We have just taken delivery of a great new coffee from El Salvador This ‘Special High Grown’ Arabica is a fantastic coffee, and full of flavour. About Our El Salvador 'Special High Grown' Coffee Beans El Salvador is a Central American country, bordered by Honduras and Guatemala. After years of civil war, the El Salvador farmers have returned to their coffee trees, and are now producing some of the best coffees in the world. Our El Salvador SHG (Special High Grown) Arabica coffee is a richl... [More]

For those of you who love your espressos and cappuccinos, we have just taken our first batch of ‘pre-blended; coffees. This exceptional Indian coffee blend is the first pre-blended coffee we've taken from our coffee importer. It seems their professional coffee experts have created a fantastic Indian blended coffee before sending it to our coffee roastery. We are now roasting this pre-blended Arabica coffee to perfection, and are finding it to be a truly fantastic coffee. Smooth, silky and sw... [More]

As some of you may have noticed, one of our most popular coffees – Yirgacheffe – has been missing from our list. I'm please to say that this fantastic coffee has returned to the site. http://www.coffeebeanshop.co.uk/Single-Origin-Coffees/Ethiopian-Yirgacheffe.htm About Our Ethiopian Yirgacheffe Coffee Beans Yirgacheffe is a Mocha coffee bean, and is grown in a particularly favourable sub region of Sidamo in Southern Ethiopia. This Fair-trade organic Yirgacheffe (Yirg) is a hand-picked top... [More]

For those of our customers who like to ‘roast their own’, we have just launched a new ‘green coffee’ website where customers can buy un-roasted coffee beans and try their hand at creating a master roast of their favourite coffee. http://www.greencoffeeshop.co.uk We plan to add more coffees as well as domestic roasting equipment to the site. The site also includes it’s own blog, where we will be publishing a lot of information about coffee roasting and how to do it yourself from home Dean

We’ve just switched our guest coffees on the site, so now there are two new coffees available to our customers 1) Brazilian Daterra Sweet Yellow Collection This Brazilian arabica coffee from the famous Daterra estate is one of their most exclusive coffees. The beans come exclusively from the yellow bourbon coffee cherries, and we roast it to perfection giving a sweet, complex and very smooth coffee – a must try for all our customers. http://www.coffeebeanshop.co.uk/Daterra/Brazilian-Daterra-S... [More]

(NOTE: This scheme is only available to our customers) At coffee bean shop ltd, we have just introduced a customer referral scheme, that will allow our customers to recommend friends, and get a reward for every order that the friend places. In fact a reward equivalent to 10% of their order value (ex postage) will be added to your ‘rewards balance’ every time they order. However, adding friends to your list of introductions is a little complex, so this post will attempt to show you ... [More]

This Semi-Pro espresso machine will enable you to create the most fantastic coffee in your own kitchen or small business premises The Rancilio Epoca S1 single group espresso machine is a perfect piece of equipment for any serious coffee drinker. With this equipment you will be able to create espressos, cappuccinos and lattes to the same standard as your favourite coffee shop. Built to stand up to the demands of a commercial coffee shop environment, this machine has become a firm favourite i... [More]

New Website Launch, Plus New Coffee Promotion !! At Coffee Bean Shop Ltd we have just launched our new website that promises to have all of our customers most requested features as well as a great new design and simplified navigation. As well as this, we have launched a great new fortnightly promotion. We have tried to make purchasing coffee on our site as quick and simple as possible, by logging in, your details are stored and you also have an order history that you can view to see what c... [More]

FAO – All green coffee buyers You may have noticed that our green coffee section is missing from our new website. After much consideration, we have decided to create a new website for our green coffee sales, details of which will be posted on this bog within the next 4 weeks or so. In the meantime, if you’d like to order green coffee, please call us directly on 01233 840158 and we can discuss what you need and send it to you. Many thanks Dean

Coffee tasting has a language all of it's own, and by understanding the language of coffee, coffee lovers can gain an understanding of how they might enjoy a particular coffee - before they've even purchased it. Professional cuppers have an extensive coffee vocabulary, but the average enthusiast can get a lot of understanding from a few terms. Here are a few of the main coffee tasting terms: Acidity A desirable sharp / orange-peel like tang. Not to be confused with astringency, which ... [More]