Posted by Cafédirect, February 28th, 2011, Comments (0)

Friday saw us shuffle south as we took on Brighton for our latest Red Nose Day Jump in the Sack event for Comic Relief. Another amazing venue, the Corn Exchange in the Brighton Dome, was transformed into a welcoming village fete complete with bunting, hessian tea cloths, cake painting and … Read more

Racey Afternoon in Bristol!

Posted by Alex, February 23rd, 2011, Comments (1)

This is one of those occasions where photos speak louder than words, so like the kids at our Jump in the Sack Bristol event yesterday, I’ll keep it short and sweet… We were delighted to welcome so many energetic families from Bristol through the doors to the Old Brunel Station, … Read more

On your Marks, Get Set, Jump in the Sack!

Posted by Alex, February 18th, 2011, Comments (2)

We’re back in the office today, fresh from the fun and excitement of the first event of our Jump in the Sack campaign ! It was great to meet such energetic sack racers – the kids of Edinburgh have laid down the gauntlet for the rest of the country, so … Read more

Jump back to your childhood!

Posted by Yasmin, February 10th, 2011, Comments (1)

There are some things that can transport even the most sophisticated of grown-ups back to childhood: sweet shops, old movies on tv, sparklers…and of course sack races! Sack races have been popular since at least the 1700s, and some people say they were even an Olympic sport at one time, … Read more

Do something funny for money!

Posted by Siobhan, February 4th, 2011, Comments (0)

Yesterday was the official launch of Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day campaign to get the nation to do something funny for money. This year’s campaign kicked off with supermodel Lara Stone recreating Marilyn Monroe’s iconic pose only with a Red Nose Day twist – this year’s brand new Red Noses – … Read more

Jump in the Sack with Cafédirect for Red Nose Day

Posted by Alex, January 31st, 2011, Comments (0)

This year, Cafédirect is aiming to raise tens of thousands of pounds for Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day on Friday 18th March, and we need your help to get there! We’ve made it pretty easy for you though – there are lots of ways to hop, skip … 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...

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