THE PHILOSOPHY OF FRESH COFFEE

How did I get here? I thought. I was bereft, dumbstruck, barefoot and paralysed in the kitchen. The kettle had boiled, for what? I had no coffee. I am a barista, I write about coffee, I work for a coffee roastery, I live round the corner from another, yet I have no coffee. How did […]

How to store coffee beans

Have you ever wondered if you are storing your coffee beans right? These magical little beans are the essence of all the fanciful coffee creations, from a caramel macchiato to a large double shot iced mocha frappe with whipped cream. Legend tells us that coffee was discovered when Ethiopian goat herder noticed his herd behaving […]

Storing coffee beans at home

Very simple this one…YOU DON’T! Well, in an ideal world, you will not keep coffee for longer than a few weeks. In this short post Black Market Roasters looks at the best way to keep your freshly roasted coffee…fresh! Firstly, we need to realise that freshly roasted coffee, as it ages, loses volatile aromatics, beautiful […]