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The Best Home Espresso Machines

The Best Home Espresso Machines

Always fancied having your own espresso machine at home, but never known where to start in terms of actually buying one? With so many options nowadays – automatic or semi-automatic, built-in grinder or separate, and so...

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How to Use an Espresso Machine

How to Use an Espresso Machine

Have you recently treated yourself to a brand new espresso machine and want to learn how to use it? Having your own espresso machine at home is a real luxury and has a number of advantages:...

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A Guide to Coffee Processing

A Guide to Coffee Processing

Getting coffee from the tree to your cup isn’t a simple journey. It’s grown, picked, processed, bagged, shipped, roasted, ground and brewed. Only after all that has happened, can it be enjoyed in a hot drink. ...

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How to Store Coffee Beans

How to Store Coffee Beans

We all want to be able to make fresh, great tasting coffee at home. We invest in equipment, perfect our espresso pulling, milk steaming, and pour over techniques. But all of this attention to detail goes...

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The Balance Of Strength and Flavour in Espresso

The Balance Of Strength and Flavour in Espresso

In coffee, the term 'strength' is used to refer to different things. Sometimes it refers to the intensity of flavour of a coffee.  Other times it refers to a coffee’s weight or texture, and whether it...

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Single Origin Coffee - Everything you need to know

Single Origin Coffee - Everything you need to know

What is Single Origin Coffee? Single origin coffee is coffee that's from one place - rather than a blend of coffee from several places. Historically, it has referred to coffee from a single country, but as...

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The Relationship Between Espresso and Milk

The Relationship Between Espresso and Milk

The relationship between espresso and milk is one of the most important things to consider when it comes to creating the perfect latte, cappuccino, or any milky coffee drink. After all, the combination of espresso and...

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How to Cup Coffee: A Step By Step Guide

How to Cup Coffee: A Step By Step Guide

Notes of citrus. Chocolate undertones. Floral hints. If the language of coffee flavour profiles sometimes leaves you a bit cold – or makes you interested in learning more – then fear not. You don’t have to...

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What is espresso?

What is espresso?

So, what is espresso? How does it differ from other forms of coffee? How did it originate, develop and become the world’s most widely brewed coffee style? How is it made and what makes a good...

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Coffee Roasting: The Complete Beginners Guide

Coffee Roasting: The Complete Beginners Guide

Coffee roasters are often painted as the rocket scientists of the specialty coffee world, but what do they really do to unlock the world of flavour that lives inside our coffee beans? Although roasting coffee well...

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