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Evolution
The name came first. Borne out of a my two passions in life, Cycling and Coffee. The look and feel came next. A designer friend with his own cycling and coffee history and an impressive portfolio offered to help and over a few beers we came up with specification and he offered up some ideas for a logo, a web site, t-shirts, caps and packaging designs. In the beginning the packaging was brown tin-tie Kraft with with a hand stamp and labels printed on my home bubblejet. At abo...
Read moreGo through it.. not around it
I wrote this late last night.. I didn’t get a chance to post it but better late.. Tonight I roasted some coffee (shhh...
Read moreWe're moving
Not so much of a blog but more an announcement. Today (Wed 16th) is the final day of roasting at our lovely roastery ...
Read moreCompetition and growth
A few weeks ago I competed in my first coffee competition, the UK Roasting Championships. It was taxing and stressful and fun and exhausting, I met some fabulous coffee professionals and we shared the experience and a few beers along the way. I didn't win. I didn't expect to. I did come 5th out of the 14 competitors and on reflection that's pretty good. This rather lengthy blog post is a detailed report on the weekend and how the points were easily lost. I'd like to think I'm a better roaster now than I was before the competition.
Read moreCoffee, bikes and dreams
Crankhouse was started with a desire to connect my two passions, cycling and coffee, perhaps with a goal one day of o...
Read moreFrom budget to boutique, a grind uniformity love story.
“what was he expecting ? an EK for £100 !".
Budget home grinders vs high end cafe stalwarts. With the help of a Kruve, VST refractometer and a competent barista we ran an experiment too see which came out on top and if customer complaint was truly justified.
Read moreCHX and relationships
It's that time for us to be working on selecting the components for our next 'house' coffee CHX. This is the 10th ver...
Read moreSpring Classic Blend, brew guides and being an employer
We've just launched a couple of new coffees, one of which is the Spring Classic Blend, a nod to the early days when Crankhouse reflected the close ties that exist between the two worlds of coffee and cycling.
Then we've got our first brew guide up and ready for all you home brewers who'd like a little guidance. Our step-by-step Aeropress guide uses the inverted method and should give you a tasty brew.
Last but not least, we welcome Lewis Tanner to the Crankhouse team.
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