Following on from our blog posted last week uncovering the many different types of coffees now available to try on our high streets. Here we give details of some of the amazing and often complex flavours, tastes and aromas that coffee provides and the terms commonly used. Common Aromas Ashy – this descriptor, although referring …

It’s not that long ago that the only choices for ordering a cup of coffee in a café in the UK were black or white, with or without milk! It’s amazing how far the coffee industry has moved on during the last few years, and the abundance of choices that we now all have. With …

Experts from Loughborough University have revealed that hot drinks really do cool you down in the summer. It may seem crazy but……hot drinks have been found to lower body heat storage more than cool drinks in the summer and actually cool the body down. Although experts have just revealed the results of recent research – …

As the world waits for the Summer Olympics to begin on Friday 5 August in Rio, we look at Brazil’s coffee industry, and how as the world’s largest coffee producer, it is also the most complex. As the world’s biggest producer, Brazil’s 2016 harvest is expected to reach a record high. Brazil’s coffee industry produce …

Are you never fully awake until you’ve had your first espresso? For most of us – the first coffee of the day makes us energised and productive. But have you ever wondered much your coffee habit impacts on your health? Every day there seems to be something in the media, either on the health benefits …