Friday Fun! Caption the photo to win a great prize!

Posted by Siobhan, September 11th, 2009, Comments (15)
It’s that time of week again – that Friday Feeling is here again which means another chance for you to express your creativity AND maybe even win a prize! This week we have another photo for you to caption. This week’s photo was taken during this year’s Fairtrade Fortnight and … Read more

Tim's TasteFair Treats

Posted by Siobhan, April 9th, 2009, Comments (1)
Some of you may have been to Tim Maddams (Head Chef at River Cottage) session at TasteFair and sampled his delicious food, including his TasteFair treats , which he created especially for the occasion. They are delicious chocolate and coffee truffles made using our very own gourmet coffee beans.… Read more

Word from our man in Tanzania!

Posted by Alex, March 2nd, 2009, Comments (0)
It seems like a dream now, it was not long ago! Still, Amen has made his way back to Moshi Town on the foot of Kilimanjaro, and like me, back in the office doing his day job! Unlike me he is tasting 200 cups of coffee a day – I’m … Read more

TasteFair – the final day

Posted by Alex, March 2nd, 2009, Comments (0)
The final day of TasteFair came around very quickly! Victor Salas, our coffee tasting expert from Mexico joined us for a delightful ‘Sunday Roast’ yesterday before flying back home to Mexico bright and early this morning. Victor, whose parents are coffee farmers, and who was trained by Cafédirect to be … Read more

Saturday @ TasteFair

Posted by Alex, February 28th, 2009, Comments (0)
Great day at TasteFair today. Oliver Heath did a really interesting session on Urban Eco- Chic on how to combine Technology, Nature and Vintage to introduce character and personality into our homes whilst being kind to the environment. So, everyone’s a winner! (photos of Oliver at TasteFair coming soon) I also … Read more

Hot off the Press!

Posted by Siobhan, February 27th, 2009, Comments (1)
New tea packaging went to print yesterday! After all the hard work it was great to see Everyday tea, Decaffeinated Everyday tea and Gold tea off the press. We really love them, we hope you do too – here’s a sneak preview of our new look. … Read more

Amen and Olly on the radio

Posted by Siobhan, February 26th, 2009, Comments (2)
Amen and Olly were on the radio today. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.// … Read more

Victor in the house!

Posted by Siobhan, February 26th, 2009, Comments (0)
Victor Salas is one of our partners. He’s from Chiapas – the most Southerly state of Mexico. He’s just returned from a whirlwind tour in the North of England where he has been talking to students and university staff at Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield and Chester Universities. The talks went really … Read more

Black Gold

Posted by Siobhan, February 26th, 2009, Comments (0)
Unfortunately Nick Francis couldn’t make it last night but executive producer of Black Gold, Christopher Hird, led a stimulating discussion at TasteFair after the screening of Black Gold last night. I think the strength of the film is that it doesn’t preach to viewers, it just shows the reality … Read more

Wayne Hemingway

Posted by Alex, February 26th, 2009, Comments (0)
Wayne Hemingway gave a really interesting presentation on Tuesday night. He was talking good design and how to develop an ecologically sustainable future. The photo in his presentation here is of his mum’s Eglu! The main point I took away from the talk was how change won’t happen overnight. … Read more

Elevenses story time

Posted by Siobhan, February 26th, 2009, Comments (1)
Our second Elevenses session was taken by Ruth Symes. As you can see from all the buggies the Cafedirect toddlers were out in force! Everyone enjoyed the finger puppets a great deal. Thanks for coming in Ruth.… Read more

Oliver Heath this Saturday

Posted by Alex, February 24th, 2009, Comments (0)
Last night I caught up with Oliver Heath at our press launch. Oliver is taking a session this Saturday afternoon about doing up your house on a budget and in an eco-friendly way. Get your ticket here.… Read more

Garry Slack and Olli

Posted by Siobhan, February 24th, 2009, Comments (1)
It looks like everyone had fun at yesterday’s interactive sign language session with Garry Slack and Olli the monkey. I just wish Alex would stop monkeying around. If you want find out more about Gary’s sign lanuage lessons go over to singwtholli.com.… Read more

Sally Nicholls

Posted by Alex, February 24th, 2009, Comments (0)
Yesterday I caught up with children’s author Sally Nicholls after her writer’s session. Thanks for coming down Sally.… Read more

Our Press Night

Posted by Alex, February 24th, 2009, Comments (0)
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Fairtrade Fun on the Southbank

Posted by Siobhan, February 23rd, 2009, Comments (0)
While Alex was busy with TasteFair yesterday, I went to have a look at the Fairtrade Fortnight launch event which took place on the Southbank in London. The Cafédirect team were giving out free samples as well as serving coffee, tea and hot chocolate from our café, which was a … Read more

Saturday night’s live music

Posted by Siobhan, February 23rd, 2009, Comments (0)
Vashti Anna and Hadar Manor played great sets and were both were joined by Tom Fry on bass. Hadar was also joined on stage by Wayne Myers, who also played a few of his own songs, before the four musicians got on stage together for some lively songs to … Read more

Highlights from the first day

Posted by Siobhan, February 21st, 2009, Comments (0)
It’s been a hectic but rewarding day here at TasteFair. There’s been loads going on and still more to come but I thought I’d give you a taster (cough) of the first day! Over lunch Simone our Italian barrista gave his first masterclass. We got to learn what a great … Read more

Eco-chic Fashion Week

Posted by Siobhan, February 20th, 2009, Comments (1)
Thanks to everyone who left feedback on Alex’s ‘eco chic’ last week. We’ve taken it onboard and hope you like what we’ve come up with. If you want to try this look for yourself, follow these three easy steps: 1. Find an old lampshade 2. Cover with some hessian material… Read more

Our Italian barista

Posted by Siobhan, February 20th, 2009, Comments (0)
This is Simone. He will be our barista for TasteFair and running the free barista masterclasses. Simone really knows his coffee so if you are in London, drop by at lunchtime to perfect your bean grinding and milk steaming, and understand what’s involved in the perfect cup. … Read more
 
 
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