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Donate your old car to the Cafédirect Producers’ Foundation!

Posted by Cafédirect, May 8th, 2012, Comments (0)

14th May is the start of Walk to Work Week, so if you are thinking about ditching your old, unreliable car in favour of more environmentally friendly travel solutions, you may be interested in this scheme… ‘Giveacar’ is a social enterprise, set up to allow people to … Read more

Let’s celebrate small!

Posted by Emily, April 19th, 2012, Comments (0)

Here at Cafédirect we love small. We love finding one-of-a-kind, unusual relishes at local farmers’ markets, indulging in hand-made cup cakes, buying our veg at the greengrocers, our meat at the butchers and our bread…well, some of us even like to make that ourselves! In essence, we believe that small, … Read more

Every step you take…

Posted by Cafédirect, February 27th, 2012, Comments (0)

Cafédirect is committed, not only to paying a fair price to smallholder growers, but to taking ‘Fairtrade’ principles even further by reinvesting at least a third of our profits back into the producers’ communities and businesses (we’ve re-invested around 50% to date). We believe that this results in sustainable livelihoods … Read more

Win a biscuit and tea pack…with a difference!

Posted by Emily, February 24th, 2012, Comments (12)

Of course we love coffee, but we are also exceptionally passionate about top quality tea. Tea blending, like growing, is an art and we are very proud of our award-winning Hand-picked Tea, which is a bright refreshing blend made from a careful balance of fine Fairtrade teas from Kenya, … Read more

L’atelier des Chefs adopts coffee matching principles in its cookery courses!

Posted by Emily, February 22nd, 2012, Comments (0)

We’re really excited to announce that, following on from our coffee matching event, celebrated London cookery school, L’atelier des Chefs has been experimenting with the winning recipe during their innovative lunchtime cookery classes. Head Chef at L’atelier and judge of our recent coffee and dessert matching competition, was so impressed … Read more

Last-minute Valentines treats

Posted by Emily, February 13th, 2012, Comments (0)

If you need a quick but ever-so-thoughtful gift for your Valentine then how about these tasty Chocolate Gingerbread Hearts? They are easy to rustle up and are a great match to our Kilimanjaro Coffee as the perfect after dinner surprise (or indulgent breakfast in bed!) Read the recipe… Read more

The Kilimanjaro Journey: “Cupping” the coffee samples

Posted by Thierry, February 10th, 2012, Comments (0)

In our quest to give you the best possible Kilimanjaro coffee, Cafédirect does not make any compromises on the quality of the beans we buy. In addition to the hard work in processing and selecting the beans from our producer partner, KNCU (Kilimanjaro Native Cooperative Union) based in Tanzania, we … Read more

The Kilimanjaro Journey: preparing for auction

Posted by Paul, January 23rd, 2012, Comments (0)

In our last post we talked about the process coffee goes through after the cherries have been picked (commonly called wet mill process), which results in something called ‘parchment coffee’, characterized by a yellow external layer. Once complete, the farmer usually takes the beans to a nearby Primary Cooperative Society. … Read more

Coffee matching champion announced

Posted by Emily, December 6th, 2011, Comments (0)

Cardamom chocolate mousse on an amaretti biscuit base

What a whirlwind of tasting and baking we’ve had here at Cafedirect recently! Ever since the coffee and dessert matching competition closed we’ve been busy whittling down a shortlist of recipes that match perfectly to a specified single origin coffee from our range and working with the judges (Andre Dupin … Read more

Matching coffee and food – Cloud Forest beans

Posted by Thierry, November 18th, 2011, Comments (0)

Following on from the food and coffee matching event we held last month, we are continuing our journey into profiling Cafedirect single-origin coffees to help you select your coffee and dessert combination with confidence – in much the same way as you would do with wine. Today we are heading … Read more

Win £500 of cookery vouchers

Posted by Cafédirect, November 4th, 2011, Comments (0)

Just as certain wines match well with certain foods, so the same is true for coffee. With this in mind we are looking for the best coffee and dessert matches and are asking for your help! If you have a favourite recipe that never fails to please dinner guests, then … Read more

Matching coffee and food – Kilimanjaro Roast & Ground

Posted by Thierry, October 10th, 2011, Comments (0)

Welcome again to our coffee matching journey where we profile one of Cafedirect award-winning single origin coffees and we explain why a specific coffee compliments certain foods in a similar way to wine. Do you remember the following words – fragrance/Aroma, acidity, flavour, body after-taste and balance? If not, these are the … Read more

And the winner is…

Posted by Cafédirect, August 1st, 2011, Comments (2)

For all of you who were eagerly waiting to hear about our competition to experience seven glorious mornings in Acapulco, Mexico, the wait is almost over. To celebrate the release of the film Morning Glory, Cafedirect were giving you the chance to wake up and smell the coffee in Mexico, home to our … Read more

‘Denomination of Origin’ for Machu Picchu 100 years after rediscovery!

Posted by Paul, July 25th, 2011, Comments (0)

Machu Picchu 100 - Huadquina Origin Denomination

This July marks the 100th anniversary of rediscovery Machu Picchu, one of the New Seven Wonders, by the American explorer Hiram Bingham. A century after this historic finding, Machu Picchu has become one of most iconic destinations on the planet. We’ve experienced your appetite to visit this amazing place through the … Read more

Recipe of the Month – Coffee infused chocolate truffles

Posted by Cafédirect, July 4th, 2011, Comments (0)

July’s recipe of the month comes direct from Isabelle, our friend of the month and favourite Peckham artisan chocolatier! They are incredibly moorish and the recipe is very flexible depending on how coffee v’s chocolatey you prefer your truffles. Isabelle also suggests adding chilli if you fancy spicing … 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

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