Tasting Notes & Stories

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Tasting Notes: January 2025 Coffees

2025 has finally arrived ~ well, almost. Like January 2024, due to how the dates and days have fallen with the festive and New Years' Bank Holidays being mid-week, we've opted to feature six of our favourite British roasters. 

Tasting Notes: December 2024 Coffees

Seeing us into the final month of the year, and with SlowMov's importation issues last month, we'll take this moment to remind ourselves just how complicated the world of logistics, customs and duties has become - behind the scenes of your enjoyable coffee cup is a lot of hard work...

Tasting Notes: November 2024 Coffees

Hello November. How is it already the final third of 2024? Well, our team feel it has been a long, long year, but equally, all rather super quick too. Let the good coffee times continue...

Tasting Notes: October 2024 Coffees

Well, September is proving to be rather chilly, isn't it? Will it rain, will it pour, maybe a little sunshine, some frost in the morning, who even knows any more. One thing we do know is we've yet another packed month of fantastic coffee roasters...

Tasting Notes: September 2024 Coffees

Passing the halfway mark and into the final third of 2024, as the Paris Olympics comes to a close we reflect on how we're somewhere part way along a marathon in continuously curating you all your favourite roasters and their coffees month after month. We've no complaints, of course, we...

Tasting Notes: August 2024 Coffees

We're sure that many of you agree that speciality coffee is a product type that can sometimes bring out some of the best of creative packaging designs across any product. We know, it's what is in the inside that counts, but good packaging done well certainly adds that *chef's kiss*...

Tasting Notes: July 2024 Coffees

"...This could be Rotterdam or anywhere, Liverpool or Rome, 'cause Rotterdam is anywhere..." For July we've an unintentional Rotterdam double header, and playing The Beautiful South whilst writing this felt only too apt. For 07//24 (July), we're set to be featuring another EIGHT roasters.

Tasting Notes: June 2024 Coffees

Well, this sunshine is certainly feeling a pocketful! Plus, we really must advocate that there's always some sunshine when she's goneeee... as there's always sunshine in your coffee cup. Okay, we tried our best to get some sun-related classics in here somehow (yes, we did just claim Natasha Bedingfield's track...