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Despite the increasing take-up of domestic bean-to-cup and capsule coffee machines, plus the wide range of cool coffee brewing devices available for those making coffee at home, the humble Cafetière is still the most popular way of making fresh coffee at home in the UK.  The Cafetière is popular because of its ease of use.  For simplicity, there's no better method of making coffee than the Cafetière, or French Press, and it is also favoured for the clear and true taste it creates.

For many households a super-automatic bean to cup coffee machine is used to produce a consistent, great tasting espresso shot for that caffeine filled jolt to start the day. However just like a traditional semi -automatic and volumetric espresso machines, they require tweaking and dialling-in to ensure you get the most from your machine. By experimenting with the various settings you can learn about the variables that affect coffee taste and ensure you achieve the taste you enjoy the most. All of our coffee is great for bean to cup machines

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So you’ve spent hundreds, or thousands, of pounds on a home espresso coffee maker, but how confident are you in your home barista skills?  Our co-founder David has been wholesaling fresh coffee for almost 20 years and in this capacity he has trained hundreds of Baristas to make a perfect espresso shot.  Here he shares his top tips for making the perfect espresso at home.

Once a favoured coffee making device, coffee percolators are now more likely to be found gathering dust at the back of a kitchen cabinet rather than bubbling away on an oven hot plate or gas hob.