They are here, and are making their presence felt immediately with an exciting and delicious start to the Kenyan season! First up we have the Kiawamaruru Peaberry, which as it was last year is tasting amazing. Very crisp and refreshing…
Day one Day one was calibration day. We started with an introduction to Cup of Excellence from John Thompson our head judge, which was quickly followed by a solutions calibration- there were 9 solutions on the table and we had…
I just returned to London after having the pleasure of judging at the El Salvador Cup of Excellence in San Salvador. Across a week of cupping, the international jury chose 25 coffees of the 51 presented with, to go forward…
This past weekend was the London Coffee Festival, during which there were a number of competitions held in which members of the team were competing. Friday – UK Brewers Cup This is a relatively new competition and one of our…
New year, new Sertão! This lot of Sertão is brought to us by the Pereira family who are no strangers to producing stellar coffee, having taken 3 top spots in the 2005 cup of excellence. This is the largest estate…
I was really looking forward to cupping a wide selection of Honduran coffees again, after the COE last year I’ve been very impressed by the range of flavours this country produces. They still struggle with some processing and shipping problems,…
It’s the dry season in Nicaragua, and as we drove from the airport the smell of burning grass filled the warm air. Once into coffee mill country, I was a bit troubled to be passing some large exporters where bags…
Costa Rica is a country I’ve been buying a lot of coffee from from the start, but I’ve never had the opportunity to go. Small, full of micromills and well organized, the country is a great starting point for anyone…
The bus from San Salvador to Guatemala City is a brilliant thing. Comfy, wifi and easy border crossing, this is definitely recommended if you’re going to make the trip. With the final destination being Antigua I was picked up by…
An exciting 5 years have now passed since we opened our doors as Square Mile Coffee Roasters, and we are celebrating by releasing a very limited coffee to you, our loyal customers! We have one bag only of the El…