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Jack's Colombia trip with Raw Material 2023
Colombia, a stunning country that produces stunning coffee. Thanks to Dave and Raw Material I headed out on my second origin trip to this fine country and this time getting to see a different area than I did in 2022. I was particularly excited for this trip because we’ve been buying from Raw Material for a while now and I’d be visiting a couple of the farms/associations that we have been buying from, Villamaria and El Fénix, and they did not disappoint. I arrived on Monday 6th at Bogotá ai...
Read moreOnce upon a time I wrote a post about a dream
That dream became reality back in 2019 when Crankhouse secured a 6 year lease for the basement level of an old indust...
Read moreWhy I didn't win the UK Roasting championships (or how many excuses can I come up with)
Recently I competed in the SCA roasting championships. It's the first time since 2019 that the SCA have run the event...
Read morePublic cuppings and home barista classes
Public Cuppings We hold monthly public cuppings in our dedicated training and education space. This is an informal t...
Read more2022 wrap up
In this last post of 2022 we thought we'd give a little review of our year in and out of coffee: our favourite momen...
Read moreColombian coffee I get.. arepas not so much
Last week I was in Colombia with a special group of coffee friends being hosted by Raw Material. We've been buying fr...
Read moreCaffe Culture 2022 debrief
Just over a week ago we took a stand at the 2 day industry event Caffe Culture held at the Business Design Centre in...
Read moreFermentation workshop and stories by the camp fire from Colombia
Last week I was in Colombia attending the first fermentation workshop run by Lucia Solis, a coffee processing consult...
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