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Back in June of this year 2017, I joined a small group of people including students from Dirrum Dirrum -Radford College, Canberra to make the journey to East Timor. This trip began with a chat over coffee with Mathew Hatcher (my colleague) and a few other people, who then approached me about direct trade and proven provenance with coffee. The conversation then turned into an opportunity to explore coffee grown wild and organic right on our Australian doorsteps - East Timor. This extended into a sudden invitation to visit small-holder coffee farmers in East Timor through contacts in Sydney who...

The Hand ground grinder hit the coffee market in a big way due to over exceeding its crowd funding source by thousands of coffee enthusiasts around the world with the goal of achieving precision when grinding coffee. It could possibly be one of the best hand ceramic burr grinders on the market because in the coffee world we all know that a consistent grind makes for a consistent coffee.  This grinder was designed for the "third wave” specialty coffee drinker. The handy thing about this grinder is that It has 15 grind settings for any brew method and has a...

Burundi is a small, landlocked country (surrounded entirely by land) in the Great Lakes region of Central Africa.  It's situated in the African Great Lakes region of East Africa, neighboring Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. The southwestern border is adjacent to Lake Tanganyika. Most coffee is grown in the mountains of the north in varying altitudes from the lowest point being the lake at 772 meters above sea level (MASL) to the top of Mount Heha at 2670 MASL.  The  Heirloom coffee varietal bourbon is the main varietal grown in Burundi and...

Numero Uno logo and brand has undergone a significant transformation. The new identity had to satisfy all of the existing expectations of what our original mark stands for...while simultaneously moving the brand forward.We've worked tirelessly for months together with our Brand Strategists - Biggie Smalls (Sydney - Surry Hills) to create the final vision. We are forever honored to be your coffee partner and look forward to exciting times ahead.WhyWe’ve always been confident in our product, and we enjoy loyal customers.  We want to open new doors and boost our image amongst our competitors. We’ve grown up a lot over the...

Today’s specialty coffee customer has high expectations. The look and feel of the café, the quality of the drink, and excellent customer service must combine to meet or exceed this expectation. Specialty coffee consumers are aware of quality and transparency in the coffee they purchase and when highlighting a Single Origin coffee as part of the daily coffee menu, customers have an appreciation.  They engage and are often willing to learn more, sometimes chatting with the barista or in their own time researching facts and perhaps attending coffee workshops. They begin to feel a deep personal connection to the coffees they...